2009–10 Cypriot First Division

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The 2009–10

APOEL
were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team will play 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 will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

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

Team changes from 2009–10

Relegated to Second Division 2009–10:

  • 12th-placed team:
    APEP Pitsilia
  • 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis
  • 14th-placed team:
    Aris

Promoted from Second Division 2009–10:

Overview

Stadiums and Locations

Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.

Nea Salamis
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Locations of home grounds for teams in Cypriot First Division 2009–10
Team Location Venue Capacity
AEL Limassol Limassol
Tsirion Stadium
 13,331
AEP Paphos Paphos
Pafiako Stadium
 10,000
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,003
APEP Pitsilia
 Limassol
Tsirion Stadium
 13,331
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol
 Limassol
Tsirion Stadium
 13,331
APOP Kinyras Peyias
Peyia
Peyia Municipal Stadium
 3,828
Aris Limassol
 Limassol
Tsirion Stadium
 13,331
Doxa Katokopia
 Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni Paralimni Tasos Markou Stadium 5,800
Ermis Aradippou
 Achna Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Ethnikos Achna Achna Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Nea Salamis Famagusta Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

Personnel and sponsoring

Club Head coach Team Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AEL Limassol
Dušan Uhrin, Jr.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Kerkez Mass Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Lemesou
AEP Paphos Cyprus Demetris Ioannou
Giorgos Georgiou
Puma
 Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Paphou
Anorthosis
Nikos Nicolaou
 Greece Nikos Katsavakis
Puma
 Betfair
APEP Pitsilia
 Cyprus Stephen Constantine Cyprus Giorgos Constanti Legea KKCG
APOEL
Ivan Jovanović
 Cyprus Marinos Satsias
Puma
 MTN
Apollon Limassol
 Serbia Slobodan Krčmarević Argentina Gastón Sangoy Lotto Columbia
APOP Kinyras Peyias
 Cyprus Giorgos Polyviou Greece Theodoros Galanis
Puma
 PrimeTel
Aris Limassol
 Cyprus Tasos Kyriakou Cyprus Giorgos Vasiliou
Kappa
 John Theodorou Developers Ltd
Doxa Katokopia
Charalambos Christodoulou
 Cyprus Kyriacos Polykarpou
Puma
Cytanet
Enosis Neon Paralimni North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski Cyprus Demos Goumenos Lotto Entegro Cyprus Ltd
Ermis Aradippou
 Serbia Dusan Mitošević Cyprus Lambros Lambrou Legea Raquel
Ethnikos Achna Serbia Svetozar Šapurić Cyprus Christos Poyiatzis Nike Famagusta Developers
Nea Salamis Famagusta Israel Nir Klinger Cyprus Liasos Louka
Puma
 CytaVision
Omonia Greece Takis Lemonis Cyprus Elias Charalambous Lotto Ocean Tankers

Managerial changes

The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010).

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Nea Salamina Cyprus Michalis Hadjipieris Mutual Consent April 24, 2009 Hungary Attila Supka April 24, 2009
Anorthosis FC Cyprus Michalis Pamboris Mutual Consent May 7, 2009 Germany Ernst Middendorp May 7, 2009
Aris Limassol
 Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis Sacked May 17, 2009 Cyprus Marios Constantinou May 17, 2009
AEL Limassol
Mihai Stoichiţă
 Sacked May 19, 2009 Israel Nir Klinger May 23, 2009
APEP Pitsilia
 Netherlands Willy Scheepers Mutual Consent May 26, 2009 Switzerland Marc Hodel May 26, 2009
AEP Paphos Israel Nir Klinger Mutual Consent May 23, 2009 Israel Eyal Lahman June 9, 2009
Enosis Neon Paralimni Cyprus Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou Mutual Consent June 10, 2009 North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski June 10, 2009
Ethnikos Achna Belgium Stéphane Demol End of Contract May 9, 2009 Cyprus Panicos Orphanides June 11, 2009
Anorthosis FC Germany Ernst Middendorp Sacked July 24, 2009 Serbia Slavoljub Muslin August 7, 2009
APEP Pitsilia
 Switzerland Marc Hodel Sacked August 24, 2009 Cyprus Nikos Andronikou September 3, 2009
AEP Paphos Israel Eyal Lahman Sacked September 6, 2009 Cyprus Tasos Kyriakou September 8, 2009
Ethnikos Achna Cyprus Panicos Orphanides Resigned September 27, 2009 Serbia Svetozar Šapurić September 29, 2009
Ermis Aradippou
 Cyprus Yiannos Stavrinou Sacked September 27, 2009 Serbia Dusan Mitošević September 30, 2009
Nea Salamina Hungary Attila Supka Sacked November 1, 2009
Mirko Mihic
 November 2, 2009
APEP Pitsilia
 Cyprus Nikos Andronikou Mutual Consent December 8, 2009 Cyprus Venizelos Tsiambazis December 9, 2009
Nea Salamina
Mirko Mihic
 Mutual Consent December 21, 2009 Cyprus Louis Stefanis December 22, 2009
AEL Limassol Israel Nir Klinger Mutual Consent December 28, 2009
Dušan Uhrin, Jr.
 December 30, 2009
Nea Salamina Cyprus Louis Stefanis Mutual Consent December 30, 2009 Israel Nir Klinger December 30, 2009
APEP Pitsilia
 Cyprus Venizelos Tsiambazis Mutual Consent January 5, 2010 Cyprus Stephen Constantine January 5, 2010
Aris Limassol
 Cyprus Marios Constantinou Mutual Consent January 18, 2010 Belgium Stéphane Demol January 20, 2010
Apollon Limassol
 Germany Thomas von Heesen Mutual Consent January 28, 2010 Serbia Slobodan Krčmarević February 2, 2010
AEP Paphos Cyprus Tasos Kyriakou Sacked February 1, 2010 Greece Savvas Kofidis February 3, 2010
Anorthosis FC Serbia Slavoljub Muslin Sacked February 18, 2010
Nikos Nicolaou
 February 18, 2010
Aris Limassol
 Belgium Stéphane Demol Sacked March 21, 2010 Cyprus Tasos Kyriakou March 21, 2010
AEP Paphos Greece Savvas Kofidis Sacked March 28, 2010 Cyprus Demetris Ioannou March 29, 2010

