1993–94 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season1993–94
ChampionsApollon
(2nd title)
RelegatedEPA
Evagoras
APEP
UEFA CupApollon (preliminary round)
Anorthosis (preliminary round)
Cup Winners' CupOmonia (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored592 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerSiniša Gogić
(26 goals)[1]

The 1993–94 Cypriot First Division was the 55th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Apollon Limassol won their 2nd title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1993–94 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 1994–95 Cypriot Second Division. The 11th-placed team faced the 2nd-placed team of the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division, in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division.

Apollon Limassol did not have a good enough average (Points per matches) in European Competitions over the previous five seasons (1989-90 until 1993-94) and therefore they were not allowed to enter the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League. As a result of this they had to enter the 1994–95 UEFA Cup alongside the second placed team of the league, Anorthosis Famagusta.

Point system

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

Changes from previous season

Aris Limassol and APOP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division, Omonia Aradippou and APEP.

Stadia and locations

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1993–94 Cypriot First Division
Club Venue
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APEP Kyperounda Municipal Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
EPA GSZ Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia Ar. Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos GSZ Stadium

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Apollon (C) 26 20 3 3 66 23 +43 63 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Anorthosis 26 18 7 1 67 16 +51 61
3 APOEL 26 17 5 4 64 25 +39 56
4 Omonia 26 16 4 6 77 33 +44 52 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Ethnikos Achna 26 15 2 9 45 40 +5 47
6 AEL 26 12 4 10 43 47 −4 40
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 9 7 10 34 34 0 34
8 Pezoporikos 26 10 4 12 34 36 −2 34
9 Nea Salamina 26 8 8 10 32 31 +1 32
10 Omonia Aradippou 26 8 5 13 29 49 −20 29
11 Olympiakos (O) 26 8 3 15 36 51 −15 27 Qualification for relegation playoff
12 EPA (R) 26 7 2 17 30 53 −23 23 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Evagoras (R) 26 2 5 19 15 65 −50 11
14 APEP[a] (R) 26 2 1 23 20 89 −69 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ APEP 4 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away AEL ANR APE APN APL ETH ENP EPA EVG NSL OLY OMA OMN POL
AEL 1–4 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–6 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–0
Anorthosis 4–1 8–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
APEP 1–6 2–5 0–7 2–4 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–7 1–0
APOEL 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 3–2 2–3
Apollon 3–1 2–0 7–1 2–0 6–1 4–0 2–0 6–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Ethnikos 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–3 1–2
Enosis 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 3–1 1–1
EPA 0–1 1–3 4–1 2–5 0–4 0–1 2–1 6–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–6 2–0
Evagoras 0–2 1–5 1–0 0–5 0–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 0–1 1–1
Nea Salamina 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–3
Olympiakos 1–3 0–2 6–0 1–4 0–2 2–4 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–0
Omonia Ar. 1–4 0–5 3–1 1–1 2–5 2–5 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–0
Omonia 3–0 1–1 5–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 6–0 2–2 7–2 3–1 4–2
Pezoporikos 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

The 11th-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia faced the 2nd-placed team of the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division APOP Paphos, in a two-legged play-off for one spot in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division. Olympiakos won both matches and secured their place in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division.

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