2007–08 Cypriot Cup

2007–08 Cypriot Cup
Country Cyprus
Dates 8 September 2007 – 17 May 2008
Teams 54
Champions APOEL
(19th title)
Runners-up Anorthosis

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 the 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, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time 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 Result Team 2
(D) Sourouklis Troullon2 - 1MEAP Nisou (B)
(C) Frenaros FC 20001 - 2Adonis Idaliou (C)
(C) PAEEK2 - 1 (aet)SEK Agiou Athanasiou (D)
(B) AEP Paphos F.C.4 - 0Digenis Oroklinis (D)
(C) AEK Kouklia F.C.1 - 1 (2 - 3 p.)Onisilos Sotira (B)
(C) Ethnikos Assia F.C.3 - 1Enosis Neon Parekklisia F.C. (D)
(C) Anagennisi Trachoni0 - 1ASIL Lysi (B)
(C) Chalkanoras Idaliou1 - 2Enosis Kokkinotrimithia (D)
(B) Olympos Xylofagou3 - 1ENAD Polis Chrysochous FC (C)
(C) Spartakos Kitiou4 - 2Akritas Chlorakas (B)
(B) Ayia Napa F.C.3 - 1FC Episkopi (D)
(B) ENTHOI Lakatamia FC2 - 1Omonia Aradippou (B)
(D) Achyronas Liopetriou1 - 3Orfeas Nicosia (D)
(B) Atromitos Yeroskipou2 - 0Elpida Xylofagou (C)
(C) Anagennisi Germasogeias4 - 1Iraklis Gerolakkou (C)
(D) Ethnikos Latsion1 - 4Anagennisi Deryneia (B)
(C) Kissos FC Kissonergas1 - 2APEP Pelendriou (D)
(D) ASPIS Pylas0 - 7APEP F.C. (B)
(B) Digenis Akritas Morphou2 - 2 (3 - 2 p.)AEZ Zakakiou (C)
(B) Ermis Aradippou2 - 1 (aet)Othellos Athienou F.C. (D)

Second round

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

Team 1 Result Team 2
(C) Ethnikos Assia F.C.3 - 2Sourouklis Troullon (D)
(B) Onisilos Sotira5 - 1APEP Pelendriou (D)
(B) Ayia Napa F.C.3 - 2APEP F.C. (B)
(B) Digenis Akritas Morphou2 - 0Spartakos Kitiou (C)
(C) Anagennisi Germasogeias3 - 0Orfeas Nicosia (D)
(B) ASIL Lysi1 - 0Anagennisi Deryneia (B)
(C) Adonis Idaliou2 - 1ENTHOI Lakatamia FC (B)
(B) Olympos Xylofagou3 - 1Enosis Kokkinotrimithia (D)
(B) Ermis Aradippou1 - 0PAEEK (C)
(B) AEP Paphos F.C.1 - 0Atromitos 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(A) APOP Kinyras FC3 - 1Onisilos Sotira (B)2 - 11 - 0
(A) Doxa Katokopias F.C.2 - 3Ayia Napa F.C. (B)1 - 11 - 2
(C) Adonis Idaliou1 - 9Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (A)0 - 21 - 7
(B) AEP Paphos F.C.4 - 3Alki Larnaca F.C. (A)3 - 11 - 2
(B) ASIL Lysi1 - 4Digenis Akritas Morphou (B)1 - 30 - 0
(C) Ethnikos Assia F.C.2 - 3Olympos Xylofagou (B)0 - 02 - 3
(B) Ermis Aradippou4 - 3Anagennisi Germasogeias (C)0 - 04 - 3
(A) Olympiakos Nicosia5 - 4AEL Limassol (A)2 - 23 - 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. 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. Notes Head-to-head
1Apollon (A)6330136712Advanced to Semi-Finals
2Omonia (A)62319639Omonia 2-0 Nea Salamina
Nea Salamina 2-1 Omonia
3Nea Salamina (A)63038809Eliminated
4Ethnikos Achna (A)6024414-102

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→

 APL ETH NSL OMN
Apollon 5-1 2-0 1-1
Ethnikos 1-1 1-3 0-2
Nea Salamina 1-2 2-0 2-1
Omonia 2-2 1-1 2-0

Group B

Final table
Pos Team Pld. W. D. L. GF. GA. GD. Pts. Notes
1Anorthosis (A)6420104614Advanced to Semi-Finals
2APOEL (A)632194511
3Ayia Napa (B)6204612-66Eliminated
4Aris Limassol (A)6105914-53

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→

 ANP ANR APN ARS
Ayia Napa 0-1 1-0 0-3
Anorthosis 3-0 1-1 2-1
APOEL 3-1 0-0 3-1
Aris 2-4 2-3 0-2

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Omonia 2–3 APOEL 2–1 0–2
Apollon 2–4 Anorthosis 1–0 1–4

Final

APOEL 2 – 0 Anorthosis
Morais  53'
Mirosavljević  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Greece Dimitris Kalopoulos
APOEL
Anorthosis
APOEL:
GK12Republic of Macedonia Jane Nikolovski
DF5Romania Daniel Florea
DF24Greece Christos Kontis
DF8Algeria Bark Seghiri Yellow card
DF14Netherlands Joost Broerse
MF26Portugal Nuno Morais
MF7Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides 87' Yellow card
MF20Cyprus Constantinos Makrides (c)
MF23Portugal Hélio Pinto
FW9Serbia Nenad Mirosavljević 90'
FW31Brazil Zé Carlos 82'
Substitutes:
DF32Albania Altin Haxhi 82'
DF18Cyprus Demetris Daskalakis 87'
FW9Greece Nikos Machlas 90'
Manager:
Serbia Ivan Jovanović
Anorthosis:
GK1Albania Arjan Beqaj
DF2Greece Theodoros Tripotseris
DF3Cyprus Lambros Lambrou
DF24Cyprus Andreas Constantinou
DF4Greece Nikos Katsavakis (c)
MF21Cyprus Giorgos Panagi 59'
MF6Slovenia Anton Žlogar
MF20France Vincent Laban 72' Yellow card
MF10Portugal Paulo Costa
FW11Greece Nikos Frousos
FW9Poland Łukasz Sosin
Substitutes:
FW22Bulgaria Metodi Deyanov 59'
MF18Georgia (country) Klimenti Tsitaishvili 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

Sources

  • "2007/08 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  • Papamoiseos, Stelios (2013). Από την ενοποίηση... στα αστέρια [From unification... to the stars] (in Greek). Nicosia: The writer. pp. 146–147.

See also

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