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2008–09 APOEL FC season

The 2008–09 season was APOEL's 69th season in the Cypriot First Division and 81st year in existence as a football club.

APOEL
2008–09 season
ChairmanKyriakos Zivanaris
(Until 30 October 2008)
Phivos Erotokritou
(From 30 October 2008)
ManagerIvan Jovanović
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First DivisionWinners
Cypriot CupSemi-finals
LTV Super CupWinners
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcin Żewłakow (11)
All:
Benjamin Onwuachi (12)
Marcin Żewłakow (12)
Highest home attendance18,769 vs Omonia
(20 October 2008)
Lowest home attendance2,032 vs Doxa
(21 January 2009)
Average home league attendance7,474 (all competitions)

The first training session for the season took take place at the training ground at GSP Stadium on 11 June 2008.[1] APOEL left on 20 June 2008 for Obertraun in Austria to perform the main stage of their pre-season training and returned to Cyprus on 7 July 2008.

The team finished 2nd in the league in the previous season so the club participated in the UEFA Cup.

On 30 October 2008, Kyriakos Zivanaris (the chairman of APOEL since 2006) resigned and he was replaced by Phivos Erotokritou.

The team won their 20th championship two rounds before the end after an away draw against Anorthosis on 25 April 2009. The draw also put an end to a 16-game winning streak that started on 21 December 2008 on the away game against Doxa Katokopias.

Current squad edit

Last Update: March 15, 2008[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CYP Michalis Morfis
4 DF   CYP Paraskevas Christou
5 DF   ROU Daniel Florea
6 MF   CYP Demetris Kyriakou
7 DF   GRE Savvas Poursaitides
8 DF   FRA Bark Seghiri
10 MF   CYP Constantinos Charalambides
11 MF   POL Kamil Kosowski
14 DF   NED Joost Broerse
15 DF   CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF   CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
19 DF   CYP Marios Elia
20 MF   BRA Jean Paulista
21 FW   POL Marcin Żewłakow
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   GRE Dionisis Chiotis
23 MF   POR Helio Pinto
24 DF   GRE Christos Kontis
26 MF   POR Nuno Morais
29 MF   CYP Nektarios Alexandrou
30 FW   SRB Nenad Mirosavljević
32 DF   ALB Altin Haxhi
33 MF   CYP Chrysis Michael
40 MF   CYP Giorgos Economides
60 GK   CYP Kyriacos Ioannou
71 MF   CYP Marios Theodorou
80 FW   NGA Benjamin Onwuachi
88 GK   CYP Tasos Kissas

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2008.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09.

Squad changes edit

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
7 RB   Poursaitides 31 EU Anorthosis Famagusta Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free 24sports.com.cy
19 RB   Elia 29 EU Ethnikos Achna Loan return → Summer 2009 — —
21 CF   Żewłakow 32 EU Dender   Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free kerkida.net
9 CF   Papathanasiou 24 EU Ermis Aradippou Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free —
4 CB   Christou 24 EU AEK Larnaca Transfer  Y Summer 2012 €120K sigmalive.com
22 GK   Chiotis 31 EU Kerkyra   Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free kerkida.net
20 AM   Paulista 30 EU Wisła Kraków   Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free kerkida.net
6 DM   Kyriakou 21 EU Digenis Morphou Loan return → Summer 2009 — —
11 RW   Kosowski 30 EU Cádiz   Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free apoelfc.com.cy
80 CF   Onwuachi 24 Non-EU Ionikos   Loan → Summer 2009 €200K apoelfc.com.cy
29 LW   Alexandrou 24 EU Larissa   Transfer  Y Summer 2011 Free apoelfc.com.cy
16 AM   Paulo Costa 29 EU Anorthosis Famagusta Loan → Winter 2009 Free apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure:   €320K

