Season 2004–05 Dates 18 Sep 2004 – 15 May 2005 Location Cyprus Matches played 181 | UEFA Intertoto Olympiakos (1st round) Champion Anorthosis Famagusta FC Goals scored 548 | |
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Champions Anorthosis
(12th title) Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) UEFA Cup APOEL (1st qualifying round)
AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) Top goalscorer Łukasz Sosin
(21 goals) Relegated AEP Paphos FC, Alki Larnaca FC, Aris Limassol FC People also search for 2005–06 Cypriot First Division | ||
The 2004–05 Cypriot First Division was the 66th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 12th title.
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Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2004–05 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 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2005 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
Anagennisi Deryneia, Onisilos Sotira and Doxa Katokopias were relegated from previous season and played in the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca.
League standings
Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
1Τhe round 22 match between Anorthosis and Apollon was declared void, as both teams were deemed guilty of the abandonment of the game; it was not rescheduled, and neither team got any points or goals attributed; it was counted in the matches played column but not in the matches lost column.
Results
1Τhe round 22 match between Anorthosis and Apollon was declared void, as both teams were deemed guilty of the abandonment of the game; it was not rescheduled and neither team got any points or goals attributed; it was counted in the matches played column but not in the matches lost column.