2003–04 Cypriot First Division
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions |
APOEL (18th title) |
Relegated |
Anagennisi Onisilos Doxa |
Champions League | APOEL (2nd qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup |
Omonia (1st qualifying round) AEK (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
UEFA Intertoto | Ethnikos (1st round) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 594 (3.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Łukasz Sosin (21 goals)[1] Jozef Kožlej (21 goals)[1] |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
The 2003–04 Cypriot First Division was the 65th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 18th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2003–04 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 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2004 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
Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division, Anagennisi Deryneia, Doxa Katokopias and Onisilos Sotira.
Stadia and locations
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld. | W. | D. | L. | GF. | GA. | GF. | Pts. | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | APOEL | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 20 | 36 | 65 | Champions-UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round. |
2 | Omonia | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 29 | 39 | 62 | 2004–05 UEFA Cup qualifying round. |
3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 49 | |
4 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 26 | 49 | |
5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 48 | |
6 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 38 | 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round. |
7 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 38 | |
8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 36 | |
9 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 32 | Cypriot Cup Winner-2004–05 UEFA Cup. |
10 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 31 | |
11 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 28 | |
12 | Anagennisi Deryneia | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -27 | 17 | Relegated to 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division. |
13 | Onisilos Sotira | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 61 | -41 | 15 | |
14 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 111 | -93 | 7 | |
Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
Results
↓Home / Away→ |
AEK | AEL | AEP | ANG | ANR | APN | APL | DGN | DXK | ETH | ENP | OLM | OMN | ONS |
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AEK | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 7-0 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-1 | |
AEL | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 8-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | |
AEP | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 5-0 | |
Anagennisi | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | |
Anorthosis | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | |
APOEL | 5-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | |
Apollon | 4-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | |
Digenis | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3-0 | 4-1 | |
Doxa | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1-10 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-4 | |
Ethnikos | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 9-0 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 6-0 | |
ENP | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 3-1 | |
Olympiakos | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 1-0 | |
Omonia | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 11-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | |
Onisilos | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | |
The score of the game Anagennisi-Onisilos was 2-2. Onisilos Sotiras won the appeal they filed in this game due to the irregular participation of a player of Anagennisi Derynia and the match was awarded with a score of 2-0 in their favour.
Top scorers
# | Name | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jozef Kozlej | Omonia | 21 |
2 | Łukasz Sosin | Apollon | 20 |
3 | Sása Jovanović | AEP | 15 |
4 | Levan Kebadze | Enosis | 14 |
5 | Zenzo Moyo | AEP | 13 |
Source: soccerboards.com
References
- 1 2 "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
Sources
- "2003/04 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- 1. DIVISION 2003/2004
See also
- Cypriot First Division
- 2003–04 Cypriot Cup
- List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
- Cypriot football clubs in European competitions