2008–09 Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season

Anorthosis Famagusta
2008–09 season
Chairman Cyprus Andreas Panteli (until December 2008)
Cyprus Chris Georgiades (from January 2009)
Manager Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia
Cyprus 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)

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 FC of Greece in the third qualifying round.[2]

On 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 on 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 Albania GK Arjan Beqaj
3 Cyprus DF Lambros Lambrou
4 Greece DF Nikos Katsavakis
5 Cyprus MF Nikos Nicolaou (captain)
6 Montenegro MF Siniša Dobrasinović
8 Greece MF Giannis Skopelitis
9 Poland FW Łukasz Sosin
11 Greece FW Nikolaos Frousos
12 Netherlands DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
16 Georgia (country) FW Klimenti Tsitaishvili
17 Brazil MF Sávio
18 Romania MF Eugen Trică
19 Iraq FW Hawar Taher
20 France MF Vincent Laban
No. Position Player
21 Cyprus MF Giorgos Panagi
22 Serbia DF Predrag Ocokoljić
23 Cyprus DF Constantinos Samaras
24 Cyprus DF Andreas Constantinou
26 Cyprus FW Chrysovalantis Panayiotou
27 France MF Cédric Bardon
28 Greece DF Georgios Georgiou
30 Hungary GK Zoltán Nagy
31 Cyprus GK Demetris Leoni
32 Cyprus GK Gavriel Constantinou
33 Greece DF Traianos Dellas
67 Cyprus DF Giorgos Theodotou
70 Cyprus FW Giorgos Tofas
80 Cyprus 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
Serbia DF Predrag Ocokoljić (from Cyprus AEL Limassol)
Greece MF Giannis Skopelitis (from Greece Atromitos)
Cyprus MF Stefanos Voskaridis (from Greece Kallithea)
Portugal MF Tiquinho (from Cyprus AEL Limassol)
Montenegro MF Siniša Dobrašinović (from Cyprus Omonia Nicosia)
Cyprus DF Giorgos Theodotou (from Cyprus Omonia Nicosia)
Greece DF Georgios Georgiou (from Greece Atromitos)
Netherlands DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (from Germany Alemannia Aachen[4])
France MF Cédric Bardon (from Israel Bnei Yehuda[5])
Greece DF Traianos Dellas (from Greece A.E.K. Athens[6])
Brazil MF Sávio (from Brazil Desportiva[7])
Iraq MF Hawar Taher (from Qatar 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
Greece DF Savvas Poursaitidis (to Cyprus APOEL)
Slovenia MF Anton Žlogar (to Cyprus Omonia Nicosia)
Rwanda DF Hamad Ndikumana (to Cyprus Omonia Nicosia)
Egypt DF Amir Azmy (to Turkey Hacettepe)
Brazil MF William Boaventura (to Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk)
Cyprus DF Loukas Louka (to Cyprus Alki Larnaca)
Bulgaria MF Metodi Deyanov (released)
Serbia FW Milan Belić (to Cyprus A.E. Paphos[9])
Greece DF Theodoros Tripotseris (to Greece 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
Romania MF Eugen Trică (from Romania CFR Cluj[10])
Cyprus GK Demetris Leoni (from Cyprus A.E. Paphos[11])
Cyprus MF Alexandros Garpozis (from Cyprus Apollon Limassol[12])
Cyprus FW Giorgos Tofas (on loan from Greece 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
Portugal MF Tiquinho (to Cyprus AEK Larnaca)
Portugal MF Paulo Costa (on loan to Cyprus APOEL[14])
Cyprus FW Stefanos Voskaridis (on loan to Cyprus 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

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

International players

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Cyprus Michalis Pamboris
Assistant manager Cyprus Nikos Nicolaou
Fitness coach Cyprus Michalis Michael
Goalkeeping coach Cyprus Michalis Pamboris
Team doctor Cyprus Sergios Sergiou

Last updated: 16 Apr 2008
Source: anorthosisfc.com

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Quality Group

Home
Away
Third Colours

Source: anorthosisfc.com

Other information

Chairman Cyprus Andreas Panteli (until December 2008)
Cyprus 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 26 22 3 1 53 14+39 69 Qualification to 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 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

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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 3 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 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 38 413 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.




