APOEL vs OmoniaFan Clash
A structured incident report on supporter disorder, match abandonment, police response, injuries, arrests and later football authority action at GSP Stadium, Nicosia.
Incident Overview
What happened
During the final 2008–09 league meeting between APOEL and Omonia at GSP Stadium, supporters from both clubs clashed, threw smoke bombs and firecrackers, and the referee abandoned the match while Omonia led 2-0. Police used tear gas outside the ground, made arrests, and the Cyprus Football Association later voided both teams and issued fines.
Incident name: APOEL vs Omonia Fan Clash. Sources also describe it as an APOEL–Omonia derby crowd-violence incident at GSP Stadium.
Date note: The match date was 10 May 2009. Reporting appeared on 12 May 2009, and the previously supplied 11/05/2009 date appears to reflect the following day rather than the match day.
Location & Impact
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Location: GSP Stadium, Pangyprion Avenue / Leforos Pankyprion, Strovolos, 1501 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Contemporary reporting placed the violence at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium, with disorder also spilling onto Limassol Avenue leading into central Nicosia.
Reported injuries: Nine injured. One person with a head injury was taken to Nicosia General Hospital for surgery and was later reported stable.
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Reported Outcomes
Chronology
Incident Sequence
Outcomes / Details
Main Findings
Disputed Details
Match Outcome After Abandonment
The apparent conflict is mainly a timeline issue: the score at abandonment was not the same thing as the later disciplinary outcome.
Cyprus Mail reported that the game ended at 2-0 to Omonia and that the FA would decide whether the score would stand. Later records show a different formal outcome.
Cyprus Mail: Omonia were leading 2-0 when the game was abandoned, with the FA decision still pending.
CFA and RSSSF: both teams were voided and the suspended match was not counted in final W-D-L or goal columns.
There is no real conflict once chronology is separated: 2-0 was the on-field score at abandonment; the later disciplinary result voided both sides.
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Unverified Details
The following details were not confirmed in the reviewed source pack.
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