1996β97 Cypriot First Division
Season | 1996β97 |
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Champions |
Anorthosis (8th title) |
Relegated |
Aris Olympiakos APEP |
Champions League | Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Apollon (1st qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Nea Salamis (group stage) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 564 (3.1 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Michalis Konstantinou (17 goals)[1] |
β 1995β96 1997β98 β |
The 1996β97 Cypriot First Division was the 58th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 8th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1996β97 Cypriot First 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 last three teams were relegated to the 1997β98 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 1997β98 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1997β98 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed team among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).
Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Changes from previous season
AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Omonia Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 1996β97 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1995β96 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Paphos. APEP and Anagennisi Deryneia.
Stadia and locations
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld. | W.<noinclude> | D.<noinclude> | L.<noinclude> | GF.<noinclude> | GA.<noinclude> | GF.<noinclude> | Pts.<noinclude> | Notes |
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1 | Anorthosis | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 44 | 65 | Champions-UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round |
2 | Apollon | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 52 | 1997β98 UEFA Cup 1st qualifying round |
3 | Omonia | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 46 | |
4 | AEK | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 41 | |
5 | APOEL | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 43 | 14 | 40 | Cypriot Cup Winner-1997β98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round. |
6 | Ethnikos | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 37 | |
7 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 35 | |
8 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 34 | 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage. |
9 | Anagennisi | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 32 | |
10 | APOP | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 31 | |
11 | Alki | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 49 | -8 | 30 | |
12 | Aris | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 28 | Relegated to 1997β98 Cypriot Second Division. |
13 | Olympiakos | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 47 | -19 | 27 | |
14 | APEP | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 75 | -53 | 11 | |
Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
Results
βHome / Awayβ |
AEK | ALK | ANG | ANR | APE | APN | APL | APP | ARD | ETH | ENP | NSL | OLY | OMO |
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AEK | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | |
Alki | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 2-4 | |
Anagennisi | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | |
Anorthosi | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | |
APEP | 4-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |
APOEL | 2-3 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 6-1 | 3-0 | 5-4 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 2-2 | |
Apollon | 0-0 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 4-0 | 2-0 | |
APOP | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | |
Aris | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 1-2 | |
Ethnikos | 3-1 | 1-5 | 5-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |
Enosis | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-5 | 6-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | |
Nea Salamis | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | |
Olympiakos | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | |
Omonia | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | |
References
- β "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
Sources
- "1996/97 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
See also
- Cypriot First Division
- 1996β97 Cypriot Cup
- List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
- Cypriot football clubs in European competitions
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