2012–13 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season 2012–13
Champions APOEL
22nd title
Relegated Olympiakos
Ayia Napa
AEP
Champions League APOEL
Europa League Anorthosis
Omonia
Apollon
Matches played 218
Goals scored 592 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Bernardo Vasconcelos
(18 goals)
Biggest home win APOEL 6–0 AEP
(17 March 2013)
Omonia 6–0 Nea Salamina
(30 March 2013)
Biggest away win Enosis 0–5 APOEL
(3 September 2012)
AEP 0–5 Olympiakos
(30 March 2013)
Highest scoring Alki 6–5 Ethnikos
(30 March 2013)
Longest winning run 9 games
Anorthosis
Omonia
Longest unbeaten run 20 games
Anorthosis
Longest winless run 16 games
Ethnikos
Longest losing run 9 games
AEP

The 2012–13 Cypriot First Division was the 75th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.[1] AEL Limassol were the defending champions. APOEL won the championship two matchweeks before the end of the season.

The league comprise eleven teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Second Division.

Teams

Ermis Aradippou and Anagennisi Dherynia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2011–12 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 Second Division champions Doxa Katokopias, runners-up Ayia Napa and third-placed team AEP Paphos.

Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
AEP Paphos Pafiako Stadium 9,394
Alki Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Ayia Napa Ayia Napa Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Doxa Katokopia Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Ethnikos Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Nea Salamina Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Israel Ran Ben Shimon Spain Ander Murillo Puma CytaVision
AEL Portugal Jorge Costa Cyprus Marios Nicolaou Puma CytaVision
AEP Serbia Saša Jovanović Cyprus Alexandros Garpozis Givova Skycore
Alki Cyprus Kostas Kaiafas Argentina Emiliano Fusco Joma CYTA
Anorthosis Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou Cyprus Ioannis Okkas Puma CytaMobile Vodafone
APOEL Serbia Ivan Jovanović Cyprus Marinos Satsias Puma MTN
Apollon Cyprus Christakis Christoforou Cyprus Giorgos Merkis Macron CYTA
Ayia Napa Cyprus Costas Loizou Cyprus Martinos Solomou Givova Ayia Napa Municipality
Doxa Cyprus Loukas Hadjiloukas Portugal Ricardo Fernandes Givova Cytanet
Enosis Cyprus Marios Karas Cyprus Demos Goumenos Nike CYTA
Ethnikos Greece Nikos Kolompourdas Cyprus Christos Poyiatzis Legea CYTA
Nea Salamina Republic of Macedonia Mirsad Jonuz Cyprus Prodromos Therapontos Givova CytaMobile Vodafone
Olympiakos Cyprus Marios Constantinou Cyprus Nikolas Nicolaou Givova CYTA
Omonia Republic of Macedonia Toni Savevski Hungary Leandro Nike CytaMobile Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Omonia Cyprus Larkou, NeophytosNeophytos Larkou Mutual consent 18 September 2012[2] 4th Republic of Macedonia Savevski, ToniToni Savevski 26 September 2012[3]
Apollon Scotland Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley Sacked 19 September 2012[4] 6th Cyprus Papavasiliou, NikodimosNikodimos Papavasiliou 20 September 2012[5]
Olympiakos Cyprus Papavasiliou, NikodimosNikodimos Papavasiliou Signed by Apollon 20 September 2012[6] 7th Cyprus Demetriades, RenosRenos Demetriades 25 September 2012[7]
Enosis Cyprus Zouvani, ZouvanisZouvanis Zouvani Resigned 24 September 2012[8] 9th Netherlands Caanen, TonTon Caanen 3 October 2012[9]
Ethnikos Greece Papadopoulos, NicosNicos Papadopoulos Mutual consent 8 October 2012[10] 12th Cyprus Andronikou, NikosNikos Andronikou 14 October 2012[11]
AEL Cyprus Christodoulou, PambosPambos Christodoulou Mutual consent 22 October 2012[12] 4th Portugal Costa, JorgeJorge Costa 23 October 2012[13]
Doxa Cyprus Constantinou, MariosMarios Constantinou Resigned 1 November 2012[14] 14th Cyprus Hadjiloukas, LoukasLoukas Hadjiloukas 1 November 2012[14]
AEP Greece Topalidis, IoannisIoannis Topalidis Mutual consent 5 November 2012[15] 9th Portugal Gonçalves, HorácioHorácio Gonçalves 8 November 2012[16]
