List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09

This is a list of Cypriot football transfers for the 2008–09 winter transfer window by club. Only transfers of the Cypriot First Division are included.

The winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2009, although a few transfers took place prior to that date. The window closed at midnight on 1 February 2009. Players without a club may join one at any time, either during or in between transfer windows.

Player Transfers

AEK Larnaca

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

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Abdelkarim Kissi (from Apollon Limassol)
86	MF	Kyriacos Pavlou (on loan from AC Omonia)
24	DF	Amir Azmy (from Hacettepe SK)
32	FW	Silva (from Alki Larnaca)
77	MF	Tiquinho (from Anorthosis FC)
35	GK	Miloš Adamović (Free Agent)
4	DF	Nélson Veiga (Free Agent)
35	FW	Milan Belić (from AEP Paphos)

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

No.	Position	Player
40	FW	Joseph Nwafor (to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan)
18	DF	Demetris Daskalakis (to Ethnikos Asteras)
16	DF	Marcelo Costa (Released)
88	DF	Dejan Ilić (Released)
14	MF	Hamid Rhanem (to APOP Kinyras Peyias)
21	MF	Ednilson (Released)
9	FW	Dionisio Mendes (to Bnei Sakhnin)
1	GK	Joslain Mayebi (to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan)
35	GK	Ivaylo Petrov (to CSKA Sofia)
26	MF	Martin Abraham (Released)
27	DF	Pavel Pergl (to Dynamo Dresden)

AEL Limassol

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

No.	Position	Player
8	FW	Freddy (from Enosis Neon Paralimni)
55	MF	Miguel Vargas (from APOP Kinyras Peyias)
99	MF	Clayton (from AC Omonia)
5	MF	Stelios Parpas (from Aris Limassol)

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

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Nemanja Čorović (to Digenis Morphou)
10	MF	Julio García (to Enosis Neon Paralimni)
33	MF	Petros Filaniotis (to Ethnikos Achna)

AEP Paphos

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

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Jane Nikolovski (from APOEL FC)
69	DF	Jorge Teixeira (from Atromitos Yeroskipou)
99	FW	Ladji Keita (from Atromitos Yeroskipou)
38	MF	Martin Kolar (from Helsingborgs IF)
32	MF	Nikolaos Chatzis (from Atromitos Yeroskipou)
50	FW	Mustapha Bangura (on loan from AC Omonia)

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

No.	Position	Player
25	MF	Leonardo de Oliveira (Released)
1	GK	Joost Terol (to AGOVV Apeldoorn)
24	MF	Jatto Ceesay (to Digenis Morphou)
19	FW	Ronny Van Es (to Doxa Dramas)
5	DF	Themis Agathokleous (to Akritas Chlorakas)
13	GK	Demetris Leoni (to Anorthosis FC)
15	DF	Marco Förster (to Anagennisi Karditsa)
10	FW	Sása Jovanović (to Akritas Chlorakas)
11	FW	Milan Belić (to AEK Larnaca)
21	FW	Charalambos Demosthenous (on loan to Atromitos Yeroskipou)

Alki Larnaca

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

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Fabrizio Cetraro (from C.A. Progreso)
40	GK	Ramiro González (from Pinatar CF)
48	MF	Mikalay Strizhkov (unknown)
77	DF	Pompiliu Stoica (from Tom Tomsk)
29	FW	Tomasz Sajdak (from HJK Helsinki)
55	FW	Pepe (from Bidvest Wits)
56	DF	Dimitri ( Vitória SP)

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

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Rui Andrade (to Atromitos Yeroskipou)
8	MF	Bogdan Andone (to Ermis Aradippou)
14	MF	Leandro Naldoni (Released)
99	FW	Edgar (Released)
32	FW	Silva (to AEK Larnaca)
89	MF	Lamine Sakho (Released)

Anorthosis FC

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

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Eugen Trică (from CFR Cluj ^[1])
31	GK	Demetris Leoni (from AEP Paphos ^[2])
80	MF	Alexandros Garpozis (from Apollon Limassol ^[3])
70	FW	Giorgos Tofas (on loan from AEK Athens ^[4])

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

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Tiquinho (to AEK Larnaca)
10	MF	Paulo Costa (on loan to APOEL ^[5])
77	FW	Stefanos Voskaridis (on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni ^[6])

APEP Pitsilia

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

No.	Position	Player
30	MF	Fumo (from Atromitos Yeroskipou)
39	MF	Amadou Sanokho (Free Agent)
29	GK	Luigi Gennamo (from Free Agent)

Out: 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	Christophe Ott (to Pau FC)
11	FW	Andrew Esealuka (to Aris Limassol)
92	DF	Boris Bjelkanović (to Atromitos Yeroskipou)

Apoel

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

No.		Position	Player
16		MF	Paulo Costa (On loan from Anorthosis ^[7])

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

No.		Position	Player
12		GK	Jane Nikolovski (to AEP Paphos ^[8])
9		FW	Andreas Papathanasiou (On loan to Ermis Aradippou)

Apollon Limassol

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

No.	Position	Player
83	MF	Ioannis Masmanidis (from 1. FC Nuremberg)
81	DF	Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson (from Aalesunds FK)
87	FW	Mauricio Pinilla (from Vasco de Gama)
36	DF	Diogo Luís (from Leixões S.C.)

