2004–05 Cypriot First Division

The 2004–05 Cypriot First Division was the 66th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 12th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season2004–05
ChampionsAnorthosis
(12th title)
RelegatedAEP
Alki
Aris
Champions LeagueAnorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA CupAPOEL (1st qualifying round)
AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupOlympiakos (1st round)
Matches played181
Goals scored548 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerŁukasz Sosin
(21 goals)[1]

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2004–05 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 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2005 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

Anagennisi Deryneia, Onisilos Sotira and Doxa Katokopias were relegated from previous season and played in the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca.

Stadia and locations
2004–05 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
AEP Pafiako Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Digenis Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
ENP Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis Famagusta (C) 25 19 5 1 64 23 +41 62[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 APOEL 26 17 7 2 56 21 +35 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3 Omonia 26 13 8 5 47 29 +18 47
4 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 11 6 9 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Digenis Morphou 26 10 6 10 36 31 +5 36
6 Nea Salamina 26 11 3 12 36 40 −4 36
7 Apollon Limassol 25 10 5 10 43 35 +8 35[lower-alpha 1]
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 7 11 8 38 39 −1 32
9 AEK Larnaca 26 7 11 8 26 34 −8 32
10 AEL Limassol 26 8 7 11 36 38 −2 31
11 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 6 12 31 40 −9 30
12 AEP Paphos (R) 26 8 5 13 38 52 −14 29 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Alki Larnaca (R) 26 8 5 13 39 55 −16 29
14 Aris Limassol (R) 26 1 1 24 22 73 −51 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The round 22 match between Anorthosis and Apollon was declared void, as both teams were deemed guilty of the abandonment of the game; it was not rescheduled, and neither team got any points or goals attributed; it was counted in the matches played column but not in the matches lost column.
  2. Omonia qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2004–05 Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ALK ANR APN APL ARS DGN ETH ENP NSL OLM OMN
AEK 0–5 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
AEL 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2
AEP 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 0–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–4
Alki 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–4 0–1 6–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 3–3
Anorthosis 3–1 2–0 2–1 7–2 1–1 –[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 4–2 5–0 2–0
APOEL 2–0 5–0 3–0 5–1 2–3 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1
Apollon 1–2 0–3 0–2 5–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 6–0 4–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Aris 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–4 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–5 1–6
Digenis 3–3 0–2 2–1 6–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1
Ethnikos 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 5–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
ENP 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–0
Nea Salamina 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–4 4–1 3–2 2–1 0–1
Olympiakos 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–0
Omonia 0–0 2–1 7–0 3–0 2–4 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The round 22 match between Anorthosis and Apollon was declared void, as both teams were deemed guilty of the abandonment of the game; it was not rescheduled and neither team got any points or goals attributed; it was counted in the matches played column but not in the matches lost column.

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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