2007–08 Cypriot First Division

The 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.

Marfin Laiki League

Season	2007–08
Champions	Anorthosis 13th title
Relegated	Aris Nea Salamina Olympiakos
Champions League	Anorthosis
UEFA Cup	APOEL Omonia
Intertoto Cup	Ethnikos
Matches played	218
Goals scored	591 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	David da Costa (16 goals) Łukasz Sosin (16 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. The points were carried over from the first round.

Anorthosis won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2007–08 Cypriot First Division. Each team played against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records were relegated to the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.

The teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 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.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Digenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2006–07 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.

Stadia and locations

 

 

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

 

Anorthosis

 

AEL
Apollon
Aris

 

AEK

 

ENP

 

Ethnikos

 

APOP

 

Doxa

 

Nea Salamina
Alki Larnaca F.C.

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2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Team	Stadium
AEK	GSZ Stadium
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Alki	Ammochostos Stadium
APOP Kinyras	Pafiako Stadium
Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL	GSP Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Doxa	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos	Dasaki Stadium
Enosis	Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina	Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	GSP Stadium

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	19	7	0	49	13	+36	64	Qualification for second round, Group A
2	APOEL	26	16	5	5	51	19	+32	53
3	Omonia	26	14	6	6	36	22	+14	48
4	AEK Larnaca	26	12	5	9	34	32	+2	41
5	Apollon Limassol	26	10	9	7	40	33	+7	39	Qualification for second round, Group B
6	APOP Kinyras	26	10	7	9	35	35	0	37
7	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	10	6	10	28	30	−2	36
8	Ethnikos Achna	26	11	1	14	34	35	−1	34
9	Doxa Katokopias	26	9	7	10	38	40	−2	34	Qualification for second round, Group C
10	Alki Larnaca	26	7	6	13	32	40	−8	27^[a]
11	Aris Limassol	26	7	6	13	24	35	−11	27^[a]
12	AEL Limassol	26	7	6	13	28	38	−10	27^[a]
13	Nea Salamina (R)	26	6	6	14	28	54	−26	24	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	26	3	5	18	23	54	−31	14

Source: soccerway.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Alki 7 points; Aris 4 points; AEL 3 points

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ALK	ANO	APOE	APOL	APOP	ARI	DOX	ENP	ETH	NEA	OLY	OMO
AEK		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0
AEL	0–2		2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1
Alki	0–2	2–0		0–0	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	5–0	2–1
Anorthosis	2–1	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
APOEL	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1		2–0^[a]	4–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0
Apollon	2–0	4–3	1–0	2–2	0–2^[b]		2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–2	3–3
APOP Kinyras	0–1	0–1	5–3	0–2	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	0–0
Aris	2–3	2–1	2–5	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–2
Doxa	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–0
Paralimni	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–3
Ethnikos	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1		5–0	2–1	1–2
Nea Salamina	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		4–2	0–2
Olympiakos	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–4		0–1
Omonia	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–0

Source: UEFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match abandoned. The score at the time was decided to be the official score.
2. Match abandoned. Score at the time was 2-2.

Second round

The first 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. Points were carried over from the first round.

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anorthosis Famagusta (C)	32	20	12	0	58	19	+39	72	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	APOEL	32	18	7	7	58	28	+30	61	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Omonia	32	14	10	8	42	31	+11	52
4	AEK Larnaca	32	14	8	10	46	42	+4	50

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	ANO	APOE	OMO	AEK
Anorthosis		3–0	0–0	3–3
APOEL	1–1		2–2	2–1
Omonia	0–0	1–2		0–0
AEK	2–2	1–0	5–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Apollon Limassol	32	12	11	9	49	41	+8	47	Declined Intertoto participation^[a]
6	Enosis Neon Paralimni	32	13	7	12	42	45	−3	46
7	Ethnikos Achna	32	13	4	15	44	43	+1	43	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8	APOP Kinyras	32	11	9	12	47	49	−2	42

Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Notes:

1. Apollon declined their Intertoto participation

Results

Home \ Away	APOL	APOP	ENP	ETH
Apollon		2–2	4–1	0–2
APOP Kinyras	1–2		3–4	1–0
Paralimni	1–0	4–3		1–1
Ethnikos Achnas	1–1	2–2	4–3

Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	AEL Limassol	32	11	7	14	39	45	−6	40
10	Alki Larnaca	32	11	7	14	41	44	−3	40
11	Doxa Katokopias	32	10	9	13	43	48	−5	39
12	Aris Limassol (R)	32	8	6	18	31	48	−17	30	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DOX	ALK	AEL	ARI
Doxa		0–0	1–2	2–0
Alki	1–0		2–1	4–1
AEL	2–2	1–0		3–2
Aris	3–0	1–2	0–2

Source: UEFA.com standings and UEFA.com results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Da Costa	Doxa	16
	Łukasz Sosin	Anorthosis
3	Constantinos Makrides	APOEL	13
4	Bernardo Vasconcelos	Omonia	12
	Ignacio Risso	Apollon
	Adrian Mihalcea	Aris

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source:

Sources

• "2007/08 Cypriot First Division". RSSSF. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

See also

• 2007–08 Cypriot Cup
• 2007–08 Cypriot Second Division
• 2007–08 in Cypriot football

Notes