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2011–12 Cypriot First Division

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Laiki Bank League
Season2011–12
ChampionsAEL
6th title
RelegatedAris
Anagennisi
Ermis
Champions LeagueAEL
Europa LeagueAPOEL
Omonia
Anorthosis
Matches played218
Goals scored478 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorerFreddy
(17 goals)
Biggest home winAEK 6–0 Nea Salamis
Biggest away winErmis 1–5 Aris
Highest scoringNea Salamis 5–2 Anagennisi

The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 73rd 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.

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

Teams

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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.

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Location of clubs in 2011–12 Cypriot First Division
Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Alki Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
Anagennisi Dherynia Dherynia Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Aris Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Ethnikos Achna Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Nea Salamis Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Netherlands Leon Vlemmings Netherlands Gregoor van Dijk Puma Cytavision
AEL Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou Cyprus Marios Nicolaou Puma Cytavision
Alki Serbia Radmilo Ivančević Cyprus Siniša Dobrašinović Legea
Anagennisi Cyprus Adamos Adamou Cyprus Giorgos Giannakou Legea MetLife Alico
Anorthosis Israel Ronny Levy Cyprus Ioannis Okkas Puma Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL Serbia Ivan Jovanović Cyprus Marinos Satsias Puma MTN
Apollon Germany Hagen Reeck Cyprus Giorgos Merkis Lotto Betfair
Aris Cyprus Dimitris Ioannou Cyprus Giorgos Vasiliou Puma Cytanet
Enosis Cyprus Marios Karas Cyprus Chrysis Michael Puma Cyta
Ermis Cyprus Nikos Andronikou Cyprus Andreas Papathanasiou Legea Cyta
Ethnikos Greece Nikos Papadopoulos Cyprus Christos Poyiatzis Legea Cyta
Nea Salamina England Stephen Constantine Cyprus Prodromos Therapontos Givova Cytamobile-Vodafone
Olympiacos Cyprus Niki Papavasiliou Cyprus Nikolas Nicolaou Givova Cyta
Omonia Cyprus Neophytos Larkou Cyprus Constantinos Makrides Adidas Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Olympiakos Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou Resigned 20 March 2011[1] Pre-season Greece Nikos Papadopoulos 14 May 2011[2]
Ermis Portugal João Carlos Pereira Sacked 4 May 2011[3] Cyprus Loukas Hadjiloukas 13 May 2011[4]
Alki Israel Itzhak Shum 10 May 2011[5] Serbia Radmilo Ivančević 14 May 2011
AEL Netherlands Raymond Atteveld 14 May 2011[6] Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou 14 May 2011[7]
Apollon Cyprus Andreas Michaelides 23 May 2011[8] France Didier Ollé-Nicolle 10 July 2011[9]
Ermis Cyprus Loukas Hadjiloukas Resigned 12 August 2011[10] Cyprus Panayiotis Xiourouppas 13 August 2011[11]
Anorthosis Bulgaria Stanimir Stoilov Sacked 25 September 2011[12] 6th Israel Ronny Levy 2 October 2011[13]
Ethnikos Serbia Svetozar Šapurić 5 October 2011[14] 12th North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski 10 October 2011[15]
Ermis Cyprus Panayiotis Xiourouppas 24 October 2011[16] 14th Cyprus Nikos Andronikou 24 October 2011[17]
Apollon France Didier Ollé-Nicolle 5 November 2011[18] 5th Romania Mihai Stoichiţă 14 November 2011[19]
AEK Netherlands Ton Caanen 20 November 2011[20] 6th Netherlands Leon Vlemmings 2 December 2011[21]
Olympiacos Greece Nikos Papadopoulos Resigned 25 February 2012[22] 11th Cyprus Niki Papavasiliou 26 February 2012[23]
Ethnikos North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski Sacked 27 January 2012[24] Greece Niκos Papadopoulos 28 January 2012[25]
Apollon Romania Mihai Stoichiţă Resigned 4 March 2012[26] 7th Germany Hagen Reeck (caretaker) 4 March 2012[27]
Aris Serbia Dušan Mitošević Sacked 26 March 2012[28] 12th Cyprus Dimitris Ioannou 26 March 2012[28]
Enosis Israel Nir Klinger 8 April 2012[29] Cyprus Marios Karas 8 April 2012[29]

