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Enosis Neon Paralimni
2008–09 season
Chairman Cyprus Adamos Loizou
Manager Cyprus Marios Constantinou
Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan
Top goalscorerLeague: 4 Goals: Freddy
All: 6 Goals: Freddy
Highest home attendance3,500 vs Omonia (1 September 2008)
Lowest home attendance800 vs Atromitos (25 October 2008)

The 2008–09 season (started 9 July 2008) is Enosis' 40th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division. The team finished 6th in the league in the previous season. The first training session for the season took place at the training ground at Paralimni Municipal Stadium on 9 July 2008. [1] Manager Marios Constantinou resigned the club in December 2008 due to the club's consecutive bad results of the team in the Cypriot First Division, and was replaced by Eduard Eranosyan. [2]

Current squad

Last Update: 31 December 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Macedonia  MKD Petar Miloševski
2 DF Ghana  GHA Koffi Amponsah
3 DF England  ENG Michael Felgate
4 DF Cyprus  CYP Marios Karas
5 DF Slovenia  SVN Bekim Kapič
6 MF Portugal  POR Hugo Faria
7 DF Venezuela  VEN Raúl González
8 DF Argentina  ARG Javier Menghini
10 MF Brazil  BRA Edmar
11 FW Cyprus  CYP Giorgos Nicolaou
14 MF Portugal  POR Alhandra
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Matthew Cassidy
17 MF Cyprus  CYP Demos Goumenos ( captain)
19 FW Cyprus  CYP Giorgos Kolokoudias
20 GK Armenia  ARM Armen Ambartsumyan
21 MF Cyprus  CYP Georgios Kolanis
25 FW Greece  GRE Alekos Kaklamanos
30 MF Cyprus  CYP Eleftherios Mertakas
31 FW Portugal  POR Luís Miguel
33 DF Cyprus  CYP Panayiotis Spyrou
50 MF Nigeria  NGA Blessing Kaku
TBD FW Cyprus  CYP Stefanos Voskaridis

Transfers 2008/09

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Venezuela  VEN Raúl González (Signed from Doxa Katokopias)
MF Portugal  POR Alhandra (Signed from U.D. Leiria) [3]
MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Matt Cassidy (Signed Sfrom Bolton Wanderers F.C.)
GK Armenia  ARM Armen Ambartsumyan (Signed from Doxa Katokopias) [4]
DF Argentina  ARG Javier Menghini (Signed from Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar) [5]
FW Cyprus  CYP Giorgos Nicolaou (Signed from Nea Salamina)
FW Greece  GRE Alekos Kaklamanos (Signed from Kerkyra F.C.) [6]
DF Ghana  GHA Koffi Amponsah (Signed from Apollon Kalamarias) [7]
MF Portugal  POR Hugo Faria (Signed from U.D. Leiria) [8]
FW Cyprus  CYP Giorgos Kolokoudias (Signed from Panserraikos F.C.)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Cyprus  CYP Eleftherios Eleftheriou (Signed to Ethnikos Achna)
FW Cyprus  CYP Costas Elia (Signed to Alki Larnaca)
DF Slovenia  SVN Almir Tanjič (Signed to AEP Paphos)
MF Brazil  BRA Paquito (Signed to FC Lucerne)
MF Nigeria  NGA Eric Ejiofor (Signed to Alki Larnaca)
MF North Macedonia  MKD Igor Jančevski (Released) [9]
MF Serbia  SRB Pavle Popara (Signed to PFC Slavia Sofia)
MF Cyprus  CYP Adamos Efstathiou (Signed to Digenis Morphou)
MF Morocco  MAR Abdelkarim Kissi (Signed to Apollon Limassol)
DF Switzerland  SUI Henri Siqueira (Signed to AC Bellinzona)
FW Cyprus  CYP Demetris Christofi (Signed to AC Omonia)
GK Greece  GRE Vassilis Mitilinaios (Signed to Panachaiki 2005 F.C.)

Winter Period

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Nigeria  NGA Blessing Kaku (Signed from Maccabi Petah Tikva) [10]
FW Portugal  POR Luís Miguel (Signed from APOP Kinyras Peyias) [11]
FW Cyprus  CYP Stefanos Voskaridis (On loan from Anorthosis FC) [12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Angola  ANG Freddy (Signed to AEL Limassol) [13]
MF Cape Verde  CPV Puma ( Released) [14]
MF Cape Verde  CPV Néné ( Released) [15]
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Jeff Tutuana ( Released)

Captains

  1. Cyprus Demos Goumenos
  2. Cyprus Marios Karas
  3. Cyprus Panayiotis Spyrou

Source: enpfc.com

Foreign players

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

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

International players

Club

Other information

Chairman Cyprus Adamos Loizou
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Paralimni Municipal Stadium (9,782 / 105x70 m)

Source:  enpfc.com

Pre-season matches and friendlies

Enosis left on 23 July for Pravets, Bulgaria to perform most of their pre-season training. [16] The team returned on 4 August. While in Bulgaria Enosis played three friendly matches.

Israel Hapoel Ra'anana1 – 2 Cyprus Enosis
19' (Report) Kaklamanos 37', Nicolaou 77'

Bulgaria PFC Litex Lovech3 – 4 Cyprus Enosis
(pen) 23', 75', 90+' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Goumenos 4' 59', Kaklamanos 66', Pieretis 89'
Attendance: 500


Cyprus Enosis2 – 0 Cyprus Onisilos
Freddy 59', 79' (Report)
Attendance: 200

Cyprus Enosis1 – 3 Cyprus AEP
Kaklamanos 6' (Report) Lukman 27', Ba 36', Chailis (pen) 45'





Cyprus Enosis3 – 1 Cyprus Ayia Napa
Karas 20', Freddy 37', Nicolaou 85' (Report)[ permanent dead link] Yiannakou (pen) 87'

Cyprus Apollon2 – 1 Cyprus Enosis
Garpozis (pen) 27', Okkarides 85' (Report) Freddy 65'


Competitions

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Doxa Katokopias 26 8 7 11 37 39 −2 31 Qualification for second round, Group B
9 AEP Paphos 26 5 12 9 30 38 −8 27 Qualification for second round, Group C
10 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 6 7 13 23 43 −20 25
11 APEP 26 5 8 13 28 44 −16 23
12 Alki Larnaca 26 4 7 15 27 50 −23 19
Source: cfa.com.cy (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Teams qualified for Group A played out one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots in the UEFA Europa League, one in the second and one in the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League was awarded to the winners of the 2008–09 Cypriot Cup.
Teams qualified for Group C played out one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First round were taken over into the Second round groups.

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
16 4 4 8 15 30  −15 16 2 2 4 6 13  −7 2 2 4 9 17  −8

Last updated: January 4, 2009.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

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GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultLWWDLWLLDDLLWLLD
Updated to match(es) played on January 3, 2009. Source: [ citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 AEP Paphos 32 7 15 10 39 44 −5 36
10 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 8 8 16 27 51 −24 32
11 APEP 32 7 10 15 33 51 −18 31
12 Alki Larnaca (R) 32 6 9 17 39 59 −20 27 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source: cfa.com.cy (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

Time at EET

Enosis0 – 2 AC Omonia
(report) Duro ( pen.) 15'
Okkas ( pen.) 29'
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: Marios Tsangaris

APOP Kinyras1 – 3 Enosis
Vargas ( pen.) 39' (report) Freddy 7' 9'
Kaklamanos 37'
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia
Attendance: 1.800
Referee: Leontios Trattos

Enosis2 – 1 AEK
Freddy 19'
Spyrou 84'
(report) Abraham 88'
Attendance: 1.000
Referee: Demetris Chrystostomou

Enosis1 – 1 Alki
Freddy ( pen.) 63' (report) Silva 66'
Attendance: 1.270
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

Apollon4 – 0 Enosis
Sangoy G. 6' 14'
Babangida 80'
Solomou 90+3'
(report)
Attendance: 5.800
Referee: Marios Stamatis

Enosis1 – 0 Atromitos
H. Faria 35' (report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 800
Referee: Leontios Trattos

APOEL1 – 0 Enosis
Onwuachi 11' (report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 5.608
Referee: Leontios Trattos

Enosis0 – 3 Anorthosis
(report) Sosin 70'
Hawar M. 74' ( pen.) 84'
Attendance: 3.400
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

APEP0 – 0 Enosis
(report)[ permanent dead link]
Attendance: 675
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Enosis1 – 1 Doxa
Kaklamanos 84' (report)[ permanent dead link] Nuno 4'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Yiannakis Ioannou

Ethnikos0 – 0 Enosis
Lars 16'
Yiasemakis 76'
(report) Goumenos 52'
Attendance: 279
Referee: Costas Kapitanis

Enosis0 – 3 AEL
(report) Pulpo 23'
Krassas 77'
Teophanous 85'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

AEP0 – 2 Enosis
(report)[ permanent dead link] Kolokoudias 14'
Edmar 44'
Amponsah Red card 65'
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Panikos Kailis

Omonia7 – 1 Enosis
Alabi 5'
Kaiafas 18'
Cafú 20'
Duro 70'
Karas 49' ( o.g.)
Aloneftis 85' ( pen.)
Christofi 88'
(report) Goumenos 31'
Attendance: 6.672
Referee: Leontios Trattos

Enosis1 – 2 APOP Kinyras
Kaku 26' ( pen.) (report) Vargas 7' ( pen.)
Buyse 68'
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

AEK2 – 2 Enosis
Tiquinho 38' 71' (report)[ permanent dead link] Kaklamanos 69'
Luís Miguel 88'
Attendance: 914
Referee: Marios Panagi

Alki Enosis

Halkanoras2 – 3 Enosis
Pauli 28' Neofytou 78' (report) Freddy 13', 84'
Kaklamanos 75'
Dhali Municipal Stadium, Dhali
Attendance: 300
Enosis0 – 0 Halkanoras

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