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Anorthosis Famagusta

2008–09 season
Chairman	Andreas Panteli (until December 2008) Chris Georgiades (from January 2009)
Manager	Temur 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)
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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. 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.

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALB Arjan Beqaj 3 DF  CYP Lambros Lambrou 4 DF  GRE Nikos Katsavakis 5 MF  CYP Nikos Nicolaou (captain) 6 MF  MNE Siniša Dobrašinović 8 MF  GRE Giannis Skopelitis 9 FW  POL Łukasz Sosin 11 FW  GRE Nikolaos Frousos 12 DF  NED Jeffrey Leiwakabessy 16 FW  GEO Klimenti Tsitaishvili 17 MF  BRA Sávio 18 MF  ROU Eugen Trică 19 FW  IRQ Hawar Taher 20 MF  FRA Vincent Laban

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

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SRB Predrag Ocokoljić (from AEL Limassol) — MF  GRE Giannis Skopelitis (from Atromitos) — MF  CYP Stefanos Voskaridis (from Kallithea) — MF  POR Tiquinho (from AEL Limassol) — MF  MNE Siniša Dobrašinović (from Omonia Nicosia) — DF  CYP Giorgos Theodotou (from Omonia Nicosia) — DF  GRE Georgios Georgiou (from Atromitos) — DF  NED Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (from Alemannia Aachen) — MF  FRA Cédric Bardon (from Bnei Yehuda) — DF  GRE Traianos Dellas (from AEK Athens) — MF  BRA Sávio (from Desportiva) — MF  IRQ Hawar Taher (from Al-Khor)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GRE Savvas Poursaitidis (to APOEL) — MF  SVN Anton Žlogar (to Omonia Nicosia) — DF  RWA Hamad Ndikumana (to Omonia Nicosia) — DF  EGY Amir Azmy (to Hacettepe) — MF  BRA William Boaventura (to Metalurh Donetsk) — DF  CYP Loukas Louka (to Alki Larnaca) — MF  BUL Metodi Deyanov (released) — FW  SRB Milan Belić (to A.E. Paphos) — DF  GRE Theodoros Tripotseris (to Levadiakos)

Winter

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Eugen Trică (from CFR Cluj) — GK  CYP Demetris Leoni (from A.E. Paphos) — MF  CYP Alexandros Garpozis (from Apollon Limassol) — FW  CYP Giorgos Tofas (on loan from AEK Athens)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Tiquinho (to AEK Larnaca) — MF  POR Paulo Costa (on loan to APOEL) — FW  CYP Stefanos Voskaridis (on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni)

Foreign players

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

International players

Club

Management Position Staff Manager Michalis Pamboris Assistant manager Nikos Nicolaou Fitness coach Michalis Michael Goalkeeping coach Michalis Pamboris Team doctor 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	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

1. ^ AEL 1–0 APOL; APOL 1–3 AEL

Results by round

Playoffs table

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

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. The team returned on 9 July. While in Netherlands Anorthosis played four friendly matches.

Metalurh Donetsk	1–0	Anorthosis
	(Report)

Anorthosis	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Own goal 50'	(Report)

Bochum	1–2	Anorthosis
Dabrowski (pen) 72'	(Report)	Sosin 33', Tiquinho 73'

Anorthosis	0–0	Farul Constanţa
	(Report)

Ethnikos Achnas	3–3	Anorthosis
Alekou 35', Stjepanović 35', Janković 51'	(Report)	Sosin 43', Nicolaou 80', Tripotseris 90'

Alki Larnaca	0–0	Anorthosis
	(Report)

Anorthosis	2–1	AEK Larnaca
Tsitaishvili 25', Frousos 33'	(Report)	Adorno 73'

Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–0	Anorthosis
	(Report)

LTV Super Cup

Time at EET

Anorthosis	0–1	APOEL
	(Report)	Kosowski 23'

Regular season

Time at EET

Anorthosis	3–0	APEP Pitsilias
Sosin 46' (pen.) Sávio 52' Dobra 90'	(Report)

Doxa	0–1	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Sosin 83'

Anorthosis	2–1	Ethnikos Achnas
Dobra 25' Leiwakabessy 52'	(Report)	Schlichting 35'

AEL	0–2	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Sosin 71' Dellas 81'

Omonia	4–0	Anorthosis
Žlogar 24' Cafú 36' Okkas 41' Žlogar 51'	(Report)

Anorthosis	2–0	APOP Kinyras
Frousos 88' Frousos 90+2'	(Report)

Enosis	0–3	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Sosin 70' Hawar M. 76' Hawar M. 84' (pen.)

Anorthosis	2–1	Alki
Skopelitis 25' Hawar M. 45' (pen.)	(Report)	Lima 13'

Apollon	1–2	Anorthosis
Yovov 64'	(Report)	Frousos 74' Sávio 85'

Anorthosis	3–0	Atromitos
Nicolaou 21' Skopelitis 52' Sávio 71'	(Report)

APOEL	1–0	Anorthosis
Mirosavljević 63'	(Report)

Anorthosis	1–0	AEK
Dobra 60'	(Report)

APEP	1–2	Anorthosis
Vogt 41'	(Report)	Sosin 65' Hawar M. 70' (pen.)

