2008–09 APOEL FC season

APOEL 2008–09 Ivan Jovanović Kyriakos Zivanaris (Until 30 October 2008) Phivos Erotokritou (From 30 October 2008) GSP Stadium, Nicosia Cypriot First Division Winners Cypriot Cup Semi-finals LTV Super Cup Winners UEFA Cup First round Marcin Żewłakow (11) Benjamin Onwuachi (12) Marcin Żewłakow (12) 18,769 vs Omonia (20 October 2008) 2,032 vs Doxa (21 January 2009) 7,474 (all competitions) _blueshoulders _thinbluesideblueshoulders2 _blueshoulders _yellowstripesside ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 0033FF ffff00 _scgh06 FF4500 FF4500 FF4500 FFFFFF FF4500 _Panam3(2) _whitearc _Panam3(2) _lotto 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 season was APOEL's 69th season in the Cypriot First Division and 81st year in existence as a football club. The first training session for the season took take place at the training ground at GSP Stadium on 11 June 2008.http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2473&tt=graphic&lang=l1 APOEL FC el:ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ 2008-06-10 2008-06-11 Greek 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, 2008http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1363&tt=graphic&lang=l1 APOEL FC Team Roster Greek 2008-04-16 2008-04-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080419065130/http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1363&tt=graphic&lang=l1 2008-04-19 1 CYP Michalis Morfis GK 4 CYP Paraskevas Christou DF 5 Romania Daniel Florea DF 6 CYP Demetris Kyriakou MF 7 GRE Savvas Poursaitides DF 8 France Bark Seghiri DF 10 CYP Constantinos Charalambides MF 11 Poland Kamil Kosowski MF 14 NED Joost Broerse DF 15 CYP Marios Antoniades DF 17 CYP Marinos Satsias MF captain 19 CYP Marios Elia DF 20 Brazil Jean Paulista MF 21 Poland Marcin Żewłakow FW 22 GRE Dionisis Chiotis GK 23 Portugal Helio Pinto MF 24 Greece Christos Kontis DF 26 Portugal Nuno Morais MF 29 CYP Nektarios Alexandrou MF 30 Serbia Nenad Mirosavljević FW 32 Albania Altin Haxhi DF 33 CYP Chrysis Michael MF 40 CYP Giorgos Economides MF 60 CYP Kyriacos Ioannou GK 71 CYP Marios Theodorou MF 80 Nigeria Benjamin Onwuachi FW 88 CYP Tasos Kissas GK For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2008. Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09. Squad changes In: CYP Poursaitides 1976 6 23 2008 6 11 7 RB GRE y Anorthosis Famagusta CYP Transfer S 2010 Free 24sports.com.cy CYP y Elia 1979 4 14 2008 6 1 19 RB CYP y Ethnikos Achna CYP Loan return S 2009 — — CYP Żewłakow 1976 4 12 2008 6 1 21 CF POL y Dender BEL Transfer S 2010 Free kerkida.net CYP y Papathanasiou 1983 10 3 2008 6 1 9 CF CYP y Ermis Aradippou CYP Transfer S 2010 Free — CYP Christou 1984 2 2 2008 6 1 4 CB CYP y AEK Larnaca CYP Transfer S 2012 €120K sigmalive.com CYP y Chiotis 1977 6 4 2008 6 12 22 GK GRE y Kerkyra GRE Transfer S 2010 Free kerkida.net CYP Paulista 1977 11 28 2008 6 1 20 AM BRA y Wisła Kraków POL Transfer S 2010 Free kerkida.net CYP y Kyriakou 1986 10 14 2008 6 1 6 DM CYP y Digenis Morphou CYP Loan return S 2009 — — CYP Kosowski 1977 8 30 2008 6 1 11 RW POL y Cádiz ESP Transfer S 2010 Free apoelfc.com.cy CYP y Onwuachi 1984 4 8 2008 6 30 80 CF NGR n Ionikos GRE Loan S 2009 €200K apoelfc.com.cy CYP Alexandrou 1983 12 19 2008 6 1 29 LW CYP y Larissa GRE Transfer S 2011 Free apoelfc.com.cy CYP y Paulo Costa 1979 12 5 2009 1 15 16 AM POR y Anorthosis Famagusta CYP Loan W 2009 Free apoelfc.com.cy January 31, 2009 2008–09 January 2009 Total expenditure: €320K Out: CYP Machlas 1973 6 16 2008 5 20 9 CF GRE y Retirement none Retirement S 2008 — contra.gr CYP y Makrides 1982 1 13 2008 5 20 20 RW CYP y Metalurh Donetsk UKR End of contract S 2008 Free kerkida.net CYP Čorović 1975 10 26 2008 6 1 69 CF SER n AEL Limassol CYP Loan return S 2008 — — CYP y Louka 1982 12 9 2008 6 3 11 RW CYP y AEL Limassol CYP End of contract S 2008 Free kerkida.net CYP Kapsis 1973 10 18 2008 6 1 4 CB GRE y Levadiakos GRE End of contract S 2008 Free — CYP y Daskalakis 1977 11 18 2008 6 1 18 CB CYP y AEK Larnaca CYP End of contract S 2008 Free apoel.net CYP Zé Carlos 1975 3 19 2008 8 1 31 CF BRA y Trofense POR Contract termination S 2009 Free apoelfc.com.cy CYP y Vourkou 1986 3 7 2008 8 1 28 CF CYP y Doxa Katokopias CYP Loan S 2009 Free — CYP Panayiotou 1988 11 27 2008 8 1 77 RB CYP y Digenis Morphou CYP Loan S 2010 Free — CYP y Nikolovski 1973 12 12 2009 1 1 12 GK MKD n AEP Paphos CYP Mutual consent W 2009 Free — CYP Papathanasiou 1983 10 3 2009 1 1 9 CF CYP y Ermis Aradippou CYP Loan W 2010 Free — CYP y Paulo Costa 1979 12 6 2009 3 13 16 AM POR y Anorthosis Famagusta CYP Mutual consent Loan return W 2009 Free apoelfc.com.cy Total income: €0 {| March 13, 2009 2008–09 January 2009 Player stats Last update: May 10, 2009 No.Pos.NameMarfin Laiki LeagueCypriot CupUEFA CupLTV Super CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals13px13px1GKCYP Michalis Morfis4010201080004DFCYP Paraskevas Christou102303010172305DFROU Daniel Florea120404010210106MFCYP Demetris Kyriakou2020000040007DFGRE Savvas Poursaitidis270204010340508DFFRA Bark Seghiri141504000231309FWCYP Andreas Papathanasiou30002000500010MFCYP Constantinos Charalambides2444160103556011MFPOL Kamil Kosowski2435141113463012GKMKD Jane Nikolovski00000000000014DFNED Joost Broerse3125051004134015DFCYP Marios Antoniades00000000000016MFPOR Paulo Costa52200000721017MFCYP Marinos Satsias(c)1623000001923019DFCYP Marios Elia1513010102013020MFBRA Jean Paulista00004010500021FWPOL Marcin Żewłakow241160511036121022GKGRE Dionisis Chiotis2805050003802123MFPOR Helio Pinto2725152103858124DFGRE Christos Kontis2824150003733026MFPOR Nuno Morais3035060104237029MFCYP Nektarios Alexandrou2855120003565030FWSER Nenad Mirosavljević25841521035113032DFALB Altin Haxhi1802040102509033MFCYP Chrysis Michael2362051103173040MFCYP Giorgos Economides00000000000060GKCYP Kyriacos Ioannou00000000000071MFCYP Marios Theodorou00000000000080FWNGR Benjamin Onwuachi24864301034121088GKCYP Tasos Kissas100000001000 Club Management Manager SRBGRE Ivan Jovanović y Assistant manager CYP Yiannos Ioannou First team coach/Scout SRB Predrag Erak y Goalkeeping coach ALB Foto Strakosha Fitness coach CYP Giorgos Paraskeva y Team doctor CYP Costas Schizas November 21, 2008 apoelfc.com.cy April 2013 Kit Lotto MTN |_blueshoulders _thinbluesideblueshoulders2 _blueshoulders _yellowstripesside ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 0033FF ffff00 Home | _scgh06 FF4500 FF4500 FF4500 FFFFFF FF4500 Away |_Panam3(2) _whitearc _Panam3(2) _lotto 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF Third apoelfc.com.cy April 2013 Other information Chairman CYP Kyriakos Zivanaris (Until 30 October 2008) CYP Phivos Erotokritou (From 30 October 2008) y GSP Stadium 22,859 105x68 m apoelfc.com.cy April 2013 Preseason friendlies APOEL left on 20 June 2008 for Obertraun in Austria, to perform the main stage of their pre-season training.http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2507&tt=graphic&lang=l1 APOEL FC el:Πρόγραμμα προετοιμασίας 2008-06-19 2008-06-20 Greek The team returned to Cyprus on 7 July 2008. