1997–98 Cypriot First Division

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Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupEthnikos Achna (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored657 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Rauffmann
(42 goals)[1]
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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

Ethnikos Assia
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Stadia and locations

Ethnikos As.
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1997–98 Cypriot First Division
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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis (C) 26 21 3 2 87 18 +69 66 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 19 5 2 90 20 +70 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3
Apollon
 26 16 7 3 50 25 +25 55 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a]
4 Ethnikos Achna 26 13 8 5 35 28 +7 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5
AEK
 26 9 7 10 42 40 +2 34
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 10 3 13 45 49 −4 33
7 APOEL 26 8 7 11 48 51 −3 31
8 Nea Salamis 26 10 1 15 43 59 −16 31
9 AEL 26 7 8 11 37 50 −13 29
10
Alki
 26 9 2 15 46 65 −19 29
11 Evagoras 26 8 5 13 29 52 −23 29
12
Anagennisi
(R) 		26 7 6 13 37 65 −28 27 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13
APOP
(R) 		26 7 5 14 40 59 −19 26
14
Ethnikos Assia
(R) 		26 3 3 20 28 76 −48 12
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Apollon qualified to 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup because Cypriot Cup winner, Anorthosis, already qualified to UEFA Champions League
    .

Results

Home \ Away
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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original
    on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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