Anorthosis	2–0	Doxa
Hawar M. 33' (pen.) Frousos 71'	(Report)

Ethnikos	0–1	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Nicolaou 35'

Anorthosis	2–1	AEL
Nicolaou 52' Sosin 89'	(Report)	Freddy 68'

AEP	2–2	Anorthosis
Ba 64' Chailis 75'	(Report)	Tsitaishvili 33' Skopelitis 90+3'

Anorthosis	1–2	Omonia
Sávio 48'	(Report)	Aloneftis 39' (pen.) Aloneftis 90+1'

APOP Kinyras	0–3	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Hawar M. 43' Georgiou 49' Trică 65'

Anorthosis	1–0	Enosis
Constantinou 72'	(Report)

Alki	0–2	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Bardon 31' Skopelitis 52'

Anorthosis	2–1	Apollon
Trică 36' (pen.) Frousos 79'	(Report)	Risso 69'

Atromitos	1–6	Anorthosis
Kimoto 84'	(Report)	Sosin 6' Sosin 18' Bardon 49' Sosin 73' Tofas 78' Sosin 90'

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

AEK	1–3	Anorthosis
Silva 29'	(report)	Garpozis 4' Constantinou 45' Bardon 55'

Playoffs

Anorthosis	0–2	Omonia
	(report)	Konstantinou 64' Christofi 74'

Anorthosis	1–0	AEL
Frousos 21'	(report)

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

Anorthosis	1–1	APOEL
Skopelitis 19'	(report)	Żewłakow 38'

Omonia	1–0	Anorthosis
Kaiafas 55'	(report)

AEL	1–0	Anorthosis
Gadiaga 15'	(report)	Tofas 5'

Cypriot Cup

All times at EET

Second round

Anorthosis	2–1	Apollon
Sosin 17' Sávio 80'	(Report)	Sangoy 90+2' (pen.)

Apollon	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Anorthosis
Sangoy G. 39' Sangoy G. 51' David 118'	(Report)	Katsavakis 69'

2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Time at CET

• First Qualifying Round

Anorthosis	1–0	Pyunik
Frousos 72' (pen.)	(Report)

Pyunik	0–2	Anorthosis
	(Report)	Tsitaishvili 29' Frousos 86'

• Second Qualifying Round

Anorthosis	3–0	Rapid Wien
Skopelitis 35' Sosin 47', 90+2'	(Report)

Rapid Wien	3–1	Anorthosis
Hoffer 22' Maierhofer 63', 67'	(Report)	Laban 13'

• Third Qualifying Round

Anorthosis	3–0	Olympiacos
Torosidis 4' (o.g.) Sosin 17' Laban 86'	(Report)

Olympiacos	1–0	Anorthosis
Belluschi 54'	(report)

Group Stage: Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	INT	BRM	ANO
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	2–2	1–0
2	Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8			0–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Werder Bremen	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–3	2–1	—	0–0
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6			3–1	3–3	2–2	—

Werder Bremen	0–0	Anorthosis
	Report

Anorthosis	3–1	Panathinaikos
Sarriegi 11' (o.g.) Dobrašinović 15' Hawar M. 78'	Report	Salpingidis 28' (pen.)

Internazionale	1–0	Anorthosis
Adriano 44'	Report

Anorthosis	3–3	Internazionale
Bardon 31' Panagi 45+1' Frousos 50'		Balotelli 13' Materazzi 44' Cruz 80'

Anorthosis	2–2	Werder Bremen
Nicolaou 62' Sávio 68'	Report	Diego 72' (pen.) Almeida 87'

Panathinaikos	1–0	Anorthosis
Karagounis 69'	Report

References

1. "Official "first" of the champions" (in Greek). Anorthosis FC. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
2. "Anorthosis: A Club Without A Home Finds A Place To Play". www.goal.com. 2008-08-27. Archived from the original on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
3. "Team Roster" (in Greek). Anorthosis FC. 2008-08-20. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
4. "8th transfer Leiwakabessy". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
5. "All agreed with Bardon..." www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-06-23. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
6. "Greek colossus bound for Anorthosis". www.uefa.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
7. "Sávio officially acquired from Anorthosis". www.sport-fm.gr. 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
8. "Hawar came to become...Sir". www.protathlima.com. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
9. "Anorthosis released Milan Belić". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
10. "Eugen Trică signs for the club". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-01-04. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
11. "Signing of Demetris Leoni". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
12. "Third transfer Alexis Garpozis". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-02-01. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
13. "Fourth transfer Giorgos Tofas". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
14. "Loan of Paulo Costa". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-12-28. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
15. "Loan of Voskaridis". www.24sports.com.cy. 2008-12-31. Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
16. "All details". www.anorthosisfc.com. 2008-06-24. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

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