2013–14 Cypriot First Division Explained

Competition:	Glafcos Clerides Championship
Season:	2013–14
Winners:	APOEL 23rd title
Relegated:	Aris AEK Kouklia Enosis Alki
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	APOEL AEL
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Apollon Ermis Omonia
League Topscorer:	Gastón Sangoy (18 goals) Marco Tagbajumi (18 goals) Jorge Monteiro (18 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
Biggest Away Win:	Doxa 0–6 Omonia (26 October 2013)
Highest Scoring:	Aris 7–2 AEK Kouklia (4 May 2014) APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
Matches:	242
Total Goals:	703
Longest Wins:	9 matches APOEL
Longest Unbeaten:	23 matches APOEL
Longest Winless:	26 matches Alki
Longest Losses:	12 matches Alki
Highest Attendance:	15,985^[1] APOEL 3–0 AEL (22 April 2014)
Lowest Attendance:	2^[2] AEK Kouklia 1–4 Ethnikos (23 April 2014) 2^[3] AEK Kouklia 0–0 AEK Larnaca (11 May 2014)
Prevseason:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2014–15

The 2013–14 Cypriot First Division was the 75th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 31 August 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014.^[4] APOEL were the defending champions.

The league comprised eleven teams from the 2012–13 season and three promoted teams from the 2012–13 Second Division.

The 17 May 2014 title deciding match between AEL Limassol and APOEL was abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes, when a bomb thrown by AEL fans, hit and injured APOEL's player Kaká.^[5] The match was replayed behind closed doors at a neutral stadium on 31 May 2014 and APOEL achieved to win their second consecutive league title after beating AEL Limassol by 1–0.^[6] However, on 6 June 2014, the Cyprus Football Association’s (CFA) disciplinary committee – acting as an appeals board – unanimously cancelled on the CFA council’s decision to repeat the 17 May championship final, awarding the match to APOEL with a 0–3 score.^[7]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

AEP Paphos and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2012–13 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Olympiakos Nicosia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up AEK Kouklia and third-placed team Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Location	Venue^[8]	Capacity
AEK Kouklia	Kouklia, Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	9,394
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	GSZ Stadium	13,032
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Alki	Larnaca	GSZ Stadium	13,032
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Aris	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Doxa	Peristerona	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis	Paralimni	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ermis	Aradippou	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Ethnikos	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Nea Salamina	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK Kouklia	Stavros Fitides	Alexandros Garpozis	Kappa	Christakis Petrakidis & Sons
AEK Larnaca	Floros Nicolaou	Giannis Skopelitis	Umbro	Cytavision
AEL	Ivaylo Petev	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Cytavision
Alki	Vesko Mihajlović	Demetris Stylianou	GEMS	—
Anorthosis	Nikos Kostenoglou	Christos Marangos	Puma	Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Giorgos Donis	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Christakis Christoforou	Giorgos Merkis	Macron	Cyta
Aris	Ton Caanen	Dušan Kerkez	Kappa	Cytanet
Doxa	Demetris Ioannou	Abel Pereira	Kappa	Cytanet
Enosis	Nikos Andronikou	Giorgos Kolanis	Umbro	Cyta
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Andreas Papathanasiou	Legea	Cyta
Ethnikos	Apostolos Makrides	Christos Poyiatzis	Uhlsport	Cyta
Nea Salamina	Neophytos Larkou	Giorgos Panagi	Tempo Sport	Cytamobile-Vodafone
Omonia	Kostas Kaiafas	Georgios Efrem	Nike	Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Anorthosis	Christos Kassianos	Resigned	13 August 2013^[9]	Pre-season	Jorge Costa	17 August 2013^[10]
Nea Salamina	Apostolos Charalambidis	Resigned	7 September 2013^[11]	12th	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	11 September 2013^[12]
APOEL	Paulo Sérgio	Sacked	4 October 2013^[13]	5th	Giorgos Donis	11 October 2013^[14]
Enosis	Saša Jovanović	Mutual consent	6 October 2013^[15]	13th	Marios Karas	13 October 2013^[16]
AEL	Lito Vidigal	Mutual consent	22 October 2013^[17]	4th	Ivaylo Petev	25 October 2013^[18]
Aris	Tasos Kyriakou	Mutual consent	25 October 2013^[19]	11th	Ton Caanen	26 October 2013^[20]
Enosis	Marios Karas	Mutual consent	25 November 2013^[21]	13th	Nikos Andronikou	28 November 2013^[22]
AEK Larnaca	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Mutual consent	16 December 2013^[23]	9th	Floros Nicolaou	17 December 2013^[24]
Omonia	Toni Savevski	Sacked	18 December 2013^[25]	6th	Miguel Ángel Lotina	1 January 2014^[26]
Ethnikos	Nikos Kolompourdas	Sacked	2 January 2014^[27]	10th	Stavros Papadopoulos	2 January 2014
Ethnikos	Stavros Papadopoulos	Sacked	7 January 2014^[28]	11th	Apostolos Makrides	7 January 2014
Nea Salamina	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Mutual consent	15 January 2014^[29]	9th	Neophytos Larkou	16 January 2014^[30]
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Resigned	19 January 2014^[31]	8th	Sofoklis Sofokleous	21 January 2014^[32]
Anorthosis	Jorge Costa	Mutual consent	30 January 2014^[33]	5th	Nikos Kostenoglou	6 February 2014^[34]
Omonia	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Sacked	6 February 2014^[35]	6th	Kostas Kaiafas	12 March 2014^[36]
Alki	Kostas Kaiafas	Signed by Omonia	12 March 2014^[37]	14th	Vesko Mihajlović	13 March 2014^[38]
Doxa	Sofoklis Sofokleous	Mutual consent	9 April 2014^[39]	9th	Demetris Ioannou	9 April 2014
AEK Kouklia	Demetris Ioannou	Signed by Doxa	9 April 2014^[40]	12th	Stavros Fitides	9 April 2014

