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
TeamStadium 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
Results
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Omonoia 8,557 2 APOEL 7,460 3 Apollon Limassol 6,249 4 Anorthosis 5,296 5 AEL 3,743 6 Olympiakos Nicosia 1,703 7 Nea Salamina 1,665 8 AEK Larnaca 1,636 9 ENP 1,209 10 Ethnikos Achnas 1,146 11 Digenis 1,029 12 APOP 890 13 APEP 806 14 THOI 723 Source:
See also Cypriot First Division 2005–06 Cypriot Cup List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season Cypriot football clubs in European competitions
References
Sources
1. DIVISION 2005/2006