2009–10 Cypriot First Division

The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.

Marfin Laiki League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Omonia 20th title
Relegated	Aris Nea Salamis APEP
Champions League	Omonia
Europa League	APOEL Anorthosis Apollon
Matches played	218
Goals scored	569 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Semedo (22 goals) Joeano (22 goals)
Biggest home win	APOEL 5–0 Aris
Biggest away win	Enosis 0-4 Omonia
Highest scoring	Ermis 5-3 Aris
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Competition modus

Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team will play against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

The teams ranked first through fourth will play out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

Team changes from 2009–10

Relegated to Second Division 2009–10:

• 12th-placed team: APEP Pitsilia
• 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis
• 14th-placed team: Aris

Promoted from Second Division 2009–10:

• Champions: Alki Larnaca
• Runners-up: AEK Larnaca
• 3rd-placed team: Olympiakos Nicosia

Overview

Stadiums and Locations

Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.

AEL
APEP
Apollon
Aris

AEP

Anorthosis

APOP

Doxa

Enosis

APOEL
Omonia

Ermis
Ethnikos

Nea Salamis

Locations of home grounds for teams in Cypriot First Division 2009–10

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
AEP Paphos	Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	10,000
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,003
APEP Pitsilia	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
APOP Kinyras Peyias	Peyia	Peyia Municipal Stadium	3,828
Aris Limassol	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Doxa Katokopia	Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ermis Aradippou	Achna	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Ethnikos Achna	Achna	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

Personnel and sponsoring

Club	Head coach	Team Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
AEL Limassol	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.	Dušan Kerkez	Mass	Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Lemesou
AEP Paphos	Demetris Ioannou	Giorgos Georgiou	Puma	Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Paphou
Anorthosis	Nikos Nicolaou	Nikos Katsavakis	Puma	Betfair
APEP Pitsilia	Stephen Constantine	Giorgos Constanti	Legea	KKCG
APOEL	Ivan Jovanović	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon Limassol	Slobodan Krčmarević	Gastón Sangoy	Lotto	Columbia
APOP Kinyras Peyias	Giorgos Polyviou	Theodoros Galanis	Puma	PrimeTel
Aris Limassol	Tasos Kyriakou	Giorgos Vasiliou	Kappa	John Theodorou Developers Ltd
Doxa Katokopia	Charalambos Christodoulou	Kyriacos Polykarpou	Puma	Cytanet
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Čedomir Janevski	Demos Goumenos	Lotto	Entegro Cyprus Ltd
Ermis Aradippou	Dusan Mitošević	Lambros Lambrou	Legea	Raquel
Ethnikos Achna	Svetozar Šapurić	Christos Poyiatzis	Nike	Famagusta Developers
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Nir Klinger	Liasos Louka	Puma	CytaVision
Omonia	Takis Lemonis	Elias Charalambous	Lotto	Ocean Tankers

Managerial changes

The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010).

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Nea Salamina	Michalis Hadjipieris	Mutual Consent	April 24, 2009	Attila Supka	April 24, 2009
Anorthosis FC	Michalis Pamboris	Mutual Consent	May 7, 2009	Ernst Middendorp	May 7, 2009
Aris Limassol	Akis Agiomamitis	Sacked	May 17, 2009	Marios Constantinou	May 17, 2009
AEL Limassol	Mihai Stoichiţă	Sacked	May 19, 2009	Nir Klinger	May 23, 2009
APEP Pitsilia	Willy Scheepers	Mutual Consent	May 26, 2009	Marc Hodel	May 26, 2009
AEP Paphos	Nir Klinger	Mutual Consent	May 23, 2009	Eyal Lahman	June 9, 2009
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou	Mutual Consent	June 10, 2009	Čedomir Janevski	June 10, 2009
Ethnikos Achna	Stéphane Demol	End of Contract	May 9, 2009	Panicos Orphanides	June 11, 2009
Anorthosis FC	Ernst Middendorp	Sacked	July 24, 2009	Slavoljub Muslin	August 7, 2009
APEP Pitsilia	Marc Hodel	Sacked	August 24, 2009	Nikos Andronikou	September 3, 2009
AEP Paphos	Eyal Lahman	Sacked	September 6, 2009	Tasos Kyriakou	September 8, 2009
Ethnikos Achna	Panicos Orphanides	Resigned	September 27, 2009	Svetozar Šapurić	September 29, 2009
Ermis Aradippou	Yiannos Stavrinou	Sacked	September 27, 2009	Dusan Mitošević	September 30, 2009
Nea Salamina	Attila Supka	Sacked	November 1, 2009	Mirko Mihic	November 2, 2009
APEP Pitsilia	Nikos Andronikou	Mutual Consent	December 8, 2009	Venizelos Tsiambazis	December 9, 2009
Nea Salamina	Mirko Mihic	Mutual Consent	December 21, 2009	Louis Stefanis	December 22, 2009
AEL Limassol	Nir Klinger	Mutual Consent	December 28, 2009	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.	December 30, 2009
Nea Salamina	Louis Stefanis	Mutual Consent	December 30, 2009	Nir Klinger	December 30, 2009
APEP Pitsilia	Venizelos Tsiambazis	Mutual Consent	January 5, 2010	Stephen Constantine	January 5, 2010
Aris Limassol	Marios Constantinou	Mutual Consent	January 18, 2010	Stéphane Demol	January 20, 2010
Apollon Limassol	Thomas von Heesen	Mutual Consent	January 28, 2010	Slobodan Krčmarević	February 2, 2010
AEP Paphos	Tasos Kyriakou	Sacked	February 1, 2010	Savvas Kofidis	February 3, 2010
Anorthosis FC	Slavoljub Muslin	Sacked	February 18, 2010	Nikos Nicolaou	February 18, 2010
Aris Limassol	Stéphane Demol	Sacked	March 21, 2010	Tasos Kyriakou	March 21, 2010
AEP Paphos	Savvas Kofidis	Sacked	March 28, 2010	Demetris Ioannou	March 29, 2010