First phase

League table

Results

Second phase

Championship group

Table

Results

Relegation group

Table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 31 May 2014; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	18
		Ermis
	Jorge Monteiro	AEL
4	André Schembri	Omonia	17
5	Thuram	Aris	15
	Roberto Colautti	Anorthosis
7	Gustavo Manduca	APOEL	13
	Orlando Sá	AEL
9	Tomás De Vincenti	APOEL	12
	Chidi Onyemah	Ethnikos
	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon
	Koullis Pavlou	AEK Larnaca

Hat-tricks

	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1.	Marcos De Azevedo^4			2–4
2.				1–3
3.				1–6
4.				3–3
5.				5–0
6.	Gonzalo García^4			1–6
7.				4–0
8.				5–1
9.				0–4
10.				0–4
11.	Thuram^4			3–4
12.				0–4
13.				8–1
14.				5–0

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: 13 minutes and 21 seconds – Robert Stambolziev (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (20:13 EET, 31 August 2013)
• Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds – Césinha (Ermis) against Nea Salamina (24 November 2013)
• Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 4 seconds – Roberto Colautti (Anorthosis) against Omonia (31 August 2013)
• First scored penalty kick of the season: 48 minutes and 2 seconds – Pablo Vranjicán (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (21:03 EET, 31 August 2013)
• First own goal of the season: 56 minutes and 21 seconds – Diego Gaúcho (AEL) for APOEL (20:24 EET, 14 September 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals
  • Thuram (Aris) against Nea Salamina (23 April 2014)
  • Gonzalo García (Anorthosis) against Doxa (18 January 2014)
  • Marcos De Azevedo (Ermis) against Doxa (21 September 2013)
• Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals (Fixture 16)
  • Fixture 16 results: AEK Larnaca 1–1 APOEL, Aris 4–0 AEK Kouklia, Omonia 2–4 Apollon, Ermis 5–1 Doxa, Anorthosis 3–1 Alki, AEL 4–1 Enosis, Nea Salamina 0–1 Ethnikos.
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
  • Aris 7–2 AEK Kouklia (4 May 2014)
• Largest winning margin: 7 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
  • AEL 4–3 Anorthosis (26 April 2014)
  • Nea Salamina 3–4 Aris (23 April 2014)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: 31 minutes – Nuno Assis for Omonia against Anorthosis (19:31 EET, 31 August 2013)
• First red card of the season: 68 minutes – Ernestas Šetkus for Nea Salamina against Doxa (19:23 EET, 1 September 2013)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 14
  • Doxa 2–0 Aris – 9 for Doxa (Miloš Pavlović, Abel Pereira, Pedro Baquero, Pedrito, Leandro, Carlos Marques, Rodri, Toni, Gleison) and 5 for Aris (Kypros Christoforou, Douglas Reis, Eduardo Pincelli, Emmanuel Okoye, Zoltán Kovács) (11 May 2014)
• Most red cards in a single match: 2
  • Anorthosis 1–1 Nea Salamina – 1 for Anorthosis (Grigoris Makos) and 1 for Nea Salamina (Justin Mengolo) (9 March 2014)
  • Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis – 1 for Omonia (Anthony Scaramozzino) and 1 for Anorthosis (Dan Alexa) (21 December 2013)
  • Aris 0–1 Apollon – 1 for Aris (Charalambos Pittakas) and 1 for Apollon (Giorgos Merkis) (16 December 2013)
  • Doxa 1–1 APOEL – 1 for Doxa (Richard Kingson) and 1 for APOEL (Aritz Borda) (23 November 2013)

Sources

• Web site: 2013/14 Cypriot First Division . 2016-01-14 . 2016-01-14 . .

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