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL played four friendly matches. 2008-06-25 APOEL CYP 1 – 0 (Report) Austria SV Grödig Papathanasiou 28 Obertraun, Austria 2008-06-28 APOEL CYP 1 – 0 (Report) Ukraine FC Metalurh Zaporizhya Michael 27 pen. Obertraun, Austria 2008-07-02 APOEL CYP 0 – 1AbandonedMatch abandoned (at 0–1) after 77 minutes due to bad weather conditions. "note" "Arges-friendly" (Report) Romania FC Argeş Piteşti Tameş 25 Obertraun, Austria 2008-07-05 APOEL CYP 2 – 2 (Report) Hungary FC Fehérvár Żewłakow 6 Charalambides 45 Nagy 60 pen. Pavličić 90 Obertraun, Austria 2008-07-26 APOEL CYP 4 – 1 (Report) CYP Omonia Aradippou Michael Mirosavljević Kosowski Elia pen. Iakovou pen. GSP Stadium, Nicosia Behind closed doors 2008-08-07 AEK Larnaca CYP 1 – 2 (Report) CYP APOEL Monesterolo 90 Żewłakow 54 Elia 71 pen. Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 3,000 Mid-season friendlies 2008-10-11 PAEEK CYP 0 – 5 CYP APOEL Onwuachi , , Mirosavljević Haxhi Keryneia Epistrofi, Lakatamia 500 Competitions Overall Marfin Laiki League Winner Winners 1 September 2008 10 May 2009 y UEFA Cup 1st qualifying 1st round 17 July 2008 2 October 2008 Cypriot Cup 2nd round Semi-final 21 January 2009 6 May 2009 y LTV Super Cup Final Winner Winners 23 August 2008 20 May 2009 Marfin Laiki League 2008–09 Cypriot First Division Classification First round APOE Results summary 15 0 1 42 8 11 4 1 20 9 May 25, 2009 soccerway.com April 2013 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H Result W/D/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/P Home Away Postponed green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss May 25, 2009 apoelfc.com.cy April 2013 Playoffs table The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round. Group A Group A APOE Matches All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET Regular season 2008-09-01 19:00 APOEL 3 – 2 (report) Doxa Michael 25 Christou 29 Morais 40 Serjão 3 Saavedra 45 Rodrigues 0 84 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 6,736 Panayiotis Gerasimou 2008-09-12 19:30 Ethnikos Achnas 1 – 1 (report) APOEL Alekou 58 Charalambides 51 Dasaki Stadium, Achna 1,623 Charis Glykis 2008-09-21 19:00 APOEL 4 – 0 (report) AEL Morais 13 Charalambides 24 Christou 40 Pinto 64 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 8,124 Panayiotis Gerasimou 2008-09-28 19:00 AE Paphos 2 – 2 (report) APOEL Ba 19 Chailis 52 Żewłakow 15 Charalambides 17 Pafiako Stadium, Paphos 2,923 Costas Kapitanis 2008-10-20 19:30 APOEL 3 – 2 (report) Omonia Onwuachi 3, 18 Charalambides 37 Okkas 11 pen. Aloneftis 58 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 18,769 Panayiotis Gerasimou 2008-10-25 19:00 APOP Kinyras 1 – 2 (report) APOEL Mykhailenko 12 Onwuachi 43 Elia 45 pen. Peyia Municipal Stadium, Pegeia 1,136 Panikos Andronikou 2008-11-01 19:00 APOEL 1 – 0 (report) EN Paralimni Onwuachi 11 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 5,608 Leontios Trattos 2008-11-09 18:00 Alki 1 – 0 (report) APOEL Rouga 88 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca 1,845 Panikos Kailis 2008-11-15 19:00 APOEL 4 – 1 (report) Apollon Mirosavljević 45 Onwuachi 48 