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2011–12 Cypriot First Division

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Season
  
2011–12

Champions League
  
AEL

Biggest home win
  
AEK 6–0 Nea Salamis

Champion
  
AEL Limassol

Goals scored
  
478

Champions
  
AEL 6th title

Top goalscorer
  
Freddy (17 goals)

Dates
  
27 Aug 2011 – 12 May 2012

Location
  
Cyprus

Matches played
  
218

2011–12 Cypriot First Division

Europa League
  
APOEL Omonia Anorthosis

Relegated
  
Aris Limassol FC, Anagennisi Deryneia FC, Ermis Aradippou FC

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The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 74th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions. AEL Limassol won the championship one matchweek before the end of the season.

Contents

The league comprise eleven teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Second Division.

Teams

Doxa Katokopias and APOP Kinyras were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by AEP Paphos, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up Nea Salamis Famagusta and third-placed team Anagennisi Dherynia.

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.

League table

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Source: UEFA
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1The 2011–12 Cypriot Cup winners, Omonia, qualified for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Source:
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Table

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Top goalscorers

Source: Cyprus Football Association

Hat-tricks

  • 5 Player scored 5 goals.
  • Scoring

  • First goal of the season: 10th minute Edmar for AEL against Nea Salamina (19:10, 28 August 2011)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 37 seconds Mato Šimunović (Anagennisi) against Apollon (11 September 2011)
  • Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 34 seconds Christos Karipidis (Omonia) against Ethnikos (4 March 2012)
  • First own goal of the season: Bojan Markovski (Enosis) for Anorthosis (17 September 2011)
  • First scored penalty kick of the season: Hristijan Kirovski (Apollon) against Anagennisi Dherynia (11 September 2011)
  • Most scored goals in a single fixture – 23 goals (Fixture 20)
  • Fixture 20 results: AEK 2–1 Omonia, Anorthosis 0–1 AEL, APOEL 2–1 Ethnikos, Apollon 3–2 Nea Salamina, Anagennisi 1–2 Alki, Ermis 1–5 Aris, Olympiakos 2–0 Enosis.
  • Discipline

  • First yellow card of the season: Danny Invincible for Ermis against Apollon, 7 minutes (28 August 2011)
  • First red card of the season: Solomon Grimes for Nea Salamina against AEL, 90 minutes and 44 seconds (28 August 2011)
  • Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
  • Anorthosis 2–2 Aris – 4 for Anorthosis (Marquinhos, Jurgen Colin, Igor Tomašić and Evandro Roncatto) and 6 for Aris (Andreas Theofanous, Andrés Imperiale, Christos Charalampous, Carl Lombé, Claudiu Ionescu and Zoltán Kovács) (19 September 2011)
  • References

    2011–12 Cypriot First Division Wikipedia