2005–06 Cypriot First Division

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Apollon (1st qualifying round)
UEFA CupOmonia (1st qualifying round)
APOEL (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup))
Intertoto CupEthnikos (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored603 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorerŁukasz Sosin
(28 goals)[1]
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The 2005–06 Cypriot First Division was the 67th season of the Cypriot top-level

Apollon
won their 3rd title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2005–06 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 2006–07 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2006 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

THOI Lakatamia
.

Stadia and locations

APEP
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2005–06 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK
 GSZ Stadium
AEL
Tsirion Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APEP
 THOI Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon
Tsirion Stadium
APOP
Pafiako Stadium
Digenis
 Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Achna Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Neon Paralimni Paralimni Stadium
THOI
 THOI Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Apollon Limassol
(C) 		26 19 7 0 68 24 +44 64 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 20 3 3 59 20 +39 63 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3 APOEL 26 19 5 2 63 22 +41 62
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 8 3 55 26 +29 53
5 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 12 7 7 40 28 +12 43
6 Nea Salamina 26 12 5 9 53 48 +5 41
7 AEL Limassol 26 10 5 11 44 48 −4 35
8
AEK Larnaca
 26 9 4 13 39 37 +2 31
9 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 4 14 42 43 −1 28 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
10
Digenis Morphou
 26 7 7 12 33 45 −12 28
11 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 6 9 11 40 50 −10 27
12 APOP Kinyras (R) 26 5 3 18 35 65 −30 18 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13
APEP
(R) 		26 1 5 20 17 72 −55 8
14
THOI Lakatamia
(R) 		26 1 4 21 15 75 −60 7
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ APOEL qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2005–06 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away
AEK
 AEL ANR
APP
 APN
APL
 APK
DGN
 ETH ENP
ENT
 NSL OLM OMN
AEK
 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3
AEL 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–4 4–3 3–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–2 1–2
Anorthosis 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
APEP
 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–5
APOEL 3–0 2–0 5–3 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 5–3 2–2 2–1
Apollon
 3–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 4–0 0–0
APOP 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 7–1 1–1 3–3 1–2
Digenis
 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–4
Ethnikos Achna 2–1 0–0 0–5 4–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 0–1
ENP 1–0 3–5 0–1 6–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1
ENTHOI
 1–4 1–2 0–6 0–0 0–7 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–6 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–5
Nea Salamina 3–2 2–1 2–5 5–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 5–1 0–1
Olympiakos 3–2 3–2 1–2 8–0 1–3 2–3 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3
Omonia 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 6–2 1–0
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.

Sources
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