2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Marfin Laiki League
Season	2007–08
Champions	Anorthosis 13th title
Relegated	Aris Nea Salamina Olympiakos
Champions League	Anorthosis
UEFA Cup	APOEL Omonia
UEFA Intertoto	Ethnikos
Matches played	218
Goals scored	591 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	David da Costa (16 goals) Łukasz Sosin (16 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. Points were carried over from the first round.

Anorthosis won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2007–08 Cypriot First Division. Each team played 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 were relegated to the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.

The teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 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.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Digenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2006–07 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.

Stadia and locations

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

Nea Salamina
Alki Larnaca F.C.

2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Team	Stadium
AEK	GSZ Stadium
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Alki	Ammochostos Stadium
APOP Kinyras	Pafiako Stadium
Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL	GSP Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Doxa	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos	Dasaki Stadium
Enosis	Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina	Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	GSP Stadium

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	19	7	0	49	13	+36	64	Second Round Group A
2	APOEL	26	16	5	5	51	19	+32	53
3	Omonia	26	14	6	6	36	22	+14	48
4	AEK Larnaca	26	12	5	9	34	32	+2	41
5	Apollon Limassol	26	10	9	7	40	33	+7	39	Second Round Group B
6	APOP Kinyras	26	10	7	9	35	35	0	37
7	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	10	6	10	28	30	-2	36
8	Ethnikos Achna	26	11	1	14	34	35	-1	34
9	Doxa Katokopias	26	9	7	10	38	40	-2	34	Second Round Group C
10	Alki Larnaca	26	7	6	13	32	40	-8	27
11	AEL Limassol	26	7	6	13	28	38	-10	27
12	Aris Limassol	26	7	6	13	24	35	-11	27
13	Nea Salamina (R)	26	6	6	14	28	54	-26	24	Relegated to Second Division
14	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	26	3	5	18	23	54	-31	14	Relegated to Second Division

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008
Source: soccerway.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Home/Away	AEK	AEL	ALK	ANO	APOE	APOL	APOP	ARI	DOX	ENP	ETH	NEA	OLY	OMO
AEK		2-2	2-0	1-1	0-3	0-2	1-1	1-0	1-2	1-3	1-0	2-2	2-1	1-0
AEL	0-2		2-0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-1	1-4	1-2	1-0	3-1	1-1
Alki	0-2	2-0		0-0	0-4	1-0	3-1	1-1	1-1	0-1	1-3	4-1	5-0	2-1
Anorthosis	2-1	3-1	1-0		1-0	1-1	3-1	4-0	2-1	1-0	5-1	5-0	1-0	2-0
APOEL	1-0	2-0	3-0	0-1		2-0^[1]	4-0	3-0	3-2	0-1	2-1	3-1	4-0	1-0
Apollon	2-0	4-3	1-0	2-2	0-2^[2]		2-0	2-1	2-2	3-0	2-1	4-1	3-2	3-3
APOP Kinyras	0-1	0-1	5-3	0-2	1-1	1-0		1-0	3-1	1-1	2-1	4-2	3-1	0-0
Aris	2-3	2-1	2-5	0-0	2-2	3-1	1-2		1-0	2-1	0-1	1-0	3-0	1-2
Doxa	3-3	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-2	1-0	2-2	2-1		2-2	2-1	2-3	2-0	1-0
Paralimni	0-1	1-1	2-1	1-2	1-0	2-2	0-2	1-0	0-1		0-2	1-0	0-1	1-3
Ethnikos	0-2	2-1	1-1	0-1	0-2	2-1	2-1	2-0	3-1	0-1		5-0	2-1	1-2
Nea Salamina	2-0	0-2	1-1	0-4	1-3	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-1	1-1	2-0		4-2	0-2
Olympiakos	0-2	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-2	2-2	1-1	0-1	2-1	2-2	1-0	2-4		0-1
Omonia	3-2	1-0	3-0	1-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	0-0	2-1	0-1	2-1	3-0	2-0

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008.
Source : UEFA

Second round

The first 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. Points were carried over from the first round.

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Anorthosis Famagusta (C)	32	20	12	0	58	19	+39	72	Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2	APOEL	32	18	7	7	58	28	+30	61	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3	Omonia	32	14	10	8	42	31	+11	52	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
4	AEK Larnaca	32	14	8	10	46	42	+4	50

Results

Home \ Away	ANO	APOE	OMO	AEK
Anorthosis	–	3-0	0-0	3-3
APOEL	1-1	–	2-2	2-1
Omonia	0-0	1-2	–	0-0
AEK	2-2	1-0	5-3	–

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
5	Apollon Limassol	32	12	11	9	49	41	+8	47	^[3]
6	Enosis Neon Paralimni	32	13	7	12	42	45	-3	46
7	Ethnikos Achna	32	13	4	15	44	43	+1	43	UEFA Intertoto Cup
8	APOP Kinyras	32	11	9	12	47	49	-2	42

Results

Home \ Away	APOL	APOP	ENP	ETH
Apollon	–	2-2	4-1	0-2
APOP Kinyras	1-2	–	3-4	1-0
Paralimni	1-0	4-3	–	1-1
Ethnikos Achnas	1-1	2-2	4-3	–

Group C

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
9	AEL Limassol	32	11	7	14	39	45	-6	40
10	Alki Larnaca	32	11	7	14	41	44	-3	40
11	Doxa Katokopias	32	10	9	13	43	48	-5	39
12	Aris Limassol (R)	32	8	6	18	31	48	-17	30	Relegated to Second Division

Results

Home \ Away	DOX	ALK	AEL	ARI
Doxa	–	0-0	1-2	2-0
Alki	1-0	–	2-1	4-1
AEL	2-2	1-0	–	3-2
Aris	3-0	1-2	0-2	–

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source (League Table): UEFA.com
Source (Results): UEFA.com

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Da Costa	Doxa	16
1	Łukasz Sosin	Anorthosis	16
3	Constantinos Makrides	APOEL	13
4	Bernardo Vasconcelos	Omonia	12
	Ignacio Risso	Apollon
	Adrian Mihalcea	Aris

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: soccerboards.com

Sources

"2007/08 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

Notes

↑ Match abandoned. The score at the time was decided to be the official score.
↑ Match abandoned. Score at the time was 2-2.
↑ Apollon declined their Intertoto participation

Cypriot First Division

2015–16 clubs	AEK AEL Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris Ayia Napa Doxa Enosis Ermis Ethnikos Nea Salamina Omonia Pafos FC

Stadiums	Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Dasaki Stadium GSP Stadium GSZ Stadium Makario Stadium Pafiako Stadium Paralimni Stadium Tsirion Stadium

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Anagennisi APEP APOP Alki APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis THOI EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pezoporikos Trast

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2007–08 in Cypriot football

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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division

Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

2007–08 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '07 '08 France Germany Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup '07 '08 Super Cup '07 '08

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2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Format

Point system

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Stadia and locations

First round

League table

Results

Second round

Group A

Table

Results

Group B

Table

Results

Group C

Table

Results

Top scorers

Sources

See also

Notes