2007–08 Cypriot Cup

Football tournament season
2007–08 Cypriot Cup
Tournament details
CountryCyprus
Dates8 September 2007 – 17 May 2008
Teams54
Final positions
ChampionsAPOEL
(19th title)
Runner-upAnorthosis
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2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Cypriot Cup was the 66th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 8 September 2007 with the first round and concluded on 17 May 2008 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 19th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Anorthosis 2–0 in the final.

Format

In the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division, the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division.

The competition consisted of seven rounds. In the first and in the second round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.

The third and fourth round were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.

If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.

In the next round (quarter-finals), the teams were drawn into two groups of four. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals were played over two legs and the same format as in the third and fourth round was applied. The final was a single match.

The cup winner secured a place in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

First round

In the first round participated all the teams of the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division. The two fourth division teams which were promoted from the 2007 STOK promotion play-offs to the 2007–08 Cypriot Fourth Division after finishing to the second and third place (Ellinismos Akakiou and P.O. Xylotymvou 2006) did not participate in the Cypriot Cup. ASPIS Pylas which finished first in the 2007 STOK promotion play-offs, participated in the Cypriot Cup.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sourouklis Troullon (D) 2–1 MEAP Nisou (B)
Frenaros FC 2000 (C) 1–2 Adonis Idaliou (C)
PAEEK (C) 2–1 (a.e.t.) SEK Agiou Athanasiou (D)
AEP Paphos FC (B) 4–0 Digenis Oroklinis (D)
AEK Kouklia F.C. (C) 1–1 (2–3 p) Onisilos Sotira (B)
Ethnikos Assia F.C. (C) 3–1 Enosis Neon Parekklisia F.C. (D)
Anagennisi Trachoni (C) 0–1 ASIL Lysi (B)
Chalkanoras Idaliou (C) 1–2 Enosis Kokkinotrimithia (D)
Olympos Xylofagou (B) 3–1 ENAD Polis Chrysochous FC (C)
Spartakos Kitiou (C) 4–2 Akritas Chlorakas (B)
Ayia Napa F.C. (B) 3–1 FC Episkopi (D)
ENTHOI Lakatamia FC (B) 2–1 Omonia Aradippou (B)
Achyronas Liopetriou (D) 1–3 Orfeas Nicosia (D)
Atromitos Yeroskipou (B) 2–0 Elpida Xylofagou (C)
Anagennisi Germasogeias (C) 4–1 Iraklis Gerolakkou (C)
Ethnikos Latsion (D) 1–4 Anagennisi Deryneia (B)
Kissos FC Kissonergas (C) 1–2 APEP Pelendriou (D)
ASPIS Pylas (D) 0–7 APEP F.C. (B)
Digenis Akritas Morphou (B) 2–2 (3–2 p) AEZ Zakakiou (C)
Ermis Aradippou (B) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Othellos Athienou F.C. (D)

Second round

In the second round participated the winners of the first round ties.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ethnikos Assia F.C. (C) 3–2 Sourouklis Troullon (D)
Onisilos Sotira (B) 5–1 APEP Pelendriou (D)
Ayia Napa F.C. (B) 3–2 APEP F.C. (B)
Digenis Akritas Morphou (B) 2–0 Spartakos Kitiou (C)
Anagennisi Germasogeias (C) 3–0 Orfeas Nicosia (D)
ASIL Lysi (B) 1–0 Anagennisi Deryneia (B)
Adonis Idaliou (C) 2–1 ENTHOI Lakatamia FC (B)
Olympos Xylofagou (B) 3–1 Enosis Kokkinotrimithia (D)
Ermis Aradippou (B) 1–0 PAEEK (C)
AEP Paphos FC (B) 1–0 Atromitos Yeroskipou (B)

Third round

In the third round participated the winners of the second round ties and six teams of the Cypriot First Division (the teams which finished 9th, 10th, 11th in the 2006–07 Cypriot First Division and the three teams which promoted from the 2006–07 Cypriot Second Division). The first eight teams of the 2006-07 Cypriot First Division did not participate in this round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOP Kinyras FC (A) 3–1 Onisilos Sotira (B) 2–1 1–0
Doxa Katokopias F.C. (A) 2–3 Ayia Napa F.C. (B) 1–1 1–2
Adonis Idaliou (C) 1–9 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (A) 0–2 1–7
AEP Paphos FC (B) 4–3 Alki Larnaca F.C. (A) 3–1 1–2
ASIL Lysi (B) 1–4 Digenis Akritas Morphou (B) 1–3 0–0
Ethnikos Assia F.C. (C) 2–3 Olympos Xylofagou (B) 0–0 2–3
Ermis Aradippou (B) 4–3 Anagennisi Germasogeias (C) 0–0 4–3
Olympiakos Nicosia (A) 5–4 AEL Limassol (A) 2–2 3–2

Fourth round

In the fourth round participated the winners of the third round ties and the eight teams of the 2007-08 Cypriot First Division which did not participated in the third round, that were the teams which finished in the first eight places in the 2006-07 Cypriot First Division.

