2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Marfin Laiki League
Season 2007–08
Champions Anorthosis
13th title
Relegated Aris
Nea Salamina
Olympiakos
Champions League Anorthosis
UEFA Cup APOEL
Omonia
UEFA Intertoto Ethnikos
Matches played 218
Goals scored 591 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer David da Costa (16 goals)
Łukasz Sosin (16 goals)

The 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. Points were carried over from the first round.

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

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2007–08 Cypriot First Division. Each team played against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records were relegated to the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.

The teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 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.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Digenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2006–07 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki Ammochostos Stadium
APOP Kinyras Pafiako Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Doxa Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium

First round

League table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA GD Pts Notes Head-to-head
1Anorthosis Famagusta2619704913+3664Second Round Group A
2APOEL2616555119+3253
3Omonia2614663622+1448
4AEK Larnaca2612593432+241
5Apollon Limassol2610974033+739Second Round Group B
6APOP Kinyras2610793535037
7Enosis Neon Paralimni26106102830-236
8Ethnikos Achna26111143435-134
9Doxa Katokopias2697103840-234Second Round Group C
10Alki Larnaca2676133240-827Alki 7 points
Aris 4 points
AEL 3 points
11Aris Limassol2676132435-1127
12AEL Limassol2676132838-1027
13Nea Salamina (R)2666142854-2624Relegated to Second Division
14Olympiakos Nicosia (R)2635182354-3114

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 2-22-0 1-10-30-21-11-01-2 1-31-02-2 2-1 1-0
AEL0-2 2-01-21-10-00-20-02-1 1-41-21-03-11-1
Alki0-22-0 0-0 0-4 1-03-11-1 1-10-11-34-1 5-02-1
Anorthosis2-13-11-0 1-01-13-14-02-11-05-15-01-02-0
APOEL1-02-03-00-1 2-0[1]4-03-03-20-12-13-14-01-0
Apollon2-04-31-02-20-2[2] 2-0 2-12-23-02-14-13-23-3
APOP Kinyras0-10-15-30-21-11-0 1-03-11-12-14-23-1 0-0
Aris2-32-12-50-02-2 3-11-2 1-02-10-1 1-0 3-0 1-2
Doxa3-32-11-01-12-21-02-22-1 2-22-12-32-0 1-0
Paralimni0-11-12-11-21-02-2 0-2 1-00-1 0-21-00-11-3
Ethnikos0-22-11-1 0-10-22-1 2-12-03-1 0-1 5-02-11-2
Nea Salamina2-00-21-10-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-02-11-1 2-0 4-2 0-2
Olympiakos0-21-2 1-10-12-22-21-10-12-12-2 1-0 2-4 0-1
Omonia3-21-03-01-12-11-11-00-0 2-10-1 2-13-0 2-0

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008.
Source : UEFA

Second round

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

Group A

Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Anorthosis Famagusta (C)32201205819+3972Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2APOEL3218775828+3061UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3Omonia32141084231+1152
4AEK Larnaca32148104642+450

Results

Home \ AwayANOAPOEOMOAEK
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

Group B

Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA GD Pts Notes
5Apollon Limassol32121194941+847[3]
6Enosis Neon Paralimni32137124245-346
7Ethnikos Achna32134154443+143UEFA Intertoto Cup
8APOP Kinyras32119124749-242

Results

Home \ AwayAPOLAPOPENPETH
Apollon 2-2 4-1 0-2
APOP Kinyras 1-2 3-4 1-0
Paralimni 1-0 4-3 1-1
Ethnikos Achnas 1-1 2-2 4-3

Group C

Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA GD Pts Notes
9AEL Limassol32117143945-640
10Alki Larnaca32117144144-340
11Doxa Katokopias32109134348-539
12Aris Limassol (R)3286183148-1730Relegated to Second Division

Results

Home \ AwayDOXALKAELARI
Doxa 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

Rank Player Club Goals
1Brazil David Da Costa Doxa 16
Poland Łukasz Sosin Anorthosis
3 Cyprus Constantinos Makrides APOEL 13
4Portugal Bernardo Vasconcelos Omonia 12
Uruguay Ignacio Risso Apollon
Romania Adrian Mihalcea Aris

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: soccerboards.com

Sources

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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