2015–16 Cypriot First Division

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Cyta Championship
Season 2015–16
Champions APOEL
25th title
Relegated Enosis
Ayia Napa
Pafos
Champions League APOEL
Europa League AEK
Apollon
Omonia
Matches played 242
Goals scored 669 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer Fernando Cavenaghi
André Alves
Dimitar Makriev
(19 goals)
Biggest home win APOEL 6–0 AEL
(17 October 2015)
Omonia 6–0 Pafos
(24 October 2015)
Biggest away win Salamina 0–9 APOEL
(26 October 2015)
Highest scoring Salamina 0–9 APOEL
(26 October 2015)
Longest winning run 12 matches
APOEL
Longest unbeaten run 17 matches
APOEL
Longest winless run 26 matches
Ayia Napa
Longest losing run 10 matches
Ayia Napa
Highest attendance 15,041[1][2]
APOEL 2–0 AEK
(28 April 2016)
Lowest attendance 4[3]
Doxa 2–0 Ayia Napa
(25 January 2016)
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Cypriot First Division was the 78th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 22 August 2015[4] and ended on 15 May 2016.[5] APOEL were the defending champions.

The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams this season, comprised eleven teams from the 2014–15 season and three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Second Division. APOEL crowned champions for a 25th time and a fourth time in a row, securing the title after beating title rivals AEK Larnaca 2–0 at home on 28 April 2016.[6][7]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Othellos Athienou was relegated at the end of the second-phase of the 2014–15 season after finishing in the last place of the relegation group table.

The relegated team was replaced by 2014–15 Second Division champions Enosis Neon Paralimni, runners-up Pafos FC and third-placed team Aris Limassol.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2015–16 Cypriot First Division teams.
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium[8][9] Capacity
AEK Larnaca GSZ Stadium 13,032
AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Aris Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
Ayia Napa Ayia Napa Tasos Markou Stadium 5,800
Doxa Peristerona Makario Stadium 16,000
Enosis Paralimni Tasos Markou Stadium 5,800
Ermis Aradippou Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Ethnikos Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Nea Salamina Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Pafos Paphos Pafiako Stadium 9,394

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Cyprus Demetris Demetriou (Caretaker) Spain David Català Puma CytaVision
AEL Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou Angola Marco Airosa Nike CytaVision
Anorthosis Cyprus Neophytos Larkou Cyprus Christos Marangos Macron CytaMobile-Vodafone
APOEL Greece Georgios Kostis (Caretaker) Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides Puma Mora Thavmata
Apollon Portugal Pedro Emanuel Cyprus Giorgos Vasiliou Puma Cyta
Aris Cyprus Kostas Kaiafas Cyprus Christos Charalabous Legea Cytanet
Ayia Napa Cyprus Panikos Protopapas (Caretaker) England Michael Felgate Eldera Cyta
Doxa Cyprus Loukas Hadjiloukas Brazil Edmar Joma Cytanet
Enosis Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden Bulgaria Kostadin Bashov Nike Cyta
Ermis Cyprus Nicos Panayiotou Cape Verde Paulo Pina Legea Cyta
Ethnikos Serbia Danilo Dončić Cyprus Christos Poyiatzis Nike Cyta
Nea Salamina Greece Giorgos Lagkaditis (Caretaker) Greece Giannis Skopelitis GEMS CytaMobile-Vodafone
Omonia Serbia Vladan Milojević Portugal Nuno Assis Nike CytaMobile-Vodafone
Pafos Cyprus Apostolos Makrides Cyprus Giorgos Sielis Pafos FC Cyta

