Season 1998–99 Location Cyprus Matches played 182 | Champion Anorthosis Famagusta FC Goals scored 731 | |
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Champions Anorthosis
(10th title) Champions League Anorthosis (2nd qualifying round) UEFA Cup Omonia (qualifying round)
APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) Top goalscorer Rainer Rauffmann
(35 goals) Relegated Evagoras Paphos, Doxa Katokopias FC, Aris Limassol FC People also search for 1999–2000 Cypriot First Division | ||
The 1998–99 Cypriot First Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 10th title.
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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.
League standings
Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for