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
9 CF   Machlas 34 EU Retirement Retirement   Summer — contra.gr
20 RW   Makrides 26 EU Metalurh Donetsk   End of contract  N Summer Free kerkida.net
69 CF   Čorović 32 Non-EU AEL Limassol Loan return → Summer — —
11 RW   Louka 25 EU AEL Limassol End of contract  N Summer Free kerkida.net
4 CB   Kapsis 34 EU Levadiakos   End of contract  N Summer Free —
18 CB   Daskalakis 30 EU AEK Larnaca End of contract  N Summer Free apoel.net
31 CF   Zé Carlos 33 EU Trofense   Contract termination  N Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
28 CF   Vourkou 22 EU Doxa Katokopias Loan → Summer Free —
77 RB   Panayiotou 19 EU Digenis Morphou Loan → Summer Free —
12 GK   Nikolovski 35 Non-EU AEP Paphos Mutual consent  N Winter Free —
9 CF   Papathanasiou 25 EU Ermis Aradippou Loan → Winter Free —
16 AM   Paulo Costa 29 EU Anorthosis Famagusta Mutual consent  N
Loan return → 		Winter Free apoelfc.com.cy

Total income:   €0

Last updated: March 13, 2009

Player stats edit

Last update: May 10, 2009

No. Pos. Name Marfin Laiki League Cypriot Cup UEFA Cup LTV Super Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Michalis Morfis 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0
4 DF   Paraskevas Christou 10 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 17 2 3 0
5 DF   Daniel Florea 12 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 21 0 1 0
6 MF   Demetris Kyriakou 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
7 DF   Savvas Poursaitidis 27 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 34 0 5 0
8 DF   Bark Seghiri 14 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 23 1 3 0
9 FW   Andreas Papathanasiou 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
10 MF   Constantinos Charalambides 24 4 4 1 6 0 1 0 35 5 6 0
11 MF   Kamil Kosowski 24 3 5 1 4 1 1 1 34 6 3 0
12 GK   Jane Nikolovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   Joost Broerse 31 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 41 3 4 0
15 DF   Marios Antoniades 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   Paulo Costa 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0
17 MF   Marinos Satsias(c) 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 3 0
19 DF   Marios Elia 15 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 20 1 3 0
20 MF   Jean Paulista 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
21 FW   Marcin Żewłakow 24 11 6 0 5 1 1 0 36 12 1 0
22 GK   Dionisis Chiotis 28 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 38 0 2 1
23 MF   Helio Pinto 27 2 5 1 5 2 1 0 38 5 8 1
24 DF   Christos Kontis 28 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 37 3 3 0
26 MF   Nuno Morais 30 3 5 0 6 0 1 0 42 3 7 0
29 MF   Nektarios Alexandrou 28 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 35 6 5 0
30 FW   Nenad Mirosavljević 25 8 4 1 5 2 1 0 35 11 3 0
32 DF   Altin Haxhi 18 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 25 0 9 0
33 MF   Chrysis Michael 23 6 2 0 5 1 1 0 31 7 3 0
40 MF   Giorgos Economides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 GK   Kyriacos Ioannou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 MF   Marios Theodorou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 FW   Benjamin Onwuachi 24 8 6 4 3 0 1 0 34 12 1 0
88 GK   Tasos Kissas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Club edit

Other information edit

Chairman   Kyriakos Zivanaris (Until 30 October 2008)
  Phivos Erotokritou (From 30 October 2008)
Ground (capacity and dimensions) GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Preseason friendlies edit

APOEL left on 20 June 2008 for Obertraun in Austria, to perform the main stage of their pre-season training.[3] The team returned to Cyprus on 7 July 2008. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL played four friendly matches.

APOEL  1 – 0  SV Grödig
Papathanasiou   28' (Report)
APOEL  1 – 0  FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Michael   27' (pen.) (Report)
APOEL  0 – 1
Abandoned[note 1]		  FC Argeş Piteşti
(Report) Tameş   25'
APOEL  2 – 2  FC Fehérvár
Żewłakow   6'
Charalambides   45'		 (Report) Nagy   60' (pen.)
Pavličić   90'
APOEL  4 – 1  Omonia Aradippou
Michael  
Mirosavljević  
Kosowski  
Elia   (pen.)		 (Report) Iakovou   (pen.)
Attendance: Behind closed doors
AEK Larnaca  1 – 2  APOEL
Monesterolo   90' (Report) Żewłakow   54'
Elia   71' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000

Mid-season friendlies edit

PAEEK  0 – 5  APOEL
Onwuachi  ,  ,  
Mirosavljević  
Haxhi  
Keryneia Epistrofi, Lakatamia
Attendance: 500

