2008–09 APOEL F.C. season

APOEL

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
← 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.^[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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Michalis Morfis 4 DF Paraskevas Christou 5 DF Daniel Florea 6 MF Demetris Kyriakou 7 DF Savvas Poursaitides 8 DF Bark Seghiri 10 MF Constantinos Charalambides 11 MF Kamil Kosowski 14 DF Joost Broerse 15 DF Marios Antoniades 17 MF Marinos Satsias (captain) 19 DF Marios Elia 20 MF Jean Paulista 21 FW Marcin Żewłakow

No. Position Player 22 GK Dionisis Chiotis 23 MF Helio Pinto 24 DF Christos Kontis 26 MF Nuno Morais 29 MF Nektarios Alexandrou 30 FW Nenad Mirosavljević 32 DF Altin Haxhi 33 MF Chrysis Michael 40 MF Giorgos Economides 60 GK Kyriacos Ioannou 71 MF Marios Theodorou 80 FW Benjamin Onwuachi 88 GK 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:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
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:

N	P	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

Pre-season 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 v SV Grödig

2008-06-25

APOEL	1 – 0	SV Grödig
Papathanasiou  28'	(Report)

Obertraun, Austria

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APOEL v FC Metalurh Zaporizhya

2008-06-28

APOEL	1 – 0	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Michael  27' (pen.)	(Report)

Obertraun, Austria

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APOEL v FC Argeş Piteşti

2008-07-02

APOEL	0 – 1 Abandoned[note 1]	FC Argeş Piteşti
	(Report)	Tameş  25'

Obertraun, Austria

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APOEL v FC Fehérvár

2008-07-05

APOEL	2 – 2	FC Fehérvár
Żewłakow  6' Charalambides  45'	(Report)	Nagy  60' (pen.) Pavličić  90'

Obertraun, Austria

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APOEL v Omonia Aradippou

2008-07-26

APOEL	4 – 1	Omonia Aradippou
Michael Mirosavljević Kosowski Elia  (pen.)	(Report)	Iakovou  (pen.)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: Behind closed doors

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AEK Larnaca v APOEL

2008-08-07

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

Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 3,000

Mid-season friendlies

PAEEK v APOEL

2008-10-11

PAEEK	0 – 5	APOEL
		Onwuachi , , Mirosavljević Haxhi

Keryneia Epistrofi, Lakatamia Attendance: 500

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

Last updated: 20 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
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

Updated to games played on March 14, 2009.
Source: soccerway.com
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
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

Last updated: May 25, 2009.
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; 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 or relegation	Head-to-head
1	APOEL (C)	32	26	4	2	62	17	+45	82	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Omonia Nicosia	32	25	1	6	70	22	+48	76	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	21	4	7	52	26	+26	67	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	AEL Limassol	32	13	5	14	38	41	−3	44

Updated to games played on May 10, 2009.
Source: soccerway.com
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season

APOEL v Doxa

2008-09-01 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 6,736 Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

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Ethnikos Achnas v APOEL

2008-09-12 19:30

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

Dasaki Stadium, Achna Attendance: 1,623 Referee: Charis Glykis

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APOEL v AEL

2008-09-21 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

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AE Paphos v APOEL

2008-09-28 19:00

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

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos Attendance: 2,923 Referee: Costas Kapitanis

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APOEL v Omonia

2008-10-20 19:30

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 18,769 Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

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APOP Kinyras v APOEL

2008-10-25 19:00

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

Peyia Municipal Stadium, Pegeia Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Panikos Andronikou

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APOEL v EN Paralimni

2008-11-01 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,608 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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Alki v APOEL

2008-11-09 18:00

Alki	1 – 0	APOEL
Rouga  88'	(report)

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 1,845 Referee: Panikos Kailis

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APOEL v Apollon

2008-11-15 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 7,794 Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

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Atromitos v APOEL

2008-11-23 17:00

Atromitos	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Mirosavljević  28'

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos Attendance: 1,670 Referee: Panikos Andronikou

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APOEL v AEK

2008-11-29 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,552 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APOEL v Anorthosis

2008-12-04 20:00

APOEL	1 – 0	Anorthosis
Mirosavljević  63'	(report)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 11,566 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APEP v APOEL

2008-12-13 19:00

APEP	1 – 1	APOEL
Szili  29'	(report)	Mirosavljević  12'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 1,745 Referee: Marios Tsangaris

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Doxa v APOEL

2008-12-21 17:00

Doxa	0 – 2	APOEL
	(report)	Alexandrou  57' Mirosavljević  73' (pen.)

