2008–09 Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season

Anorthosis Famagusta

2008–09 season
Chairman	Andreas Panteli (until December 2008) Chris Georgiades (from January 2009)
Manager	Temuri Ketsbaia Michalis Pamboris
Cypriot First Division	3rd
Cypriot Cup	Second Round
LTV Super Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sosin (10 goals) All: Sosin (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	19,259 vs Panathinaikos (1 October 2008)
Lowest home attendance	6,050 vs Atromitos (31 November 2008)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season (started 19 June 2008) is Anorthosis' 60th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division. The team finished 1st in the league in the previous season so it will represent Cyprus in the Champions League. The first training session for the season took take place at the training ground at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium on June 18, 2008.^[1] On August 27, 2008, they became the first Cypriot football club to reach the group stages of the Champions League, defeating Olympiacos of Greece in the third qualifying round.^[2]

In December 2008, Andreas Panteli, the chairman of the company since 2004, resigned and he was replaced by Chris Georgiades. Manager Temuri Ketsbaia left the club by mutual consent in April 2009 and was replaced by Michalis Pamboris as caretaker.

Current squad

Last Update: 14 February 2009^[3]

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 Arjan Beqaj 3 DF Lambros Lambrou 4 DF Nikos Katsavakis 5 MF Nikos Nicolaou (captain) 6 MF Siniša Dobrasinović 8 MF Giannis Skopelitis 9 FW Łukasz Sosin 11 FW Nikolaos Frousos 12 DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy 16 FW Klimenti Tsitaishvili 17 MF Sávio 18 MF Eugen Trică 19 FW Hawar Taher 20 MF Vincent Laban

No. Position Player 21 MF Giorgos Panagi 22 DF Predrag Ocokoljić 23 DF Constantinos Samaras 24 DF Andreas Constantinou 26 FW Chrysovalantis Panayiotou 27 MF Cédric Bardon 28 DF Georgios Georgiou 30 GK Zoltán Nagy 31 GK Demetris Leoni 32 GK Gavriel Constantinou 33 DF Traianos Dellas 67 DF Giorgos Theodotou 70 FW Giorgos Tofas 80 MF Alexandros Garpozis

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Position Player DF Predrag Ocokoljić (from AEL Limassol) MF Giannis Skopelitis (from Atromitos) MF Stefanos Voskaridis (from Kallithea) MF Tiquinho (from AEL Limassol) MF Siniša Dobrašinović (from Omonia Nicosia) DF Giorgos Theodotou (from Omonia Nicosia) DF Georgios Georgiou (from Atromitos) DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (from Alemannia Aachen[4]) MF Cédric Bardon (from Bnei Yehuda[5]) DF Traianos Dellas (from AEK Athens[6]) MF Sávio (from Desportiva[7]) MF Hawar Taher (from Al-Khor[8])

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

No. Position Player DF Savvas Poursaitidis (to APOEL) MF Anton Žlogar (to Omonia Nicosia) DF Hamad Ndikumana (to Omonia Nicosia) DF Amir Azmy (to Hacettepe) MF William Boaventura (to Metalurh Donetsk) DF Loukas Louka (to Alki Larnaca) MF Metodi Deyanov (released) FW Milan Belić (to A.E. Paphos[9]) DF Theodoros Tripotseris (to Levadiakos)

Winter

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

No. Position Player MF Eugen Trică (from CFR Cluj[10]) GK Demetris Leoni (from A.E. Paphos[11]) MF Alexandros Garpozis (from Apollon Limassol[12]) FW Giorgos Tofas (on loan from AEK Athens[13])

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 Tiquinho (to AEK Larnaca) MF Paulo Costa (on loan to APOEL[14]) FW Stefanos Voskaridis (on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni[15])

Foreign players

Teams in the Cypriot First Division can register up to eighteen non-EU nationals and players with European ancestry.

EU Nationals Arjan Beqaj Vincent Laban Cédric Bardon Klimenti Tsitaishvili Nikos Katsavakis Giannis Skopelitis Nikolaos Frousos Traianos Dellas Georgios Georgiou Zoltán Nagy Siniša Dobrasinović Łukasz Sosin Eugen Trică Jeffrey Leiwakabessy Predrag Ocokoljić

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Sávio

Non-EU Nationals Hawar Taher

International players

Lambros Lambrou Nikos Nicolaou Giorgos Panagi Andreas Constantinou Giorgos Theodotou Demetris Leoni Alexandros Garpozis

Arjan Beqaj Sávio Nikolaos Frousos Traianos Dellas Eugen Trică

Łukasz Sosin Predrag Ocokoljić Hawar Taher

Club

Other information

Chairman	Andreas Panteli (until December 2008) Chris Georgiades (from January 2009)
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium (9,782 / 105x70 m)

Source: anorthosisfc.com

Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	APOEL !APOEL	26	22	3	1	53	14	+39	69	Qualification to Second Round Group A
2	Omonia Nicosia !Omonia Nicosia	26	21	1	4	61	18	+43	64
3	Anorthosis Famagusta !Anorthosis Famagusta	26	20	2	4	49	19	+30	62
4	AEL Limassol !AEL Limassol	26	13	4	9	34	30	+4	43

Updated to games played on 14 March 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 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D

Last updated: May 9, 2009.
Source: anorthosisfc.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Playoffs table

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	APOEL !APOEL	32	26	4	2	62	17	+45	82	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Omonia Nicosia !Omonia Nicosia	32	25	1	6	70	22	+48	76	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Anorthosis Famagusta !Anorthosis Famagusta	32	21	4	7	52	26	+26	67	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	AEL Limassol !AEL Limassol	32	13	5	14	38	41	−3	44

Updated to games played on 10 May 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

Pre-season and friendlies

Anorthosis left on 25 June for Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Golden Tulip Victoria athletic centre to perform most of their pre-season training.^[16] The team returned on 9 July. While in Netherlands Anorthosis played four friendly matches.

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LTV Super Cup

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Regular season

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Playoffs

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Cypriot Cup

All times at EET

Second round

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2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Time at CET

• First Qualifying Round

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• Second Qualifying Round

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• Third Qualifying Round

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Group Stage: Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Internazionale 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 Werder Bremen 6 1 4 1 7 9 −2 7 Anorthosis 6 1 3 2 8 8 0 6

ANO INT PAN BRM Anorthosis – 3–3 3–1 2–2 Internazionale 1–0 - 0–1 1–1 Panathinaikos 1–0 0–2 - 2–2 Werder Bremen 0–0 2–1 2–2 –