# 2005–06 Cypriot First Division

The 2005–06 Cypriot First Division was the 67th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Apollon won their 3rd title.

## Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2005–06 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 2006–07 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2006 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

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

## Changes from previous season

AEP Paphos, Alki Larnaca and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Kinyras, APEP and THOI Lakatamia.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium |
| AEK | GSZ Stadium |
| AEL | Tsirion Stadium |
| Anorthosis | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| APEP | THOI Stadium |
| APOEL | GSP Stadium |
| Apollon | Tsirion Stadium |
| APOP | Pafiako Stadium |
| Digenis | Makario Stadium |
| Ethnikos Achna | Dasaki Stadium |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni Stadium |
| THOI | THOI Stadium |
| Nea Salamina | Ammochostos Stadium |
| Olympiakos | GSP Stadium |
| Omonia | GSP Stadium |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Apollon Limassol (C) | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Omonia | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | APOEL | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 53 | |
| 5 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 43 | |
| 6 | Nea Salamina | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 41 | |
| 7 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 35 | |
| 8 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 10 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 28 | |
| 11 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 27 | |
| 12 | APOP Kinyras (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 18 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 13 | APEP (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 72 | −55 | 8 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | THOI Lakatamia (R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 75 | −60 | 7 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
* ↑ APOEL qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2005–06 Cypriot Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ANR | APP | APN | APL | APK | DGN | ETH | ENP | ENT | NSL | OLM | OMN |
| AEK | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| AEL | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Anorthosis | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| APEP | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| APOEL | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Apollon | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| APOP | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Digenis | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| ENP | 1–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| ENTHOI | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Nea Salamina | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiakos | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| Omonia | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | |