# 2009–10 Cypriot First Division

The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.

## Competition modus

Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.
Each team will play against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.
The teams ranked first through fourth will play out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

## Team changes from 2009–10

Relegated to Second Division 2009–10:
* 12th-placed team: APEP Pitsilia
* 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis
* 14th-placed team: Aris
Promoted from Second Division 2009–10:
* Champions: Alki Larnaca
* Runners-up: AEK Larnaca
* 3rd-placed team: Olympiakos Nicosia

## Overview
### Stadiums and Locations

Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| AEL Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| AEP Paphos | Paphos | Pafiako Stadium | 10,000 |
| Anorthosis | Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,003 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Apollon Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| APOP Kinyras Peyias | Peyia | Peyia Municipal Stadium | 3,828 |
| Aris Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| Doxa Katokopia | Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
| Ermis Aradippou | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Club | Head coach | Team Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| AEL Limassol | Dušan Uhrin, Jr. | Dušan Kerkez | Mass | Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Lemesou |
| AEP Paphos | Demetris Ioannou | Giorgos Georgiou | Puma | Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Paphou |
| Anorthosis | Nikos Nicolaou | Nikos Katsavakis | Puma | Betfair |
| APEP Pitsilia | Stephen Constantine | Giorgos Constanti | Legea | KKCG |
| APOEL | Ivan Jovanović | Marinos Satsias | Puma | MTN |
| Apollon Limassol | Slobodan Krčmarević | Gastón Sangoy | Lotto | Columbia |
| APOP Kinyras Peyias | Giorgos Polyviou | Theodoros Galanis | Puma | PrimeTel |
| Aris Limassol | Tasos Kyriakou | Giorgos Vasiliou | Kappa | John Theodorou Developers Ltd |
| Doxa Katokopia | Charalambos Christodoulou | Kyriacos Polykarpou | Puma | Cytanet |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Čedomir Janevski | Demos Goumenos | Lotto | Entegro Cyprus Ltd |
| Ermis Aradippou | Dusan Mitošević | Lambros Lambrou | Legea | Raquel |
| Ethnikos Achna | Svetozar Šapurić | Christos Poyiatzis | Nike | Famagusta Developers |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Nir Klinger | Liasos Louka | Puma | CytaVision |
| Omonia | Takis Lemonis | Elias Charalambous | Lotto | Ocean Tankers |

### Managerial changes

The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010).
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Nea Salamina | Michalis Hadjipieris | Mutual Consent | April 24, 2009 | Attila Supka | April 24, 2009 |
| Anorthosis FC | Michalis Pamboris | Mutual Consent | May 7, 2009 | Ernst Middendorp | May 7, 2009 |
| Aris Limassol | Akis Agiomamitis | Sacked | May 17, 2009 | Marios Constantinou | May 17, 2009 |
| AEL Limassol | Mihai Stoichiţă | Sacked | May 19, 2009 | Nir Klinger | May 23, 2009 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Willy Scheepers | Mutual Consent | May 26, 2009 | Marc Hodel | May 26, 2009 |
| AEP Paphos | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent | May 23, 2009 | Eyal Lahman | June 9, 2009 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou | Mutual Consent | June 10, 2009 | Čedomir Janevski | June 10, 2009 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Stéphane Demol | End of Contract | May 9, 2009 | Panicos Orphanides | June 11, 2009 |
| Anorthosis FC | Ernst Middendorp | Sacked | July 24, 2009 | Slavoljub Muslin | August 7, 2009 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Marc Hodel | Sacked | August 24, 2009 | Nikos Andronikou | September 3, 2009 |
| AEP Paphos | Eyal Lahman | Sacked | September 6, 2009 | Tasos Kyriakou | September 8, 2009 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Panicos Orphanides | Resigned | September 27, 2009 | Svetozar Šapurić | September 29, 2009 |
| Ermis Aradippou | Yiannos Stavrinou | Sacked | September 27, 2009 | Dusan Mitošević | September 30, 2009 |
| Nea Salamina | Attila Supka | Sacked | November 1, 2009 | Mirko Mihic | November 2, 2009 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Nikos Andronikou | Mutual Consent | December 8, 2009 | Venizelos Tsiambazis | December 9, 2009 |
| Nea Salamina | Mirko Mihic | Mutual Consent | December 21, 2009 | Louis Stefanis | December 22, 2009 |
| AEL Limassol | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent | December 28, 2009 | Dušan Uhrin, Jr. | December 30, 2009 |
| Nea Salamina | Louis Stefanis | Mutual Consent | December 30, 2009 | Nir Klinger | December 30, 2009 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Venizelos Tsiambazis | Mutual Consent | January 5, 2010 | Stephen Constantine | January 5, 2010 |
| Aris Limassol | Marios Constantinou | Mutual Consent | January 18, 2010 | Stéphane Demol | January 20, 2010 |
| Apollon Limassol | Thomas von Heesen | Mutual Consent | January 28, 2010 | Slobodan Krčmarević | February 2, 2010 |
| AEP Paphos | Tasos Kyriakou | Sacked | February 1, 2010 | Savvas Kofidis | February 3, 2010 |
| Anorthosis FC | Slavoljub Muslin | Sacked | February 18, 2010 | Nikos Nicolaou | February 18, 2010 |
| Aris Limassol | Stéphane Demol | Sacked | March 21, 2010 | Tasos Kyriakou | March 21, 2010 |
| AEP Paphos | Savvas Kofidis | Sacked | March 28, 2010 | Demetris Ioannou | March 29, 2010 |

