2008–09 Iraklis F.C. season

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

Iraklis FC

2008–09 season
Chairman	Antonis Remos
Manager	Ángel Pedraza (until 3 November 2008)[1] Rodolfo Marco Borrell (from 3 November to 3 December 2008) Makis Katsavakis (from 3 December 2008 to 22 March 2009)[2][3] Christos Zifkas (since 24 March 2009)
Super League Greece	10th
Greek Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Denis Epstein (4) All: Denis Epstein (4)
Highest home attendance	9.066 vs Olympiacos (22 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance	2.705 vs Asteras Tripolis (12 April 2009)

Transfers

In

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	0240,000 €	[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

Out

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	10800,000 €
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	10900,000 €
19 January 2009	Michalis Konstantinou	AC Omonia	02 –

Club

Management

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

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Attica Bank

Home

Away

Third kit

Source: iraklis-fc.gr

Other information

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

Source: kaftanzoglio.gr

Results and fixtures

Note: Scores are written Iraklis first

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	–

Greek Super League

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	15.199
1 March 2009	Levadiakos	A	0-3	2.119
8 March 2009	Panionios	H	2-1	3.463	Agritis, Epstein
15 March 2009	Olympiacos	A	0-5	25.182
22 March 2009	Larissa	H	0-2	3.656
5 April 2009	Thrasyvoulos	A	1-1	307	Giantsis
12 April 2009	Asteras Tripolis	H	2-1	2.705	Psomas (o.g.), Garcia
26 April 2009	Skoda Xanthi	A	1-4	1.237	Giantsis

Greek Cup

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	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

Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

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[lower-alpha 1]
11	Panthrakikos	30	9	6	15	23	37	−14	33[lower-alpha 1]
12	Asteras Tripolis	30	7	12	11	33	31	+2	33[lower-alpha 1]

Source: superleaguegreece.net (in Greek)
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. Head-to-head record: Iraklis Thessaloniki: 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L

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

References

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.
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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.
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)