2002–03 Cypriot First Division

The 2002–03 Cypriot First Division was the 64th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 19th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season2002–03
ChampionsOmonia
(19th title)
RelegatedNea Salamina
Aris
Alki
Champions LeagueOmonia (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupAnorthosis (qualifying round)
APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupEthnikos Achna (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored628 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorerMarios Neophytou
(33 goals)[1]

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2002–03 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 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed teams 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, Doxa Katokopias and Ermis Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol.

Stadia and locations
2002–03 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
AEP Pafiako Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Digenis Makario 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 18 6 2 68 22 +46 60 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 19 2 5 65 30 +35 59 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 APOEL 26 16 7 3 55 24 +31 55
4 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 16 4 6 56 29 +27 52 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 AEL Limassol 26 11 6 9 56 45 +11 39
6 Ethnikos Achna 26 10 7 9 35 32 +3 37 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
7 AEP Paphos 26 11 4 11 38 45 −7 37
8 AEK Larnaca 26 9 5 12 43 50 −7 32
9 Digenis Morphou 26 9 4 13 40 40 0 31
10 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 8 7 11 39 40 −1 31
11 Apollon Limassol 26 8 7 11 42 46 −4 31
12 Nea Salamina (R) 26 6 11 9 39 40 −1 29 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Aris Limassol (R) 26 2 3 21 31 92 −61 9
14 Alki Larnaca (R) 26 1 3 22 21 93 −72 6
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The third team, APOEL, qualified to 2003–04 UEFA Cup because the second team, Anorthosis, already qualified to the same competition as the winner of 2002–03 Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ALK ANR APN APL ARS DGN ETH ENP NSL OLM OMN
AEK 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–5 0–5 3–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–2
AEL 4–2 6–2 7–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–3
AEP 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–4
Alki 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–7 1–4 0–1 1–7 2–0 0–0 1–5 2–3 3–4 0–1
Anorthosis 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–3 4–1 9–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
APOEL 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Apollon 1–0 3–3 2–2 5–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–4 2–3
Aris 2–4 0–4 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–5 1–4 3–3 2–3 1–4 0–4 0–3
Digenis 1–1 2–2 0–1 8–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Ethnikos 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–1
ENP 4–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–5 2–2 6–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1
Nea Salamina 1–1 6–1 1–2 8–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Olympiakos 2–1 3–2 3–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 6–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 0–1
Omonia 4–1 1–1 1–1 11–1 3–0 3–4 5–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 3–1
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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