1998–99 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsAnorthosis
(10th title)
RelegatedEvagoras
Doxa
Aris
Champions LeagueAnorthosis (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupOmonia (qualifying round)
APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored731 (4.02 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Rauffmann
(35 goals)[1]

The 1998–99 Cypriot First Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 10th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1998–99 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 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.

Point system

Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

Anagennisi Deryneia, APOP Paphos and Ethnikos Assia were relegated from previous season and played in the 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division, Olympiakos Nicosia, Doxa Katokopias and Aris Limassol.

Stadia and locations

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1998–99 Cypriot First Division
Club Venue
ΑΕΚ GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Doxa Kykkos Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos Makario Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis (C) 26 21 4 1 95 28 +67 67 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia 26 21 4 1 81 25 +56 67 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3 APOEL 26 19 2 5 70 29 +41 59
4 AEK 26 14 3 9 63 45 +18 45
5 AEL 26 13 5 8 55 39 +16 44
6 Ethnikos 26 12 6 8 49 43 +6 42
7 Apollon 26 13 2 11 51 45 +6 41
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 8 8 10 55 64 −9 32
9 Olympiakos 26 8 5 13 40 49 −9 29
10 Nea Salamis 26 8 4 14 46 53 −7 28
11 Alki 26 7 4 15 37 70 −33 25
12 Evagoras (R) 26 6 4 16 30 66 −36 22 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Doxa (R) 26 2 3 21 27 79 −52 9
14 Aris (R) 26 3 0 23 32 96 −64 9
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ APOEL qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1998–99 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK ANR APN APL ARS DOX ETH ENP EYG NSL OLY OMO
AEK 1–1 5–1 3–3 3–1 3–5 5–1 7–0 2–5 3–0 2–0 4–1 4–2 0–1
AEL 3–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 4–3 2–3 0–1 4–0 8–3 4–2 3–3
Alki 5–4 1–3 0–4 0–6 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–4
Anorthosis 1–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 4–2 5–0 7–0 2–0 5–1 6–1 5–3 7–1 2–2
APOEL 3–1 2–0 4–1 4–3 1–0 5–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–2
Apollon 5–0 3–2 4–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 5–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–5
Aris 1–2 0–4 1–4 1–4 1–4 0–5 2–1 1–3 2–4 2–4 3–1 0–2 0–4
Doxa 1–5 0–1 3–1 0–4 0–4 1–2 5–1 0–0 4–5 0–0 0–3 1–4 2–3
Ethnikos 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 6–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–4
Enosis 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–5 3–5 1–1 6–2 5–3 3–6 6–1 0–3 2–0 1–1
Evagoras 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 2–3 2–1 5–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–8
Nea Salamis 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 4–0 4–5 4–1 0–0 2–3
Olympiakos 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–4 0–5 2–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1
Omonia 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 6–1 4–1 5–4
Source: [citation needed]
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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