## First round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 62 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 58 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 57 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 4 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 6 | APOP Kinyras | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 34 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 7 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 31 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 29 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 9 | Ermis Aradippou | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 10 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 26 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 11 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 26 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 12 | Aris Limassol | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 20 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 13 | Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 14 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | APEP (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 10 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
* 1 2 ENP 2–0 ERM; ERM 1–0 ENP
* 1 2 AEP 1–2 DOX; DOX 2–2 AEP
* ↑ APEP were docked six points because their players walked off the pitch before the end of a match against Ethnikos to protest the officiating.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | AEP | ANO | APEP | APOE | APOL | APOP | ARI | DOX | ENP | ERM | ETH | NSL | OMO |
| AEL Limassol | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| AEP Paphos | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| APEP F.C. | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Apollon Limassol | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| APOP Kinyras | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Aris Limassol | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Omonia Nicosia | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The match was awarded to Ethnikos by 3–0 because APEP's players walked off the pitch to protest the officiating.
* ↑ The match was awarded to APOEL by 3–0 after it was abandoned in the 76th minute due to a pitch invasion by Salamis' fans.

## Second round
### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Omonia Nicosia (C) | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 74 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | APOEL | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 65 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Apollon Limassol qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ANO | APOE | APOL | OMO |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| Omonia Nicosia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

### Group B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 58 |
| 6 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 40 |
| 7 | Ethnikos Achna | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 38 |
| 8 | APOP Kinyras | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 37 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | APOP | ENP | ETH |
| AEL Limassol | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| APOP Kinyras | 2–5 | | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 1–1 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 4–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | |

### Group C
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 9 | Ermis Aradippou | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 44 | |
| 10 | AEP Paphos | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Doxa Katokopias | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 35 | |
| 12 | Aris Limassol (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 21 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AEP | ARI | DOX | ERM |
| AEP Paphos | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Aris Limassol | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 1–4 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source: CFA official website
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | José Semedo | APOP Kinyras | 22 |
| 1 | Joeano | Ermis | 22 |
| 3 | Gastón Sangoy | Apollon | 13 |
| 4 | Nenad Mirosavljević | APOEL | 11 |
| 4 | Michalis Konstantinou | Omonia | 11 |
| 4 | Efstathios Aloneftis | Omonia | 11 |
| 4 | Dieter Van Tornhout | Enosis | 11 |
| 8 | Christos Marangos | Anorthosis | 10 |
| 8 | José Henrique | Doxa | 10 |
| 8 | Freddy | AEL | 10 |
| 8 | Cafú | Anorthosis | 10 |
| 8 | Andreas Avraam | Apollon | 10 |