2008–09 Iraklis F.C. season explained

Club:	Iraklis FC
Season:	2008 - 09
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)
Chairman:	Antonis Remos
League:	Super League Greece
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth round
Season Topscorer:	Denis Epstein (4)
League Topscorer:	Denis Epstein (4)
Highest Attendance:	9.066 vs Olympiacos (22 November 2008)
Lowest Attendance:	2.705 vs Asteras Tripolis (12 April 2009)
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Prevseason:	2007–08
Nextseason:	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			08 Free	^[4]
24 June 2008			03 Free
25 June 2008			08 Free
27 June 2008			08 Free	^[5]
30 June 2008			02€40,000	^[6]
11 July 2008			11Free	^[7]
12 July 2008		Málaga CF B	01Free	^[8]
18 July 2008			02Free
22 July 2008		Kerkyra FC	01Free
7 August 2008			02Free
30 August 2008			02Free
30 August 2008			02Free
2 January 2009			02Free	^[9]
11 January 2009			02Free

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
June 2008			10Released
June 2008			10Released
June 2008			10Released
June 2008			10 Retired
June 2008			10€800,000
June 2008			10Released
June 2008			10End of loan
9 July 2008			10€900,000
19 January 2009		AC Omonia	02 –

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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

See main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece.

League table

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	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

See 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	G	YC	RC
1			5	0	2	0
2			29	0	7	1
3			15	0	5	1
4			30	1	6	0
5			12	0	2	0
6			23	2	8	1
7			17	1	2	0
8			19	0	4	0
9			6	0	0	0
10			15	0	7	0
11			20	1	3	0
12			17	0	7	0
14		¹	13	3	2	0
15		²	3	0	0	0
16			18	1	4	0
17			28	3	7	0
18			22	0	6	0
19			22	3	3	1
20			27	2	4	0
21			26	4	3	0
22			0	0	0	0
23			11	0	3	0
24		²	10	0	1	0
25			27	3	7	1
26			0	0	0	0
27			0	0	0	0
28			0	0	0	0
29			0	0	0	0
30			26	0	4	0
31			1	0	0	0
34			3	0	0	0
39			1	0	0	0

Notes and References

1. News: Termination of cooperation with Mr A. Pedraza. Iraklis F.C.. 3 November 2008. 9 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725105830/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp?newsCode=20081103194329711&CMCCode=9001&extLang=LG. 25 July 2011. dead.
2. News: Mr Makis Katsavakis IRAKLIS' new Coach. Iraklis F.C.. 3 December 2008. 4 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725110014/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp?newsCode=2008120318441349&CMCCode=9001&extLang=LG. 25 July 2011. dead.
3. News: Termination of cooperation with Mr Katsavakis. Iraklis F.C.. 22 March 2009. 24 March 2009 .
4. Web site: Στα 'κυανόλευκα' ο Ανέστης Αγρίτης . Iraklis F.C. . 24 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804104446/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp?newsCode=20080602132825673&CMCCode=9001&extLang= . 4 August 2008 . dead .
5. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Χρήστος Μπούρμπος. Iraklis F.C.. 24 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104911/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp;jsessionid=1D980CB94CCEA2E2E0E4122C5B4EC7C5?newsCode=20080627133956099&CMCCode=9001&extLang=. 25 July 2011. dead.
6. Web site: Στα κυανόλευκα ο Αχιλλέας Σαρακατσάνος. Iraklis F.C.. 24 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104925/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp;jsessionid=B97BD975BCB29A79AC2B2B649E2474BC?newsCode=2008070114564702&CMCCode=9001&extLang=. 25 July 2011. dead.
7. Web site: Αποκτήθηκε ο Κύπριος μεσοεπιθετικός Φειδίας Παναγιώτου. Iraklis F.C.. 24 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104951/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp;jsessionid=B2CD8C5FEFCB42BE61B4C2C0FFBFB438?newsCode=20080711144922425&CMCCode=9001&extLang=. 25 July 2011. dead.
8. Web site: 'Κυανόλευκος' για δύο χρόνια ο Javier Martos. Iraklis F.C.. 24 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725105022/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp;jsessionid=1C8246B3D37CC069D25A9CBC7CD51C71?newsCode=20080712201905586&CMCCode=9001&extLang=. 25 July 2011. dead.
9. Web site: IRAKLIS signed with Aleksandar Vukovic. Iraklis F.C.. 3 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725110232/http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp;jsessionid=38DCFD6F01A00EC7639EE3072ECBC41A?newsCode=20090102164912337&CMCCode=9001&extLang=LG. 25 July 2011. dead.