2014–15 Cypriot First Division Explained

Competition:	Cypriot First Division
Season:	2014–15
Winners:	APOEL 24th title
Relegated:	Othellos
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	APOEL
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	AEK Apollon Omonia
League Topscorer:	Mickaël Poté (17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Omonia 7–1 Ermis (17 May 2015)
Biggest Away Win:	Doxa 0–4 AEL (14 September 2014) Ethnikos 0–4 APOEL (1 November 2014) Doxa 0–4 Anorthosis (22 November 2014) Ermis 0–4 AEK (10 January 2015) Ermis 0–4 AEK (21 March 2015) AEL 0–4 Doxa (26 April 2015) Doxa 1–5 Ethnikos (23 May 2015)
Highest Scoring:	APOEL 4–4 AEK (15 December 2014) Omonia 7–1 Ermis (17 May 2015)
Matches:	192
Total Goals:	503
Longest Wins:	5 matches Ermis Anorthosis Ethnikos
Longest Unbeaten:	13 matches APOEL
Longest Winless:	12 matches Othellos
Longest Losses:	6 matches Doxa
Highest Attendance:	15,562^[1] APOEL 1–1 AEK (16 May 2015)
Lowest Attendance:	7^[2] Doxa 1–3 Ermis (7 January 2015)
Attendance:	413,011
Average Attendance:	2,151
Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16
Updated:	24 May 2015

The 2014–15 Cypriot First Division was the 76th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 23 August 2014^[3] and ended on 24 May 2015.^[4] APOEL were the defending champions.

The league reduced from 14 to 12 teams this season, comprised ten teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted teams from the 2013–14 B1 Division. APOEL won the league for a 24th time and a third time in a row, after amassing 62 points.^[5]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Enosis Neon Paralimni and Alki Larnaca were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2013–14 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol and AEK Kouklia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2013–14 B1 Division champions Ayia Napa and runners-up Othellos Athienou.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Location	Venue^[6] ^[7]	Capacity
AEK	Larnaca	GSZ Stadium	13,032
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Ayia Napa	Ayia Napa	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Doxa	Peristerona	Makario Stadium	16,000
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
Othellos	Athienou, Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230

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	Thomas Christiansen	Giannis Skopelitis	Umbro	Cytavision
AEL	Christakis Christoforou	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Cytavision
Anorthosis	André Paus	Christos Marangos	Macron	Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Gustavo Manduca (Caretaker)	Constantinos Charalambides	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Ton Caanen	Giorgos Merkis	Macron	Cyta
Ayia Napa	Giorgos Kosma	Bojan Markovski	Sportika	Cyta
Doxa	Nikos Andreou	Ricardo Fernandes	Legea	Cytanet
Ermis	Michalis Markou (Caretaker)	Andreas Papathanasiou	Legea	Cyta
Ethnikos	Borce Gjurev	Christos Poyiatzis	Mitre	Cyta
Nea Salamina	Floros Nicolaou (Caretaker)	Diego León	GEMS	Cytamobile-Vodafone
Omonia	Kostas Kaiafas	Nuno Assis	Nike	Cytamobile-Vodafone
Othellos	Costas Sakkas	Andreas Vasiliou	Joma	Kleima

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Doxa	Demetris Ioannou	Sacked	1 September 2014^[8]	10th	Slobodan Krčmarević	8 September 2014^[9]
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Sacked	7 September 2014^[10]	6th	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	8 September 2014^[11]
Ayia Napa	Nikos Andronikou	Mutual consent	30 September 2014^[12]	12th	Giorgos Kosma	23 October 2014^[13]
Apollon	Christakis Christoforou	Sacked	8 October 2014^[14]	2nd	Ioan Andone	16 October 2014^[15]
AEL	Ivaylo Petev	Sacked	17 November 2014^[16]	5th	Christakis Christoforou	17 November 2014^[17]
Nea Salamina	Neophytos Larkou	Mutual consent	16 December 2014^[18]	9th	Nicos Panayiotou	16 December 2014^[19]
APOEL	Giorgos Donis	Mutual consent	6 January 2015^[20]	1st	Thorsten Fink	10 January 2015^[21]
Ermis	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	Sacked	2 February 2015^[22]	6th	Mitchell van der Gaag	5 February 2015^[23]
Doxa	Slobodan Krčmarević	Mutual consent	15 February 2015^[24]	11th	Nikos Andreou	4 March 2015^[25]
Ermis	Mitchell van der Gaag	Mutual consent	24 March 2015^[26]	6th	Ioannis Okkas	24 March 2015^[27]
Ethnikos	Apostolos Makrides	Resigned	24 March 2015^[28]	9th	Borce Gjurev	28 March 2015^[29]
Apollon	Ioan Andone	Sacked	8 April 2015^[30]	1st	Ton Caanen	9 April 2015^[31]
Nea Salamina	Nicos Panayiotou	Mutual consent	4 May 2015^[32]	9th	Floros Nicolaou (Caretaker)	5 May 2015^[33]
APOEL	Thorsten Fink	Mutual consent	11 May 2015^[34]	1st	Gustavo Manduca (Caretaker)	11 May 2015
Ermis	Ioannis Okkas	Sacked	11 May 2015^[35]	6th	Michalis Markou (Caretaker)	14 May 2015^[36]

