1997–98 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division 1997–98 Anorthosis(9th title) AnagennisiAPOPEthnikos Assia Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) UEFA Cup Omonia (1st qualifying round) Cup Winners' Cup Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) Intertoto Cup Ethnikos Achna (1st round) Rainer Rauffmann(42 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 2015-08-18 182 657 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 9th title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 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 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division. The champions ensured their participation in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1998 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 Aris Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division, AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Ethnikos Assia. Stadia and locations Cyprus Cyprus adm location map.svg 650 right 1997–98 Cypriot First Division Cyprus 35.151025 33.313451 APOELOmonia left Cyprus 34.936654 33.620603 Anorthosis right Cyprus 34.700882 33.023007 AELApollon 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 Ac. top Cyprus 34.769543 32.43992 APOPEvagoras right Cyprus 35.0667 33.9583 Anagennisi right Cyprus 35.159210 33.339885 Ethnikos As. right ClubVenue ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium AEL Tsirion Stadium Alki GSZ Stadium Anagennisi Anagennisi Football Ground Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium APOEL Makario Stadium Apollon Tsirion Stadium APOP Pafiako Stadium Ethnikos Achna Dasaki Stadium Ethnikos Assia Kykkos Stadium Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium Evagoras Pafiako Stadium Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium Omonia Makario Stadium League standings main WDL QR ANR Anorthosis OMO Omonia APL Apollon EAS Ethnikos Achna AEK AEK ENP Enosis Neon Paralimni APN APOEL NSL Nea Salamis AEL AEL ALK Alki EVG Evagoras ANG Anagennisi APP APOP EAC Ethnikos Assia 21 3 2 87 18 C 19 5 2 90 20 16 7 3 50 25 13 8 5 35 28 9 7 10 42 40 10 3 13 45 49 8 7 11 48 51 10 1 15 43 59 7 8 11 37 50 9 2 15 46 65 8 5 13 29 52 7 6 13 37 65 R 7 5 14 40 59 R 3 3 20 28 76 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 Apollon qualified to 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup because Cypriot Cup winner, Anorthosis, already qualified to UEFA Champions League. UCWC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division R R R 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for. complete Results main FBR grey AEK AEL ALK ANG ANR APN APL APP EAC EAS ENP EVG NSL OMO AEK 3–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–1 5–1 1–3 0–1 AEL 0–0 1–4 3–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 Alki 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–4 3–3 2–3 1–3 7–2 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–2 3–5 Anagennisi 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–7 Anorthosis 3–0 5–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 4–2 7–0 5–0 0–2 4–1 6–0 7–1 0–1 APOEL 0–2 3–1 4–2 3–6 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 5–0 0–0 Apollon 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 APOP 2–1 3–3 5–1 1–0 0–4 3–4 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–4 Ethnikos Assia 1–4 2–5 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–5 0–1 Ethnikos Achna 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 Enosis 2–0 3–3 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 Evagoras 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–6 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 Nea Salamis 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 6–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 0–3 Omonia 0–1 5–1 8–0 10–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 8–1 8–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 complete See also Cypriot First Division 1997–98 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/cyp98.html 1997/98 Cypriot First Division 2016-01-14 2016-01-14 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Category:Cypriot First Division seasons Cyprus Category:1997–98 in Cypriot football