2003–04 Cypriot First Division

The 2003–04 Cypriot First Division was the 65th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 18th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsAPOEL
(18th title)
RelegatedAnagennisi
Onisilos
Doxa
Champions LeagueAPOEL (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupOmonia (1st qualifying round)
AEK (2nd qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupEthnikos (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored594 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerŁukasz Sosin
(21 goals)[1]
Jozef Kožlej
(21 goals)[1]

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
2003–04 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
AEP Pafiako Stadium
Anagennisi Anagennisi Football Ground
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Digenis Makario Stadium
Doxa Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
ENP Paralimni Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium
Onisilos Paralimni Stadium

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL (C) 26 20 5 1 56 20 +36 65 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 20 2 4 68 29 +39 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first 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 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first 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 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
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 (R) 26 4 5 17 15 44 −29 17 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Onisilos Sotira (R) 26 4 3 19 22 61 −39 15
14 Doxa Katokopias (R) 26 1 4 21 18 111 −93 7
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. AEK Larnaca qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round by winning the 2003–04 Cypriot Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ANG ANR APN APL DGN DXK ETH ENP OLM OMN ONS
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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
1Slovenia Jozef KozlejOmonia21
2PolandŁukasz SosinApollon20
3Serbia Sása JovanovićAEP15
4Georgia (country) Levan KebadzeEnosis14
5Zimbabwe Zenzo MoyoAEP13

Source: soccerboards.com

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.

Sources
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