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
For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2008. Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09.
Squad changes
In:
Total expenditure: €320K
Out:
Total income: €0
Player stats Last update: May 10, 2009
No.Pos.NameMarfin Laiki LeagueCypriot CupUEFA CupLTV Super CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Michalis Morfis4010201080004DF Paraskevas Christou102303010172305DF Daniel Florea120404010210106MF Demetris Kyriakou2020000040007DF Savvas Poursaitidis270204010340508DF Bark Seghiri141504000231309FW Andreas Papathanasiou30002000500010MF Constantinos Charalambides2444160103556011MF Kamil Kosowski2435141113463012GK Jane Nikolovski00000000000014DF Joost Broerse3125051004134015DF Marios Antoniades00000000000016MF Paulo Costa52200000721017MF Marinos Satsias(c)1623000001923019DF Marios Elia1513010102013020MF Jean Paulista00004010500021FW Marcin Żewłakow241160511036121022GK Dionisis Chiotis2805050003802123MF Helio Pinto2725152103858124DF Christos Kontis2824150003733026MF Nuno Morais3035060104237029MF Nektarios Alexandrou2855120003565030FW Nenad Mirosavljević25841521035113032DF Altin Haxhi1802040102509033MF Chrysis Michael2362051103173040MF Giorgos Economides00000000000060GK Kyriacos Ioannou00000000000071MF Marios Theodorou00000000000080FW Benjamin Onwuachi24864301034121088GK Tasos Kissas100000001000
Club
Management
Kit
Other information
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.
Mid-season friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Marfin Laiki League
Classification
Results summary
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
Playoffs
UEFA Cup
First qualifying round
APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
APOEL 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate. APOEL won on away goals.
First round
FC Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.
LTV Super Cup
APOEL won the 2008 Cypriot Super Cup (10th title).
Cypriot Cup
Second round
APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals
APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
APOP Kinyras won 2–1 on aggregate.
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