2008–09 Cypriot Second Division

The 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division was the 54th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Ermis won their 3rd title.

Cypriot Second Division

Season	2008–09
Champions	Ermis (3rd title)
Promoted	Ermis Aris Nea Salamina
Relegated	Chalkanoras THOI Ethnikos
Matches played	182
Goals scored	474 (2.6 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to 2009–10 Cypriot First Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2009–10 Cypriot Third Division.

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted to 2008–09 Cypriot First Division

• AEP Paphos
• APEP
• Atromitos Yeroskipou

Teams relegated from 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

• Aris Limassol
• Nea Salamina
• Olympiakos Nicosia

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Cypriot Third Division

• PAEEK FC
• Ethnikos Assia
• Chalkanoras Idaliou

Teams relegated to 2008–09 Cypriot Third Division

• Anagennisi Deryneia
• Akritas Chlorakas
• Olympos Xylofagou

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ermis Aradippou (C, P)	26	14	8	4	47	26	+21	50	Promoted to Cypriot First Division
2	Aris Limassol (P)	26	15	4	7	56	25	+31	49^[a]
3	Nea Salamina (P)	26	14	7	5	38	21	+17	49^[a]
4	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	14	6	6	39	21	+18	48
5	Digenis Morphou	26	13	5	8	38	28	+10	44
6	Omonia Aradippou	26	11	4	11	33	41	−8	37
7	MEAP Nisou	26	10	6	10	25	28	−3	36
8	Ayia Napa	26	7	10	9	23	31	−8	31^[b]
9	Onisilos Sotira	26	8	7	11	30	36	−6	31^[b]
10	ASIL Lysi	26	7	9	10	29	30	−1	30
11	PAEEK FC	26	7	8	11	27	31	−4	29
12	Chalkanoras Idaliou (R)	26	7	4	15	28	48	−20	25^[c]	Relegated to Cypriot Third Division
13	THOI Lakatamia (R)	26	7	4	15	31	46	−15	25^[c]
14	Ethnikos Assia (R)	26	3	8	15	30	62	−32	17

Source: cfa.com.cy
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) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Aris 0–0 Nea Salamina; Nea Salamina 0–0 Aris
2. Ayia Napa 1–0 Onisilos; Onisilos 0–0 Ayia Napa
3. Chalkanoras 2–0 THOI; THOI 1–0 Chalkanoras

Results

Home \ Away	ANP	ARS	ASL	DGN	ETN	THL	ERM	MPN	NSL	OLM	OMN	ONL	PKK	CHL
Ayia Napa		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–2	1–0
Aris	2–0		2–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	6–1
ASIL	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Digenis	3–0	2–1	0–1		4–3	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Ethnikos Assia	1–3	2–4	2–4	1–3		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1
THOI	0–1	0–4	2–1	2–2	4–1		0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0
Ermis	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–2		4–2	0–0	0–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	3–1
MEAP	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–1
Nea Salamina	0–1	0–0	1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Olympiakos	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1	1–2	2–0	1–2		3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Omonia	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–4		0–0	1–0	2–0
Onisilos	0–0	2–5	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–3		2–1	5–0
PAEEK FC	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0		0–0
Chalkanoras	3–2	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–3

Source: cfa.com.cy
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Slaviša Dugić	Aris Limassol	14
	Konstantin Mirchev	Omonia Aradippou
3	Marios Neophytou	Olympiakos Nicosia	10
	Andreas Papathanasiou	Ermis Aradippou
	Marios Christodoulou	Ermis Aradippou
6	Shingayi Kaondera	Nea Salamina	9

Source:

See also

• Cypriot Second Division
• 2008–09 Cypriot First Division
• 2008–09 Cypriot Cup
• 2008–09 in Cypriot football

Sources

• "2008/09 Cypriot Second Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
• 2. DIVISION 2008–09