1995–96 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season 1995–96
Champions APOEL
(16th title)
Relegated AEL
Evagoras
Omonia Ar.
UEFA Cup APOEL (preliminary round)
Anorthosis (preliminary round)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup AEK (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
UEFA Intertoto Cup Apollon (group stage)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 553 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer József Kiprich
(25 goals)[1]

The 1995–96 Cypriot First Division was the 57th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 16th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1995–96 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 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division.

Cypriot teams didn't gained enough points in the previous seasons and so the champion team did not qualified to 1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The champions and the runners-up ensured their participation in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1996 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

The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams this season, comprised twelve teams from the 1994–95 season and two promoted teams from the 1994–95 Cypriot Second Division, Evagoras Paphos and Alki Larnaca.

Stadia and locations

Club Venue
ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario Stadium
Omonia Ar. Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld. W.<noinclude> D.<noinclude> L.<noinclude> GF.<noinclude> GA.<noinclude> GF.<noinclude> Pts.<noinclude> Notes
1APOEL 26197065214464Champions-1996–97 UEFA Cup preliminary round.
2Anorthosis 261673502327551996–97 UEFA Cup preliminary round.
3Omonia 26165566303653
4AEK 26165544212353Cypriot Cup Finalist-1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round.
5Apollon 2610106422913401996 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage.
6Ethinikos Achna 2691073633337
7Enosis Neon Paralimni 268993740-333
8Nea Salamina 26103133748-1133
9Aris 2671093436-231
10Alki 2687114246-431
11Olympiakos 2686122432-830
12AEL 2666143749-1224Relegated to 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division.
13Evagoras 2627172159-3813
14Omonia Ar. 2602241886-682

Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for

Results

↓Home / Away→

AEK AEL ALK ANR APN APL ARS ETH ENP EVG NSL OLY OMA OMN
AEK 1-1 3-1 2-2 0-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 4-1 1-0 1-0 3-0
AEL 0-3 2-3 1-1 0-3 1-1 1-2 0-0 2-2 5-1 0-1 3-1 3-1 1-2
Alki 1-3 2-4 0-3 1-2 2-2 0-2 3-3 0-0 1-0 5-0 1-0 5-1 2-0
Anorthosis 2-1 2-2 2-2 3-3 1-0 4-2 2-0 5-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 6-0 1-0
APOEL 1-0 3-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-2 3-2 3-2 5-1 4-1 1-0 5-0 1-1
Apollon 3-1 3-1 3-0 0-0 0-2 2-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-3 0-0 5-0 1-2
Aris 1-1 1-0 2-3 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-4
Ethnikos 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-4 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 4-1 2-1 0-2
ENP 1-0 4-1 2-1 0-3 1-1 0-2 3-1 2-3 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 0-1
Evagoras 0-1 0-2 2-2 0-2 1-1 0-5 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-2 5-0 0-2
Nea Salamina 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-4 1-2 2-0 1-4 2-1 1-1 4-0 4-1 2-5
Olympiakos 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1
Omonia Ar. 1-2 1-3 3-4 0-2 0-4 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-2 0-9
Omonia N. 3-1 6-2 1-1 2-0 2-4 1-1 1-1 1-2 3-1 8-1 3-0 3-3 3-1

References

  1. "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

See also

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