2016–17 Cypriot First Division
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 84 |
| Goals scored | 223 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Matt Derbyshire (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
AEK 4–0 Aris (17 October 2016) Apollon 4–0 Anagennisi (22 October 2016) Aris 4–0 Doxa (27 November 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016) |
| Longest winning run |
8 matches AEK |
| Longest unbeaten run |
10 matches AEK APOEL |
| Longest winless run |
12 matches Anagennisi |
| Longest losing run |
9 matches Anagennisi |
| Highest attendance |
9,678[1] Omonia 2–1 AEK (20 November 2016) |
| Lowest attendance |
7[2] Doxa 0–0 Ethnikos (16 October 2016) |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 28 November 2016. | |
The 2016–17 Cypriot First Division is the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 20 August 2016 and will end on 21 May 2017.[3] The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2016.[4][5] APOEL are the defending champions.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Enosis Neon Paralimni and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2015–16 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Pafos FC, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2015–16 Second Division champions Karmiotissa, runners-up AEZ Zakakiou and third-placed team Anagennisi Deryneia.
Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division teams.
- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium[6][7] | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | Larnaca | AEK Arena | 8,000 |
| AEL | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| AEZ | Zakaki, Limassol | Pafiako Stadium | 9,394 |
| Anagennisi | Deryneia, Famagusta | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
| Anorthosis | Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,230 |
| APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Apollon | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| Aris | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| Doxa | Peristerona, Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Ermis | Aradippou, Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,230 |
| Ethnikos | Achna, Famagusta | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Karmiotissa | Pano Polemidia, Limassol | GSZ Stadium | 13,032 |
| Nea Salamina | Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| 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 | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK |  Imanol Idiakez |
David Català |
Puma | A.J.K. |
| AEL |  Pambos Christodoulou |
Marios Nicolaou |
Nike | Kepaky |
| AEZ | TBA | Andreas Mammides |
Luanvi | CRI Group |
| Anagennisi |  Savvas Poursaitidis |
Giorgos Giannakou |
Eldera | Kymco |
| Anorthosis |  Ronny Levy |
 João Victor |
Macron | Olympia |
| APOEL | Thomas Christiansen |
Nektarios Alexandrou |
Nike | Pari-Match |
| Apollon |  Pedro Emanuel |
Giorgos Vasiliou |
Puma | Carabao |
| Aris | .svg.png){kind=small} Frederik Vanderbiest |
Christos Theophilou |
Nike | Europcar |
| Doxa | TBA | Edmar |
Joma | Murphy's |
| Ermis | Nicos Panayiotou |
 Cristian Sîrghi |
Legea | Mybet |
| Ethnikos |  Valdas Ivanauskas |
Christos Poyiatzis |
Legea | |
| Karmiotissa | Liasos Louka |
Giannis Taralidis |
GEMS | MoneySafe |
| Nea Salamina | Staikos Vergetis |
Giannis Skopelitis |
GEMS | Vitex |
| Omonia |  John Carver |
Renato Margaça |
Puma | Gree |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nea Salamina | Giorgos Lagkaditis |
End of tenure as caretaker | End of 2015–16 season | Pre-season | Eugen Neagoe |
6 May 2016[9] |
| Anorthosis | Neophytos Larkou |
End of contract | End of 2015–16 season | Antonio Puche |
17 May 2016[10] | |
| APOEL | Georgios Kostis |
End of tenure as caretaker | End of 2015–16 season | Thomas Christiansen |
1 June 2016[11] | |
| AEK | Demetris Demetriou |
End of tenure as caretaker | End of 2015–16 season | Imanol Idiakez |
31 May 2016[12] | |
| Omonia |  Vladan Milojević |
End of contract | End of 2015–16 season | John Carver |
4 June 2016[13] | |
| Aris | Kostas Kaiafas |
End of contract | End of 2015–16 season | Thalis Theodoridis |
24 June 2016[14] | |
| Nea Salamina | Eugen Neagoe |
Sacked | 19 September 2016[15] | 11th | Staikos Vergetis |
20 September 2016[16] |
| Ethnikos | Danilo Dončić |
Sacked | 28 September 2016[17] | 14th | Valdas Ivanauskas |
4 October 2016[18] |
| Anorthosis | Antonio Puche |
Sacked | 18 October 2016[19] | 8th | Ronny Levy |
26 October 2016[20] |
| Anagennisi | Adamos Adamou |
Resigned | 18 October 2016[21] | 14th | Savvas Poursaitidis |
23 October 2016[22] |
| Aris | Thalis Theodoridis |
Sacked | 24 October 2016[23] | 13th | Frederik Vanderbiest |
1 November 2016[24] |
| AEZ | Nikolas Martides |
Resigned | 16 November 2016[25] | 11th | ||
| Doxa | Loukas Hadjiloukas |
Resigned | 28 November 2016[26] | 13th | ||
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AEK Larnaca | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 31 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 2 | AEL Limassol | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 27[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | APOEL | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 27[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Omonia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 24 | |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 23 | |
| 6 | Ermis Aradippou | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 16 | Qualification to Relegation round |
| 8 | Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 14[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 9 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 14[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 11 | |
| 11 | Aris Limassol | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 10 | |
| 12 | AEZ Zakakiou | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 8 | |
| 13 | Doxa Katokopias | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 6 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | Anagennisi Deryneia | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2016. Source: CFA, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[27]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[27]
Notes:
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AEK | AEL | AEZ | AND | ANO | APOE | APOL | ARI | DOX | ERM | ETH | KAR | NSL | OMO |
| AEK Larnaca | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||||||
| AEL Limassol | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | a | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
| AEZ Zakakiou | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Anagennisi Deryneia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||
| APOEL | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | a | |||||||
| Apollon Limassol | 0–1 | a | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Aris Limassol | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | a | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Doxa Katokopias | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Ermis Aradippou | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||||||
| Ethnikos Achna | 0–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | |||||||||
| Karmiotissa | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Omonia Nicosia | 2–1 | 2–0 | a | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
Updated to games played on 28 November 2016.
Source: CFA (Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Championship round
Championship round table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[28]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[28]
Relegation round
Relegation round table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[29]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[29]
Season statistics
Top scorers
- Including matches played on 28 November 2016; Source: Cyprus Football Association
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Derbyshire |
Omonia | 9 |
| 2 | Konstantinos Pangalos |
AEZ | 7 |
| Pieros Sotiriou |
APOEL | ||
| Fotios Papoulis |
Apollon | ||
| 5 | Alex da Silva |
Apollon | 6 |
 Cillian Sheridan |
Omonia | ||
| 7 | André Alves |
AEK | 5 |
| Georgios Efrem |
APOEL | ||
 Abraham Gneki Guié |
Apollon | ||
 Nassir Maachi |
Nea Salamina |
Hat-tricks
| # | Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Konstantinos Pangalos | AEZ | Ethnikos | 3–1 | 21 August 2016 |
| 2. | Nassir Maachi4 | Nea Salamina | AEZ | 1–5 | 24 September 2016 |
| 3. |  Nika Kacharava4 | Ethnikos | Karmiotissa | 4–2 | 29 October 2016 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals.
Scoring
- First goal of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
- Fastest goal of the season: 0 minutes and 51 seconds – Eleftherios Sakellariou (AEZ) against Ermis (19 November 2016)
- Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 35 seconds – Alex da Silva (Apollon) against Ethnikos (6 November 2016)
- First scored penalty kick of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
- First own goal of the season: 51 minutes and 44 seconds – Albert Serrán (Doxa) for AEK (20:07 EET, 14 September 2016)
- Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals
- Nassir Maachi (Nea Salamina) against AEZ (24 September 2016)
- Most scored goals in a single fixture – 27 goals (Fixture 5)
- Fixture 5 results: AEZ 1–5 Nea Salamina, Omonia 4–2 Karmiotissa, AEL 2–1 Apollon, AEK 4–1 Anorthosis, Aris 0–3 APOEL, Anagennisi 0–1 Doxa, Ermis 2–1 Ethnikos.
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
- Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
- Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
Discipline
- First yellow card of the season: 42 minutes – Bruno Nascimento for Omonia against Ermis (18:42 EET, 20 August 2016)
- First red card of the season: 88 minutes – Dimitris Froxylias for Nea Salamina against Apollon (21:43 EET, 20 August 2016)
- Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
- Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 5 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov (2), Yaroslav Martynyuk, Rafael Yiangoudakis, Alexandru Benga) and 4 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou, Nicolas Fotiou, Modestos Sotiriou, Nikos Barboudis) (11 September 2016)
- Most red cards in a single match: 1
- Nea Salamina 0–3 Apollon – 1 for Nea Salamina (Dimitris Froxylias) (20 August 2016)
- Anagennisi 2–2 Omonia – 1 for Anagennisi (Nicos Efthymiou) (27 August 2016)
- Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 1 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov) (11 September 2016)
- Ethnikos 0–3 AEK – 1 for Ethnikos (Nika Kacharava) (21 September 2016)
- AEK 4–1 Anorthosis – 1 for Anorthosis (Shehu Abdullahi) (25 September 2016)
- Karmiotissa 3–0 Ermis – 1 for Ermis (Ioannis Antoniou) (2 October 2016)
- AEL 1–1 AEZ – 1 for AEZ (Douglas Reis) (30 October 2016)
- AEZ 0–1 Omonia – 1 for Omonia (Constantinos Panagi) (5 November 2016)
- APOEL 4–1 Karmiotissa – 1 for Karmiotissa (Marko Adamović) (6 November 2016)
- Anagennisi 1–2 Aris – 1 for Aris (Harmony Ikande) (20 November 2016)
- Nea Salamina 1–0 Ethnikos – 1 for Ethnikos (Borislav Stoychev) (26 November 2016)
- AEZ 1–1 Anagennisi – 1 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou) (27 November 2016)
References
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- ↑ "ΕΦΤΑ εισιτήρια". kerkida.net. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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- ↑ Σύναψη συμφωνίας με τον προπονητή Thomas Christiansen (in Greek). apoelfc.com.cy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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