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

Season	2004–05
Champions	Anorthosis (12th title)
Relegated	AEP Alki Aris
Champions League	Anorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	APOEL (1st qualifying round) AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Olympiakos (1st round)
Matches played	181
Goals scored	548 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Łukasz Sosin (21 goals)[1]
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon
Aris

AEK, Alki

ENP

Ethnikos

AEP

Digenis

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[a]	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	APOEL	26	17	7	2	56	21	+35	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
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[a]
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: ^{[citation needed]}
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	–[a]	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: ^{[citation needed]}
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

• Cypriot First Division
• 2004–05 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions