1999–2000 Cypriot First Division

The 1999–2000 Cypriot First Division was the 61st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 11th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsAnorthosis
(11th title)
RelegatedEthnikos Assia
Anagennisi
Alki
Champions LeagueAnorthosis (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupOmonia (qualifying round)
APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupNea Salamis (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored670 (3.68 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Rauffmann
(34 goals)[1]

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1999–2000 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 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2000 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

Evagoras Paphos, Doxa Katokopia and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division, Anagennisi Deryneia, Ethnikos Assia and APOP Paphos.

Stadia and locations
1999–2000 Cypriot First Division
Club Venue
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
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis (C) 26 21 2 3 82 28 +54 65 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 18 5 3 71 27 +44 59 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 APOEL 26 14 4 8 58 31 +27 46
4 Nea Salamis 26 13 4 9 58 34 +24 43 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Apollon 26 13 3 10 49 44 +5 42
6 AEL 26 13 3 10 45 42 +3 42
7 AEK 26 13 2 11 42 39 +3 41
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 11 3 12 51 50 +1 36
9 Olympiakos 26 10 6 10 57 58 −1 36
10 Ethnikos Achna 26 10 5 11 42 36 +6 35
11 APOP 26 9 5 12 38 47 −9 32
12 Ethnikos Assia (R) 26 9 4 13 35 38 −3 31 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Anagennisi (R) 26 4 0 22 22 87 −65 12
14 Alki (R) 26 1 0 25 20 109 −89 3
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The third team, APOEL, qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Cup because the second team, Omonia, already qualified to the same competition through Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK ANG ANR APN APL APP EAS EAC ENP NSL OLY OMO
AEK 3–2 4–2 4–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–4
AEL 2–0 6–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 4–1 0–0
Alki 2–7 1–3 1–3 1–5 1–4 0–6 2–3 0–2 0–4 2–1 0–9 1–2 0–3
Anagennisi 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–4 0–5 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–3 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–7
Anorthosis 1–2 6–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 5–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 5–3
APOEL 1–0 2–0 6–0 5–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 8–2 3–3
Apollon 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–4
APOP 0–1 2–0 5–0 5–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–2
Ethnikos Assia 3–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Ethnikos Achna 0–2 1–2 5–1 5–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 0–1
Enosis 3–0 6–1 3–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 1–5 2–0 2–2
Nea Salamis 2–1 0–2 6–0 7–3 1–4 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1
Olympiakos 2–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 5–2 0–2 5–3 5–0 2–2 1–0 3–5 3–1 1–3
Omonia 0–3 1–0 4–1 8–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 6–2 1–1 0–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
  1. "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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