1997–98 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season 1997–98
Champions Anorthosis
(9th title)
Relegated Anagennisi
APOP
Ethnikos Assia
Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Omonia (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
UEFA Intertoto Cup Ethnikos Achna (1st round)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 657 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Rainer Rauffmann
(42 goals)[1]

The 1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 9th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 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 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1998 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

Aris Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division, AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Ethnikos Assia.

Stadia and locations

Club Venue
ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anagennisi Anagennisi Football Ground
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
APOP Pafiako Stadium
Ethnikos Achna Dasaki Stadium
Ethnikos Assia Kykkos Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld. W.<noinclude> D.<noinclude> L.<noinclude> GF.<noinclude> GA.<noinclude> GF.<noinclude> Pts.<noinclude> Notes
1Anorthosis 26213287186966Champions-UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round
2Omonis 261952902070621998–99 UEFA Cup 1st qualifying round
3Apollon 26167350252555Cypriot Cup Finalist-1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.1
4Ethnikos Achna 26138535287471998 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round
5AEK 2697104240234
6Enosis Neon Paralimni 26103134549-433
7APOEL 2687114851-331
8Nea Salamis 26101154359-1631
9AEL 2678113750-1329
10Alki 2692154665-1929
11Evagoras 2685132952-2329
12Anagennisi 2676133765-2827Relegated to 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division.
13APOP 2675144059-1926
14Ethnikos Assia 2633202876-4812

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

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

1Apollon qualified to 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup becauce Cypriot Cup winner, Anorthosis, already qualified to UEFA Champions League

Results

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AEK AEL ALK ANG ANR APN APL APP EAC EAS ENP EVG NSL OMO
AEK 3-1 1-4 1-3 1-1 3-2 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-1 5-1 5-1 1-3 0-1
AEL 0-0 1-4 3-1 2-3 1-3 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-1 1-3 0-4
Alki 1-3 1-2 4-1 1-4 3-3 2-3 1-3 7-2 1-0 1-4 1-0 3-2 3-5
Anagennisi 2-2 0-1 1-2 0-5 1-1 0-2 1-1 4-1 3-2 1-2 1-0 2-0 0-7
Anorthosis 3-0 5-1 3-1 5-0 1-0 4-2 7-0 5-0 0-2 4-1 6-0 7-1 0-1
APOEL 0-2 3-1 4-2 3-6 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-3 1-1 2-3 2-0 5-0 0-0
Apollon 2-0 0-0 2-0 4-1 1-1 3-1 2-1 4-0 1-2 2-1 3-1 2-0 3-0
APOP 2-1 3-3 5-1 1-0 0-4 3-4 1-2 3-2 1-2 2-3 3-0 1-2 2-4
Ethnikos Assia 1-4 2-5 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-4 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-2 2-4 1-5 0-1
Ethnikos Achna 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 4-1 0-0
Enosis 2-0 3-3 2-2 2-3 0-2 0-2 0-1 3-0 2-1 6-1 1-1 2-3 1-3
Evagoras 2-2 2-1 1-0 2-2 0-6 4-2 1-3 1-0 2-2 1-2 1-0 2-0 1-3
Nea Salamis 1-2 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-3 6-1 2-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 2-3 3-1 0-3
Omonia 0-1 5-1 8-0 10-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 8-1 8-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 6-1

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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