2000–01 Cypriot First Division

The 2000–01 Cypriot First Division was the 62nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 18th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season2000–01
ChampionsOmonia
(18th title)
RelegatedNea Salamina
Digenis
Aris
Champions LeagueOmonia (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupOlympiakos (qualifying round)
Apollon (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupAnorthosis (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored646 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Rauffmann
(30 goals)[1]

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 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 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2001 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

Ethnikos Assia, Anagennisi Deryneia and Alki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division, Digenis Morphou, Aris Limassol and Doxa Katokopias.

Before the start of the season, APOP Paphos and Evagoras Paphos were merged forming AEP Paphos, which took the place of APOP Paphos in the Cypriot First Division.

Stadia and locations
2000–01 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
AEP Pafiako Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Digenis Kykkos Stadium
Doxa Peristerona Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
ENP Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Omonia (C) 26 17 6 3 60 27 +33 57 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 16 6 4 58 30 +28 54 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 AEL Limassol 26 15 7 4 48 28 +20 52
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 6 5 60 32 +28 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 APOEL 26 12 8 6 58 37 +21 44
6 Apollon Limassol 26 12 8 6 56 40 +16 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 AEK Larnaca 26 9 9 8 52 47 +5 36
8 AEP Paphos 26 8 9 9 45 53 −8 33
9 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 8 6 12 42 53 −11 30
10 Doxa Katokopias 26 7 8 11 26 37 −11 29
11 Ethnikos Achna 26 6 10 10 44 49 −5 28
12 Nea Salamina (R) 26 7 6 13 41 47 −6 27 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Digenis Morphou (R) 26 3 2 21 28 78 −50 11
14 Aris Limassol (R) 26 1 1 24 28 88 −60 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. AEK Larnaca qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ANR APN APL ARS DGN DXK ETH ENP NSL OLM OMN
AEK 3–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 3–0 3–3 6–1 2–3 2–2 1–4
AEL 3–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–5 0–0
AEP 1–1 2–5 2–3 5–5 4–3 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–2
Anorthosis 2–2 0–0 5–0 3–0 2–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2
APOEL 2–0 3–5 0–1 1–0 0–2 5–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Apollon 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 4–0 6–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 4–3
Aris 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–7 2–2 1–2 0–2 4–0 1–2 2–4 2–5 0–5 1–3
Digenis 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–5 3–1 2–1 3–4 1–6 0–2 0–2 2–3
Doxa 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Ethnikos 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 6–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–1
ENP 3–0 0–0 4–3 1–6 2–4 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–2
Nea Salamina 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 7–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 3–3 1–1
Olympiakos 2–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1
Omonia 2–0 0–0 5–0 3–1 3–2 4–2 4–1 5–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 4–3 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
  1. "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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