2008–09 Cypriot Cup

The Cypriot Cup 2008–09 started on September 23, 2008. The format of the competition has been changed for this season. There was not a group stage and only teams from the first and second division participated (28 teams total). Teams from the lower divisions (third and fourth) competed in a separate cup competition. The Cypriot cup was completed in 5 rounds. All rounds were two-legged except the final.

First Round

The draw for the First Round took place on September 10, 2008 in the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia. The first legs were played on September 23, 24 and October 1, 2008. The second legs were played on October 4 and 5, 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiakos	2–6	AEL	0–3	2–3
Nea Salamis	2–4	Doxa Katokopias	1–3	1–1
Aris Limassol	1–2	AE Paphos	1–1	0–1
Omonia Aradippou	2–3	APOP Kinyras Peyias	0–2	2–1
AO Ayia Napa	2–5	Ethnikos Achnas	2–2	0–3
PAEEK	1–5	Atromitos Yeroskipou	0–2	1–3
Ethnikos Assia	2–0	ASIL Lysi	0–0	2–0
Onisilos Sotira	1–2	ENTHOI Lakatamia	0–1	1–1
MEAP Nisou	0–4	AEK Larnaca	0–1	0–3
Digenis Morphou	6–4	Alki	4–3	2–1
Chalkanoras Idaliou	2–3	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–3	0–0
Ermis Aradippou	(a) 3–3	APEP Pitsilia	1–1	2–2 (aet)

Second Round

Teams that qualified for last year's semifinals entered in this round, along with the 12 winners of the previous round. The draw for the second round took place on December 29, 2008. The first legs were played on January 14 and 21, 2009. The second legs were played on January 28 and February 4, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Larnaca	1–3	APOP Kinyras Peyia	0–2	1–1
Omonia	5–2	Digenis Morphou	3–1	2–1
AE Paphos	1–3	AEL	0–1	1–2
Ermis Aradippou	7–2	ENTHOI Lakatamia	3–1	4–1
APOEL	5–4	Doxa Katokopia	2–2	3–2
Ethnikos Assia	2–8	Ethnikos Achna	1–5	1–3
Atromitos Yeroskipou	0–3	Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–0	0–3
Anorthosis	3–4	Apollon	2–1	1–3 (aet)

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals took place on February 5, 2009 at the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia. The first legs were played on February 25 and March 4, 2009. The second legs were played on March 11 and 18, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Omonia	0–3	APOP Kinyras Peyia	0–0	0–3
Ethnikos Achna	1–3	AEL	1–1	0–2
Ermis Aradippou	1–4	APOEL	1–1	0–3
Apollon	(a) 4–4	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–1	2–3

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals took place at the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia on March 20, 2009. The first legs were played on April 15, 2009. The second legs were played on May 6, 2009.

First legs

15 April 2009

17:00 EEST

Apollon	1 – 1	AEL
Avraam 88'		Pulpo 33'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Referee: Marios Tsangaris

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15 April 2009

19:00 EEST

APOP Kinyras Peyias	2 – 0	APOEL
Buyse 30' Vasconcelos 58'		Pinto  80'

Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia

Referee: Leontios Trattos

Second legs

6 May 2009

18:00 EEST

AEL	2 – 1 (aet)	Apollon
Freddy 17' Hélio Roque 101'		Risso 84'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Referee: Costas Kapitanis

AEL won 3–2 on aggregate

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6 May 2009

19:30 EEST

APOEL	1 – 0	APOP Kinyras Peyias
Nektarios 16' (pen.)

Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Referee: Stelios Tryfonos

APOP Kinyras Peyias won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

16 May 2009

19:00 EEST

APOP Kinyras Peyia	2 – 0	AEL
Efthymiou 84' Buyse 88' Liri  89'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 14,434

Referee: Leontios Trattos

See also

• Cypriot First Division 2008–09
• Cypriot Second Division 2008–09