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — Winners 1 September 2008 10 May 2009
UEFA Cup 1st qualifying 1st round 17 July 2008 2 October 2008
Cypriot Cup 2nd round Semi-final 21 January 2009 6 May 2009
LTV Super Cup Final Winners 23 August 2008

Updated to match played 20 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League edit

Main article: 2008–09 Cypriot First Division

Classification edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 22 3 1 53 14 +39 69 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 21 1 4 61 18 +43 64
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 20 2 4 49 19 +30 62
4 AEL Limassol 26 13 4 9 34 30 +4 43[a]
5 Apollon Limassol 26 13 4 9 53 34 +19 43[a] Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: cfa.com.cy (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Teams qualified for Group A played out one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots in the UEFA Europa League, one in the second and one in the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League was awarded to the winners of the 2008–09 Cypriot Cup.
Teams qualified for Group C played out one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First round were taken over into the Second round groups.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b AEL 1–0 APOL; APOL 1–3 AEL

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 26 4 2 62 17  +45 82 15 0 1 42 8  +34 11 4 1 20 9  +11

Last updated: May 25, 2009.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHH
ResultWDWDWWWLWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDWP
Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 2009. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Playoffs table edit

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL (C) 32 26 4 2 62 17 +45 82 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia Nicosia 32 25 1 6 70 22 +48 76 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 21 4 7 52 26 +26 67 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 AEL Limassol 32 13 5 14 38 41 −3 44
Source: cfa.com.cy (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches edit

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season edit

APOEL3 – 2Doxa
Michael   25'
Christou   29'
Morais   40'		 (report) Serjão   3'
Saavedra   45'
Rodrigues   84'
Attendance: 6,736
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Ethnikos Achnas1 – 1APOEL
Alekou   58' (report) Charalambides   51'
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Charis Glykis
APOEL4 – 0AEL
Morais   13'
Charalambides   24'
Christou   40'
Pinto   64'		 (report)
Attendance: 8,124
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
AE Paphos2 – 2APOEL
Ba   19'
Chailis   52'		 (report) Żewłakow   15'
Charalambides   17'
Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
APOEL3 – 2Omonia
Onwuachi   3',   18'
Charalambides   37'		 (report) Okkas   11' (pen.)
Aloneftis   58'
Attendance: 18,769
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
APOP Kinyras1 – 2APOEL
Mykhailenko   12' (report) Onwuachi   43'
Elia   45' (pen.)
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Pegeia
Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL1 – 0EN Paralimni
Onwuachi   11' (report)
Attendance: 5,608
Referee: Leontios Trattos
Alki1 – 0APOEL
Rouga   88' (report)
Attendance: 1,845
Referee: Panikos Kailis
APOEL4 – 1Apollon
Mirosavljević   45'
Onwuachi   48'   55'
Alexandrou   90'		 (report) Sangoy   59',   61'
Attendance: 7,794
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Atromitos0 – 1APOEL
(report) Mirosavljević   28'
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL2 – 0AEK
Broerse   5'
Kontis   14'		 (report) Veiga   64'
Attendance: 5,552
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APOEL1 – 0Anorthosis
Mirosavljević   63' (report)
Attendance: 11,566
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APEP1 – 1APOEL
Szili   29' (report) Mirosavljević   12'
Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Marios Tsangaris
Doxa0 – 2APOEL
(report) Alexandrou   57'
Mirosavljević   73' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
APOEL3 – 0Ethnikos Achnas
Mirosavljević   63',   72'
Alexandrou   85'		 (report)
Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
AEL0 – 1APOEL
Torrão   72' (report) Mirosavljević   83'
Attendance: 7,332
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APOEL4 – 1AE Paphos
Michael   29' (pen.)
Alexandrou   42'
Paulo Costa   44' (pen.),   73'		 (report) Ba   57'
Attendance: 5,417
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou
Omonia0 – 1APOEL
Ndikumana   45' (report) Alexandrou   59'
Attendance: 19,570
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
APOEL1 – 0APOP Kinyras
Seghiri   45' (report)
Attendance: 3,799
Referee: Christos Nicolaidis
EN Paralimni0 – 1APOEL
(report) Żewłakow   83'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
APOEL3 – 1Alki
Onwuachi   29'
Żewłakow   79'
Satsias   88' (pen.)		 (report) Sajdak   84'
Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Christos Nicolaidis
Apollon0 – 1APOEL
(report) Michael   13' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,936
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APOEL4 – 0Atromitos
Satsias   7'
Kosowski   20',   65'
Żewłakow   37'		 (report)
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
AEK0 – 1APOEL
(report) Onwuachi   74'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Anorthosis1 – 2APOEL
Frousos   60' (report) Żewłakow   64'
Morais   77'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APOEL4 – 0APEP
Michael   33' (pen.)
Żewłakow   45',   82',   86'		 (report)
Attendance: 7,208
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

Playoffs edit

AEL0 – 1APOEL
(report) Michael   93'
Attendance: 5,690
Referee:   Liran Liani
Omonia1 – 2APOEL
Alabi   9' (report) Kontis   69'
Pinto   84'
Attendance: 16,636
Referee:   Haim Yaacov
APOEL2 – 0Anorthosis
Kosowski   14'
Michael   65'		 (report)
Attendance: 9,836
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Anorthosis1 – 1APOEL
Skopelitis   19' (report) Żewłakow   39'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Christos Nicolaidis
APOEL3 – 1AEL
Żewłakow   3'   17'
Broerse   37'		 (report) Júnior   5'
Attendance: 12,456
Referee: Marios Stamatis
APOELabandoned[note 2]Omonia
(report) Konstantinou   2'
Žlogar   31'
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Panikos Andronikou

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

First qualifying round edit

FK Pelister  0 – 0  APOEL
(Report 1)
(Report 2)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Ovidiu Alin Hategan
APOEL  1 – 0  FK Pelister
Michael   83' (pen.) (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Ristevski   77'
Attendance: 10,101
Referee:   Gianluca Rocchi

APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round edit

APOEL  2 – 2  Red Star Belgrade
Broerse   34'
Żewłakow   47'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Edgar   9'
Burzanović   62'
Attendance: 10,188
Referee:   Robert Styles
Red Star Belgrade  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)  APOEL
Subašić   77'
Milijaš   85',   103' (pen.)		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Kosowski   54'
Pinto   57'
Chiotis   101'
Mirosavljević   117'
Attendance: 20,125
Referee:   Julian Rodriguez Santiago

APOEL 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate. APOEL won on away goals.

First round edit

APOEL  1 – 4  Schalke 04
Mirosavljević   72' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Westermann   25'
Rakitić   36'
Sánchez   41'
Altıntop   88'
Attendance: 7,112
Referee:   Robert Malek
Schalke 04  1 – 1  APOEL
Pander   58' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Pinto   6'
Attendance: 52,214
Referee:   Pedro Proença

FC Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.

LTV Super Cup edit

Main article: LTV Super Cup
Anorthosis0 – 1APOEL
(report) Kosowski   23'
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

APOEL won the 2008 Cypriot Super Cup (10th title).

Cypriot Cup edit

Main article: 2008–09 Cypriot Cup

Second round edit

APOEL2 – 2Doxa Katokopia
Charalambides   41'
Onwuachi   74'		 (report) Stylianou   56'
Rodrigues   84'
Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Christos Elia
Doxa Katokopia2 – 3APOEL
Margaça   42'
Serjão   71'		 (report) Kosowski   1'
Onwuachi   8',   58'
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Panikos Andronikou

APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals edit

Ermis Aradippou1 – 1APOEL
Papathanasiou   32' (report) Kontis   73'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
APOEL3 – 0Ermis Aradippou
Mirosavljević   35'
Onwuachi   65'
Pinto   82'		 (report)
Attendance: 2,410
Referee: Antonis Constantinides

APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals edit

APOP Kinyras2 – 0APOEL
Buyse   30'
Vasconcelos   58'		 (report) Pinto   80'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Leontios Trattos
APOEL1 – 0APOP Kinyras
Alexandrou   16' (pen.) (report)
Attendance: 9,848
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

APOP Kinyras won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Match abandoned (at 0–1) after 77 minutes due to bad weather conditions.
  2. ^ Match abandoned (at 0–2) after 45 minutes due to conflicts between fans; match not counted in table but considered played.

References edit

  1. ^ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. ^ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-04-16. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  3. ^ Πρόγραμμα προετοιμασίας (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
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