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
TeamStadium 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
Results
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.
Top scorers # Name Club Goals 1 Jozef Kozlej Omonia 21 2Łukasz Sosin Apollon 20 3 Sása Jovanović AEP 15 4 Levan Kebadze Enosis 14 5 Zenzo Moyo AEP 13 Source: soccerboards.com
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Omonoia 11,003 2 APOEL 8,387 3 Apollon Limassol 4,953 4 AEL 3,374 5 Anorthosis 2,605 6 Olympiakos Nicosia 1,911 7 AEK Larnaca 1,732 8 AEP 1,664 9 Digenis 1,500 10 Ethnikos Achnas 1,319 11 Doxa Katokopias 1,312 12 ENP 1,081 13 Anagennisi 795 14 Onisilos 748Source:
See also Cypriot First Division 2003–04 Cypriot Cup List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season Cypriot football clubs in European competitions
References
Sources
1. DIVISION 2003/2004