# 2008–09 Iraklis F.C. season

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

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 2 June 2008 | Anestis Agritis | Kickers Offenbach | 08 Free |
| 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 |
| 30 June 2008 | Achilleas Sarakatsanos | Panathinaikos FC | 02€40,000 |
| 11 July 2008 | Feidias Panayiotou | Olympiakos Nicosia | 11Free |
| 12 July 2008 | Francisco Martos | Málaga CF B | 01Free |
| 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 |
| 11 January 2009 | Savvas Exouzidis | RKC Waalwijk | 02Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 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 | 10€800,000 |
| 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 | 10€900,000 |
| 19 January 2009 | Michalis Konstantinou | AC Omonia | 02 – |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Ángel Pedraza Lamilla (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

## 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
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 11 | Panthrakikos | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 33 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 33 |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Iraklis 7, Panthrakikos 6, Asteras Tripolis 2.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 |

#### 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
### 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 | 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 Koliçi | 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 |