2008-07-05
Bochum Germany 12 Cyprus Anorthosis
Dabrowski (pen)  72' (Report) Sosin  33' , Tiquinho  73'
Stadion im Sportpark Wanne-Süd, Germany
Referee: Thomas Metzen






LTV Super Cup

Time at EET

2008-08-23
20:00
Anorthosis 01 APOEL
(Report) Kosowski  23'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

Regular season

Time at EET

2008-09-01
20:00
Anorthosis 30 APEP Pitsilias
Sosin  46' (pen.)
Sávio  52'
Dobra  90'
(Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Panikos Kailis

2008-09-12
19:30
Doxa 01 Anorthosis
(Report) Sosin  83'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 2.001
Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

2008-09-20
20:00
Anorthosis 21 Ethnikos Achnas
Dobra  25'
Leiwakabessy  52'
(Report) Schlichting  35'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

2008-09-27
20:00
AEL 02 Anorthosis
(Report) Sosin  71'
Dellas  81'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 6.645
Referee: Marios Tsangaris

2008-10-19
19:00
Anorthosis 00 AEP Paphos
(Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6.500
Referee: Demetris Crysostomou

2008-10-27
19:00
Omonia 40 Anorthosis
Žlogar  24'
Cafú  36'
Okkas  41'
Žlogar 51'
(Report)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 16.528
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

2008-10-31
19:00
Anorthosis 20 APOP Kinyras
Frousos  88'
Frousos  90+2'
(Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 8.500
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

2008-11-09
17:00
Enosis 03 Anorthosis
(Report) Sosin  70'
Hawar M.  76'
Hawar M.  84' (pen.)
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 3.100
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

2008-11-16
18:00
Anorthosis 21 Alki
Skopelitis  25'
Hawar M.  45' (pen.)
(Report) Lima  13'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.645
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

2008-11-22
18:00
Apollon 12 Anorthosis
Yovov  64' (Report) Frousos  74'
Sávio  85'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 6.521
Referee: Panikos Kailis

2008-11-30
18:00
Anorthosis 30 Atromitos
Nicolaou  21'
Skopelitis  52'
Sávio  71'
(Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6.050
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

2008-12-04
20:00
APOEL 10 Anorthosis
Mirosavljević  63' (Report)
GSP Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 11,566
Referee: Leontios Trattos

2008-12-14
18:00
Anorthosis 10 AEK
Dobra  60' (Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.927
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

2008-12-20
19:00
APEP 12 Anorthosis
Vogt  41' (Report) Sosin  65'
Hawar M.  70' (pen.)
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Marios Stamatis

2008-12-28
18:00
Anorthosis 20 Doxa
Hawar M.  33' (pen.)
Frousos  71'
(Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6.491
Referee: Marios Tsangaris

2009-01-03
16:30
Ethnikos 01 Anorthosis
(Report) Nicolaou  35'
Dasaki Stadium, Famagusta
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou

2009-01-10
19:00
Anorthosis 21 AEL
Nicolaou  52'
Sosin  89'
(Report) Freddy  68'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.000
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

2009-01-17
17:00
AEP 22 Anorthosis
Ba  64'
Chailis  75'
(Report) Tsitaishvili 33'
Skopelitis  90+3'
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Attendance: 3.300
Referee: Panikos Kailis

2009-01-25
18:00
Anorthosis 12 Omonia
Sávio  48' (Report) Aloneftis  39' (pen.)
Aloneftis  90+1'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

2009-01-31
15:00
APOP Kinyras 03 Anorthosis
(Report) Hawar M.  43'
Georgiou  49'
Trică  65'
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

2009-02-07
18:00
Anorthosis 10 Enosis
Constantinou  72' (Report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.400
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