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
APOEL Brazil Gustavo Manduca End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Pre-season Portugal Domingos Paciência 21 May 2015[10]
Aris Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis End of contract End of 2014–15 season Republic of Macedonia Jane Nikolovski 3 June 2015[11]
Doxa Cyprus Nikos Andreou End of contract End of 2014–15 season Cyprus Loukas Hadjiloukas 3 June 2015[12]
Nea Salamina Cyprus Floros Nicolaou End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Netherlands Jan de Jonge 9 June 2015[13]
Apollon Netherlands Ton Caanen End of contract End of 2014–15 season Portugal Pedro Emanuel 9 June 2015[14]
Ermis Cyprus Michalis Markou End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 12 June 2015[15]
Aris Republic of Macedonia Jane Nikolovski Resigned 18 July 2015[16] Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis 21 July 2015[17]
APOEL Portugal Domingos Paciência Sacked 28 August 2015[18] 1st Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia 28 August 2015[19]
Ermis Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Sacked 3 September 2015[20] 11th Cyprus Apostolos Makrides 3 September 2015[21]
Aris Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis Mutual consent 14 September 2015[22] 13th Romania Eugen Neagoe 15 September 2015[23]
AEL Cyprus Christakis Christoforou Mutual consent 19 October 2015[24] 10th Greece Makis Chavos 27 October 2015[25]
Ermis Cyprus Apostolos Makrides Resigned 22 October 2015[26] 12th Cyprus Nicos Panayiotou 22 October 2015[27]
Omonia Cyprus Kostas Kaiafas Resigned 2 November 2015[28] 5th Serbia Vladan Milojević 11 November 2015[29]
Enosis Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Mutual consent 5 November 2015[30] 9th Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden 10 November 2015[31]
Pafos Cyprus Sofoklis Sofokleous Sacked 9 November 2015[32] 9th Spain José Manuel Roca 17 November 2015[33]
Ethnikos Republic of MacedoniaCyprus Borce Gjurev Resigned 23 November 2015[34] 13th Serbia Danilo Dončić 24 November 2015[35]
Pafos Spain José Manuel Roca Mutual consent 14 December 2015[36] 12th Cyprus Apostolos Makrides 16 December 2015[37]
Ayia Napa Cyprus Giorgos Kosma Mutual consent 28 January 2016[38] 14th Cyprus Antonis Mertakkas 28 January 2016[38]
Aris Romania Eugen Neagoe Mutual consent 4 February 2016[39] 8th Cyprus Kostas Kaiafas 8 February 2016[40]
AEL Greece Makis Chavos Sacked 7 February 2016[41] 10th Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou 8 February 2016[42]
Ayia Napa Cyprus Antonis Mertakkas Resigned 14 February 2016[43] 14th Cyprus Panikos Protopapas (Caretaker) 16 February 2016[44]
Anorthosis Netherlands André Paus Sacked 18 February 2016[45] 3rd Serbia Zoran Milinković 18 February 2016[46]
Anorthosis Serbia Zoran Milinković Sacked 23 March 2016[47] 5th Cyprus Neophytos Larkou 23 March 2016[48]
APOEL Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia Mutual consent 21 April 2016[49] 1st Greece Georgios Kostis (Caretaker) 21 April 2016[49]
Nea Salamina Netherlands Jan de Jonge Mutual consent 22 April 2016[50] 6th Greece Giorgos Lagkaditis (Caretaker) 22 April 2016[50]
AEK Spain Thomas Christiansen Sacked 29 April 2016[51] 2nd Cyprus Demetris Demetriou (Caretaker) 30 April 2016[52]

Regular season

League table

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Results

Home ╲ Away AEK AEL ANO APOE APOL ARI AYN DOX ENP ERM ETH NSL OMO PAF
AEK Larnaca 0–2 1–0 2–2 6–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0
AEL Limassol 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 5–1
APOEL 1–2 6–0 0–2 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 6–1 2–0 6–2
Apollon Limassol 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–2 3–0 0–0 3–1
Aris Limassol 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Ayia Napa 1–3 0–1 1–7 0–1 0–3 0–4 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–1
Doxa Katokopias 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–5 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 2–1
Ermis Aradippou 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–5 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1
Ethnikos Achna 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–9 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1
Omonia Nicosia 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–3 6–0
Pafos FC 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–3 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1

Source: CFA
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Championship round table

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Results

Home ╲ Away AEK ANO APOE APOL NSL OMO
AEK Larnaca 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–3
Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3
APOEL 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 2–1
Apollon Limassol 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2
Nea Salamis Famagusta 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–2
Omonia Nicosia 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0

Source: CFA
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Relegation round table

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Results

Home ╲ Away AEL ARI DOX ERM ETH PAF
AEL Limassol 2–2 0–1 3–1 5–2 1–0
Aris Limassol 0–1 4–3 3–0 2–2 0–0
Doxa Katokopias 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1
Ermis Aradippou 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Ethnikos Achna 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–0
Pafos FC 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1

Source: CFA
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 15 May 2016; Source: Cyprus Football Association
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi APOEL 19
Brazil André Alves AEK
Bulgaria Dimitar Makriev Nea Salamina
4 South Africa Dino Ndlovu Anorthosis 17
5 Argentina Tomás De Vincenti APOEL 15
Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan Omonia
Malta André Schembri Omonia
8 Guinea Alhassane Keita Ermis 13
9 Cyprus Georgios Efrem APOEL 11
Netherlands Nassir Maachi Pafos
11 Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou APOEL 10
Greece Markos Maragoudakis Aris
Portugal Nuno Assis Omonia

Hat-tricks

# Player For Against Result Date
1. South Africa Dino Ndlovu Anorthosis Nea Salamina 1–3 29 August 2015
2. Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi APOEL AEL Limassol 6–0 17 October 2015
3. Croatia Anton Maglica Apollon Pafos 3–1 20 February 2016

Scoring

Discipline

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