First Division (Cyprus) 2008/09

First Division 2008/09
master	APOEL Nicosia
Champions League qualification	APOEL Nicosia
Europa League qualification	Omonia Nicosia Anorthosis Famagusta APOP Kinyras Peyias
Cup winners	APOP Kinyras Peyias
Relegated	Alki Larnaka AEK Larnaka Atromitos Yeroskipou
Teams	14th
Games	182 + 36 play-off games  (4 of which are criminally verified)
Gates	612  (ø 2.86 per game) (excluding penalty-verified games)
Top scorer	Serjao ( Doxa Katokopia )
← First Division 2007/08 First Division 2009/10 →
Second Division 2008/09 ↓

The First Division 2008/09 , was the 70th season of the top Cypriot division in men's football . It started on August 30, 2008 and ended on May 10, 2009. The championship was won by record champions APOEL Nicosia . The defending champion was Anorthosis Famagusta .

societies

society	city	Stadion	spectator
AEK Larnaka	Larnaka	GSZ stadium	13,032
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
AE Paphos	Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	10,500
Alki Larnaka	Larnaka	Ammochostos Stadium	05,500
Anorthosis Famagusta	Larnaka	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	13,536
APEP Pitsilia	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
APOEL Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
APOP Kinyras Peyias	Peyia	Peyia Municipal Stadium	03,828
Atromitos Yeroskipou	Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	09,394
Doxa Katokopia	Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Ethnikos Achnas	Achna	Dasaki stadium	04,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni	Tasos Marcou Stadium	05,800
Omonia Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP stadium	22,859

First round

In the first round of the season, the 14 clubs played for the placements, according to which the teams are divided into three groups of four teams each in the second half of the season. The last two clubs, on the other hand, are relegated to the Second Division immediately after the first round . The games were played between August 30, 2008 and March 14, 2009.

The four best-placed clubs reach the championship round, the teams in positions nine to twelve play against relegation. The middle group in between only plays placement games. It should be noted that the number of points achieved in the individual groups is transferred from the 26 games of the preliminary round, so that the respective second round can sometimes only cause minor changes depending on the table situation.

In the event of a tie, in contrast to most leagues, first the direct comparison is decisive for the placement , only then the goal difference .

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	APOEL Nicosia (P)	26th	22nd	3	1	053:140	+39	69
2.	Omonia Nicosia	26th	21st	1	4th	061:180	+43	64
3.	Anorthosis Famagusta (M)	26th	20th	2	4th	049:190	+30	62
4th	AEL Limassol	26th	13	4th	9	034:300	+4	43
5.	Apollon Limassol	26th	13	4th	9	053:340	+19	43
6th	APOP Kinyras Peyias	26th	12	4th	10	035:350	± 0	40
7th	Ethnikos Achnas	26th	11	7th	8th	034:320	+2	40
8th.	Doxa Katokopia	26th	8th	7th	11	037:390	−2	31
9.	AE Paphos (N)	26th	5	12	9	030:380	−8	27
10.	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26th	6th	7th	13	023:430	−20	25th
11.	APEP Pitsilia (N)	26th	5	8th	13	028:440	−16	23
12.	Alki Larnaka	26th	4th	7th	15th	027:500	−23	19th
13.	AEK Larnaka	20th	3	0	17th	027:450	−18	09
14th	Atromitos Yeroskipou (N)	26th	1	4th	21st	019:690	−50	07th

Participation in the championship round

Participation in the placement round

Participation in the relegation round

Relegation to the Second Division in 2009/10

(M)	reigning Cypriot champion
(P)	reigning Cypriot cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games in the preliminary round. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row.

