Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season 2008-09

Infobox football club season
club = Anorthosis Famagusta
season = 2008–09
manager = flagicon|GEO Temuri Ketsbaia
chairman = flagicon|CYP Andreas Panteli
league = Cypriot First Division
league result =
cup1 = Cypriot Cup
cup1 result =
cup2 = Cyprus FA Shield
cup2 result =
cup3 = Champions League
cup3 result =
league topscorer =
season topscorer =
highest attendance =
lowest attendance =

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. [cite web|url=http://www.anorthosisfc.com/news.php?ArticleID=202&langco=Gr&anorthosisfc=c1dcdf7f1aba2c6c64bd3e87c858cf47&lang=En|publisher=Anorthosis FC|language=Greek|title=Official "first" of the champions|date=2008-06-17|accessdate=2008-08-20]

Current squad

"Last Update: 29 August 2008" [cite web|url=http://www.anorthosisfc.com/players.php|publisher=Anorthosis FC|title=Team Roster|language=Greek |date=2008-08-20|accessdate=2008-08-20]

Transfers 2008/09

InFs player|no=|nat=Netherlands|pos=DF|name=Jeffrey Leiwakabessy|other=from Alemannia Aachen [citeweb| url=http://www.anorthosisfc.com/news.php?ArticleID=205|title=8th transfer Leiwakabessy|publisher=www.anorthosisfc.com|date=2008-06-19|accessdate=2008-08-20] Fs player|no=|nat=France|pos=MF|name=Cédric Bardon|other=from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. [citeweb| url=http://www.anorthosisfc.com/news.php?ArticleID=213|title=All agreed with Bardon...|publisher=www.anorthosisfc.com|date=2008-06-23|accessdate=2008-08-20] Fs player|no=|nat=Greece|pos=DF|name=Traianos Dellas|other=from AEK Athens F.C. [citeweb| url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=734713.html|title=Greek colossus bound for Anorthosis|publisher=www.uefa.com|date=2008-07-24|accessdate=2008-07-25] Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=Sávio|other=from Desportiva Capixaba [citeweb| url=http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/141599|title=Sávio officially acquired from Anorthosis|publisher=www.sport-fm.gr|date=2008-08-9|accessdate=2008-08-12] Fs player|no=|nat=Iraq|pos=MF|name=Hawar Mulla Mohammed|other=from Al-Khor [citeweb| url=http://www.protathlima.com/content/main/story.jsp?&id=24880|title=Hawar came to become...Sir|publisher=www.protathlima.com|date=2008-08-12|accessdate=2008-08-12]

OutFs player|no=|nat=Serbia|pos=FW|name=Milan Belić|other=to AEP Paphos FC [citeweb| url=http://www.anorthosisfc.com/news.php?ArticleID=203|title=Anorthosis released Milan Belić|publisher=www.anorthosisfc.com|date=2008-06-19|accessdate=2008-08-20]

Foreign players

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

Last Update: 28 September 2008
Source: [http://www.soccerway.com/national/cyprus/1-division/2007-2008/regular-season soccerway.com]
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Results by round

Playoffs Table

"Last updated September 2, 2008"

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Matches

"Time at EET"

footballbox
date=2008-09-01
time=20:00
team1=Anorthosis
score= 3 – 0
report= [http://www.anorthosisfc.com/gamestats.php?GameID=61 (report)]
team2=APEP Pitsilias
goals1= Sosin(pen) goal|46 , Sávio goal|52, Dobra goal|90,
Constantinou yel|38
goals2= Prado yel|33, Onisiforou yel|43
stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
attendance= 8.000
referee=Panikos Kailis----footballbox
date=2008-09-12
time=19:30
team1=Doxa
score= 0 – 1
report= [http://www.24sports.com.cy/easyconsole.cfm/id/9924 (Report)]
team2=Anorthosis
goals1= Comboio yel|38, Stylianou yel|90
goals2= goal|83 Sosin,
Laban yel|58, Hawar M. yel|74
stadium=Makario Stadium, Nicosia
attendance= 2.001
referee=Giannis Anastasiou----footballbox
date=2008-09-20
time=20:00
team1=Anorthosis
score= 2 – 1
report= [http://www.anorthosisfc.com/gamestats.php?GameID=54 (Report)]
team2=Ethnikos Achnas
goals1= Dobrasinović goal|25, Leiwakabessy goal|52
Laban yel|85, Tsitaishvili yel|90
goals2= Schlichting goal|35
Simov yel|44, Manousakis yel|82, Eleftheriou yel|90
stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
attendance= 8.000
referee=Stelios Trifonos----footballbox
date=2008-09-27
time=20:00
team1=AEL
score= 0 – 2
report= [http://www.kerkida.net/showarticle.php?pageaction=ker&modid=ShowArticle&artid=14752&catid=1&catfilid=12 (Report)]
team2=Anorthosis
goals1=
goals2= Sosin goal|71, Dellas goal|81
stadium=Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
attendance= 6.645
referee=Marios Tsangaris----footballbox
date=2008-10-19
time=19:00
team1=Anorthosis
score= –
report=
team2=AEP Paphos
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
attendance=
referee=

