2010–11 Cypriot First Division

The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The defending champions were Omonia. APOEL won the championship four matchweeks before the end of the season.

Marfin Laiki League

Season	2010–11
Champions	APOEL 21st title
Relegated	AEP Doxa APOP Kinyras
Champions League	APOEL
Europa League	Omonoia Anorthosis AEK
Matches played	218
Goals scored	569 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Miljan Mrdaković (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Omonia 6–0 Doxa
Biggest away win	Apollon 0–5 APOEL APOP Kinyras 0–5 APOEL
Highest scoring	APOEL 6–2 APOP Kinyras
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Competition modus

Fourteen teams participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2009–10 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team plays 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 for the championship and to participate in 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.

Teams

Nea Salamis Famagusta and APEP Pitsilia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Second Division champions Alki Larnaca, runners-up AEK Larnaca and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

AEK
Alki
Anorthosis

AEL
Apollon

AEP

APOEL
Olympiakos
Omonia

APOP

Doxa

Enosis

Ermis

Ethnikos

Location of clubs in 2010–11 Cypriot First Division

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AEK	Larnaca	Neo GSZ Stadium	13,032
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
AEP	Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	10,000
Alki	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
APOP Kinyras	Peyia, Paphos	Peyia Municipal Stadium	3,828
Doxa	Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis	Paralimni	Tasos Marcou Stadium	5,800
Ermis	Aradippou, Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Olympiakos	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK	Ton Caanen	Kevin Hofland	Puma	Cytavision
AEL	Pambos Christodoulou	Dušan Kerkez	Mass	Cytavision
AEP	Giorgos Polyviou	Angelos Efthymiou	Legea	Ocean Basket
Alki	Itzhak Shum	Siniša Dobrasinović	Legea	Touch Blue Development
Anorthosis	Stanimir Stoilov	Ioannis Okkas	Puma	Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Ivan Jovanović	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Andreas Michaelides	Daniel Quinteros	Lotto	Columbia
APOP Kinyras	Sofoklis Sofokleous	Alain Liri	Puma	PrimeTel
Doxa	Nikos Andronikou	Stelios Okkarides	Puma	Cytanet
Enosis	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	Demos Goumenos	Lotto	Cyta
Ermis	João Carlos Pereira	Wender	Legea	Cyta
Ethnikos Achna	Svetozar Šapurić	Christos Poyiatzis	Legea	Cyta
Olympiakos	Pambos Christodoulou	Nikolas Nicolaou	Puma	Cyta
Omonia	Neophytos Larkou	Elias Charalambous	Adidas	Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Ermis	Dusan Mitošević	Sacked	16 August 2010[1]	Pre-season	Christos Kassianos	17 August 2010[2]	Pre-season
AEL	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.	Sacked	21 September 2010[3]	9th	Mihai Stoichiţă	22 September 2010[4]	9th
Omonia	Takis Lemonis	Resigned	4 October 2010[5]	4th	Dušan Bajević	13 October 2010[6]	4th
Alki	Marios Constantinou	Resigned	19 October 2010[7]	9th	Itzhak Shum	21 October 2010[8]	9th
Apollon	Slobodan Krčmarević	Sacked	21 October 2010[9]	14th	Andreas Michaelides	26 October 2010[10]	14th
Ermis	Christos Kassianos	Resigned	13 November 2010[11]	11th	Demetris Ioannou	15 November 2010[12]	11th
Anorthosis	Guillermo Ángel Hoyos	Sacked	17 November 2010[13]	4th	Slobodan Krčmarević	17 November 2010[13]	4th
APOP Kinyras	Giorgos Polyviou	Resigned	1 December 2010[14]	14th	Sofoklis Sofokleous	13 December 2010[15]	13th
AEP	Angel Slavkov	Sacked	7 December 2010[16]	14th	Giorgos Polyviou	7 December 2010[16]	14th
Ermis	Demetris Ioannou	Resigned	7 December 2010[17]	9th	João Carlos Pereira	9 December 2010[18]	9th
Anorthosis	Slobodan Krčmarević	Resigned	18 December 2010[19]	5th	Stanimir Stoilov	27 December 2010[20]	6th
Enosis	Cedomir Janevski	Mutual consent	10 January 2011[21]	10th	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	18 January 2011[22]	9th
Doxa	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	Resigned	13 January 2011[23]	14th	Nikos Andronikou	21 January 2011[24]	14th
AEL	Mihai Stoichiţă	Mutual consent	27 January 2011[25]	7th	Raymond Atteveld	7 February 2011[26]	7th

