2011–12 Cypriot First Division Explained

Competition:Laiki Bank League
Season:2011–12
Winners:AEL
6th title
Relegated:Aris
Anagennisi
Ermis
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:AEL
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:APOEL
Omonia
Anorthosis
League Topscorer:Freddy
(17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:AEK 6–0 Nea Salamis
Highest Scoring:Nea Salamis 5–2 Anagennisi
Matches:218
Total Goals:478
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 73rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions. AEL Limassol won the championship one matchweek before the end of the season.

The league comprise eleven teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Second Division.

Teams

Doxa Katokopias and APOP Kinyras were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by AEP Paphos, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up Nea Salamis Famagusta and third-placed team Anagennisi Dherynia.

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AEKLarnacaNeo GSZ Stadium13,032
AELLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
AlkiLarnacaNeo GSZ Stadium13,032
Anagennisi DheryniaDheryniaTasos Marcou Stadium5,800
AnorthosisLarnacaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230
APOELNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859
ApollonLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
ArisLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
EnosisParalimniTasos Marcou Stadium5,800
ErmisAradippou, LarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500
Ethnikos AchnaAchna, FamagustaDasaki Stadium7,000
Nea SalamisLarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500
OlympiakosNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859
OmoniaNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AEK Leon Vlemmings Gregoor van DijkPumaCytavision
AEL Pambos Christodoulou Marios NicolaouPumaCytavision
Alki Radmilo Ivančević Siniša DobrašinovićLegea
Anagennisi Adamos Adamou Giorgos GiannakouLegea
Anorthosis Ronny Levy Ioannis OkkasPumaCytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL Ivan Jovanović Marinos SatsiasPumaMTN
Apollon Giorgos MerkisLottoBetfair
Aris Dimitris Ioannou Giorgos VasiliouPumaCytanet
Enosis Marios Karas Chrysis MichaelPumaCyta
Ermis Nikos Andronikou Andreas PapathanasiouLegeaCyta
Ethnikos Nikos Papadopoulos Christos PoyiatzisLegeaCyta
Nea Salamina Stephen Constantine Prodromos TherapontosGivovaCytamobile-Vodafone
Olympiacos Niki Papavasiliou Nikolas NicolaouGivovaCyta
Omonia Neophytos Larkou Constantinos MakridesAdidasCytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Olympiakos Pambos ChristodoulouResigned20 March 2011[1] Pre-season Nikos Papadopoulos14 May 2011[2]
Ermis João Carlos PereiraSacked4 May 2011[3] Loukas Hadjiloukas13 May 2011[4]
Alki Itzhak Shum10 May 2011[5] Radmilo Ivančević14 May 2011
AEL Raymond Atteveld14 May 2011[6] Pambos Christodoulou14 May 2011[7]
Apollon Andreas Michaelides23 May 2011[8] Didier Ollé-Nicolle10 July 2011[9]
Ermis Loukas HadjiloukasResigned12 August 2011[10] Panayiotis Xiourouppas13 August 2011[11]
Anorthosis Stanimir StoilovSacked25 September 2011[12] 6th Ronny Levy2 October 2011[13]
Ethnikos Svetozar Šapurić5 October 2011[14] 12th Čedomir Janevski10 October 2011[15]
Ermis Panayiotis Xiourouppas24 October 2011[16] 14th Nikos Andronikou24 October 2011[17]
Apollon Didier Ollé-Nicolle5 November 2011[18] 5th Mihai Stoichiţă14 November 2011[19]
AEK Ton Caanen20 November 2011[20] 6th Leon Vlemmings2 December 2011[21]
Olympiacos Nikos PapadopoulosResigned25 February 2012[22] 11th Niki Papavasiliou26 February 2012[23]
Ethnikos Čedomir JanevskiSacked27 January 2012[24] Niκos Papadopoulos28 January 2012[25]
Apollon Mihai StoichiţăResigned4 March 2012[26] 7th Hagen Reeck (caretaker)4 March 2012[27]
Aris Dušan MitoševićSacked26 March 2012[28] 12th Dimitris Ioannou26 March 2012
Enosis Nir Klinger8 April 2012[29] Marios Karas8 April 2012

