2008–09 Iraklis F.C. season

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Iraklis FC
2008–09 season
ChairmanGreece Antonis Remos
ManagerSpain Ángel Pedraza
(until 3 November 2008)[1]

Spain
(from 3 November to 3 December 2008)
Greece Makis Katsavakis
(from 3 December 2008 to 22 March 2009)[2][3]

Greece
(since 24 March 2009)
Super League Greece10th
Greek CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Denis Epstein (4)
All:
Denis Epstein (4)
Highest home attendance9.066 vs Olympiacos
(22 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance2.705 vs Asteras Tripolis
(12 April 2009)
← 
2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Iraklis 28th consecutive (and 49th in total) season in the Super League Greece.

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Player From Fee Source
2 June 2008 Greece Anestis Agritis Germany Kickers Offenbach 08 Free [4]
24 June 2008 Germany Denis Epstein Germany Kickers Offenbach 03 Free
25 June 2008 Ivory Coast Serge Dié France AC Ajaccio 08 Free
27 June 2008 Greece Christos Bourbos Greece AEK F.C. 08 Free [5]
30 June 2008 Greece Achilleas Sarakatsanos Greece Panathinaikos FC 02€40,000 [6]
11 July 2008 Cyprus Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia 11Free [7]
12 July 2008 Spain Francisco Martos Spain Málaga CF B 01Free [8]
18 July 2008 Spain Kiko Ratón Spain Orihuela CF 02Free
22 July 2008 Greece Kostas Foufoulas Greece Kerkyra FC 01Free
7 August 2008 Poland Wojciech Kowalewski Poland Korona Kielce 02Free
30 August 2008 Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Greece Olympiacos FC 02Free
30 August 2008 Greece Panagiotis Kone Greece AEK F.C. 02Free
2 January 2009 Serbia Aleksandar Vukovic Poland Legia Warsaw 02Free [9]
11 January 2009 Greece Savvas Exouzidis Netherlands RKC Waalwijk 02Free

Out[]

Date Player To Fee Source
June 2008 Greece Dimitris Mavrogenidis Greece Thrasyvoulos F.C. 10Released
June 2008 France Alain Raguel Greece Olympiakos Volou 10Released
June 2008 Spain Xavi Moro Spain Mérida UD 10Released
June 2008 Greece Ilias Poursanidis 10 Retired
June 2008 Greece Giannis Papadopoulos Greece Olympiacos 10€800,000
June 2008 Greece Giannis Chloros Greece Thrasyvoulos F.C. 10Released
June 2008 Spain Aarón Ñíguez Εsclapez Scotland Rangers FC 10End of loan
9 July 2008 Spain Urko Rafael Pardo Romania FC Rapid București 10€900,000
19 January 2009 Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Cyprus AC Omonia 02 –

Club[]

Management[]

Position Staff
Head coach Spain
(until 3 November 2008)
Greece Makis Katsavakis
(from 3 December 2008 to 22 March 2009)
Assistant coach Spain Rodolfo Marco Borrell
(until 3 December 2008)
Greece Ilias Karakostas
(from 3 December 2008 to 22 March 2009)
Team Supervisor – Interpreter Greece Alexandros Koliadis
Physical trainer Spain Luis Francisco Saez Zaldivar
(until 3 December 2008)
Greece Dimitrios Tsakalidis
(from 3 December 2008 to 22 March 2009)
Goalkeeper Trainer Greece Fotios Gizelis
Doctor Greece Charalambos Lazaridis
Physiotherapist Greece Petros Gazas
Physiotherapist Greece Konstantinos Tsolakidis
Masseur Greece Thomas Nikou
Care Taker Greece Eleftherios Iliadis
Care Taker Greece Ilias Kapagiannidis

Last updated: December 2008
Source: iraklis-fc.gr

Kit[]

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Attica Bank

Home
Away
Third kit

Source: iraklis-fc.gr

Other information[]

Chairman Greece Antonis Remos
Vice President Greece Dimos Polikarpos
Team Director Greece Ilias Poursanidis
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Kaftanzoglio Stadium (28,028 / 68x105 m)

Source: kaftanzoglio.gr

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 July 2008 Levadiakos A 1-1 – Anestis Agritis
30 July 2008 SC Heerenveen A 0-2 –
3 August 2008 KRC Genk A 1-1 – Kiko Ratón
6 August 2008 Sparta Rotterdam A 2-1 – Anestis Agritis (2)
9 August 2008 AZ Alkmaar A 0-3 –
11 August 2008 NEC Nijmegen A 1-1 – Denis Epstein
20 August 2008 Larissa H 1-0 – Fernando Marqués
23 August 2008 Olympiakos Volou A 2-2 – Miguel Sebastian Garcia, Dimitris Giantsis
5 September 2008 FC Rapid București H 0-2 –

Super League Greece[]

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Panionios 30 10 7 13 40 40 0 37
9 Ergotelis 30 9 9 12 31 39 −8 36
10 Iraklis 30 8 9 13 22 38 −16 33[a]
11 Panthrakikos 30 9 6 15 23 37 −14 33[a]
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 7 12 11 33 31 +2 33[a]
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Iraklis: 7 pts, Panthrakikos: 6 pts, Asteras Tripolis: 2 pts.

