2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Marfin Laiki League
Season 2007-08
Champions Anorthosis
13th championship
Relegated Aris
Nea Salamis
Olympiakos
Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup APOEL (1st qualifying round)
AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
UEFA Intertoto Ethnikos Achna (1st round)

The Cypriot First Division 2007-08 league started on September 1, 2007.

The defending champion was APOEL. Clubs promoted from second division were Alki, APOP and Doxa Katokopia.

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage. Teams are divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. Points from the main season still count.

Anorthosis Famagusta won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

Contents

First round

League table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
1 Anorthosis 26 19 7 0 64 49 13 +36 Second Round Group A
2 APOEL 26 16 5 5 53 51 19 +32
3 Omonia 26 14 6 6 48 36 22 +14
4 AEK 26 12 5 9 41 34 32 +2
5 Apollon 26 10 9 7 39 40 33 +7 Second Round Group B
6 APOP 26 10 7 9 37 35 35 0
7 Paralimni 26 10 6 10 36 28 30 -2
8 Ethnikos Achnas 26 11 1 14 34 34 35 -1
9 Doxa Katokopias 26 9 7 10 34 38 40 -2 Second Round Group C
10 Alki 26 7 6 13 27 32 40 -8
11 AEL 26 7 6 13 27 28 38 -10
12 Aris 26 7 6 13 27 24 35 -11
13 Nea Salamis 26 6 6 14 24 28 54 -26 Relegated to Second Division
14 Olympiakos 26 3 5 18 14 23 54 -31

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008
Source: soccerway.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Home/Away

 AEK AEL ALK ANO APOE APOL APOP ARI DOX ENP ETH NEA OLY OMO
AEK 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-3 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-2 1-3 1-0 2-2 2-1 1-0
AEL 0-2 2-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 1-4 1-2 1-0 3-1 1-1
Alki 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-4 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-3 4-1 5-0 2-1
Anorthosis 2-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-1 4-0 2-1 1-0 5-1 5-0 1-0 2-0
APOEL 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-1 2-0[1] 4-0 3-0 3-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 4-0 1-0
Apollon 2-0 4-3 1-0 2-2 0-2[2] 2-0 2-1 2-2 3-0 2-1 4-1 3-2 3-3
APOP 0-1 0-1 5-3 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 4-2 3-1 0-0
Aris 2-3 2-1 2-5 0-0 2-2 3-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 1-2
Doxa Katokopia 3-3 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-1 2-3 2-0 1-0
Paralimni 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-3
Ethnikos Achnas 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-1 0-1 5-0 2-1 1-2
Nea Salamis 2-0 0-2 1-1 0-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 4-2 0-2
Olympiakos 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 2-4 0-1
Omonia 3-2 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-0

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008.
Source : UEFA

Second round

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
1 Anorthosis 32 20 12 0 72 58 19 +39 Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 61 58 28 +30 UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 52 42 31 +11
4 AEK 32 14 8 10 50 46 42 +4
  ANO APOE OMO AEK
Anorthosis – 3-0 0-0 3-3
APOEL 1-1 – 2-2 2-1
Omonia 0-0 1-2 – 0-0
AEK 2-2 1-0 5-3 –
Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
5 Apollon 32 12 11 9 47 49 41 +8 [3]
6 Paralimni 32 13 7 12 46 42 45 -3
7 Ethnikos Achnas 32 13 4 15 43 44 43 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup
8 APOP 32 11 9 12 42 47 49 -2
  APOL APOP ENP ETH
Apollon – 2-2 4-1 0-2
APOP 1-2 – 3-4 1-0
Paralimni 1-0 4-3 – 1-1
Ethnikos Achnas 1-1 2-2 4-3 –
Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
9 AEL 32 11 7 14 40 39 45 -6
10 Alki 32 11 7 14 40 41 44 -3
11 Doxa Katokopias 32 10 9 13 39 43 48 -5
12 Aris 32 8 6 18 30 31 48 -17 Relegated to Second Division
  DOX ALK AEL ARI
Doxa Katokopias – 0-0 1-2 2-0
Alki 1-0 – 2-1 4-1
AEL 2-2 1-0 – 3-2
Aris 3-0 1-2 0-2 –

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source (League Table): UEFA.com
Source (Results): UEFA.com

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top scorers

# Name Club Goals
1 Da Costa Doxa Katokopias 16
= Łukasz Sosin Anorthosis 16
3 Constantinos Makrides APOEL 13
4 Bernardo Vasconcelos Omonia 12
= Ignacio Risso Apollon 12
= Adrian Mihalcea Aris 12

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: soccerboards.com

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Match abandoned. The score at the time was decided to be the official score.
  2. ^ Match abandoned. Score at the time was 2-2.
  3. ^ Apollon declined their Intertoto participation
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