2004–05 Cypriot First Division Explained

Competition:Cypriot First Division
Season:2004–05
Winners:Anorthosis
(12th title)
Relegated:AEP
Alki
Aris
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Anorthosis (1st qualifying round)
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:APOEL (1st qualifying round)
AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Olympiakos (1st round)
League Topscorer:Łukasz Sosin
(21 goals)[1]
Matches:181
Total Goals:548
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

The 2004–05 Cypriot First Division was the 66th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 12th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2004–05 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 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2005 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

Anagennisi Deryneia, Onisilos Sotira and Doxa Katokopias were relegated from previous season and played in the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca.

Stadia and locations

TeamStadium
AEKGSZ Stadium
AELTsirion Stadium
AEPPafiako Stadium
AlkiGSZ Stadium
AnorthosisAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOELGSP Stadium
ApollonTsirion Stadium
ArisTsirion Stadium
DigenisMakario Stadium
EthnikosDasaki Stadium
ENPParalimni Stadium
Nea SalaminaAntonis Papadopoulos 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 .