Makario Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

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APOEL v Ethnikos Achnas

2008-12-27 19:00

APOEL	3 – 0	Ethnikos Achnas
Mirosavljević  63',  72' Alexandrou  85'	(report)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Costas Kapitanis

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AEL v APOEL

2009-01-04 18:00

AEL	0 – 1	APOEL
Torrão  72'	(report)	Mirosavljević  83'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APOEL v AE Paphos

2009-01-11 18:00

APOEL	4 – 1	AE Paphos
Michael  29' (pen.) Alexandrou  42' Paulo Costa  44' (pen.),  73'	(report)	Ba  57'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,417 Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

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Omonia v APOEL

2009-01-17 19:00

Omonia	0 – 1	APOEL
Ndikumana  45'	(report)	Alexandrou  59'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 19,570 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

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APOEL v APOP Kinyras

2009-01-24 19:00

APOEL	1 – 0	APOP Kinyras
Seghiri  45'	(report)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 3,799 Referee: Christos Nicolaidis

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EN Paralimni v APOEL

2009-01-31 17:30

EN Paralimni	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Żewłakow  83'

Tasos Markou, Paralimni Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

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APOEL v Alki

2009-02-07 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Christos Nicolaidis

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Apollon v APOEL

2009-02-15 15:30

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

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 8,936 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APOEL v Atromitos

2009-02-21 15:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Demetris Demetriou

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AEK v APOEL

2009-02-28 17:00

AEK	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Onwuachi  74'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

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Anorthosis v APOEL

2009-03-08 16:00

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

Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APOEL v APEP

2009-03-14 17:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 7,208 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

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Playoffs

AEL v APOEL

2009-03-22 16:00

AEL	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Michael  93'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 5,690 Referee: Liran Liani

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Omonia v APOEL

2009-04-06 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 16,636 Referee: Haim Yaacov

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APOEL v Anorthosis

2009-04-11 19:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 9,836 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

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Anorthosis v APOEL

2009-04-25 19:00

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

Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Christos Nicolaidis

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APOEL v AEL

2009-05-01 18:00

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

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 12,456 Referee: Marios Stamatis

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APOEL v Omonia

2009-05-10 18:00

APOEL	abandoned[note 2]	Omonia
	(report)	Konstantinou  2' Žlogar  31'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Panikos Andronikou

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UEFA Cup

First Qualifying Round

FK Pelister v APOEL

2008-07-17 18:00 CET

FK Pelister	0 – 0	APOEL
	(Report 1) (Report 2)

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan

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APOEL v FK Pelister

2008-07-31 19:00 CET

APOEL	1 – 0	FK Pelister
Michael  83' (pen.)	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Ristevski  77'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Second Qualifying Round

APOEL v Red Star Belgrade

2008-08-14 19:00 CET

APOEL	2 – 2	Red Star Belgrade
Broerse  34' Żewłakow  47'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Edgar  9' Burzanović  62'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 10,188 Referee: Robert Styles

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Red Star Belgrade v APOEL

2008-08-28 20:15 CET

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'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda Attendance: 20,125 Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago

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

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First round

APOEL v Schalke 04

2008-09-16 18:00 CET

APOEL	1 – 4	Schalke 04
Mirosavljević  72'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Westermann  25' Rakitić  36' Sánchez  41' Altıntop  88'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Robert Malek

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Schalke 04 v APOEL

2008-10-02 18:15 CET

Schalke 04	1 – 1	APOEL
Pander  58'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Pinto  6'

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,214 Referee: Pedro Proença

FC Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.

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LTV Super Cup

Anorthosis v APOEL

2008-08-23 20:00 EET

Anorthosis	0 – 1	APOEL
	(report)	Kosowski  23'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

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

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Cypriot Cup

Second round

APOEL v Doxa Katokopia

2009-01-21 16:00 EET

APOEL	2 – 2	Doxa Katokopia
Charalambides  41' Onwuachi  74'	(report)	Stylianou  56' Rodrigues  84'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Christos Elia

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Doxa Katokopia v APOEL

2009-02-04 16:00 EET

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

Makario Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Panikos Andronikou

APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Quarterfinals

Ermis Aradippou v APOEL

2009-03-04 16:00 EET

Ermis Aradippou	1 – 1	APOEL
Papathanasiou  32'	(report)	Kontis  73'

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 900 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

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APOEL v Ermis Aradippou

2009-03-18 16:00 EET

APOEL	3 – 0	Ermis Aradippou
Mirosavljević  35' Onwuachi  65' Pinto  82'	(report)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 2,410 Referee: Antonis Constantinides

APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Semifinals

APOP Kinyras v APOEL

2009-04-15 19:00 EET

APOP Kinyras	2 – 0	APOEL
Buyse  30' Vasconcelos  58'	(report)	Pinto  80'

Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Leontios Trattos

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APOEL v APOP Kinyras

2009-05-06 19:30 EET

APOEL	1 – 0	APOP Kinyras
Alexandrou  16' (pen.)	(report)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

APOP Kinyras won 2–1 on aggregate.

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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. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
3. Πρόγραμμα προετοιμασίας (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-06-20.