2010–11 Cypriot First Division

The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end in 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The defending champions were Omonia. APOEL won the championship four matchweeks before the end of the season.

Marfin Laiki League
Season2010–11
ChampionsAPOEL
21st title
RelegatedAEP
Doxa
APOP Kinyras
Champions LeagueAPOEL
Europa LeagueOmonia
Anorthosis
AEK
Matches played218
Goals scored569 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerMiljan Mrdaković (21 goals)
Biggest home winOmonia 6–0 Doxa
Biggest away winApollon 0–5 APOEL
APOP Kinyras 0–5 APOEL
Highest scoringAPOEL 6–2 APOP Kinyras

Competition modus

Fourteen teams participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2009–10 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team plays 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 will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

The teams ranked first through fourth will play for the championship and to participate in the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

Teams

Nea Salamis Famagusta and APEP Pitsilia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Second Division champions Alki Larnaca, runners-up AEK Larnaca and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

Location of clubs in 2010–11 Cypriot First Division
Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
AEP Paphos Pafiako Stadium 10,000
Alki Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
APOP Kinyras Peyia, Paphos Peyia Municipal Stadium 3,828
Doxa Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000
Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Ethnikos Achna Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Ton Caanen Kevin Hofland Puma CytaVision
AEL Pambos Christodoulou Dušan Kerkez Mass CytaVision
AEP Giorgos Polyviou Angelos Efthymiou Legea Ocean Basket
Alki Itzhak Shum Siniša Dobrasinović Legea Touch Blue Development
Anorthosis Stanimir Stoilov Ioannis Okkas Puma CytaMobile Vodafone
APOEL Ivan Jovanović Marinos Satsias Puma MTN
Apollon Andreas Michaelides Daniel Quinteros Lotto Columbia
APOP Kinyras Sofoklis Sofokleous Alain Liri Puma PrimeTel
Doxa Nikos Andronikou Stelios Okkarides Puma Cytanet
Enosis Nikodimos Papavasiliou Demos Goumenos Lotto CYTA
Ermis João Carlos Pereira Wender Legea CYTA
Ethnikos Achna Svetozar Šapurić Christos Poyiatzis Legea CYTA
Olympiakos Pambos Christodoulou Nikolas Nicolaou Puma CYTA
Omonia Neophytos Larkou Elias Charalambous Adidas CytaMobile Vodafone

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Ermis Dusan Mitošević Sacked 16 August 2010[1] Pre-season Christos Kassianos 17 August 2010[2] Pre-season
AEL Dušan Uhrin, Jr. Sacked 21 September 2010[3] 9th Mihai Stoichiţă 22 September 2010[4] 9th
Omonia Takis Lemonis Resigned 4 October 2010[5] 4th Dušan Bajević 13 October 2010[6] 4th
Alki Marios Constantinou Resigned 19 October 2010[7] 9th Itzhak Shum 21 October 2010[8] 9th
Apollon Slobodan Krčmarević Sacked 21 October 2010[9] 14th Andreas Michaelides 26 October 2010[10] 14th
Ermis Christos Kassianos Resigned 13 November 2010[11] 11th Demetris Ioannou 15 November 2010[12] 11th
Anorthosis Guillermo Ángel Hoyos Sacked 17 November 2010[13] 4th Slobodan Krčmarević 17 November 2010[13] 4th
APOP Kinyras Giorgos Polyviou Resigned 1 December 2010[14] 14th Sofoklis Sofokleous 13 December 2010[15] 13th
AEP Angel Slavkov Sacked 7 December 2010[16] 14th Giorgos Polyviou 7 December 2010[16] 14th
Ermis Demetris Ioannou Resigned 7 December 2010[17] 9th João Carlos Pereira 9 December 2010[18] 9th
Anorthosis Slobodan Krčmarević Resigned 18 December 2010[19] 5th Stanimir Stoilov 27 December 2010[20] 6th
Enosis Cedomir Janevski Mutual consent 10 January 2011[21] 10th Nikodimos Papavasiliou 18 January 2011[22] 9th
Doxa Nikodimos Papavasiliou Resigned 13 January 2011[23] 14th Nikos Andronikou 21 January 2011[24] 14th
AEL Mihai Stoichiţă Mutual consent 27 January 2011[25] 7th Raymond Atteveld 7 February 2011[26] 7th