The first legs were played on 23–24 October and the second legs on 31 October and 1 November.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Omonia 5–2 Olympiakos Nicosia 1–0 4–2
Nea Salamis 3–3 Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–0 2–3
Ermis Aradippou 2–3 Aris Limassol 1–2 1–1
Apollon 5–1 Digenis Morphou 3–1 2–0
AEK Larnaca 1–3 Agia Napa 0–2[1] 1–1
APOEL 9–0 Olympos Xylofagou 6–0 3–0
APOP Kinyras 0–2 Anorthosis 0–2 0–0
AE Paphos 1–2 Ethnikos Achna 1–1 0–1
  1. ^ Match was forfeited (finished 1–0) due to AEK Larnaca fielding an ineligible a player.

Group stage (quarter-finals)

In the group stage participated the eight winners of the fourth round ties. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the next round.

Group A

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Apollon (A) 6 3 3 0 13 6 +7 12 Advanced to Semi-Finals
2 Omonia (A) 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9[a]
3 Nea Salamina (A) 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9[a]
4 Ethnikos Achna (A) 6 0 2 4 4 14 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Omonia 2-0 Nea Salamina; Nea Salamina 2-1 Omonia


Results
Home \ Away APL OMN NSL ETH
Apollon 1–1 2–0 5–1
Omonia 2–2 2–0 1–1
Nea Salamina 1–2 2–1 2–0
Ethnikos Achna 1–1 0–2 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis (A) 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advanced to Semi-Finals
2 APOEL (A) 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
3 Ayia Napa (B) 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6
4 Aris Limassol (A) 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.


Results
Home \ Away ANR APN ANP ARS
Anorthosis 1–1 3–0 2–1
APOEL 0–0 3–1 3–1
Ayia Napa 0–1 1–0 0–3
Aris Limassol 2–3 0–2 2–4
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals participated the four teams which qualified from the group stage. The first legs were played on 23 and 30 April. The second legs were played on 7 May.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Omonia 2–3 APOEL 2–1 0–2
Apollon 2–4 Anorthosis 1–0 1–4

Final

APOEL2–0Anorthosis
Morais 53'
Mirosavljević 76'
Report
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Greece Dimitris Kalopoulos
APOEL
Anorthosis

APOEL:
GK 12 North Macedonia Jane Nikolovski
DF 5 Romania Daniel Florea
DF 24 Greece Christos Kontis
DF 8 Algeria Bark Seghiri Yellow card
DF 14 Netherlands Joost Broerse
MF 26 Portugal Nuno Morais
MF 7 Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides downward-facing red arrow 87' Yellow card
MF 20 Cyprus Constantinos Makrides (c)
MF 23 Portugal Hélio Pinto
FW 9 Serbia Nenad Mirosavljević downward-facing red arrow 90'
FW 31 Brazil Zé Carlos downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
DF 32 Albania Altin Haxhi upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 18 Cyprus Demetris Daskalakis upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 9 Greece Nikos Machlas upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Serbia Ivan Jovanović
Anorthosis:
GK 1 Albania Arjan Beqaj
DF 2 Greece Theodoros Tripotseris
DF 3 Cyprus Lambros Lambrou
DF 24 Cyprus Andreas Constantinou
DF 4 Greece Nikos Katsavakis (c)
MF 21 Cyprus Giorgos Panagi downward-facing red arrow 59'
MF 6 Slovenia Anton Žlogar
MF 20 France Vincent Laban downward-facing red arrow 72' Yellow card
MF 10 Portugal Paulo Costa
FW 11 Greece Nikos Frousos
FW 9 Poland Łukasz Sosin
Substitutes:
FW 22 Bulgaria Metodi Deyanov upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 18 Georgia (country) Klimenti Tsitaishvili upward-facing green arrow 72' Yellow card
Manager:
Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Aristidis Christou
    • Stefanos Grigoriades

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

 Cypriot Cup 2007–08 winners 
APOEL
19th title

See also

Sources

  • "2007/08 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  • Papamoiseos, Stelios (2013). Από την ενοποίηση... στα αστέρια [From unification... to the stars] (in Greek). Nicosia: The writer. pp. 146–147.
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