1998–99 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season 1998–99
Champions Anorthosis
(10th title)
Relegated Evagoras
Doxa
Aris
Champions League Anorthosis (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Omonia (qualifying round)
APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 731 (4.02 per match)
Top goalscorer Rainer Rauffmann
(35 goals)[1]

The 1998–99 Cypriot First Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 10th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1998–99 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 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.

Point system

Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

Anagennisi Deryneia, APOP Paphos and Ethnikos Assia were relegated from previous season and played in the 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division, Olympiakos Nicosia, Doxa Katokopias and Aris Limassol.

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
Doxa Kykkos Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario 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 26214195286767Champions-UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round
2Omonia 262141812556671999–2000 UEFA Cup qualifying round
3APOEL 26192570294159Cypriot Cup Winner-1999–2000 UEFA Cup.
4AEK 26143963451845
5AEL 26135855391644
6Ethnikos 2612684943642
7Apollon 26132115145641
8Enosis Neon Paralimni 2688105564-932
9Olympiakos 2685134049-929
10Nea Salamis 2684144653-728
11Alki 2674153770-3325
12Evagoras 2664163066-3622Relegated to 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division.
13Doxa 2623212779-529
14Aris 2630233296-649

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 DOX ETH ENP EYG NSL OLY OMO
AEK 1-1 5-1 3-3 3-1 3-5 5-1 7-0 2-5 3-0 2-0 4-1 4-2 0-1
AEL 3-2 2-2 2-3 2-1 2-1 4-1 4-3 2-3 0-1 4-0 8-3 4-2 3-3
Alki 5-4 1-3 0-4 0-6 0-2 3-2 2-1 2-3 2-2 3-1 0-2 1-3 1-4
Anorthosis 1-0 2-0 5-0 1-1 4-2 5-0 7-0 2-0 5-1 6-1 5-3 7-1 2-2
APOEL 3-1 2-0 4-1 4-3 1-0 5-2 3-0 1-0 2-2 4-1 3-0 2-0 1-2
Apollon 5-0 3-2 4-1 1-3 2-1 2-1 5-2 1-2 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 1-5
Aris 1-2 0-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 0-5 2-1 1-3 2-4 2-4 3-1 0-2 0-4
Doxa 1-5 0-1 3-1 0-4 0-4 1-2 5-1 0-0 4-5 0-0 0-3 1-4 2-3
Ethnikos 1-1 2-1 2-0 0-2 2-3 6-1 3-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-3 1-1 2-4
Enosis 1-2 0-2 1-1 2-5 3-5 1-1 6-2 5-3 3-6 6-1 0-3 2-0 1-1
Evagoras 2-0 0-0 0-2 0-4 2-3 2-1 5-2 4-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-8
Nea Salamis 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-3 0-1 2-2 2-3 2-0 4-0 4-5 4-1 0-0 2-3
Olympiakos 1-2 0-1 2-2 1-4 0-5 2-0 4-0 4-0 1-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 0-1
Omonia 0-1 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 5-1 1-0 4-0 5-0 6-1 4-1 5-4

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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