First round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 20 2 4 55 19 +36 62 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 14 8 4 38 16 +22 50
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 13 6 7 46 31 +15 45
4 AEK Larnaca 26 12 6 8 36 30 +6 42
5 Apollon Limassol 26 11 5 10 40 37 +3 38 Qualification for second round, Group B
6 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 9 9 8 41 41 0 36[lower-alpha 1]
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 10 6 10 26 25 +1 36[lower-alpha 1]
8 AEL Limassol 26 8 9 9 28 35 −7 33[lower-alpha 2]
9 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 9 9 25 27 −2 33[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for second round, Group C
10 Ermis Aradippou 26 7 9 10 31 38 −7 30
11 Alki Larnaca 26 8 5 13 30 40 −10 29
12 AEP Paphos 26 6 8 12 33 37 −4 26
13 Doxa Katokopias (R) 26 5 5 16 25 55 −30 20 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 APOP Kinyras (R) 26 4 7 15 24 47 −23 19
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. OLY 1-1 ENP; ENP 1-3 OLY
  2. AEL 2-1 ETH; ETH 0-0 AEL

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ALK ANO APOE APOL APOP DOX ENP ERM ETH OLY OMO
AEK Larnaca 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
AEL Limassol 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0
AEP Paphos 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1
Alki Larnaca 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–4
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
APOEL 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 6–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–0
Apollon Limassol 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–5 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
APOP Kinyras 0–0 3–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–5 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–1
Doxa Katokopias 1–4 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–1
Ermis Aradippou 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0
Ethnikos Achna 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 0–2
Omonia Nicosia 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Ermis and Anorthosis was awarded to Ermis with a score of 3–0 on 9 February 2011. The original encounter on 29 January 2011 had been suspended with Ermis leading 2–1 after repeated violent conduct of Anorthosis supporters.[27]

Second round

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL (C) 32 24 2 6 63 22 +41 74 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia Nicosia 32 18 9 5 45 19 +26 63 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 16 7 9 51 34 +17 55 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 AEK Larnaca 32 12 6 14 37 42 −5 42
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Omonia qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK ANO APOE OMO
AEK Larnaca 0–1 0–1 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–0 1–2 0–0
APOEL 3–0 0–1 2–0
Omonia Nicosia 3–0 1–0 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Apollon Limassol 32 14 7 11 55 44 +11 49
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 12 8 12 33 34 −1 44
7 AEL Limassol 32 10 11 11 37 45 −8 41[lower-alpha 1]
8 Olympiakos Nicosia 32 10 11 11 48 53 −5 41
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. AEL: 9 pts; OLY: 3 pts

Results
Home \ Away AEL APOL ENP OLY
AEL Limassol 1–1 1–1 2–1
Apollon Limassol 3–1 3–0 5–1
Enosis Neon Paralimni 2–3 2–1 1–0
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–1 2–2 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Ethnikos Achna 32 10 9 13 29 37 −8 39[lower-alpha 1]
10 Alki Larnaca 32 11 6 15 40 48 −8 39
11 Ermis Aradippou 32 9 11 12 38 45 −7 38
12 AEP Paphos (R) 32 8 11 13 44 44 0 35 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ETH: 7 pts; ALK: 4 pts

Results
Home \ Away AEP ALK ERM ETH
AEP Paphos 1–1 1–1 0–1
Alki Larnaca 1–3 1–0 2–3
Ermis Aradippou 3–3 1–2 1–0
Ethnikos Achna 0–3 0–3 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 14 May 2011; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Miljan Mrdaković Apollon 21
2 Michalis Konstantinou Omonia 17
3 João Paulo Olympiakos 16
4 Cafú Anorthosis 13
Joeano Ermis
6 Ivan Tričkovski APOEL 11
Esteban Solari APOEL
Emmanuel Kenmogne Olympiakos
9 Gustavo Manduca APOEL 10
Freddy AEL
Moustapha Bangura Apollon

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Gregoor van DijkAEKAPOP Kinyras3–216 October 2010[28]
Mustapha BanguraApollonAEL3–030 October 2010[29]
Esteban SolariAPOELOlympiakos4–127 November 2010[30]
Zé VítorAELAPOP Kinyras4–328 November 2010[31]
Michalis KonstantinouOmoniaApollon3–15 December 2010[32]
Emmanuel KenmogneOlympiakosErmis3–219 December 2010[33]
Gustavo ManducaAPOELAPOP Kinyras6–227 February 2011[34]
Joeano ErmisAlki3–113 March 2011[35]

See also

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