Cypriot First Division
Season1997–98
ChampionsAnorthosis
(9th title)
RelegatedAnagennisi
APOP
Ethnikos Assia
Champions LeagueAnorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA CupOmonia (1st qualifying round)
Cup Winners' CupApollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupEthnikos Achna (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored657 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Rauffmann
(42 goals)[1]

The 1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 9th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 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 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 1998 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

Aris Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division, AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Ethnikos Assia.

Stadia and locations

Club Venue
ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anagennisi Anagennisi Football Ground
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
APOP Pafiako Stadium
Ethnikos Achna Dasaki Stadium
Ethnikos Assia Kykkos Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis (C) 26 21 3 2 87 18 +69 66 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 19 5 2 90 20 +70 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Apollon 26 16 7 3 50 25 +25 55 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Ethnikos Achna 26 13 8 5 35 28 +7 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 AEK 26 9 7 10 42 40 +2 34
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 10 3 13 45 49 −4 33
7 APOEL 26 8 7 11 48 51 −3 31
8 Nea Salamis 26 10 1 15 43 59 −16 31
9 AEL 26 7 8 11 37 50 −13 29
10 Alki 26 9 2 15 46 65 −19 29
11 Evagoras 26 8 5 13 29 52 −23 29
12 Anagennisi (R) 26 7 6 13 37 65 −28 27 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 APOP (R) 26 7 5 14 40 59 −19 26
14 Ethnikos Assia (R) 26 3 3 20 28 76 −48 12
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Apollon qualified to 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup because Cypriot Cup winner, Anorthosis, already qualified to UEFA Champions League.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK ANG ANR APN APL APP EAC EAS ENP EVG NSL OMO
AEK 3–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–1 5–1 1–3 0–1
AEL 0–0 1–4 3–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–4
Alki 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–4 3–3 2–3 1–3 7–2 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–2 3–5
Anagennisi 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–7
Anorthosis 3–0 5–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 4–2 7–0 5–0 0–2 4–1 6–0 7–1 0–1
APOEL 0–2 3–1 4–2 3–6 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 5–0 0–0
Apollon 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0
APOP 2–1 3–3 5–1 1–0 0–4 3–4 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–4
Ethnikos Assia 1–4 2–5 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–5 0–1
Ethnikos Achna 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0
Enosis 2–0 3–3 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–3 1–3
Evagoras 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–6 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3
Nea Salamis 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 6–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 0–3
Omonia 0–1 5–1 8–0 10–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 8–1 8–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 6–1
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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