2007–08 Cypriot First Division

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Season2007–08
Champions Anorthosis
13th title
Relegated Aris
Nea Salamina
Olympiakos
Champions League Anorthosis
UEFA Cup APOEL
Omonia
Intertoto Cup Ethnikos
Matches played218
Goals scored591 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer David da Costa (16 goals)
Łukasz Sosin (16 goals)
2008–09 →

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

Contents

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. The 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

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2007–08 Cypriot First Division
TeamStadium
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis Famagusta 2619704913+3664Qualification for second round, Group A
2 APOEL 2616555119+3253
3 Omonia 2614663622+1448
4 AEK Larnaca 2612593432+241
5 Apollon Limassol 2610974033+739Qualification for second round, Group B
6 APOP Kinyras 2610793535037
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26106102830−236
8 Ethnikos Achna 26111143435−134
9 Doxa Katokopias 2697103840−234Qualification for second round, Group C
10 Alki Larnaca 2676133240−827 [a]
11 Aris Limassol 2676132435−1127 [a]
12 AEL Limassol 2676132838−1027 [a]
13 Nea Salamina (R)2666142854−2624Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 Olympiakos Nicosia (R)2635182354−3114
Source: soccerway.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head: Alki 7 points; Aris 4 points; AEL 3 points

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK ANO APOE APOL APOP ARI DOX ENP ETH NEA OLY OMO
AEK 2–22–01–10–30–21–11–01–21–31–02–22–11–0
AEL 0–22–01–21–10–00–20–02–11–41–21–03–11–1
Alki 0–22–00–00–41–03–11–11–10–11–34–15–02–1
Anorthosis 2–13–11–01–01–13–14–02–11–05–15–01–02–0
APOEL 1–02–03–00–12–0 [a] 4–03–03–20–12–13–14–01–0
Apollon 2–04–31–02–20–2 [b] 2–02–12–23–02–14–13–23–3
APOP Kinyras 0–10–15–30–21–11–01–03–11–12–14–23–10–0
Aris 2–32–12–50–02–23–11–21–02–10–11–03–01–2
Doxa 3–32–11–01–12–21–02–22–12–22–12–32–01–0
Paralimni 0–11–12–11–21–02–20–21–00–10–21–00–11–3
Ethnikos 0–22–11–10–10–22–12–12–03–10–15–02–11–2
Nea Salamina 2–00–21–10–41–30–01–10–02–11–12–04–20–2
Olympiakos 0–21–21–10–12–22–21–10–12–12–21–02–40–1
Omonia 3–21–03–01–12–11–11–00–02–10–12–13–02–0
Source: UEFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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.

Second round

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

Group A

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Anorthosis Famagusta (C)32201205819+3972Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 APOEL 3218775828+3061Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Omonia 32141084231+1152
4 AEK Larnaca 32148104642+450
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ANO APOE OMO AEK
Anorthosis 3–00–03–3
APOEL 1–12–22–1
Omonia 0–01–20–0
AEK 2–21–05–3
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
5 Apollon Limassol 32121194941+847Declined Intertoto participation [a]
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32137124245−346
7 Ethnikos Achna 32134154443+143Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 APOP Kinyras 32119124749−242
Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Notes:
  1. ↑ Apollon declined their Intertoto participation

Results

Home \ Away APOL APOP ENP ETH
Apollon 2–24–10–2
APOP Kinyras 1–23–41–0
Paralimni 1–04–31–1
Ethnikos Achnas 1–12–24–3
Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
9 AEL Limassol 32117143945−640
10 Alki Larnaca 32117144144−340
11 Doxa Katokopias 32109134348−539
12 Aris Limassol (R)3286183148−1730Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source: [ citation needed ]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away DOX ALK AEL ARI
Doxa 0–01–22–0
Alki 1–02–14–1
AEL 2–21–03–2
Aris 3–01–20–2
Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg David Da Costa Doxa 16
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Sosin Anorthosis
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg Constantinos Makrides APOEL 13
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Vasconcelos Omonia 12
Flag of Uruguay.svg Ignacio Risso Apollon
Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Mihalcea Aris

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: soccerboards.com

Sources

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