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	20	2	4	55	19	+36	62	Qualification for second round, Group A
2	Omonia Nicosia	26	14	8	4	38	16	+22	50
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	13	6	7	46	31	+15	45
4	AEK Larnaca	26	12	6	8	36	30	+6	42
5	Apollon Limassol	26	11	5	10	40	37	+3	38	Qualification for second round, Group B
6	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	9	9	8	41	41	0	36[a]
7	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	10	6	10	26	25	+1	36[a]
8	AEL Limassol	26	8	9	9	28	35	−7	33[b]
9	Ethnikos Achna	26	8	9	9	25	27	−2	33[b]	Qualification for second round, Group C
10	Ermis Aradippou	26	7	9	10	31	38	−7	30
11	Alki Larnaca	26	8	5	13	30	40	−10	29
12	AEP Paphos	26	6	8	12	33	37	−4	26
13	Doxa Katokopias (R)	26	5	5	16	25	55	−30	20	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	APOP Kinyras (R)	26	4	7	15	24	47	−23	19

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 second qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2010–11 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. OLY 1-1 ENP; ENP 1-3 OLY
2. AEL 2-1 ETH; ETH 0-0 AEL

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AEP	ALK	ANO	APOE	APOL	APOP	DOX	ENP	ERM	ETH	OLY	OMO
AEK Larnaca		0–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
AEL Limassol	1–2		1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0
AEP Paphos	2–0	2–2		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1
Alki Larnaca	1–2	3–0	2–3		2–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–4
Anorthosis Famagusta	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–2		2–0	1–2	3–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
APOEL	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	2–1		2–1	6–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–0
Apollon Limassol	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–5		2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
APOP Kinyras	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–5	2–1		1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–1
Doxa Katokopias	1–4	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	4–3		1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0		3–1	1–2	1–3	0–1
Ermis Aradippou	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0[a]	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0
Ethnikos Achna	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0		0–1	0–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–2		0–2
Omonia Nicosia	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	6–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–2

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match between Ermis and Anorthosis was awarded to Ermis with a score of 3–0 on 9 February 2011.^{[citation needed]} The original encounter on 29 January 2011 had been suspended with Ermis leading 2–1 after repeated violent conduct of Anorthosis supporters.^[27]

Second round

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	32	24	2	6	63	22	+41	74	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Omonia Nicosia	32	18	9	5	45	19	+26	63	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	16	7	9	51	34	+17	55	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	AEK Larnaca	32	12	6	14	37	42	−5	42

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. Omonia qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	ANO	APOE	OMO
AEK Larnaca		0–1	0–1	1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	2–0		1–2	0–0
APOEL	3–0	0–1		2–0
Omonia Nicosia	3–0	1–0	1–0

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	Apollon Limassol	32	14	7	11	55	44	+11	49
6	Enosis Neon Paralimni	32	12	8	12	33	34	−1	44
7	AEL Limassol	32	10	11	11	37	45	−8	41[a]
8	Olympiakos Nicosia	32	10	11	11	48	53	−5	41

Source: Soccerway
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.
Notes:

1. AEL: 9 pts; OLY: 3 pts

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	APOL	ENP	OLY
AEL Limassol		1–1	1–1	2–1
Apollon Limassol	3–1		3–0	5–1
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–3	2–1		1–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	2–1	2–2	1–1

Source: Soccerway
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	Ethnikos Achna	32	10	9	13	29	37	−8	39[a]
10	Alki Larnaca	32	11	6	15	40	48	−8	39
11	Ermis Aradippou	32	9	11	12	38	45	−7	38
12	AEP Paphos (R)	32	8	11	13	44	44	0	35	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
Notes:

1. ETH: 7 pts; ALK: 4 pts

Results

Home \ Away	AEP	ALK	ERM	ETH
AEP Paphos		1–1	1–1	0–1
Alki Larnaca	1–3		1–0	2–3
Ermis Aradippou	3–3	1–2		1–0
Ethnikos Achna	0–3	0–3	0–1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 14 May 2011; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Miljan Mrdaković	Apollon	21
2	Michalis Konstantinou	Omonia	17
3	João Paulo	Olympiakos	16
4	Cafú	Anorthosis	13
	Joeano	Ermis
6	Ivan Tričkovski	APOEL	11
	Esteban Solari	APOEL
	Emmanuel Kenmogne	Olympiakos
9	Gustavo Manduca	APOEL	10
	Freddy	AEL
	Moustapha Bangura	Apollon

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Gregoor van Dijk	AEK	APOP Kinyras	3–2	16 October 2010	[28]
Mustapha Bangura	Apollon	AEL	3–0	30 October 2010	[29]
Esteban Solari	APOEL	Olympiakos	4–1	27 November 2010	[30]
Zé Vítor	AEL	APOP Kinyras	4–3	28 November 2010	[31]
Michalis Konstantinou	Omonia	Apollon	3–1	5 December 2010	[32]
Emmanuel Kenmogne	Olympiakos	Ermis	3–2	19 December 2010	[33]
Gustavo Manduca	APOEL	APOP Kinyras	6–2	27 February 2011	[34]
Joeano	Ermis	Alki	3–1	13 March 2011	[35]

See also

• 2010–11 Cypriot Second Division
• 2010–11 Cypriot Cup