UEFA Champions League 2008–09

"Time at CET"

*First Qualifying Round

footballbox
date=2008-07-15
time=19:00
team1=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15273/match=303474/index.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|ARM FC Pyunik
goals1=Frousos (pen) goal|72
goals2=
stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
attendance=6,685
referee=flagicon|BEL Jérome Efong Nzolo

footballbox
date=2008-07-23
time=19:00
team1=flagicon|ARM FC Pyunik
score= 0 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15273/match=303488/index.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1=
goals2= Tsitaishvili goal|29 , Frousos goal|86
stadium=Abovyan City, Yerevan
attendance=1,100
referee=flagicon|GER Babak Rafati----

*Second Qualifying Round

footballbox
date=2008-07-30
time=20:00
team1=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
score=3 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15274/match=303500/index.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|AUT Rapid Wien
goals1=Skopelitis goal|35 , Sosin goal|47goal|90+2
goals2=
stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
attendance=10,000
referee=flagicon|ESP Carlos Velasco Carballo

footballbox
date=2008-08-13
time=20:15
team1=flagicon|AUT Rapid Wien
score= 3 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15274/match=303514/index.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1=Hoffer goal|22, Maierhofer goal|63 goal|67
goals2=Laban goal|13
stadium=Gerhard Hanappi, Wien
attendance=16,830
referee=flagicon|DEN Peter Rasmussen----

*Third Qualifying Round

footballbox
date=2008-08-13
time=20:00
team1=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
score=3 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15275/match=303812/report=lu.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos F.C.
goals1=Torosidis (o.g) goal|4 , Sosin goal|17, Laban goal|86
goals2=
stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
attendance=10,000
referee=flagicon|POR Olegário Benquerença

footballbox
date=2008-08-27
time=20:45
team1=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos FC
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15275/match=303828/report=rp.html (report)]
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1= Belluschi goal|54
goals2=
stadium=Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens
attendance=32,000
referee=flagicon|GER Herbert Fandel----

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footballbox
date=2008-09-16
time=20:45
team1=Werder Bremen flagicon|GER
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302700/report=rp.html Report]
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Weserstadion, Bremen
attendance=34,690
referee=Craig Thomson (Scotland) ----

footballbox
date=2008-10-01
time=20:45
team1=Anorthosis flagicon|CYP
score=3 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302707/report=rp.html Report]
team2=flagicon|GRE Panathinaikos
goals1=Sarriegi (og) goal|11, Dobrasinović goal|15, Hawar M. goal|78
goals2=Salpigidis (pen) goal|28
stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
attendance=20,000
referee=Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) ----

footballbox
date=2008-10-22
time=20:45
team1=Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score= v
report=
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
attendance=
referee= ----

footballbox
date=2008-11-04
time=20:45
team1=Anorthosis flagicon|CYP
score= v
report=
team2=flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
attendance=
referee= ----

footballbox
date=2008-11-26
time=20:45
team1=Anorthosis flagicon|CYP
score= v
report=
team2=flagicon|GER Werder Bremen
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
attendance=
referee= ----

footballbox
date=2008-12-09
time=20:45
team1=Panathinaikos flagicon|GRE
score= v
report=
team2=flagicon|CYP Anorthosis
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens
attendance=
referee=

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