The 61-year-old joins the champions Cyprus on a 19-month contract which runs until May 2022
He will be joined by his assistant Terry Connor, with a statement on Apoel’s website saying the club are hoping the duo can put them back to good performance and achieve their goal of winning titles
McCarthy has been out of work since April after the FAI chose to speed up succession plan with Stephen Kenny due to Covid-19’s six-month postponement of Euro 2021 dam against Slovakia
While the former Millwall, Sunderland and Wolves boss has been linked with jobs in the English league, he flew to Cyprus last week to watch Apoel take on league leader Apollon on Saturday – one match which ended in a 1-1 draw
Apoel sacked coach Marinos Ouzounidis last Monday following poor form, including club’s exit from the Europa League against Czech side Slovan Liberec
They are currently languishing in tenth place in the elite of 14 teams with nine points in eight games
This was Ouzounidis’ second stint as manager of Apoel, who was Nicosia’s 12th permanent coach since 2015, after taking over from Norway’s Kare Ingebrigtsen last February
In 16 games, Ouzounidis has won only five games, making five more and six losses
A far cry from the club’s heady days It is the most successful club in Cyprus with 28 league titles, but their fortunes have plummeted since the scrapped 2019-20 season which saw Apoel out of the title contention
In 2012, they qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League where they were ultimately eliminated by Real Madrid
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World news – GB – Mick McCarthy appointed new manager of Apoel Nicosia
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