Nea Salamina Cyprus Andreou, NicosNicos Andreou Resigned 18 November 2012[17] 10th Republic of Macedonia Jonuz, MirsadMirsad Jonuz 21 November 2012[18]
AEP Portugal Gonçalves, HorácioHorácio Gonçalves Resigned 22 November 2012[19] 14th Serbia Jovanović, SašaSaša Jovanović 26 November 2012[20]
Alki Cyprus Kaiafas, KostasKostas Kaiafas Resigned 2 December 2012[21] 12th Cyprus Larkou, NeophytosNeophytos Larkou 5 December 2012[22]
Ethnikos Cyprus Andronikou, NikosNikos Andronikou Mutual consent 3 December 2012[23] 13th Cyprus Constantine, StephenStephen Constantine 5 December 2012[24]
Ayia Napa Cyprus Nicolaou, NicosNicos Nicolaou Mutual consent 10 January 2013[25] 13th Greece Kolompourdas, NikosNikos Kolompourdas 16 January 2013[26]
Olympiakos Cyprus Demetriades, RenosRenos Demetriades Sacked 10 February 2013[27] 10th Cyprus Constantinou, MariosMarios Constantinou 11 February 2013[28]
Ethnikos Cyprus Constantine, StephenStephen Constantine Sacked 25 February 2013[29] 11th Greece Kolompourdas, NikosNikos Kolompourdas 26 February 2013[30]
Ayia Napa Greece Kolompourdas, NikosNikos Kolompourdas Signed by Ethnikos 25 February 2013[31] 13th Cyprus Loizou, CostasCostas Loizou 25 February 2013[32]
Apollon Cyprus Papavasiliou, NikodimosNikodimos Papavasiliou Sacked 8 March 2013[33] 6th Cyprus Christoforou, ChristakisChristakis Christoforou 12 March 2013[34]
Anorthosis Israel Levy, RonnyRonny Levy Sacked 1 April 2013[35] 2nd Cyprus Christodoulou, PambosPambos Christodoulou 2 April 2013[36]
Alki Cyprus Larkou, NeophytosNeophytos Larkou Resigned 9 April 2013[37] 9th Cyprus Kaiafas, KostasKostas Kaiafas 9 April 2013[38]
Enosis Netherlands Caanen, TonTon Caanen Mutual consent 13 April 2013[39] 8th Cyprus Karas, MariosMarios Karas 16 April 2013[40]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 21 3 2 56 10+46 66 Qualification to Second round, Group A
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 18 6 2 57 21+36 60
3 AEK Larnaca 26 17 4 5 50 21+29 55
4 Omonia Nicosia 26 16 5 5 51 22+29 53
5 AEL Limassol 26 14 9 3 46 26+20 51 Qualification to Second round, Group B
6 Apollon Limassol 26 11 7 8 32 24+8 40
7 Doxa Katokopias 26 8 6 12 26 4014 30
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 6 10 10 23 3512 28
9 Alki Larnaca 26 6 7 13 33 4613 25 Qualification to Second round, Group C
10 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 6 9 11 36 448 0241
11 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 6 5 15 18 3618 23
12 Ethnikos Achna 26 4 10 12 28 4012 22
13 Ayia Napa (R) 26 2 2 22 15 5944 8 Relegation to Cypriot B1 Division
14 AEP Paphos (R) 26 4 3 19 17 6447 032

Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1 On 22 May 2012, Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria.[41]
2 On 11 June 2012, AEP Paphos were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria.[42] On 13 August 2012, AEP Paphos were deducted another three points by CFA because they failed again to meet the financial criteria.[43] On 12 November 2012, AEP Paphos were deducted another three points by CFA because they failed fot third time to meet the financial criteria.[44] On 13 May 2012, AEP Paphos were deducted another three points because of FIFA decision.[45]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK AEL AEPALKANOAPOEAPOLAYNDOXENPETHNSLOLYOMO
AEK Larnaca 12 40 20 23 01 20 30 12 50 21 12 10 21
AEL Limassol 22 40 31 11 13 32 20 20 11 11 21 11 11
AEP Paphos 03 13 14 02 02 01 30 04 01 00 10 05 12
Alki Larnaca 01 23 02 03 13 13 02 22 11 65 10 00 24
Anorthosis Famagusta 11 11 51 30 02 00 51 30 11 51 10 43 20
APOEL 12 20 60 11 01 10 41 31 10 10 20 40 11
Apollon Limassol 12 00 40 21 02 12 21 10 00 20 31 11 21
Ayia Napa 11 04 12 03 01 02 01 02 14 10 12 11 03
Doxa Katokopias 26 13 10 01 02 03 00 21 11 11 10 11 11
Enosis Neon Paralimni 12 12 11 11 12 05 03 10 10 11 00 12 01
Ethnikos Achna 01 13 30 02 22 01 11 21 31 00 11 11 11
Nea Salamis Famagusta 00 01 11 11 21 03 20 10 01 02 01 32 01
Olympiakos Nicosia 02 00 31 22 13 02 11 32 12 23 31 21 14
Omonia Nicosia 01 20 42 10 13 00 21 50 30 20 21 60 20

