2001–02 Cypriot First Division Explained

Competition:Cypriot First Division
Season:2001–02
Winners:APOEL
(17th title)
Relegated:Ethnikos Assia
Doxa
Ermis
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:APOEL (1st qualifying round)
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Anorthosis (qualifying round)
AEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Enosis (1st round)
League Topscorer:Wojciech Kowalczyk
(22 goals)[1]
Matches:182
Total Goals:669
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 Cypriot First Division was the 63rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 17th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2001–02 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 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2002 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

Nea Salamina, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division, Alki Larnaca, Ethnikos Assia and Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations

TeamStadium
AEKGSZ Stadium
AELTsirion Stadium
AEPPafiako Stadium
AlkiGSZ Stadium
AnorthosisAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOELGSP Stadium
ApollonTsirion Stadium
DoxaPeristerona Stadium
Ethnikos AssiaMakario Stadium
Ethnikos AchnaDasaki Stadium
ENPParalimni Stadium
ErmisAradippou Municipal Stadium
OlympiakosGSP Stadium
OmoniaGSP Stadium

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyprus - List of Topscorers . 2015-06-25 . 2015-08-05 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150818003355/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyptops.html . 2015-08-18 .