55 Alexandrou 90 Sangoy 59, 0 61 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 7,794 Panayiotis Gerasimou 2008-11-23 17:00 Atromitos 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Mirosavljević 28 Pafiako Stadium, Paphos 1,670 Panikos Andronikou 2008-11-29 19:00 APOEL 2 – 0 (report) AEK Broerse 5 Kontis 14 Veiga 0 64 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 5,552 Leontios Trattos 2008-12-04 20:00 APOEL 1 – 0 (report) Anorthosis Mirosavljević 63 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 11,566 Leontios Trattos 2008-12-13 19:00 APEP 1 – 1 (report) APOEL Szili 29 Mirosavljević 12 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 1,745 Marios Tsangaris 2008-12-21 17:00 Doxa 0 – 2 (report) APOEL Alexandrou 57 Mirosavljević 73 pen. Makario Stadium, Nicosia 3,578 Stelios Trifonos 2008-12-27 19:00 APOEL 3 – 0 (report) Ethnikos Achnas Mirosavljević 63, 72 Alexandrou 85 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 4,828 Costas Kapitanis 2009-01-04 18:00 AEL 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Torrão 0 72 Mirosavljević 83 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 7,332 Leontios Trattos 2009-01-11 18:00 APOEL 4 – 1 (report) AE Paphos Michael 29 pen. Alexandrou 42 Paulo Costa 44 pen., 73 Ba 57 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 5,417 Antonis Christodoulou 2009-01-17 19:00 Omonia 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Ndikumana 0 45 Alexandrou 59 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 19,570 Stelios Trifonos 2009-01-24 19:00 APOEL 1 – 0 (report) APOP Kinyras Seghiri 45 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 3,799 Christos Nicolaidis 2009-01-31 17:30 EN Paralimni 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Żewłakow 83 Tasos Markou, Paralimni 1,800 Marios Tsaggaris 2009-02-07 19:00 APOEL 3 – 1 (report) Alki Onwuachi 29 Żewłakow 79 Satsias 88 pen. Sajdak 84 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 5,021 Christos Nicolaidis 2009-02-15 15:30 Apollon 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Michael 13 pen. Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 8,936 Leontios Trattos 2009-02-21 15:00 APOEL 4 – 0 (report) Atromitos Satsias 7 Kosowski 20, 65 Żewłakow 37 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 3,800 Demetris Demetriou 2009-02-28 17:00 AEK 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Onwuachi 74 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 5,000 Marios Tsaggaris 2009-03-08 16:00 Anorthosis 1 – 2 (report) APOEL Frousos 60 Żewłakow 64 Morais 77 Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca 9,500 Leontios Trattos 2009-03-14 17:00 APOEL 4 – 0 (report) APEP Michael 33 pen. Żewłakow 45, 82, 86 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 7,208 Stelios Trifonos Playoffs 2009-03-22 16:00 AEL 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Michael 93 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 5,690 Israel Liran Liani 2009-04-06 19:00 Omonia 1 – 2 (report) APOEL Alabi 9 Kontis 69 Pinto 84 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 16,636 Israel Haim Yaacov 2009-04-11 19:00 APOEL 2 – 0 (report) Anorthosis Kosowski 14 Michael 65 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 9,836 Stelios Trifonos 2009-04-25 19:00 Anorthosis 1 – 1 (report) APOEL Skopelitis 19 Żewłakow 39 Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca 5,000 