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1996–97 Cypriot First Division

FieldValue
competitionCypriot First Division
season1996–97
winnersAnorthosis
(8th title)
relegatedAris
Olympiakos
APEP
continentalcup1Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiersAnorthosis (1st qualifying round)
continentalcup2UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersApollon (1st qualifying round)
continentalcup3Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersAPOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
continentalcup4Intertoto Cup
continentalcup4 qualifiersNea Salamis (group stage)
league topscorerMichalis Konstantinou
(17 goals)
matches182
total goals564
prevseason1995–96
nextseason1997–98

(8th title) Olympiakos APEP (17 goals)

The 1996–97 Cypriot First Division was the 58th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 8th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 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 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1997 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

AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Omonia Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Paphos. APEP and Anagennisi Deryneia.

Stadia and locations

ClubVenue
ΑΕΚGSZ Stadium
AlkiGSZ Stadium
AnagennisiAnagennisi Football Ground
AnorthosisAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APEPKyperounda Municipal Stadium
APOELMakario Stadium
ApollonTsirion Stadium
APOPPafiako Stadium
ArisTsirion Stadium
EthnikosDasaki Stadium
EnosisParalimni Municipal Stadium
Nea SalaminaAmmochostos Stadium
OlympiakosMakario Stadium
OmoniaMakario Stadium

League standings

Results

References

Sources

References

  1. (2015-06-25). "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
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