1996–97 Cypriot First Division

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Apollon (1st qualifying round)
Cup Winners' CupAPOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupNea Salamis (group stage)
Matches played182
Goals scored564 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerMichalis Konstantinou
(17 goals)[1]
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The 1996–97 Cypriot First Division was the 58th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 8th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 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 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1997 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

Anagennisi Deryneia
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Stadia and locations

Anagennisi
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1996–97 Cypriot First Division
Club Venue
ΑΕΚ
 GSZ Stadium
Alki
 GSZ Stadium
Anagennisi
 Anagennisi Football Ground
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APEP
Kyperounda Municipal Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon
Tsirion Stadium
APOP
Pafiako Stadium
Aris
Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis (C) 26 20 5 1 58 14 +44 65 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2
Apollon
 26 16 4 6 43 22 +21 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Omonia 26 14 4 8 39 30 +9 46
4
AEK
 26 11 8 7 49 37 +12 41
5 APOEL 26 12 4 10 57 43 +14 40 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Ethnikos 26 11 4 11 48 36 +12 37
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 9 8 9 48 48 0 35
8 Nea Salamis 26 8 10 8 42 36 +6 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
9
Anagennisi
 26 9 5 12 27 42 −15 32
10
APOP
 26 9 4 13 29 44 −15 31
11
Alki
 26 8 6 12 41 49 −8 30
12
Aris
(R) 		26 7 7 12 33 41 −8 28 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Olympiakos (R) 26 8 3 15 28 47 −19 27
14
APEP
(R) 		26 3 2 21 22 75 −53 11
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away
AEK
ALK
ANG
 ANR
APE
 APN
APL
APP
ARD
 ETH ENP NSL OLY OMO
AEK
 3–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–2
Alki
 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–5 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–3 3–2 2–4
Anagennisi
 2–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Anorthosi 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 4–0 2–1
APEP
 4–2 1–4 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–9 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–2
APOEL 2–3 1–5 0–1 2–4 6–1 3–0 5–4 3–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 5–0 2–2
Apollon
 0–0 5–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 2–0
APOP
 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
Aris
 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 4–2 1–2
Ethnikos 3–1 1–5 5–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Enosis 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–5 6–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–3 1–2 3–3 1–0 0–2
Nea Salamis 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Olympiakos 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–2
Omonia 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–0
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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