Christos Nicolaidis 2009-05-01 18:00 APOEL 3 – 1 (report) AEL Żewłakow 3 17 Broerse 37 Júnior 5 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 12,456 Marios Stamatis 2009-05-10 18:00 APOEL abandonedMatch abandoned (at 0–2) after 45 minutes due to conflicts between fans; match not counted in table but considered played. "note" "xomonia-match" (report) Omonia Konstantinou 2 Žlogar 31 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 6,250 Panikos Andronikou UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 2008-07-17 18:00 CET FK Pelister MKD 0 – 0 (Report 1) (Report 2) CYP APOEL Skopje City Stadium, Skopje 2,500 ROM Ovidiu Alin Hategan 2008-07-31 19:00 CET APOEL CYP 1 – 0 (Report 1) (Report 2) MKD FK Pelister Michael 83 (pen.) Ristevski 0 77 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 10,101 Italy Gianluca Rocchi APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate. Second qualifying round 2008-08-14 19:00 CET APOEL CYP 2 – 2 (Report 1) (Report 2) SRB Red Star Belgrade Broerse 34 Żewłakow 47 Edgar 9 Burzanović 62 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 10,188 ENG Robert Styles 2008-08-28 20:15 CET Red Star Belgrade SRB 3 – 3 (Report 1) (Report 2) CYP APOEL Subašić 77 Milijaš 85, 103 pen. Kosowski 54 Pinto 57 Chiotis 0 101 Mirosavljević 117 Stadion Crvena Zvezda 20,125 ESP Julian Rodriguez Santiago APOEL 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate. APOEL won on away goals. First round 2008-09-16 18:00 CET APOEL CYP 1 – 4 (Report 1) (Report 2) GER Schalke 04 Mirosavljević 72 Westermann 25 Rakitić 36 Sánchez 41 Altıntop 88 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 7,112 POL Robert Malek 2008-10-02 18:15 CET Schalke 04 GER 1 – 1 (Report 1) (Report 2) CYP APOEL Pander 58 Pinto 6 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen 52,214 POR Pedro Proença FC Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate. LTV Super Cup LTV Super Cup 2008-08-23 20:00 EET Anorthosis 0 – 1 (report) APOEL Kosowski 23 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 4,585 Stelios Trifonos APOEL won the 2008 Cypriot Super Cup (10th title). Cypriot Cup 2008–09 Cypriot Cup Second round 2009-01-21 16:00 EET APOEL 2 – 2 (report) Doxa Katokopia Charalambides 41 Onwuachi 74 Stylianou 56 Rodrigues 84 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 2,032 Christos Elia 2009-02-04 16:00 EET Doxa Katokopia 2 – 3 (report) APOEL Margaça 42 Serjão 71 Kosowski 1 Onwuachi 8, 58 Makario Stadium, Nicosia 2,738 Panikos Andronikou APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate. Quarterfinals 2009-03-04 16:00 EET Ermis Aradippou 1 – 1 (report) APOEL Papathanasiou 32 Kontis 73 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca 900 Charalambos Skapoullis 2009-03-18 16:00 EET APOEL 3 – 0 (report) Ermis Aradippou Mirosavljević 35 Onwuachi 65 Pinto 82 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 2,410 Antonis Constantinides APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate. Semifinals 2009-04-15 19:00 EET APOP Kinyras 2 – 0 (report) APOEL Buyse 30 Vasconcelos 58 Pinto 0 80 Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia 3,100 Leontios Trattos 2009-05-06 19:30 EET APOEL 1 – 0 (report) APOP Kinyras Alexandrou 16 pen. GSP Stadium, Nicosia 9,848 Stelios Trifonos APOP Kinyras won 2–1 on aggregate. Notes References Category:APOEL FC seasons APOEL Category:Cypriot football championship–winning seasons