Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published on Saturday, 30 May 2026, 01:33 / Updated on Saturday, 30 May 2026 01:50
Vlad Dragomir got revenge in the Cup with Patheticafter his team finished the play-off in fourth place in the championship. The Romanian captain was integral in the victory in the final at the GSP stadium in Limassol (2-0) against Apollon.
On Friday evening, Vlad Dragomir won his third trophy since playing in Cyprus. The Romanian midfielder celebrated winning the Cup, the second in the club's history, two years away from the first triumph. Pafos beat Apollon Limassol 2-0 at the GSP Stadium in Limassol.
The 27-year-old captain also managed to win the title in the 2024-25 season, playing in the Champions League group, where he scored 9 points. Yesterday's success came quite hard thanks to the goals scored towards the end of the game.
Pafos opened the scoring in the 85th minute on a Brazilian “line”, when the reserve Bruno Felipe served in the center to Jaja, entered in the 57th minute, and the latter shot accurately to the corner.
Vlad Dragomir will be in the Europa League 2026-207 with Pafos, after a season with 7 goals and 4 assists in 55 matches
After the goal, Pafos coach Ricardo Sa Pinto was sent off (with a straight red card) in the 87th minute. And in extra time, the advantage was doubled (90+2) on a counterattack by Jaja, who passed to Pepe in the box for 2-0.
Just before the final whistle, the match was interrupted due to objects thrown from the stands by Apollon Limassol fans towards Gorterthe Dutch goalkeeper of the victors. And in the chaos produced in the field, the referee had to show two more red cards: Thomas, respectively Correia, from Pafos.
Vlad Dragomir celebrates winning the Cyprus Cup with Pafos
Dragomir was used in all five matches played by Paphos in the Cyprus Cup, always a starter, scored a goal in the second leg of the semi-final with AEL Limassol (3-1) and provided an assist in the round match (2-1).
In the championship, the regular season plus play-off, the Romanian midfielder managed 5 goals and 2 assists in 35 games. In total in 2025-2026, he has 7 goals and 4 assists in 55 matches played. Vlad Dragomir will perform with Pafos in the Europa League preliminaries next season.