2008/09			PAP			PIT							ENP
AEK Larnaka		2: 0 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	1: 5	1: 2	5-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2: 5
AEL Limassol	1-0		2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2
AE Paphos	0: 3	0: 1		5: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	2: 3
Alki Larnaka	1-0	1: 2	2: 2		0: 2	3: 1	1-0	0: 3	1: 3	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1
Anorthosis Famagusta	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 1		3-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 2
APEP Pitsilia	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2		1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	3: 3	2: 2	0-0	1: 3
APOEL Nicosia	2-0	4-0	4: 1	3: 1	1-0	4-0		4: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 2	3-0	1-0	3: 2
Apollon Limassol	1-0	1: 3	4: 1	7: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1		3: 1	2: 1	0: 2 2	2: 1	4-0	0: 2 3
APOP Kinyras Peyias	2-0 4	1: 3	0-0	1-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 2	1: 1		3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 3	2-0
Atromitos Yeroskipou	1-0	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	1: 6	1: 5	0: 1	3: 6	0: 2		1: 5	0: 1	1: 1	0: 5
Doxa Katokopia	2: 2	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	0: 2	2: 2	2-0	2: 1		0-0	0: 1	1: 2
Ethnikos Achnas	2: 1	3: 1	1: 3	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 4	2: 1	2-0		2: 1	2: 1
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2: 1	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	0: 3	4-0	0: 1	0: 3	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 4		0: 2
Omonia Nicosia	4: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	4-0	3-0	0: 1	1-0	4: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	7: 1

¹ The game was rated 2-0 for AEK.

² The game was rated 2-0 for Doxa.

³ The game was rated 2-0 for Omonia.

^4th The game was rated 2-0 for APOP.

Second round

Championship round

The four best-placed clubs in the first round reach the championship round , in which the participants in the Champions League and Europa League are played out.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	APOEL Nicosia (P)	31	26th	4th	1	062:170	+45	82
2.	Omonia Nicosia	31	25th	1	5	070:220	+48	76
3.	Anorthosis Famagusta (M)	32	21st	4th	7th	052:260	+26	67
4th	AEL Limassol	32	13	5	14th	038:410	−3	44

Cypriot champions and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the first qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

(M)	reigning Cypriot champion
(P)	reigning Cypriot cup winner

Crosstab

2008/09
AEL Limassol		1: 1	0: 1	2: 3
Anorthosis Famagusta	1-0		1: 1	0: 2
APOEL Nicosia	3: 1	2-0		from 1
Omonia Nicosia	2-0	1-0	1: 2

¹ The game was canceled without evaluation.

Placement round

The clubs that finished the first round in positions five to eight played games in the second round to determine the final position. However, both qualification for an international competition and relegation to the second division was no longer possible.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
5.	Apollon Limassol	32	17th	6th	9	068:420	+26	57
6th	Ethnikos Achnas	32	13	8th	11	047:450	+2	47
7th	APOP Kinyras Peyias 1	32	13	6th	13	045:490	−4	45
8th.	Doxa Katokopias	32	10	8th	14th	046:510	−5	38

¹ APOP Kinyras Peyias won the Cypriot cup competition and qualified for the 3rd qualifying round for the Europa League.

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Crosstab

2008/09
Apollon Limassol		3: 2	3: 1	2-0
Ethnikos Achnas	2: 2		1-0	1: 4
APOP Kinyras Peyias	1: 1	3: 2		2: 5
Doxa Katokopia	2: 4	2: 2	0: 2

Relegation round

In the relegation round, the third relegated team was played out between the teams in 9th to 12th place in the first round.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
9.	AE Paphos (N)	32	7th	15th	10	039:440	−5	36
10.	Enosis Neon Paralimni	32	8th	8th	16	027:510	−24	32
11.	APEP Pitsilia (N)	32	7th	10	15th	033:510	−18	31
12.	Alki Larnaka	32	6th	9	17th	039:590	−20	27

Relegation to the Second Division in 2009/10

(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

2008/09	PAP		PIT	ENP
AE Paphos		3: 4	1: 1	3-0
Alki Larnaka	1: 1		1: 1	1: 2
APEP Pitsilia	0: 1	0: 4		2-0
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0-0	2: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Serjão	Doxa Katokopia	24
2.	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon Limassol	22nd
3.	Ferydoon Zandi	Alki Larnaka	12
4th	Giasemakis Giasoumi	Ethnikos Achnas	11
	Marcin Żewłakow	APOEL Nicosia
6th	Dimitris Christofi	Omonia Nicosia	10
	Gelson	APEP Pitsilia
	Łukasz Sosin	Anorthosis Famagusta
	Bernardo Vasconcelos	APOP Kinyras Peyias

Web links

• Statistics on RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ All results of the first round on kicker.de