The 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. The points were carried over from the first round.

Anorthosis won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2007–08 Cypriot First Division. Each team played 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 were relegated to the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.

The teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 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.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Digenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2006–07 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.

Stadia and locations

2007–08 Cypriot First Division is located in Cyprus
2007–08 Cypriot First Division
TeamStadium
AEKGSZ Stadium
AELTsirion Stadium
AlkiAmmochostos Stadium
APOP KinyrasPafiako Stadium
AnorthosisAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOELGSP Stadium
ApollonTsirion Stadium
ArisTsirion Stadium
DoxaMakario Stadium
EthnikosDasaki Stadium
EnosisParalimni Stadium
Nea SalaminaAmmochostos Stadium
OlympiakosGSP Stadium
OmoniaGSP Stadium

First round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Anorthosis Famagusta2619704913+3664Qualification for second round, Group A
2APOEL2616555119+3253
3Omonia2614663622+1448
4AEK Larnaca2612593432+241
5Apollon Limassol2610974033+739Qualification for second round, Group B
6APOP Kinyras2610793535037
7Enosis Neon Paralimni26106102830−236
8Ethnikos Achna26111143435−134
9Doxa Katokopias2697103840−234Qualification for second round, Group C
10Alki Larnaca2676133240−827
11Aris Limassol2676132435−1127
12AEL Limassol2676132838−1027
13Nea Salamina (R)2666142854−2624Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14Olympiakos Nicosia (R)2635182354−3114

Results

Home \ AwayAEKAELALKANOAPOEAPOLAPOPARIDOXENPETHNEAOLYOMO
AEK2–22–01–10–30–21–11–01–21–31–02–22–11–0
AEL0–22–01–21–10–00–20–02–11–41–21–03–11–1
Alki0–22–00–00–41–03–11–11–10–11–34–15–02–1
Anorthosis2–13–11–01–01–13–14–02–11–05–15–01–02–0
APOEL1–02–03–00–12–04–03–03–20–12–13–14–01–0
Apollon2–04–31–02–20–22–02–12–23–02–14–13–23–3
APOP Kinyras0–10–15–30–21–11–01–03–11–12–14–23–10–0
Aris2–32–12–50–02–23–11–21–02–10–11–03–01–2
Doxa3–32–11–01–12–21–02–22–12–22–12–32–01–0
Paralimni0–11–12–11–21–02–20–21–00–10–21–00–11–3
Ethnikos0–22–11–10–10–22–12–12–03–10–15–02–11–2
Nea Salamina2–00–21–10–41–30–01–10–02–11–12–04–20–2
Olympiakos0–21–21–10–12–22–21–10–12–12–21–02–40–1
Omonia3–21–03–01–12–11–11–00–02–10–12–13–02–0

Second round

The first 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. Points were carried over from the first round.

Group A

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Anorthosis Famagusta (C)32201205819+3972Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2APOEL3218775828+3061Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3Omonia32141084231+1152
4AEK Larnaca32148104642+450

Results

Home \ AwayANOAPOEOMOAEK
Anorthosis3–00–03–3
APOEL1–12–22–1
Omonia0–01–20–0
AEK2–21–05–3

Group B

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
5Apollon Limassol32121194941+847Declined Intertoto participation
6Enosis Neon Paralimni32137124245−346
7Ethnikos Achna32134154443+143Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8APOP Kinyras32119124749−242

Results

Home \ AwayAPOLAPOPENPETH
Apollon2–24–10–2
APOP Kinyras1–23–41–0
Paralimni1–04–31–1
Ethnikos Achnas1–12–24–3

Group C

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
9AEL Limassol32117143945−640
10Alki Larnaca32117144144−340
11Doxa Katokopias32109134348−539
12Aris Limassol (R)3286183148−1730Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

Results

Home \ AwayDOXALKAELARI
Doxa0–01–22–0
Alki1–02–14–1
AEL2–21–03–2
Aris3–01–20–2

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Brazil David Da CostaDoxa16
Poland Łukasz SosinAnorthosis
3Cyprus Constantinos MakridesAPOEL13
4Portugal Bernardo VasconcelosOmonia12
Uruguay Ignacio RissoApollon
Romania Adrian MihalceaAris

Last Update: 11 May 2008 Source:

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1APOEL7,239
2Anorthosis5,999
3Omonoia5,967
4AEL3,615
5Apollon Limassol3,568
6AEK Larnaca2,127
7Olympiakos Nicosia1,692
8Nea Salamina1,640
9Alki1,231
10Aris Limassol1,216
11APOP1,185
12Doxa Katokopias977
13ENP849
14Ethnikos Achnas625

Source:

Sources

  • . RSSSF. 14 January 2016.

See also

Notes