1991–92 Cypriot First Division

The 1991–92 Cypriot First Division was the 53rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 15th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season1991–92
ChampionsAPOEL
(15th title)
RelegatedAlki
Omonia Ar.
Champions LeagueAPOEL (1st round)
UEFA CupAnorthosis (1st round)
Cup Winners' CupApollon (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored540 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerJózsef Dzurják
(21 goals)[1]

Format

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Fourteen teams participated in the 1991–92 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 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division. The 12th-placed team faced the 3rd-placed team of the 1991–92 Cypriot Second Division, in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in the 1992–93 Cypriot First Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 1992–93 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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APOP Paphos and APEP were relegated from previous season and played in the 1991–92 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1990–91 Cypriot Second Division, Evagoras Paphos and Omonia Aradippou.

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
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
EPA GSZ Stadium
Evagoras Pafiako Stadium
Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia Ar. Aradippou Municipal 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 6 2 68 26 +42 60 Qualification for Champions League first round
2 Anorthosis 26 18 4 4 55 23 +32 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Apollon 26 17 5 4 54 25 +29 56 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Omonia 26 14 7 5 46 29 +17 49
5 Nea Salamina 26 11 5 10 45 47 −2 38
6 Pezoporikos 26 10 7 9 43 40 +3 37
7 AEL 26 9 6 11 37 41 −4 33
8 EPA 26 8 7 11 35 40 −5 31
9 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 7 9 10 36 37 −1 30
10 Aris 26 7 8 11 29 44 −15 29
11 Evagoras 26 7 6 13 24 37 −13 27
12 Olympiakos (O) 26 7 5 14 28 53 −25 26 Qualification for relegation playoff
13 Alki (R) 26 4 6 16 23 45 −22 18 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 Omonoia Aradippou (R) 26 1 7 18 17 53 −36 10
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 ALK ANR APN APL ARS ENP EPA EVG NSL OLY OMA OMN POL
AEL 4–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–4
Alki 3–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 4–2 0–0 0–2 0–0
Anorthosis 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 1–2
APOEL 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 2–0 5–0 2–3 3–1 6–2 2–0 2–0
Apollon 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 5–2 3–1
Aris 3–2 1–1 1–7 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
ENP 6–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–1
EPA 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–1
Evagoras 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–3
Nea Salamina 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–0 2–3 4–1
Olympiakos 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–4 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–4
Omonia Ar. 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3
Omonia 2–1 4–1 0–3 3–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Pezoporikos 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 0–0
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 Olympiakos faced the 3rd-placed team of the 1991–92 Cypriot Second Division APEP, in a two-legged play-off for one spot in the 1992–93 Cypriot First Division. Olympiakos won both matches and secured their place in the 1992–93 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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