First round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL Limassol 26 18 6 2 33 7 +26 60 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 17 6 3 47 16 +31 57
3 APOEL 26 17 5 4 39 13 +26 56
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 7 4 30 12 +18 52
5 AEK Larnaca 26 11 9 6 33 21 +12 42 Qualification for second round, Group B
6 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 10 6 10 33 41 −8 36
7 Apollon Limassol 26 10 4 12 31 39 −8 34[a]
8 Alki Larnaca 26 10 4 12 32 40 −8 34[a]
9 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 7 9 10 29 34 −5 30 Qualification for second round, Group C
10 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 8 5 13 17 24 −7 29[b]
11 Ethnikos Achna 26 7 8 11 21 23 −2 29[b]
12 Aris Limassol 26 7 6 13 27 35 −8 27
13 Anagennisi Deryneia (R) 26 2 5 19 16 45 −29 11 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 Ermis Aradippou (R) 26 1 4 21 12 50 −38 7
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b APOL 5–1 ALK; ALK 2–1 APOL
  2. ^ a b ENP 0–0 ETH; ETH 1–1 ENP
Home \ Away AEK AEL ALK AND ANO APOE APOL ARI ENP ERM ETH NSL OLY OMO
AEK Larnaca 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 2–1
AEL Limassol 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–3
Alki Larnaca 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–3
Anagennisi Deryneia 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
APOEL 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Apollon Limassol 0–3 0–3 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–5
Aris Limassol 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–3 2–3 1–1
Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–0 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1
Ermis Aradippou 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–2
Ethnikos Achna 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta 1–1 0–3 0–1 5–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–4
Olympiakos Nicosia 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–2
Omonia Nicosia 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Source: UEFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AEL Limassol (C) 32 20 8 4 37 10 +27 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 20 6 6 46 19 +27 66[a] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 20 6 6 56 23 +33 66[a] Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 17 8 7 36 21 +15 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[b]
Source: [citation needed]
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b APOE: 7pts; OMO: 4pts
  2. ^ a b The 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.
Home \ Away AEL ANO APOE OMO
AEL Limassol 1–0 0–0 2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 1–2 0–4
APOEL 1–0 1–2 1–2
Omonia Nicosia 1–0 1–2 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 AEK Larnaca 32 13 10 9 40 27 +13 49
6 Apollon Limassol 32 12 7 13 36 43 −7 43[a]
7 Nea Salamis Famagusta 32 11 10 11 39 47 −8 43[a]
8 Alki Larnaca 32 12 6 14 35 45 −10 42
Source: [citation needed]
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b APOL: 8pts; NSL: 2pts
Home \ Away AEK ALK APOL NSL
AEK Larnaca 3–1 0–1 1–2
Alki Larnaca 0–2 1–0 1–0
Apollon Limassol 1–0 0–0 1–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta 1–1 0–0 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Ethnikos Achna 32 10 10 12 30 31 −1 40
10 Olympiakos Nicosia 32 10 9 13 36 44 −8 39
11 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 11 5 16 26 30 −4 38
12 Aris Limassol (R) 32 8 8 16 32 44 −12 32 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source: [citation needed]
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.
(R) Relegated
Home \ Away ARI ENP ETH OLY
Aris Limassol 0–2 2–2 1–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–0 1–2 5–0
Ethnikos Achna 1–1 2–0 2–1
Olympiakos Nicosia 3–1 1–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Angola Freddy Omonia 17
2 Argentina Esteban Solari APOEL 10
3 Spain Arnal Llibert Alki 9
Ivory Coast Patrick Vouho AEL
5 Spain Gonzalo García AEK 8
Ghana Chris Dickson Nea Salamina/AEL
7 Serbia Miljan Mrdaković AEK 7
Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides APOEL
Brazil Gelson Aris
10 Sierra Leone Mustapha Bangura Apollon 6
Cyprus Georgios Efrem Omonia
Greece Christos Chatzipantelidis Nea Salamina
Czech Republic Jan Rezek Anorthosis
North Macedonia Hristijan Kirovski Apollon
Cameroon Emmanuel Kenmogne Olympiakos

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
North Macedonia Ivan Tričkovski APOEL AEK 3–0 19 December 2011
Ivory Coast Patrick Vouho AEL Enosis 0–4 7 January 2012
Cameroon Emmanuel Kenmogne Olympiakos Ermis 3–1 24 March 2012
Cape Verde José Semedo 5 Enosis Olympiakos 5–0 12 May 2012
  • 5 Player scored 5 goals.

Scoring

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Discipline

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Sources

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  • "2011/12 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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