2002–03 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	Omonia (19th title)
Relegated	Nea Salamina Aris Alki
Champions League	Omonia (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Anorthosis (qualifying round) APOEL (qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
UEFA Intertoto	Ethnikos Achna (1st round)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	628 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marios Neophytou (33 goals)^[1]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Cypriot First Division was the 64th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 19th title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2002–03 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 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.

The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed teams 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

Ethnikos Assia, Doxa Katokopias and Ermis Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol.

Stadia and locations

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

AEK, Alki

2002–03 Cypriot First Division

Team	Stadium
AEK	GSZ Stadium
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
AEP	Pafiako Stadium
Alki	GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL	GSP Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Digenis	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos	Dasaki Stadium
ENP	Paralimni Stadium
Nea Salamina	Ammochostos Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	GSP Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld.	W.	D.	L.	GF.	GA.	GF.	Pts.	Notes
1	Omonia	26	18	6	2	68	22	46	60	Champions-UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round.
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	19	2	5	65	30	35	59	Cypriot Cup Winner-2003–04 UEFA Cup.
3	APOEL	26	16	7	3	55	24	31	55	2003–04 UEFA Cup qualifying round.¹
4	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	16	4	6	56	29	27	52	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round.
5	AEL Limassol	26	11	6	9	56	45	11	39
6	Ethnikos Achna	26	10	7	9	35	32	3	37	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round.
7	AEP Paphos	26	11	4	11	38	45	-7	37
8	AEK Larnaca	26	9	5	12	43	50	-7	32
9	Digenis Morphou	26	9	4	13	40	40	0	31
10	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	8	7	11	39	40	-1	31
11	Apollon Limassol	26	8	7	11	42	46	-4	31
12	Nea Salamina	26	6	11	9	39	40	-1	29	Relegated to 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.
13	Aris Limassol	26	2	3	21	31	92	-61	9
14	Alki Larnaca	26	1	3	22	21	93	-72	6

Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for

¹The third team, APOEL, qualified to 2003–04 UEFA Cup because the second team, Anorthosis, already qualified to the same competition through 2002–03 Cypriot Cup.

Results

↓Home / Away→	AEK	AEL	AEP	ARS	ANR	APN	APL	ARS	DGN	ETH	ENP	NSL	OLM	OMN
AEK		3-1	2-1	1-0	1-5	0-5	3-0	4-0	4-1	2-0	1-1	4-2	1-1	0-2
AEL	4-2		6-2	7-0	1-2	2-1	2-2	2-1	3-1	2-1	0-0	4-1	1-2	2-3
AEP	1-0	0-0		2-1	4-2	0-2	2-1	4-2	3-1	2-0	0-0	1-3	0-3	2-4
Alki	2-2	1-3	0-1		1-7	1-4	0-1	1-7	2-0	0-0	1-5	2-3	3-4	0-1
Anorthosis	4-1	2-1	2-0	3-2		4-3	4-1	9-2	1-0	2-0	1-2	0-0	2-1	3-1
APOEL	2-1	4-0	2-0	3-0	1-0		0-0	3-1	2-3	1-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-0
Apollon	1-0	3-3	2-2	5-0	1-2	0-1		3-1	1-2	3-0	3-2	0-0	2-4	2-3
Aris	2-4	0-4	2-1	2-2	0-4	1-3	1-5		1-4	3-3	2-3	1-4	0-4	0-3
Digenis	1-1	2-2	0-1	8-0	1-2	1-3	0-0	2-0		3-1	1-0	1-1	0-1	1-2
Ethnikos	3-2	2-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-0	6-1		3-1	0-0	1-4	1-1
ENP	4-1	0-1	4-2	1-0	0-1	2-5	2-2	6-0	1-3	0-3		1-0	0-1	1-1
Nea Salamina	1-1	6-1	1-2	8-1	0-2	1-1	3-1	2-2	0-3	1-1	0-0		0-0	1-2
Olympiakos	2-1	3-2	3-4	2-0	1-1	0-1	2-3	6-0	1-0	2-0	3-2	4-0		0-1
Omonia	4-1	1-1	1-1	11-1	3-0	3-4	5-0	4-0	1-0	0-0	4-0	4-0	3-1

References

↑ "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

"2002/03 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
1. DIVISION 2002/2003

Cypriot First Division

2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia

Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

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2002–03 in Cypriot football

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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division

Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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2002–03 Cypriot First Division

Format

Point system

Changes from previous season

Stadia and locations

League standings

Results

See also

References

Sources