Cypriot First Division
Season1995–96
ChampionsAPOEL
(16th title)
RelegatedAEL
Evagoras
Omonia Ar.
UEFA CupAPOEL (preliminary round)
Anorthosis (preliminary round)
Cup Winners' CupAEK (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupApollon (group stage)
Matches played182
Goals scored553 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerJózsef Kiprich
(25 goals)[1]

The 1995–96 Cypriot First Division was the 57th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 16th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1995–96 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 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division.

Cypriot teams didn't gained enough points in the previous seasons and so the champion team did not qualify to 1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The champions and the runners-up ensured their participation in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1996 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

The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams this season, comprised twelve teams from the 1994–95 season and two promoted teams from the 1994–95 Cypriot Second Division, Evagoras Paphos and Alki Larnaca.

Stadia and locations

Club Venue
ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario Stadium
Omonia Ar. Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL (C) 26 19 7 0 65 21 +44 64 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Anorthosis 26 16 7 3 50 23 +27 55
3 Omonia 26 16 5 5 66 30 +36 53
4 AEK 26 16 5 5 44 21 +23 53 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Apollon 26 10 10 6 42 29 +13 40 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Ethinikos Achna 26 9 10 7 36 33 +3 37
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 8 9 9 37 40 −3 33
8 Nea Salamina 26 10 3 13 37 48 −11 33
9 Aris 26 7 10 9 34 36 −2 31
10 Alki 26 8 7 11 42 46 −4 31
11 Olympiakos 26 8 6 12 24 32 −8 30
12 AEL (R) 26 6 6 14 37 49 −12 24 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Evagoras (R) 26 2 7 17 21 59 −38 13
14 Omonia Ar. (R) 26 0 2 24 18 86 −68 2
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ AEK Larnaca qualified to 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup because Cypriot Cup winner, APOEL, already qualified as champion to UEFA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK ANR APN APL ARS ETH ENP EVG NSL OLY OMA OMN
AEK 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0
AEL 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 5–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–2
Alki 1–3 2–4 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 5–1 2–0
Anorthosis 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–3 1–0 4–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 6–0 1–0
APOEL 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 5–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 1–1
Apollon 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 5–0 1–2
Aris 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4
Ethnikos 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–2
ENP 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–3 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1
Evagoras 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 0–2
Nea Salamina 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–5
Olympiakos 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Omonia Ar. 1–2 1–3 3–4 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–9
Omonia N. 3–1 6–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 8–1 3–0 3–3 3–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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