2008–09 Cypriot Cup

The Cypriot Cup 2008–09 started on September 23, 2008. The format of the competition has been changed for this season. There was not a group stage and only teams from the first and second division participated (28 teams total). Teams from the lower divisions (third and fourth) competed in a separate cup competition. The Cypriot cup was completed in 5 rounds. All rounds were two-legged except the final.

Bracket

	Second Round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Omonia	3	2	5
	Digenis Morphou	1	1	2
							Omonia	0	0	0
							APOP Kinyras Peyia	0	3	3
	AEK Larnaca	0	1	1
	APOP Kinyras Peyia	2	1	3
													APOP Kinyras Peyia	2	0	2
												APOEL	0	1	1
	Ermis Aradippou	3	4	7
	ENTHOI Lakatamia	1	1	2
							Ermis Aradippou	1	0	1
							APOEL	1	3	4
	APOEL	2	3	5
	Doxa Katokopia	2	2	4
																		APOP Kinyras Peyia	2
																			AEL	0
	Anorthosis	2	1	3
	Apollon (aet)	1	3	4
							Apollon (a)	2	2	4
							Enosis Neon Paralimni	1	3	4
	Atromitos Yeroskipou	0	0	0
	Enosis Neon Paralimni	0	3	3
													Apollon	1	1	2
												AEL (aet)	1	2	3
	Ethnikos Assia	1	1	2
	Ethnikos Achna	5	3	8
							Ethnikos Achna	1	0	2
							AEL	1	2	3
	AE Paphos	0	1	1
	AEL	1	2	3

First round

The draw for the First Round took place on September 10, 2008 in the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia. The first legs were played on September 23, 24 and October 1, 2008. The second legs were played on October 4 and 5, 2008.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiakos	2–6	AEL	0–3	2–3
Nea Salamis	2–4	Doxa Katokopias	1–3	1–1
Aris Limassol	1–2	AE Paphos	1–1	0–1
Omonia Aradippou	2–3	APOP Kinyras Peyias	0–2	2–1
AO Ayia Napa	2–5	Ethnikos Achnas	2–2	0–3
PAEEK	1–5	Atromitos Yeroskipou	0–2	1–3
Ethnikos Assia	2–0	ASIL Lysi	0–0	2–0
Onisilos Sotira	1–2	ENTHOI Lakatamia	0–1	1–1
MEAP Nisou	0–4	AEK Larnaca	0–1	0–3
Digenis Morphou	6–4	Alki	4–3	2–1
Chalkanoras Idaliou	2–3	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–3	0–0
Ermis Aradippou	(a) 3–3	APEP Pitsilia	1–1	2–2 (aet)

Second round

Teams that qualified for last year's semifinals entered in this round, along with the 12 winners of the previous round. The draw for the second round took place on December 29, 2008. The first legs were played on January 14 and 21, 2009. The second legs were played on January 28 and February 4, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Larnaca	1–3	APOP Kinyras Peyia	0–2	1–1
Omonia	5–2	Digenis Morphou	3–1	2–1
AE Paphos	1–3	AEL	0–1	1–2
Ermis Aradippou	7–2	ENTHOI Lakatamia	3–1	4–1
APOEL	5–4	Doxa Katokopia	2–2	3–2
Ethnikos Assia	2–8	Ethnikos Achna	1–5	1–3
Atromitos Yeroskipou	0–3	Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–0	0–3
Anorthosis	3–4	Apollon	2–1	1–3 (aet)

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals took place on February 5, 2009 at the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia. The first legs were played on February 25 and March 4, 2009. The second legs were played on March 11 and 18, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Omonia	0–3	APOP Kinyras Peyia	0–0	0–3
Ethnikos Achna	1–3	AEL	1–1	0–2
Ermis Aradippou	1–4	APOEL	1–1	0–3
Apollon	(a) 4–4	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–1	2–3

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals took place at the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia on March 20, 2009. The first legs were played on April 15, 2009. The second legs were played on May 6, 2009.

First legs

15 April 2009 17:00 EEST	Apollon	1 – 1	AEL	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Referee: Marios Tsangaris
	Avraam  88'		Pulpo  33'

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15 April 2009 19:00 EEST	APOP Kinyras Peyias	2 – 0	APOEL	Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Leontios Trattos
	Buyse  30' Vasconcelos  58'		Pinto  80'

Second legs

6 May 2009 18:00 EEST	AEL	2 – 1 (aet)	Apollon	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Referee: Costas Kapitanis
	Freddy  17' Hélio Roque  101'		Risso  84'

AEL won 3–2 on aggregate

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6 May 2009 19:30 EEST	APOEL	1 – 0	APOP Kinyras Peyias	Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
	Alexandrou  16' (pen.)

APOP Kinyras Peyias won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

16 May 2009 19:00 EEST	APOP Kinyras Peyia	2 – 0	AEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 14,434 Referee: Leontios Trattos
	Efthymiou  84' Buyse 88' Liri  89'

See also

• Cypriot First Division 2008–09
• Cypriot Second Division 2008–09