# 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

The 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.
This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. The points were carried over from the first round.
Anorthosis won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

## Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2007–08 Cypriot First Division. Each team played 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 were relegated to the 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.
The teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 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.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Digenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2006–07 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium |
| AEK | GSZ Stadium |
| AEL | Tsirion Stadium |
| Alki | Ammochostos Stadium |
| APOP Kinyras | Pafiako Stadium |
| Anorthosis | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| APOEL | GSP Stadium |
| Apollon | Tsirion Stadium |
| Aris | Tsirion Stadium |
| Doxa | Makario Stadium |
| Ethnikos | Dasaki Stadium |
| Enosis | Paralimni Stadium |
| Nea Salamina | Ammochostos Stadium |
| Olympiakos | GSP Stadium |
| Omonia | GSP Stadium |

## First round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 2 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 53 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 3 | Omonia | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 48 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 39 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 6 | APOP Kinyras | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 37 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 7 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 8 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for second round, Group B |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 34 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 10 | Alki Larnaca | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 11 | Aris Limassol | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 27 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 12 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for second round, Group C |
| 13 | Nea Salamina (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 24 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | Olympiakos Nicosia (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 54 | −31 | 14 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head: Alki 7 points; Aris 4 points; AEL 3 points

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ALK | ANO | APOE | APOL | APOP | ARI | DOX | ENP | ETH | NEA | OLY | OMO |
| AEK | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| AEL | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Alki | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Anorthosis | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| APOP Kinyras | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Aris | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Doxa | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Paralimni | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Ethnikos | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Nea Salamina | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Olympiakos | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 0–1 |
| Omonia | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Match abandoned. The score at the time was decided to be the official score.
* ↑ Match abandoned. Score at the time was 2-2.

## Second round

The first 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. Points were carried over from the first round.

### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta (C) | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 72 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | APOEL | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Omonia | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ANO | APOE | OMO | AEK |
| Anorthosis | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| APOEL | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Omonia | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| AEK | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–3 | |

### Group B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 47 | Declined Intertoto participation |
| 6 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Achna | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | APOP Kinyras | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 42 | |
* ↑ Apollon declined their Intertoto participation

#### Results

| Home \ Away | APOL | APOP | ENP | ETH |
| Apollon | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| APOP Kinyras | 1–2 | | 3–4 | 1–0 |
| Paralimni | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 1–1 |
| Ethnikos Achnas | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | |

### Group C
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 9 | AEL Limassol | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 40 | |
| 10 | Alki Larnaca | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 40 | |
| 11 | Doxa Katokopias | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 39 | |
| 12 | Aris Limassol (R) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DOX | ALK | AEL | ARI |
| Doxa | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Alki | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| AEL | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| Aris | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | David Da Costa | Doxa | 16 |
| 1 | Łukasz Sosin | Anorthosis | 16 |
| 3 | Constantinos Makrides | APOEL | 13 |
| 4 | Bernardo Vasconcelos | Omonia | 12 |
| 4 | Ignacio Risso | Apollon | 12 |
| 4 | Adrian Mihalcea | Aris | 12 |
Last Update: 11 May 2008 Source: soccerboards.com

## Sources

* "2007/08 Cypriot First Division". RSSSF. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.