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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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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.

The first training session for the season took take place at the training ground at GSP Stadium on 11 June 2008. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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

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

Management Position Staff Manager Ivan Jovanović Assistant manager Yiannos Ioannou First team coach/Scout Predrag Erak Goalkeeping coach Foto Strakosha Fitness coach Giorgos Paraskeva Team doctor Costas Schizas Last updated: November 21, 2008 Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Kit Supplier: Lotto Sponsor(s): MTN Home Away Third 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. 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	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.)

AEK Larnaca	1 – 2	APOEL
Monesterolo 90'	(Report)	Żewłakow 54' Elia 71' (pen.)

Mid-season friendlies

PAEEK	0 – 5	APOEL
		Onwuachi , , Mirosavljević Haxhi

Competitions

Overall

Updated to match played 20 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Classification

1. ^ AEL 1–0 APOL; APOL 1–3 AEL

Results summary

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

Results by round

Playoffs table

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

Group A

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season

APOEL	3 – 2	Doxa
Michael 25' Christou 29' Morais 40'	(report)	Serjão 3' Saavedra 45' Rodrigues  84'

Ethnikos Achnas	1 – 1	APOEL
Alekou 58'	(report)	Charalambides 51'

APOEL	4 – 0	AEL
Morais 13' Charalambides 24' Christou 40' Pinto 64'	(report)

AE Paphos	2 – 2	APOEL
Ba 19' Chailis 52'	(report)	Żewłakow 15' Charalambides 17'

APOEL	3 – 2	Omonia
Onwuachi 3', 18' Charalambides 37'	(report)	Okkas 11' (pen.) Aloneftis 58'

APOP Kinyras	1 – 2	APOEL
Mykhailenko 12'	(report)	Onwuachi 43' Elia 45' (pen.)

APOEL	1 – 0	EN Paralimni
Onwuachi 11'	(report)

Alki	1 – 0	APOEL
Rouga 88'	(report)

APOEL	4 – 1	Apollon
Mirosavljević 45' Onwuachi 48' 55' Alexandrou 90'	(report)	Sangoy 59',  61'

Atromitos	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Mirosavljević 28'

APOEL	2 – 0	AEK
Broerse 5' Kontis 14'	(report)	Veiga  64'

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'

APOEL	3 – 1	Alki
Onwuachi 29' Żewłakow 79' Satsias 88' (pen.)	(report)	Sajdak 84'

Apollon	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Michael 13' (pen.)

APOEL	4 – 0	Atromitos
Satsias 7' Kosowski 20', 65' Żewłakow 37'	(report)

AEK	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Onwuachi 74'

Anorthosis	1 – 2	APOEL
Frousos 60'	(report)	Żewłakow 64' Morais 77'

APOEL	4 – 0	APEP
Michael 33' (pen.) Żewłakow 45', 82', 86'	(report)

Playoffs

AEL	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Michael 93'

Omonia	1 – 2	APOEL
Alabi 9'	(report)	Kontis 69' Pinto 84'

APOEL	2 – 0	Anorthosis
Kosowski 14' Michael 65'	(report)

Anorthosis	1 – 1	APOEL
Skopelitis 19'	(report)	Żewłakow 39'

APOEL	3 – 1	AEL
Żewłakow 3' 17' Broerse 37'	(report)	Júnior 5'

APOEL	abandoned	Omonia
	(report)	Konstantinou 2' Žlogar 31'

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'

Doxa Katokopia	2 – 3	APOEL
Margaça 42' Serjão 71'	(report)	Kosowski 1' Onwuachi 8', 58'

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.

Notes

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

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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