2009-02-14
19:00
Alki 02 Anorthosis
(Report) Bardon  31'
Skopelitis  52'
Rafael Group Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 2.800
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

2009-02-21
19:00
Anorthosis 21 Apollon
Trică  36' (pen.)
Frousos  79'
(Report) Risso  69'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.200
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

2009-03-01
16:00
Atromitos 16 Anorthosis
Kimoto  84' (Report) Sosin  6'
Sosin  18'
Bardon  49'
Sosin  73'
Tofas  78'
Sosin  90'
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Attendance: 2.500
Referee: Charis Glykis

2009-03-08
16:00
Anorthosis 12 APOEL
Frousos  60' (Report) Żewłakow  64'
Morais  77'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 9.500
Referee: Leontios Trattos

2009-03-15
17:00
AEK 13 Anorthosis
Silva  29' (report) Garpozis  4'
Constantinou  45'
Bardon  55'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Savvas Zafeiris

Playoffs

2009-03-22
16:00
Anorthosis 02 Omonia
(report) Konstantinou  64'
Christofi  74'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

2009-04-05
18:00
Anorthosis 10 AEL
Frousos  21' (report)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

2009-04-11
19:00
APOEL 20 Anorthosis
Kosowski  14'
Michael  65' (pen.)
(report)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,689
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

2009-04-25
19:00
Anorthosis 11 APOEL
Skopelitis  19' (report) Żewłakow  38'
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

2009-05-02
18:00
Omonia 10 Anorthosis
Kaiafas  55' (report)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

2009-05-09
18:00
AEL 10 Anorthosis
Gadiaga  15' (report) Tofas  5'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Cypriot Cup

All times at EET

Second round

2009-01-21
18:00
Anorthosis 21 Apollon
Sosin  17'
Sávio  80'
(Report) Sangoy  90+2' (pen.)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7.500
Referee: Leontios Trattos

2008-11-22
18:00
Apollon 31 (a.e.t.) Anorthosis
Sangoy G.  39'
Sangoy G.  51'
David  118'
(Report) Katsavakis  69'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Panikos Kailis

UEFA Champions League 2008–09

Time at CET

2008-07-15
19:00
Anorthosis Cyprus 10 Armenia FC Pyunik
Frousos  72' (pen.) (Report)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,685
Referee: Jérome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

2008-07-23
19:00
FC Pyunik Armenia 02 Cyprus Anorthosis
(Report) Tsitaishvili  29'
Frousos  86'
Abovyan City, Yerevan
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)

2008-07-30
20:00
Anorthosis Cyprus 30 Austria Rapid Wien
Skopelitis  35'
Sosin  47',  90+2'
(Report)

2008-08-13
20:15
Rapid Wien Austria 31 Cyprus Anorthosis
Hoffer  22'
Maierhofer  63',  67'
(Report) Laban  13'
Gerhard Hanappi, Wien
Attendance: 16,830
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)


Group Stage: Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Panathinaikos 631287+110
Italy Internazionale 622287+18
Germany Werder Bremen 61417927
Cyprus Anorthosis 61328806
 ANOINTPANBRM
Anorthosis 33 31 22
Internazionale 10 - 01 11
Panathinaikos 10 02 - 22
Werder Bremen 00 21 22

2008-09-16
20:45
Werder Bremen Germany 00 Cyprus Anorthosis
Report
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 34,690
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

2008-10-01
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 31 Greece Panathinaikos
Sarriegi  11' (o.g.)
Dobrasinović  15'
Hawar M.  78'
Report Salpingidis  28' (pen.)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 19,259
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)


2008-11-04
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 33 Italy Internazionale
Bardon  31'
Panagi  45+1'
Frousos  50'
Balotelli  13'
Materazzi  44'
Cruz  80'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 17,140
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

2008-11-26
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 22 Germany Werder Bremen
Nicolaou  62'
Sávio  68'
Report Diego  72' (pen.)
Hugo Almeida  87'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 18,461
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

2008-12-09
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece 10 Cyprus Anorthosis
Karagounis  69' Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 59,872
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

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