2008–09 Iraklis F.C. season

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

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

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

Greece Christos Zifkas
(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)

Transfers

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Date Player From Fee Source
2 June 2008   Anestis Agritis   Kickers Offenbach 08 Free [4]
24 June 2008   Denis Epstein   Kickers Offenbach 03 Free
25 June 2008   Serge Dié   AC Ajaccio 08 Free
27 June 2008   Christos Bourbos   AEK F.C. 08 Free [5]
30 June 2008   Achilleas Sarakatsanos   Panathinaikos FC 02€40,000 [6]
11 July 2008   Feidias Panayiotou   Olympiakos Nicosia 11Free [7]
12 July 2008   Francisco Martos   Málaga CF B 01Free [8]
18 July 2008   Kiko Ratón   Orihuela CF 02Free
22 July 2008   Kostas Foufoulas   Kerkyra FC 01Free
7 August 2008   Wojciech Kowalewski   Korona Kielce 02Free
30 August 2008   Michalis Konstantinou   Olympiacos FC 02Free
30 August 2008   Panagiotis Kone   AEK F.C. 02Free
2 January 2009   Aleksandar Vukovic   Legia Warsaw 02Free [9]
11 January 2009   Savvas Exouzidis   RKC Waalwijk 02Free
Date Player To Fee Source
June 2008   Dimitris Mavrogenidis   Thrasyvoulos F.C. 10Released
June 2008   Alain Raguel   Olympiakos Volou 10Released
June 2008   Xavi Moro   Mérida UD 10Released
June 2008   Ilias Poursanidis 10 Retired
June 2008   Giannis Papadopoulos   Olympiacos 10€800,000
June 2008   Giannis Chloros   Thrasyvoulos F.C. 10Released
June 2008   Aarón Ñíguez Εsclapez   Rangers FC 10End of loan
9 July 2008   Urko Rafael Pardo   FC Rapid București 10€900,000
19 January 2009   Michalis Konstantinou   AC Omonia 02

Club

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Management

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

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

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Attica Bank

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Third kit

Source: iraklis-fc.gr

Other information

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

Source: kaftanzoglio.gr

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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League table

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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: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Iraklis 7, Panthrakikos 6, Asteras Tripolis 2.

Results summary

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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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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLDLDLDDDWWLLDWWDWLLLWDLLWLLDWL
Position141314141516161413121313131211129101212991111101313121010
Source: iraklis-fc.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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

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Matches

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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

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  • 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   G   YC   RC
1 GK   Georgios Bantis 5 0 2 0
2 DF   Grigoris Papazaharias 29 0 7 1
3 DF   Christos Bourbos 15 0 5 1
4 DF   Anastasios Katsabis 30 1 6 0
5 DF   Kostas Foufoulas 12 0 2 0
6 MF   Serge Dié 23 2 8 1
7 FW   Kiko Ratón 17 1 2 0
8 MF   Francisco Martos 19 0 4 0
9 FW   Aggelos Komvolidis 6 0 0 0
10 MF   Fernando Marqués 15 0 7 0
11 FW   Anestis Agritis 20 1 3 0
12 DF   Achilleas Sarakatsanos 17 0 7 0
14 FW   Michalis Konstantinou¹ 13 3 2 0
15 DF   Savvas Exouzidis² 3 0 0 0
16 DF   Georgios Ioannidis 18 1 4 0
17 MF   Emmanouil Papasterianos 28 3 7 0
18 DF   Kostas Giannoulis 22 0 6 0
19 FW   Dimitris Giantsis 22 3 3 1
20 MF   Miguel Sebastian Garcia 27 2 4 0
21 MF   Denis Epstein 26 4 3 0
22 GK   Enea Koliqi 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Charalabos Perperidis 11 0 3 0
24 MF   Aleksandar Vuković² 10 0 1 0
25 MF   Panagiotis Kone 27 3 7 1
26 MF   Grigoris Pitsokos 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Dimitris Aslanidis 0 0 0 0
28 DF   Nikolaos Psychogios 0 0 0 0
29 MF   Georgios Moschakis 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Wojciech Kowalewski 26 0 4 0
31 GK   Ilias Melkas 1 0 0 0
34 MF   Kydon Karlopoulos 3 0 0 0
39 FW   Apostolos Vellios 1 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Termination of cooperation with Mr A. Pedraza". Iraklis F.C. 3 November 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Mr Makis Katsavakis IRAKLIS' new Coach". Iraklis F.C. 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Termination of cooperation with Mr Katsavakis". Iraklis F.C. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Στα 'κυανόλευκα' ο Ανέστης Αγρίτης". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  5. ^ "Υπέγραψε ο Χρήστος Μπούρμπος". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Στα κυανόλευκα ο Αχιλλέας Σαρακατσάνος". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  7. ^ "Αποκτήθηκε ο Κύπριος μεσοεπιθετικός Φειδίας Παναγιώτου". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  8. ^ "'Κυανόλευκος' για δύο χρόνια ο Javier Martos". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  9. ^ "IRAKLIS signed with Aleksandar Vukovic". Iraklis F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  10. ^ "Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)" (PDF).