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1992–93 Cypriot First Division

The 1992–93 Cypriot First Division was the 54th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 17th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season1992–93
ChampionsOmonia
(17th title)
RelegatedAris
APOP
Champions LeagueOmonia (preliminary round)
UEFA CupApollon (preliminary round)
Cup Winners' CupAPOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored612 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerSlađan Šćepović
(25 goals)[1]

Format

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Fourteen teams participated in the 1992–93 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 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division. The 12th-placed team faced the 3rd-placed team of the 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division, in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in the 1993–94 Cypriot First Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup.

Point system

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

Changes from previous season

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Alki and Omonia Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1991–92 Cypriot Second Division, Ethnikos Achna and APOP Paphos.

Stadia and locations

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1992–93 Cypriot First Division
Club Venue
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
APOP Pafiako Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
EPA GSZ Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos 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 Omonia (C) 26 18 5 3 75 30 +45 59 Qualification for Champions League preliminary round
2 Apollon 26 17 6 3 66 25 +41 57 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Nea Salamina 26 15 3 8 44 28 +16 48
4 APOEL 26 12 7 7 52 39 +13 43 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Anorthosis 26 11 6 9 32 33 −1 39
6 Pezoporikos 26 8 10 8 46 39 +7 34
7 AEL 26 9 6 11 42 40 +2 33
8 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 10 3 13 46 48 −2 33
9 Ethnikos Achna 26 10 3 13 46 49 −3 33
10 EPA 26 8 8 10 40 48 −8 32
11 Olympiakos 26 8 7 11 34 52 −18 31
12 Evagoras (O) 26 8 6 12 39 45 −6 30 Qualification for relegation playoff
13 Aris (R) 26 8 6 12 33 52 −19 30 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 APOP (R) 26 1 2 23 17 84 −67 5
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AEL ANR APN APL APP ARS ETH ENP EPA EVG NSL OLY OMN POL
AEL 4–1 1–3 0–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 5–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 2–2 3–1
Anorthosis 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
APOEL 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 2–1 5–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1
Apollon 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 5–1 5–2 5–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 4–4 0–0
APOP 1–4 1–3 1–3 0–8 0–2 0–5 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1
Aris 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–0
Ethnikos 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 5–2 0–0 0–3 5–0 2–4 2–3
Enosis 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–2 6–0 2–4 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–3
EPA 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 5–4 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–3
Evagoras 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–1 0–1 2–0
Nea Salamina 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–1
Olympiakos 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–1
Omonia 4–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 7–1 10–0 4–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–2 5–0 1–0
Pezoporikos 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 5–0 4–0 4–1 2–2 3–3 2–3 0–0 2–2 4–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

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The 12th-placed team Evagoras faced the 3rd-placed team of the 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division Alki Larnaca, in a two-legged play-off for one spot in the 1993–94 Cypriot First Division. Evagoras won both matches and secured their place in the 1993–94 Cypriot First Division.

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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