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 8 9 13 22 38  −16 33 4 6 5 10 14  −4 4 3 8 12 24  −12

Last updated: 26 April.
Source: iraklis-fc.gr

Results by round[]

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GroundHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLDLDLDDDWWLLDWWDWLLLWDLLWLLDWL
Position141314141516161413121313131211129101212991111101313121010
Source: iraklis-fc.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
31 August 2008 Panserraikos H 1-2 7.350 Dié
13 September 2008 OFI H 1-1 5.010 Garcia
21 September 2008 AEK A 0-1 17.459
28 September 2008 Panthrakikos H 0-0 4.543
4 October 2008 Aris A 0-1 13.643
18 October 2008 Ergotelis H 0-0 4.794
26 October 2008 Panathinaikos A 2-2 19.857 Papasterianos, Ratón
2 November 2008 PAOK H 1-1 7.865 Dié (pen.)
9 November 2008 Levadiakos H 1-0 2.790 Kone
16 November 2008 Panionios A 2-0 4.100 Epstein (2)
22 November 2008 Olympiacos H 0-3 9.066
29 November 2008 Larissa A 0-2 3.472
7 December 2008 Thrasyvoulos H 1-1 3.274 Kone
13 December 2008 Asteras Tripolis A 2-1 2.235 Epstein, Kone
20 December 2008 Skoda Xanthi H 1-0 3.104 Konstantinou
7 January 2009 Panserraikos A 0-0 4.932
11 January 2009 OFI A 3-2 1.507 Konstantinou (2), Katsabis
18 January 2009 AEK H 0-1 7.897
25 January 2009 Panthrakikos A 0-1 3.463
1 February 2009 Aris H 0-1 6.578
8 February 2009 Ergotelis A 1-0 2.159 Papasterianos
15 February 2009 Panathinaikos H 0-0 6.849
22 February 2009 PAOK A 0-1[permanent dead link] 15.199
1 March 2009 Levadiakos A 0-3[permanent dead link] 2.119
8 March 2009 Panionios H 2-1[permanent dead link] 3.463 Agritis, Epstein
15 March 2009 Olympiacos A 0-5[permanent dead link] 25.182
22 March 2009 Larissa H 0-2[permanent dead link] 3.656
5 April 2009 Thrasyvoulos A 1-1[permanent dead link] 307 Giantsis
12 April 2009 Asteras Tripolis H 2-1[permanent dead link] 2.705 Psomas (o.g.), Garcia
26 April 2009 Skoda Xanthi A 1-4[permanent dead link] 1.237 Giantsis

Greek Cup[]

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

Matches[]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 November 2008 R4 Kastoria A 3-2 (a.e.t.) - Papasterianos, Giantsis, Ioannidis
20 January 2009 R5 Asteras Tripolis A 0-2 -

Player statistics[]

  • Correct as of 26 April 2009
  • ¹ Denotes player has left the club. ² Denotes player joined in the January transfer window.
No. Pos. Player Apps Soccerball shade.svg G Yellow card.svg YC Red card.svg RC
1 GK Greece Georgios Bantis 5 0 2 0
2 DF Greece Grigoris Papazaharias 29 0 7 1
3 DF Greece Christos Bourbos 15 0 5 1
4 DF Greece Anastasios Katsabis 30 1 6 0
5 DF Greece Kostas Foufoulas 12 0 2 0
6 MF Ivory Coast Serge Dié 23 2 8 1
7 FW Spain Kiko Ratón 17 1 2 0
8 MF Spain Francisco Martos 19 0 4 0
9 FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis 6 0 0 0
10 MF Spain Fernando Marqués 15 0 7 0
11 FW Greece Anestis Agritis 20 1 3 0
12 DF Greece Achilleas Sarakatsanos 17 0 7 0
14 FW Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou¹ 13 3 2 0
15 DF Greece Savvas Exouzidis² 3 0 0 0
16 DF Greece Georgios Ioannidis 18 1 4 0
17 MF Greece Emmanouil Papasterianos 28 3 7 0
18 DF Greece Kostas Giannoulis 22 0 6 0
19 FW Greece Dimitris Giantsis 22 3 3 1
20 MF Argentina Miguel Sebastian Garcia 27 2 4 0
21 MF Germany Denis Epstein 26 4 3 0
22 GK Albania Enea Koliqi 0 0 0 0
23 DF Greece Charalabos Perperidis 11 0 3 0
24 MF Serbia Aleksandar Vuković² 10 0 1 0
25 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 27 3 7 1
26 MF Greece Grigoris Pitsokos 0 0 0 0
27 MF Greece Dimitris Aslanidis 0 0 0 0
28 DF Greece 0 0 0 0
29 MF Greece 0 0 0 0
30 GK Poland Wojciech Kowalewski 26 0 4 0
31 GK Greece Ilias Melkas 1 0 0 0
34 MF Greece Kydon Karlopoulos 3 0 0 0
39 FW Greece Apostolos Vellios 1 0 0 0

References[]

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  7. ^ "Αποκτήθηκε ο Κύπριος μεσοεπιθετικός Φειδίας Παναγιώτου". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
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  10. ^ Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)[permanent dead link]
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