First round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Omonia Nicosia 26 19 5 2 52 21 +31 62 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 18 4 4 45 20 +25 58
3
Apollon Limassol
 26 17 6 3 43 15 +28 57
4 APOEL 26 16 7 3 46 18 +28 55
5 AEL Limassol 26 14 3 9 32 22 +10 45 Qualification for second round, Group B
6
APOP Kinyras
 26 10 4 12 40 44 −4 34
7 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 7 11 23 31 −8 31
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 7 8 11 29 35 −6 29[a]
9
Ermis Aradippou
 26 7 8 11 31 34 −3 29[a] Qualification for second round, Group C
10
Doxa Katokopias
 26 6 8 12 25 37 −12 26[b]
11 AEP Paphos 26 6 8 12 27 40 −13 26[b]
12
Aris Limassol
 26 4 8 14 26 47 −21 20
13 Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) 26 2 8 16 19 45 −26 14 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14
APEP[c]
(R) 		26 4 4 18 25 54 −29 10
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League, one for the second and one for the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ENP 2–0 ERM; ERM 1–0 ENP
  2. ^ a b AEP 1–2 DOX; DOX 2–2 AEP
  3. APEP were docked six points because their players walked off the pitch before the end of a match against Ethnikos to protest the officiating.[1][2]

Results

Home \ Away AEL AEP ANO
APEP
 APOE
APOL
APOP
ARI
DOX
 ENP
ERM
 ETH NSL OMO
AEL Limassol 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0
AEP Paphos 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–3
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–3
APEP F.C.
 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–4 0–4 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 0–3[a] 2–1 1–1
APOEL 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2
Apollon Limassol
 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–1
APOP Kinyras
 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3
Aris Limassol
 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–1
Doxa Katokopias
 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–4
Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–4
Ermis Aradippou
 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 5–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2
Ethnikos Achna 1–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3[b] 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–2
Omonia Nicosia 4–0 3–2 1–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. APEP's players walked off the pitch to protest the officiating.[1][2]
  2. APOEL by 3–0 after it was abandoned in the 76th minute due to a pitch invasion by Salamis' fans.[3]

Second round

Group A

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Omonia Nicosia (C) 32 22 8 2 60 25 +35 74 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 19 8 5 53 24 +29 65 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 19 7 6 51 27 +24 64 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4
Apollon Limassol
 32 17 9 6 47 23 +24 60 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Apollon Limassol qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup
    .

Results

Group B

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 AEL Limassol 32 18 4 10 50 33 +17 58
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 10 10 12 40 42 −2 40
7 Ethnikos Achna 32 10 8 14 34 42 −8 38
8
APOP Kinyras
 32 11 4 17 50 65 −15 37
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away AEL
APOP
 ENP ETH
AEL Limassol 4–2 2–2 1–0
APOP Kinyras
 2–5 1–2 3–2
Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–3 4–0 1–1
Ethnikos Achna 4–3 4–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9
Ermis Aradippou
 32 12 8 12 43 38 +5 44
10 AEP Paphos 32 9 9 14 39 50 −11 36
11
Doxa Katokopias
 32 9 8 15 36 46 −10 35
12
Aris Limassol
(R) 		32 4 9 19 30 63 −33 21 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AEP
ARI
DOX
ERM
AEP Paphos 3–2 4–1 3–0
Aris Limassol
 2–2 0–2 0–2
Doxa Katokopias
 4–0 3–0 1–4
Ermis Aradippou
 1–0 4–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source: CFA official website

Rank Player Club Goals
1
José Semedo
APOP Kinyras
 22
Joeano
Ermis
3 Argentina Gastón Sangoy
Apollon
 13
4 Serbia Nenad Mirosavljević
APOEL
 11
Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Omonia
Cyprus Efstathios Aloneftis Omonia
Belgium Dieter Van Tornhout Enosis
8 Cyprus Christos Marangos
Anorthosis
 10
José Henrique
Doxa
Angola Freddy AEL
Cafú
Anorthosis
Cyprus Andreas Avraam
Apollon

See also

References

  1. ^ a b «Κηδεία» σε «νεκρό» χρόνο… Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
  2. ^ a b ΔΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΗ: Κατακύρωσε τον αγώνα με 3-0 υπέρ του Εθνικού (in Greek)
  3. ^ Ν. ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ 0-3 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek)

Sources

  • "2009/10 Cypriot First Division".
    Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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