First round

Second round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: Cyprus Football Association

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 FreddyOmonia17
2 Esteban SolariAPOEL10
3 Arnal LlibertAlki9
Patrick VouhoAEL
5 Gonzalo GarcíaAEK8
Chris DicksonNea Salamina/AEL
7 Miljan MrdakovićAEK7
Constantinos CharalambidesAPOEL
GelsonAris
10 Mustapha BanguraApollon6
Georgios EfremOmonia
Christos ChatzipantelidisNea Salamina
Jan RezekAnorthosis
Hristijan KirovskiApollon
Emmanuel KenmogneOlympiakos

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
3–0
0–4
3–1
5 5–0

Scoring

Discipline

Sources

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: SMS... ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΜΕ ΝΙΚΟ . Kerkida.net . 1 October 2011. el.
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  23. Web site: http://www.kerkida.net/olympiakos/item/9175-ανακοίνωσαν-νίκκι-και-παραιτήθηκαν-ανακοίνωση . el:Ανακοίνωσαν Νίκκι και... παραιτήθηκαν (Ανακοίνωση) . Kerkida.net . 26 February 2012 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229053937/http://www.kerkida.net/olympiakos/item/9175-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%B9-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7 . 29 February 2012 . dead .
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  26. Web site: http://www.kerkida.net/apollon/item/10584-παραιτήθηκε-ο-στοϊκίτσα . el:Παραιτήθηκε ο Στοϊκίτσα . Kerkida.net . 4 March 2012 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305205802/http://www.kerkida.net/apollon/item/10584-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1 . 5 March 2012 . dead .
  27. Web site: http://www.kerkida.net/apollon/item/10633-συνεχίζουμε-με-ρεκ-σύντομα-ανακοινώσεις . el:"Συνεχίζουμε με Ρεκ" (Σύντομα ανακοινώσεις) . Kerkida.net . 4 March 2012 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305205812/http://www.kerkida.net/apollon/item/10633-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BA-%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82 . 5 March 2012 . dead .
  28. Web site: Τέλος ο "Μίτο" - Αναλαμβάνουν Ιωάννου & Ζέλος . Kerkida.net . 27 March 2012 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329025335/http://www.kerkida.net/aris/item/15264-t%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD-%CE%B9%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85--%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82 . 29 March 2012 . dead .
  29. Web site: http://www.kerkida.net/enp/item/17793-τέλος-ο-κλίνγκερ-συνεχίζει-με-κκαρά-σπύρου-για-βοηθός . el:Τέλος ο Κλίνγκερ-Συνεχίζει με Κκαρά (Σπύρου για βοηθός) . Kerkida.net . 8 April 2012 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20120409190441/http://www.kerkida.net/enp/item/17793-%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC-%CF%83%CF%80%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CE%B7%CE%B8%CF%8C%CF%82 . 9 April 2012 . dead .
  30. Web site: Nea Salamina 0–3 AEL. 28 August 2011. cfa.com.cy. el. 23 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925024849/http://www.cfa.com.cy/?lang=Gr&show=gamestats&GameID=17437. 25 September 2011. dead.
  31. Web site: Apollon 2–0 Ermis. 28 August 2011. cfa.com.cy. el. 23 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925024858/http://www.cfa.com.cy/?lang=Gr&show=gamestats&GameID=17439. 25 September 2011. dead.
  32. Web site: Anorthosis 2–2 Aris. 17 October 2011. cfa.com.cy. el. 18 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111021204103/http://www.cfa.com.cy/?lang=Gr&show=gamestats&GameID=17698. 21 October 2011. dead.

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