First phase

League table

Results

Second phase

Championship group

Table

Results

Relegation group

Table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 24 May 2015; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mickaël Poté	Omonia	17
2	Ifeanyi Onyilo	Ermis	15
3	Rafik Djebbour	APOEL	14
	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon
5	Andreas Makris	Anorthosis	13
6	Valdo	Ethnikos	11
7	Ricardo Lobo	Doxa	10
	Abraham Gneki Guié	Apollon
	Nestoras Mitidis	AEK
	Thiago	Othellos

Scoring

• First goal of the season: 54 minutes and 31 seconds – Luis Morán (Ermis) against Doxa (18:09 EET, 23 August 2014)
• Fastest goal of the season: 42 seconds – Juninho (Ethnikos) against AEL (22 March 2015)
• Latest goal of the season: 99 minutes and 6 seconds – Marcos De Azevedo (Ermis) against Doxa (7 December 2014)
• First scored penalty kick of the season: 62 minutes and 20 seconds – Joan Tomàs (AEK) against Apollon (20:17 EET, 24 August 2014)
• First own goal of the season: 5 minutes and 1 seconds – Stavros Stathakis (Ayia Napa) for Anorthosis (20:05 EET, 27 September 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by one player: 3 goals
  • Ricardo Lobo (Doxa) against AEL (26 April 2015)
• Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals (Fixture 31)
  • Fixture 31 results: Othellos 3–0 AEL, Ethnikos 3–2 Ayia Napa, Nea Salamina 6–0 Doxa, Anorthosis 3–1 Apollon, APOEL 1–1 AEK, Omonia 7–1 Ermis.
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • APOEL 4–4 AEK (15 December 2014)
  • Omonia 7–1 Ermis (17 May 2015)
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Nea Salamina 6–0 Doxa (16 May 2015)
  • Omonia 7–1 Ermis (17 May 2015)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
  • Omonia 7–1 Ermis (17 May 2015)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 goals
  • Apollon 2–5 AEK (24 August 2014)
  • Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis (1 September 2014)
  • AEL 2–3 Ermis (2 November 2014)
  • Nea Salamina 2–3 Anorthosis (3 November 2014)
  • Ethnikos 4–2 AEL (14 December 2014)
  • Apollon 3–2 Ermis (15 December 2014)
  • Ayia Napa 2–5 Apollon (15 December 2014)
  • Omonia 4–2 Doxa (1 February 2015)
  • APOEL 3–2 Omonia (2 May 2015)
  • Ethnikos 3–2 Ayia Napa (16 May 2015)
  • Ermis 2–4 APOEL (24 May 2015)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: 44 minutes – Paulo Pina for Ermis against Doxa (17:44 EET, 23 August 2014)
• First red card of the season: 50 minutes – Milan Stepanov for Omonia against Nea Salamina (21:05 EET, 14 September 2014)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 14
  • Apollon 3–3 AEL – 7 for Apollon (Gastón Sangoy (2), Luka Stojanović (2), Dustley Mulder, Jan Rezek, Giorgos Merkis) and 7 for AEL (Luciano Bebê (2), Valentinos Sielis, Calo, Diallo Guidileye, Georgios Eleftheriou, Andreas Stavrou) (4 January 2015)
• Most red cards in a single match: 3
  • Apollon 3–3 AEL – 2 for Apollon (Gastón Sangoy, Luka Stojanović) and 1 for AEL (Luciano Bebê) (4 January 2015)

Sources

• Web site: 2014/15 Cypriot First Division . 2016-01-14 . 2016-01-14 . .

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