Season | 2009–10 |
---|---|
Champions | Omonia 20th title |
Relegated | Aris Nea Salamis APEP |
Champions League | Omonia |
Europa League | APOEL Anorthosis Apollon |
Matches played | 218 |
Goals scored | 569 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | José Semedo (22 goals) Joeano (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | APOEL 5–0 Aris |
Biggest away win | Enosis 0-4 Omonia |
Highest scoring | Ermis 5-3 Aris |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.
Competition modus
Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.
Each team will play 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 will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.
The teams ranked first through fourth will play out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.
Team changes from 2009–10
Relegated to Second Division 2009–10:
- 12th-placed team: APEP Pitsilia
- 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis
- 14th-placed team: Aris
Promoted from Second Division 2009–10:
- Champions: Alki Larnaca
- Runners-up: AEK Larnaca
- 3rd-placed team: Olympiakos Nicosia
Overview
Stadiums and Locations
Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
AEL Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
AEP Paphos | Paphos | Pafiako Stadium | 10,000 |
Anorthosis | Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,003 |
APEP Pitsilia | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
Apollon Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
APOP Kinyras Peyias | Peyia | Peyia Municipal Stadium | 3,828 |
Aris Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
Doxa Katokopia | Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
Ermis Aradippou | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
Ethnikos Achna | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
Nea Salamis Famagusta | Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010).
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nea Salamina | Michalis Hadjipieris | Mutual Consent | April 24, 2009 | Attila Supka | April 24, 2009 |
Anorthosis FC | Michalis Pamboris | Mutual Consent | May 7, 2009 | Ernst Middendorp | May 7, 2009 |
Aris Limassol | Akis Agiomamitis | Sacked | May 17, 2009 | Marios Constantinou | May 17, 2009 |
AEL Limassol | Mihai Stoichiţă | Sacked | May 19, 2009 | Nir Klinger | May 23, 2009 |
APEP Pitsilia | Willy Scheepers | Mutual Consent | May 26, 2009 | Marc Hodel | May 26, 2009 |
AEP Paphos | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent | May 23, 2009 | Eyal Lahman | June 9, 2009 |
Enosis Neon Paralimni | Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou | Mutual Consent | June 10, 2009 | Čedomir Janevski | June 10, 2009 |
Ethnikos Achna | Stéphane Demol | End of Contract | May 9, 2009 | Panicos Orphanides | June 11, 2009 |
Anorthosis FC | Ernst Middendorp | Sacked | July 24, 2009 | Slavoljub Muslin | August 7, 2009 |
APEP Pitsilia | Marc Hodel | Sacked | August 24, 2009 | Nikos Andronikou | September 3, 2009 |
AEP Paphos | Eyal Lahman | Sacked | September 6, 2009 | Tasos Kyriakou | September 8, 2009 |
Ethnikos Achna | Panicos Orphanides | Resigned | September 27, 2009 | Svetozar Šapurić | September 29, 2009 |
Ermis Aradippou | Yiannos Stavrinou | Sacked | September 27, 2009 | Dusan Mitošević | September 30, 2009 |
Nea Salamina | Attila Supka | Sacked | November 1, 2009 | Mirko Mihic | November 2, 2009 |
APEP Pitsilia | Nikos Andronikou | Mutual Consent | December 8, 2009 | Venizelos Tsiambazis | December 9, 2009 |
Nea Salamina | Mirko Mihic | Mutual Consent | December 21, 2009 | Louis Stefanis | December 22, 2009 |
AEL Limassol | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent | December 28, 2009 | Dušan Uhrin, Jr. | December 30, 2009 |
Nea Salamina | Louis Stefanis | Mutual Consent | December 30, 2009 | Nir Klinger | December 30, 2009 |
APEP Pitsilia | Venizelos Tsiambazis | Mutual Consent | January 5, 2010 | Stephen Constantine | January 5, 2010 |
Aris Limassol | Marios Constantinou | Mutual Consent | January 18, 2010 | Stéphane Demol | January 20, 2010 |
Apollon Limassol | Thomas von Heesen | Mutual Consent | January 28, 2010 | Slobodan Krčmarević | February 2, 2010 |
AEP Paphos | Tasos Kyriakou | Sacked | February 1, 2010 | Savvas Kofidis | February 3, 2010 |
Anorthosis FC | Slavoljub Muslin | Sacked | February 18, 2010 | Nikos Nicolaou | February 18, 2010 |
Aris Limassol | Stéphane Demol | Sacked | March 21, 2010 | Tasos Kyriakou | March 21, 2010 |
AEP Paphos | Savvas Kofidis | Sacked | March 28, 2010 | Demetris Ioannou | March 29, 2010 |
First round
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 62 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 58 | |
3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 57 | |
4 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 55 | |
5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
6 | APOP Kinyras | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 34 | |
7 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 31 | |
8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | |
9 | Ermis Aradippou | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for second round, Group C |
10 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 26[lower-alpha 2] | |
11 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 26[lower-alpha 2] | |
12 | Aris Limassol | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 20 | |
13 | Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 14 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
14 | APEP[lower-alpha 3] (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League, one for the second and one for the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Second round
Group A
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Omonia Nicosia (C) | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 74 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | APOEL | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 65 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
4 | Apollon Limassol | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ↑ Apollon Limassol qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.
Results
Group B
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | AEL Limassol | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 58 |
6 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 40 |
7 | Ethnikos Achna | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 38 |
8 | APOP Kinyras | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 37 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Results
Group C
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Ermis Aradippou | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 44 | |
10 | AEP Paphos | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 36 | |
11 | Doxa Katokopias | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 35 | |
12 | Aris Limassol (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 21 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results
Top goalscorers
Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source: CFA official website
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Semedo | APOP Kinyras | 22 |
Joeano | Ermis | ||
3 | Gastón Sangoy | Apollon | 13 |
4 | Nenad Mirosavljević | APOEL | 11 |
Michalis Konstantinou | Omonia | ||
Efstathios Aloneftis | Omonia | ||
Dieter Van Tornhout | Enosis | ||
8 | Christos Marangos | Anorthosis | 10 |
José Henrique | Doxa | ||
Freddy | AEL | ||
Cafú | Anorthosis | ||
Andreas Avraam | Apollon |
See also
References
- 1 2 «Κηδεία» σε «νεκρό» χρόνο… Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
- 1 2 ΔΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΗ: Κατακύρωσε τον αγώνα με 3-0 υπέρ του Εθνικού (in Greek)
- ↑ Ν. ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ 0-3 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek)
Sources
- "2009/10 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.