2005–06 Cypriot First Division

The 2005–06 Cypriot First Division was the 67th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Apollon won their 3rd title.

Cypriot First Division

Season	2005–06
Champions	Apollon (3rd title)
Relegated	APOP APEP THOI
Champions League	Apollon (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Omonia (1st qualifying round) APOEL (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup))
Intertoto Cup	Ethnikos (1st round)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	603 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Łukasz Sosin (28 goals)[1]
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2005–06 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 2006–07 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2006 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

AEP Paphos, Alki Larnaca and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Kinyras, APEP and THOI Lakatamia.

Stadia and locations

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

Anorthosis

AEL
Apollon

AEK

ENP

Ethnikos

APOP

Digenis

Nea Salamina

THOI
APEP

2005–06 Cypriot First Division

Team	Stadium
AEK	GSZ Stadium
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APEP	THOI Stadium
APOEL	GSP Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
APOP	Pafiako Stadium
Digenis	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Achna	Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni Stadium
THOI	THOI Stadium
Nea Salamina	Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	GSP Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Apollon Limassol (C)	26	19	7	0	68	24	+44	64	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Omonia	26	20	3	3	59	20	+39	63	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3	APOEL	26	19	5	2	63	22	+41	62
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	15	8	3	55	26	+29	53
5	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	12	7	7	40	28	+12	43
6	Nea Salamina	26	12	5	9	53	48	+5	41
7	AEL Limassol	26	10	5	11	44	48	−4	35
8	AEK Larnaca	26	9	4	13	39	37	+2	31
9	Ethnikos Achna	26	8	4	14	42	43	−1	28	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
10	Digenis Morphou	26	7	7	12	33	45	−12	28
11	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	6	9	11	40	50	−10	27
12	APOP Kinyras (R)	26	5	3	18	35	65	−30	18	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13	APEP (R)	26	1	5	20	17	72	−55	8
14	THOI Lakatamia (R)	26	1	4	21	15	75	−60	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. APOEL qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2005–06 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANR	APP	APN	APL	APK	DGN	ETH	ENP	ENT	NSL	OLM	OMN
AEK		2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–3
AEL	1–1		3–0	4–0	1–1	1–4	4–3	3–0	2–3	2–1	3–2	0–3	2–2	1–2
Anorthosis	1–0	5–0		1–1	2–2	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
APEP	2–1	1–2	0–1		0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–5
APOEL	3–0	2–0	5–3	2–0		2–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	5–3	2–2	2–1
Apollon	3–0	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–1		4–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	4–0	0–0
APOP	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1		1–3	3–2	0–2	7–1	1–1	3–3	1–2
Digenis	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–3	1–1		2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–4
Ethnikos Achna	2–1	0–0	0–5	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	4–2		0–1	1–1	2–4	4–0	0–1
ENP	1–0	3–5	0–1	6–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	3–3		2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1
ENTHOI	1–4	1–2	0–6	0–0	0–7	1–4	0–3	1–1	0–6	0–1		1–2	0–2	0–5
Nea Salamina	3–2	2–1	2–5	5–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–1		5–1	0–1
Olympiakos	3–2	3–2	1–2	8–0	1–3	2–3	3–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		1–3
Omonia	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	6–2	1–0

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

See also

• Cypriot First Division
• 2005–06 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions