The 1999–2000 Cypriot First Division was the 61st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 11th title.
Season | 1999–2000 |
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Champions | Anorthosis (11th title) |
Relegated | Ethnikos Assia Anagennisi Alki |
Champions League | Anorthosis (2nd qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Omonia (qualifying round) APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
Intertoto Cup | Nea Salamis (1st round) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 670 (3.68 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Rainer Rauffmann (34 goals)[1] |
← 1998–99 2000–01 → |
Format
editFourteen teams participated in the 1999–2000 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 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2000 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
editTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Changes from previous season
editEvagoras Paphos, Doxa Katokopia and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1998–99 Cypriot Second Division, Anagennisi Deryneia, Ethnikos Assia and APOP Paphos.
Stadia and locations
editLeague standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Anorthosis (C) | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 28 | +54 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Omonia | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 59 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
3 | APOEL | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 46 | |
4 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
5 | Apollon | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 42 | |
6 | AEL | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 42 | |
7 | AEK | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 41 | |
8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 36 | |
9 | Olympiakos | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 36 | |
10 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 35 | |
11 | APOP | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | |
12 | Ethnikos Assia (R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 31 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
13 | Anagennisi (R) | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 87 | −65 | 12 | |
14 | Alki (R) | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 109 | −89 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The third team, APOEL, qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Cup because the second team, Omonia, already qualified to the same competition through Cypriot Cup.
Results
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
edit- "1999/2000 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.