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Omonia Nicosia	26	19	5	2	52	21	+31	62	Qualification for second round, Group A
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	18	4	4	45	20	+25	58
3	Apollon Limassol	26	17	6	3	43	15	+28	57
4	APOEL	26	16	7	3	46	18	+28	55
5	AEL Limassol	26	14	3	9	32	22	+10	45	Qualification for second round, Group B
6	APOP Kinyras	26	10	4	12	40	44	−4	34
7	Ethnikos Achna	26	8	7	11	23	31	−8	31
8	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	7	8	11	29	35	−6	29[a]
9	Ermis Aradippou	26	7	8	11	31	34	−3	29[a]	Qualification for second round, Group C
10	Doxa Katokopias	26	6	8	12	25	37	−12	26[b]
11	AEP Paphos	26	6	8	12	27	40	−13	26[b]
12	Aris Limassol	26	4	8	14	26	47	−21	20
13	Nea Salamis Famagusta (R)	26	2	8	16	19	45	−26	14	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	APEP[c] (R)	26	4	4	18	25	54	−29	10

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League, one for the second and one for the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ENP 2–0 ERM; ERM 1–0 ENP
2. AEP 1–2 DOX; DOX 2–2 AEP
3. APEP were docked six points because their players walked off the pitch before the end of a match against Ethnikos to protest the officiating.^[1][2]

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	AEP	ANO	APEP	APOE	APOL	APOP	ARI	DOX	ENP	ERM	ETH	NSL	OMO
AEL Limassol		3–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–0
AEP Paphos	1–0		0–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–3
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–0	3–0		3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–3
APEP F.C.	0–1	3–3	0–2		1–4	0–4	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–3	0–3[a]	2–1	1–1
APOEL	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1		1–1	3–1	5–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2
Apollon Limassol	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–1
APOP Kinyras	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–3	1–3		1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3
Aris Limassol	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4		1–4	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–1
Doxa Katokopias	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0		2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–4
Enosis Neon Paralimni	1–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	1–2	1–1	0–4
Ermis Aradippou	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	5–3	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–2
Ethnikos Achna	1–4	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–3[b]	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–1		0–2
Omonia Nicosia	4–0	3–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match was awarded to Ethnikos by 3–0 because APEP's players walked off the pitch to protest the officiating.^[1][2]
2. The match was awarded to APOEL by 3–0 after it was abandoned in the 76th minute due to a pitch invasion by Salamis' fans.^[3]

Second round

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Omonia Nicosia (C)	32	22	8	2	60	25	+35	74	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	APOEL	32	19	8	5	53	24	+29	65	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	19	7	6	51	27	+24	64	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Apollon Limassol	32	17	9	6	47	23	+24	60	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Apollon Limassol qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ANO	APOE	APOL	OMO
Anorthosis Famagusta		1–1	2–0	2–4
APOEL	1–0		3–2	0–1
Apollon Limassol	0–0	1–2		0–0
Omonia Nicosia	1–1	1–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	AEL Limassol	32	18	4	10	50	33	+17	58
6	Enosis Neon Paralimni	32	10	10	12	40	42	−2	40
7	Ethnikos Achna	32	10	8	14	34	42	−8	38
8	APOP Kinyras	32	11	4	17	50	65	−15	37

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	APOP	ENP	ETH
AEL Limassol		4–2	2–2	1–0
APOP Kinyras	2–5		1–2	3–2
Enosis Neon Paralimni	1–3	4–0		1–1
Ethnikos Achna	4–3	4–2	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	Ermis Aradippou	32	12	8	12	43	38	+5	44
10	AEP Paphos	32	9	9	14	39	50	−11	36
11	Doxa Katokopias	32	9	8	15	36	46	−10	35
12	Aris Limassol (R)	32	4	9	19	30	63	−33	21	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEP	ARI	DOX	ERM
AEP Paphos		3–2	4–1	3–0
Aris Limassol	2–2		0–2	0–2
Doxa Katokopias	4–0	3–0		1–4
Ermis Aradippou	1–0	4–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source: CFA official website

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Semedo	APOP Kinyras	22
	Joeano	Ermis
3	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	13
4	Nenad Mirosavljević	APOEL	11
	Michalis Konstantinou	Omonia
	Efstathios Aloneftis	Omonia
	Dieter Van Tornhout	Enosis
8	Christos Marangos	Anorthosis	10
	José Henrique	Doxa
	Freddy	AEL
	Cafú	Anorthosis
	Andreas Avraam	Apollon

See also

• 2009–10 Cypriot Cup
• 2009–10 Cypriot Second Division
• List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009