2008–09 APOEL FC season
APOEL 2008–09 football season
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The 2008–09 season was APOEL's 69th season in the Cypriot First Division and 81st year in existence as a football club.
ChairmanKyriakos Zivanaris
(Until 30 October 2008)
Phivos Erotokritou
(From 30 October 2008)
(Until 30 October 2008)
Phivos Erotokritou
(From 30 October 2008)
ManagerIvan Jovanović
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First DivisionWinners
| 2008–09 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Kyriakos Zivanaris (Until 30 October 2008) Phivos Erotokritou (From 30 October 2008) | |||
| Manager | Ivan Jovanović | |||
| Stadium | GSP Stadium, Nicosia | |||
| Cypriot First Division | Winners | |||
| Cypriot Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| LTV Super Cup | Winners | |||
| UEFA Cup | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Marcin Żewłakow (11) All: Benjamin Onwuachi (12) Marcin Żewłakow (12) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 18,769 vs Omonia (20 October 2008) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,032 vs Doxa (21 January 2009) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 7,474 (all competitions) | |||
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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
Last Update: March 15, 2008[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2008.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09.
Squad changes
In:
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age | EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | RB |  |
Poursaitides | 31 | EU | Anorthosis Famagusta | Transfer  |
Summer | 2010 | Free | 24sports.com.cy |
| 19 | RB |  |
Elia | 29 | EU | Ethnikos Achna | Loan return → | Summer | 2009 | — | — |
| 21 | CF |  |
Żewłakow | 32 | EU | Dender  |
Transfer |
Summer | 2010 | Free | kerkida.net |
| 9 | CF | |
Papathanasiou | 24 | EU | Ermis Aradippou | Transfer |
Summer | 2010 | Free | — |
| 4 | CB | |
Christou | 24 | EU | AEK Larnaca | Transfer |
Summer | 2012 | €120K | sigmalive.com |
| 22 | GK | |
Chiotis | 31 | EU | Kerkyra |
Transfer |
Summer | 2010 | Free | kerkida.net |
| 20 | AM |  |
Paulista | 30 | EU | Wisła Kraków |
Transfer |
Summer | 2010 | Free | kerkida.net |
| 6 | DM | |
Kyriakou | 21 | EU | Digenis Morphou | Loan return → | Summer | 2009 | — | — |
| 11 | RW | |
Kosowski | 30 | EU | Cádiz  |
Transfer |
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 |
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:
| No. |
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  |
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 |
Summer | Free | kerkida.net |
| 4 | CB | |
Kapsis | 34 | EU | Levadiakos |
End of contract |
Summer | Free | — |
| 18 | CB | |
Daskalakis | 30 | EU | AEK Larnaca | End of contract |
Summer | Free | apoel.net |
| 31 | CF | |
Zé Carlos | 33 | EU | Trofense |
Contract termination |
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 |
Winter | Free | — |
| 9 | CF | |
Papathanasiou | 25 | EU | Ermis Aradippou | Loan → | Winter | Free | — |
| 16 | AM | |
Paulo Costa | 29 | EU | Anorthosis Famagusta | Mutual consent Loan return → |
Winter | Free | apoelfc.com.cy |
Total income: 
€0
Last updated: March 13, 2009
Player stats
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 |  |
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| 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
Management
Last updated: November 21, 2008 |
KitSupplier: Lotto
Source: apoelfc.com.cy |
Other information
| 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
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 | 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
Competitions
Overall
| 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
Classification
| 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:
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:
- AEL 1–0 APOL; APOL 1–3 AEL
Results summary
| 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
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Playoffs table
The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.
Group A
| 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
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
All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET
Regular season
| Ethnikos Achnas | 1 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Alekou 58' |
(report) | Charalambides 51' |
| APOP Kinyras | 1 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Mykhailenko 12' |
(report) | Onwuachi 43' Elia 45' (pen.) |
| APOEL | 1 – 0 | EN Paralimni |
|---|---|---|
| Onwuachi 11' |
(report) |
| APOEL | 4 – 1 | Apollon |
|---|---|---|
| Mirosavljević 45' Onwuachi 48' 55' Alexandrou 90' |
(report) | Sangoy 59',  61' |
| Atromitos | 0 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| (report) | Mirosavljević 28' |
| APOEL | 1 – 0 | Anorthosis |
|---|---|---|
| Mirosavljević 63' |
(report) |
| APEP | 1 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Szili 29' |
(report) | Mirosavljević 12' |
| Doxa | 0 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| (report) | Alexandrou 57' Mirosavljević 73' (pen.) |
| APOEL | 3 – 0 | Ethnikos Achnas |
|---|---|---|
| Mirosavljević 63', 72' Alexandrou 85' |
(report) |
| AEL | 0 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Torrão 72' |
(report) | Mirosavljević 83' |
| APOEL | 4 – 1 | AE Paphos |
|---|---|---|
| Michael 29' (pen.) Alexandrou 42' Paulo Costa 44' (pen.), 73' |
(report) | Ba 57' |
| Omonia | 0 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Ndikumana 45' |
(report) | Alexandrou 59' |
| APOEL | 1 – 0 | APOP Kinyras |
|---|---|---|
| Seghiri 45' |
(report) |
| EN Paralimni | 0 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| (report) | Żewłakow 83' |
Playoffs
| APOEL | 2 – 0 | Anorthosis |
|---|---|---|
| Kosowski 14' Michael 65' |
(report) |
| Anorthosis | 1 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Skopelitis 19' |
(report) | Żewłakow 39' |
UEFA Cup
First qualifying round
| FK Pelister | 0 – 0 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| (Report 1) (Report 2) |
| APOEL | 1 – 0 | FK Pelister |
|---|---|---|
| Michael 83' (pen.) |
(Report 1) (Report 2) |
Ristevski 77' |
APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
| APOEL | 2 – 2 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Broerse 34' Żewłakow 47' |
(Report 1) (Report 2) |
Edgar 9' Burzanović 62' |
| 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' |
APOEL 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate. APOEL won on away goals.
First round
| APOEL | 1 – 4 |  Schalke 04 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirosavljević 72' |
(Report 1) (Report 2) |
Westermann 25' Rakitić 36' Sánchez 41' Altıntop 88' |
| Schalke 04 | 1 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Pander 58' |
(Report 1) (Report 2) |
Pinto 6' |
FC Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.
LTV Super Cup
| Anorthosis | 0 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| (report) | Kosowski 23' |
APOEL won the 2008 Cypriot Super Cup (10th title).
Cypriot Cup
Second round
| APOEL | 2 – 2 | Doxa Katokopia |
|---|---|---|
| Charalambides 41' Onwuachi 74' |
(report) | Stylianou 56' Rodrigues 84' |
APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals
| Ermis Aradippou | 1 – 1 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Papathanasiou 32' |
(report) | Kontis 73' |
| APOEL | 3 – 0 | Ermis Aradippou |
|---|---|---|
| Mirosavljević 35' Onwuachi 65' Pinto 82' |
(report) |
APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
| APOP Kinyras | 2 – 0 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Buyse 30' Vasconcelos 58' |
(report) | Pinto 80' |
| APOEL | 1 – 0 | APOP Kinyras |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandrou 16' (pen.) |
(report) |
APOP Kinyras won 2–1 on aggregate.