2003–04 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	APOEL; (18th title)
Relegated	Anagennisi; Onisilos; Doxa
Champions League	APOEL (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Omonia (1st qualifying round) ; AEK (2nd qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Ethnikos (1st round)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	594 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Łukasz Sosin; (21 goals); Jozef Kožlej; (21 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Cypriot First Division was the 65th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 18th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2003–04 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 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2004 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

Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division, Anagennisi Deryneia, Doxa Katokopias and Onisilos Sotira.

Stadia and locations

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

2003–04 Cypriot First Division

Team	Stadium
AEK	GSZ Stadium
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
AEP	Pafiako Stadium
Anagennisi	Anagennisi Football Ground
Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL	GSP Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
Digenis	Makario Stadium
Doxa	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos	Dasaki Stadium
ENP	Paralimni Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	GSP Stadium
Onisilos	Paralimni Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL (C)	26	20	5	1	56	20	+36	65	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Omonia	26	20	2	4	68	29	+39	62	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Apollon Limassol	26	16	1	9	50	23	+27	49
4	AEL Limassol	26	14	7	5	52	26	+26	49
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	15	3	8	57	35	+22	48
6	Ethnikos Achna	26	11	5	10	51	37	+14	38	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
7	AEP Paphos	26	12	2	12	41	36	+5	38
8	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	10	6	10	40	36	+4	36
9	AEK Larnaca	26	9	5	12	50	52	−2	32	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[a]
10	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	8	7	11	45	44	+1	31
11	Digenis Morphou	26	7	7	12	27	38	−11	28
12	Anagennisi Deryneia (R)	26	4	5	17	15	44	−29	17	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
13	Onisilos Sotira (R)	26	4	3	19	22	61	−39	15
14	Doxa Katokopias (R)	26	1	4	21	18	111	−93	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ AEK Larnaca qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round by winning the 2003–04 Cypriot Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AEP	ANG	ANR	APN	APL	DGN	DXK	ETH	ENP	OLM	OMN	ONS
AEK		2–2	4–1	2–0	4–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	7–0	2–3	2–3	0–0	2–3	3–1
AEL	4–2		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	8–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0
AEP	3–2	0–1		2–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	5–0
Anagennisi	0–1	0–2	1–0		0–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2
Anorthosis	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	0–3	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	1–0
APOEL	5–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
Apollon	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1		2–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	3–1
Digenis	1–2	1–3	1–0	4–0	0–3	0–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–0	4–1
Doxa	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–10	2–3	0–5	2–1		1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–4
Ethnikos	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	9–0		0–2	5–4	0–3	6–0
ENP	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	1–1		2–1	2–3	3–1
Olympiakos	3–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–3	3–3	0–0	5–0	0–1	3–1		2–4	1–0
Omonia	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	4–0	11–0	3–1	1–1	2–1		3–1
Onisilos	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The score of the game Anagennisi-Onisilos was 2-2. Onisilos Sotiras won the appeal they filed in this game due to the irregular participation of a player of Anagennisi Derynia and the match was awarded with a score of 2–0 in their favour.