1989–90 Cypriot First Division

The 1989–90 Cypriot First Division was the 51st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 14th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season1989–90
ChampionsAPOEL
(14th title)
Relegated
European CupAPOEL (1st round)
UEFA CupOmonia (1st round)
Cup Winners' CupNea Salamis (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored467 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerSiniša Gogić
(19 goals)[1]

Format

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Fourteen teams participated in the 1989–90 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 two teams were relegated to the 1990–91 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1990–91 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup.

Point system

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Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

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EPA Larnaca, Keravnos and Omonia Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 1989–90 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1988–89 Cypriot Second Division, Evagoras and Akli.

Stadia and locations

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Club Venue
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
APOP Pafiako Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos GSZ Stadium

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL (C) 26 18 5 3 46 19 +27 41 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Omonia 26 15 6 5 53 21 +32 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Pezoporikos 26 10 11 5 37 27 +10 31
4 Aris 26 11 8 7 43 31 +12 30
5 Apollon 26 11 7 8 43 28 +15 29
6 AEL 26 8 11 7 31 30 +1 27
7 Anorthosis 26 10 7 9 20 28 −8 27
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 7 12 7 40 40 0 26
9 Olympiakos 26 6 11 9 32 35 −3 23
10 Nea Salamis 26 6 10 10 26 32 −6 22 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 APOP 26 6 10 10 30 46 −16 22
12 Alki 26 6 9 11 27 36 −9 21
13 Evagoras (R) 26 5 9 12 24 41 −17 19 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 Ethnikos (R) 26 3 4 19 15 53 −38 10
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for. Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AEL ALK ANR APN APL APP ARS ETH ENP EVA NSL OLY OMO POL
AEL 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1
Alki 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–5 1–2 1–4
Anorthosis 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
APOEL 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–2 6–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Apollon 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–3 4–0
APOP 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3
Aris 0–0 2–3 4–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1
Ethnikos 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–6 0–1 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
ENP 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Evagoras 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–5 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2
Nea Salamis 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Olympiakos 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2
Omonia 6–0 3–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 7–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Pezoporikos 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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

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