2001–02 Cypriot First Division

The 2001–02 Cypriot First Division was the 63rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 17th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsAPOEL
(17th title)
RelegatedEthnikos Assia
Doxa
Ermis
Champions LeagueAPOEL (1st qualifying round)
UEFA CupAnorthosis (qualifying round)
AEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto CupEnosis (1st round)
Matches played182
Goals scored669 (3.68 per match)
Top goalscorerWojciech Kowalczyk
(22 goals)[1]

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2001–02 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 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2002 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, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division, Alki Larnaca, Ethnikos Assia and Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations
2001–02 Cypriot First Division
Team Stadium
AEK GSZ Stadium
AEL Tsirion Stadium
AEP Pafiako Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL GSP Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
Doxa Peristerona Stadium
Ethnikos Assia Makario Stadium
Ethnikos Achna Dasaki Stadium
ENP Paralimni Stadium
Ermis Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia GSP Stadium

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL (C) 26 18 5 3 66 22 +44 59 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 18 4 4 71 31 +40 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 AEL Limassol 26 17 3 6 47 27 +20 54
4 Omonia 26 17 2 7 56 35 +21 53
5 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 13 3 10 53 45 +8 42
6 Ethnikos Achna 26 13 3 10 46 38 +8 42
7 AEK Larnaca 26 13 2 11 56 42 +14 41
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 11 6 9 42 38 +4 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
9 AEP Paphos 26 11 5 10 54 45 +9 38
10 Apollon Limassol 26 10 6 10 56 48 +8 36
11 Alki Larnaca[lower-alpha 2] 26 8 7 11 37 37 0 28
12 Ethnikos Assia (R) 26 5 2 19 39 70 −31 17 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13 Doxa Katokopias (R) 26 2 3 21 30 84 −54 9
14 Ermis Aradippou (R) 26 0 1 25 16 107 −91 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The third team, AEL, qualified to 2002–03 UEFA Cup because the second team, Anorthosis, already qualified to the same competition as the winner of 2001–02 Cypriot Cup.
  2. Alki had 3 points deducted for failing to pay old debts to a former manager.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ALK ANR APN APL DXK EAC EAS ENP ERM OLM OMN
AEK 3–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 6–1 6–3 1–2 4–3 4–0 3–4 3–0
AEL 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
AEP 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–4 1–1 3–1 6–0 6–3 1–2 4–1 4–3 3–2 0–1
Alki 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–3
Anorthosis 3–2 2–2 3–2 4–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 8–0 4–0 1–3
APOEL 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
Apollon 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 8–1 3–1 2–2
Doxa 1–2 1–2 2–6 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 5–0 1–5 0–2
Ethnikos Assia 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–5 6–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 7–1 0–3 0–2
Ethnikos Achna 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 2–4 1–4 0–1 6–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–2
ENP 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2
Ermis 1–5 0–1 1–4 0–4 1–8 0–5 0–7 2–2 1–3 0–3 0–3 2–4 0–3
Olympiakos 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–1 3–1
Omonia 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 2–1 11–3 6–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0
Source:
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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