Updated to games played on 31 March 2013.
Source: CFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Group A

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL (C) 32 23 4 5 62 19+43 73 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 20 8 4 60 29+31 68 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Omonia Nicosia 32 20 6 6 66 27+39 66
4 AEK Larnaca 32 19 4 9 55 28+27 61

Updated to games played on 18 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK ANO APOEOMO
AEK Larnaca 01 01 02
Anorthosis Famagusta 03 21 00
APOEL 01 00 43
Omonia Nicosia 31 40 30

Updated to games played on 18 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
5 AEL Limassol 32 18 10 4 59 31+28 64
6 Apollon Limassol 32 13 9 10 40 31+9 48 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
7 Doxa Katokopias 32 10 9 13 33 4714 39
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 7 10 15 28 4921 31

Updated to games played on 18 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
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
1Apollon Limassol qualified for the play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Cypriot Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEL APOL DOXENP
AEL Limassol 21 30 30
Apollon Limassol 13 00 41
Doxa Katokopias 11 11 10
Enosis Neon Paralimni 21 01 24

Updated to games played on 18 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
9 Ethnikos Achna 32 7 12 13 41 509 33
10 Alki Larnaca 32 8 8 16 43 5714 32
11 Nea Salamis Famagusta (O) 32 8 7 17 27 4417 31 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs SAL: 7 pts
OLY: 4 pts
12 Olympiakos Nicosia (R) 32 8 10 14 46 5610 0311 Relegation to Cypriot B1 Division

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
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
1 On 22 May 2012, Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria.[41]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALK ETH NSLOLY
Alki Larnaca 13 12 21
Ethnikos Achna 11 22 31
Nea Salamis Famagusta 13 12 30
Olympiakos Nicosia 42 42 00

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: UEFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 11th-placed team Nea Salamina faced 4th-placed 2012–13 Cypriot Second Division side Anagennisi Dherynia, in a single-legged play-off for one spot in the 2013–14 Cypriot First Division. The match was held at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium on 23 May 2013 and Nea Salamina won by 3–0, retaining its Cypriot First Division spot for the 2013–14 season.

23 May 2013
17:00 EEST
Nea Salamina 3 – 0 Anagennisi Dherynia
Alimi  17', 66'
Roque  58'
Report
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 800
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 19 May 2013; Source: Cyprus Football Association
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Portugal Bernardo Vasconcelos Alki 18
2 Brazil Andre Alves Omonia 16
3 Portugal Marco Paixão Ethnikos 15
4 Brazil Juliano Spadacio Anorthosis 14
5 Paraguay Aldo Adorno APOEL 13
Portugal Henrique Olympiakos 13
Israel Barak Itzhaki Anorthosis 13
8 Brazil Gustavo Manduca APOEL 12
Czech Republic Jan Rezek Anorthosis 12
10 Netherlands Nassir Maachi AEK Larnaca 11
Ivory Coast Patrick Vouho AEL 11

Hat-tricks

# Player For Against Result Date
1. Paraguay Adorno, AldoAldo Adorno APOEL Enosis 0–5 3 September 2012
2. Paraguay Adorno, AldoAldo Adorno APOEL Ayia Napa 4–1 5 November 2012
3. Israel Itzhaki, BarakBarak Itzhaki Anorthosis Olympiakos 4–3 3 February 2013
4. Brazil Alves, AndreAndre Alves Omonia Olympiakos 1–4 16 March 2013
5. Argentina Solari, EstebanEsteban Solari Apollon Enosis 4–1 20 April 2013
6. Ivory Coast Fofana, GaossouGaossou Fofana Doxa Enosis 2–4 18 May 2013

Scoring

Discipline

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