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Federico Domínguez (to Club Nacional de Football)
5	MF	Gábor Korolovszky (to Aris Limassol)
99	DF	Petros Konnafis (to Olympiakos Nicosia)
6	MF	Abdelkarim Kissi (to AEK Larnaca)
44	MF	Giorgos Sielis (on loan to Olympiakos Nicosia)
7	FW	Hristo Yovov (to PFC Levski Sofia)
19	MF	Alexandros Garpozis (to Anorthosis FC)
28	GK	André Queirós (Released)

APOP Kinyras Peyias

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

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Hamid Rhanem (from AEK Larnaca)
80	MF	Giannis Retsas (from Kerkyra FC)
70	MF	Guilherme Weisheimer (from Atromitos Yeroskipou)
10	MF	Edgar Marcelino (from Racing de Ferrol)
21	FW	José Semedo (from Rio Ave F.C.)

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

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Carlos Marques (to C.D. Pinhalnovense)
6	DF	Lionel Medeiros (Released)
17	MF	Julian Kmet (Released)
31	FW	Luís Miguel (to Enosis Neon Paralimni)
55	MF	Miguel Vargas (to AEL Limassol)

Atromitos Yeroskipou

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

No.	Position	Player
32	DF	Rui Andrade (from Alki Larnaca)
31	FW	Papi Kimoto (from R.F.C. de Liège)
19	FW	Charalambos Demosthenous (on loan from AEP Paphos)
84	DF	Boris Bjelkanović (from APEP Pitsilia)

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

No.	Position	Player
29	FW	Ladji Keita (to AEP Paphos)
25	DF	Jorge Teixeira (to AEP Paphos)
11	MF	Nikolaos Chatzis (to AEP Paphos)
10	FW	Fumo (to APEP Pitsilia)
4	DF	Hugo Costa (Released)
30	FW	Zsolt Nagy (to ASIL Lysi)
3	DF	Aladár Virágh (to Anagennisi Dherynia)
7	MF	Guilherme (from APOP Kinyras Peyias)

Doxa Katokopia

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

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Spencer (from F.C. Maia)
2	MF	Luís Torres (from Atlético Clube de Portugal)
30	FW	Mateus (from Rio Ave F.C.)
77	DF	Mario Silva (from Boavista)

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

No.		Position	Player
20		FW	Nemanja Mijailović (to FK Buducnost Podgorica)
30		FW	Charles Obi (Released)

Enosis Neon Paralimni

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

No.	Position	Player
50	MF	Blessing Kaku (from Maccabi Petah Tikva)
31	FW	Luís Miguel (from APOP Kinyras Peyias)
77	FW	Stefanos Voskaridis (on loan from Anorthosis FC)
15	DF	Eric Ejiofor (from Alki Larnaca)
60	MF	Julio García (from AEL Limassol)
99	FW	Mustapha Kamal N'Daw (from Veria)
37	MF	Mário Breška (on loan from 1. FC Nuremberg)

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

No.	Position	Player
9	MF	Freddy (to AEL Limassol)
6	MF	Puma (to PAEEK FC)
23	MF	Néné (to Pontevedra)
18	MF	Jeff Tutuana (to AO Ayia Napa)

Ethnikos Achna

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

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Eduardo Pincelli (from Chalkanoras Idaliou)
33	MF	Petros Filaniotis (from AEL Limassol)
28	MF	Abdoulaye Niang (from AO Kavala)

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Eduardo Angeli (Released)
21	FW	Zoran Janković (to FK Inđija)
16	MF	Elipidoforos Elia (on loan to Olympiakos Nicosia)
	FW	Genc Iseni (to FK Milano)

Omonia

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

No.	Position	Player
32	FW	Dušan Đokić (on loan from Club Brugge)
18	DF	Rafał Kosznik (from Lechia Gdańsk)
14	MF	Dimitrios Grammozis (from Ergotelis)

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

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Theofanis Lagos (on loan to Nea Salamina)
11	MF	Kyriacos Pavlou (on loan to AEK Larnaca)
20	FW	Mustapha Bangura (on loan to AEP Paphos)
17	MF	David Kobylík (to Sigma Olomouc)
6	DF	Marcelo Pletsch (Released)
22	MF	Clayton (to AEL Limassol)

References

↑ "Eugen Trică signs for the club". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
↑ "Signing of Demetris Leoni". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
↑ "Third transfer Alexis Garpozis". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
↑ "Fourth transfer Giorgos Tofas". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
↑ "Loan of Paulo Costa". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
↑ "Loan of Voskaridis". www.24sports.com.cy. 2008-12-31. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
↑ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
↑ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-12-30.

Cypriot First Division

2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia

Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in Cyprus

League system	First Division Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Women's First Division

Cup competitions	Cypriot Cup Super Cup Lower Divisions' Cup Women's Cup Women's Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Fourth Division

National teams	Men U-21 U-19 Futsal Women

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign players

Miscellaneous	Cypriot football clubs in European competitions

Rivalries	Famagusta derby Larnaca derby Limassol derby Nicosia derby

Cyprus Football Association

List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09

Player Transfers

Apoel

References

See also