The 2008–09 Cypriot Cup was the 67th edition of the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

. A total of 28 clubs entered the competition. The tournament involved teams from the Cypriot First Division and lower divisions, with matches played over two legs in the early rounds. It began on 23 September 2008 with the first round and concluded on 16 May 2009 with the final which was held at

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. APOP Kinyras won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEL 2–0 in the final.

Format

In the 2008–09 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

and the

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. Teams from the two lower divisions (

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and Fourth) competed in a separate cup competition. The competition consisted of five rounds. All rounds, except the final, 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

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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

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. The final was a single match. The cup winner secured a place in the

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Bracket

First round

In the first round participated all the teams of the

and 10 of 14 teams of the

. The four first division teams which were qualified for 2007–08 Cypriot Cup's semifinals ( APOEL,

Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

, Apollon, Omonia) did not participated in this round. The Cypriot First Division teams were not drawn together and played the second leg at home. The draw for the First Round took place on September 10, 2008. The first legs were played on September 23, 24 and October 1, 2008. The second legs were played on October 4 and 5, 2008.

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.

Quarter-finals

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.

Semi-finals

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

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Second legs

''AEL won 3–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''APOP Kinyras Peyias won 2–1 on aggregate''

Final

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