 In September 2014, he was appointed manager of Ermis Aradippou, but once again he was fired after several bad results in February 2015.On 21 August 2015 Papavasiliou was hired as manager of Slovak First Football League side Slovan Bratislava, whom he led to the 2016 Slovak Cup Final.He finished the season in second place behind double-winners AS Trenčín, boasting an impressive .64 win ratio.