Season | 1997β98 |
---|---|
Champions |
Anorthosis (9th title) |
Relegated |
Anagennisi APOP Ethnikos Assia |
Champions League | Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos Achna (1st round) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 657 (3.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Rainer Rauffmann (42 goals) [1] |
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1996β97
1998β99 β |
The 1997β98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 9th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997β98 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 1998β99 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 1998β99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1998β99 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).
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Aris Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1997β98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1996β97 Cypriot Second Division, AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Ethnikos Assia.
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 [a] |
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 |
Season | 1997β98 |
---|---|
Champions |
Anorthosis (9th title) |
Relegated |
Anagennisi APOP Ethnikos Assia |
Champions League | Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos Achna (1st round) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 657 (3.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Rainer Rauffmann (42 goals) [1] |
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1996β97
1998β99 β |
The 1997β98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 9th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997β98 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 1998β99 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 1998β99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1998β99 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).
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Aris Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1997β98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1996β97 Cypriot Second Division, AEL Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and Ethnikos Assia.
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 [a] |
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 |