1996–97 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division 1996–97 Anorthosis(8th title) ArisOlympiakosAPEP Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) UEFA Cup Apollon (1st qualifying round) Cup Winners' Cup APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) Intertoto Cup Nea Salamis (group stage) Michalis Konstantinou(17 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyptops.html Cyprus - List of Topscorers 2015-06-25 2015-08-05 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://web.archive.org/web/20150818003355/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyptops.html 2015-08-18 182 564 1995–96 1997–98 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 AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Omonia Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Paphos. APEP and Anagennisi Deryneia. Stadia and locations Cyprus Cyprus adm location map.svg 650 right 1996–97 Cypriot First Division Cyprus 35.151025 33.313451 APOELOlympiakosOmonia left Cyprus 34.936654 33.620603 Anorthosis right Cyprus 34.700882 33.023007 ApollonAris right Cyprus 34.92543 33.599617 AEK, Alki left Cyprus 35.030792 33.987039 Enosis Neon Paralimni bottom Cyprus 34.929722 33.613056 Nea Salamina bottom Cyprus 35.033902 33.764201 Ethnikos top Cyprus 34.769543 32.43992 APOP right Cyprus 34.935212 32.975235 APEP left Cyprus 35.0667 33.9583 Anagennisi right ClubVenue 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 main WDL QR ANR Anorthosis APL Apollon OMO Omonia AEK AEK APN APOEL ETH Ethnikos ENP Enosis Neon Paralimni NSL Nea Salamis ANG Anagennisi APP APOP ALK Alki ARD Aris OLY Olympiakos APE APEP 20 5 1 58 14 C 16 4 6 43 22 14 4 8 39 30 11 8 7 49 37 12 4 10 57 43 11 4 11 48 36 9 8 9 48 48 8 10 8 42 36 9 5 12 27 42 9 4 13 29 44 8 6 12 41 49 7 7 12 33 41 R 8 3 15 28 47 R 3 2 21 22 75 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round UCWC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS red1 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division R R R 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for. complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete See also Cypriot First Division 1996–97 Cypriot Cup List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season Cypriot football clubs in European competitions References Sources https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyp97.html 1996/97 Cypriot First Division 2016-01-14 2016-01-14 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Category:Cypriot First Division seasons Cyprus Category:1996–97 in Cypriot football