The 2011–12

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus official ...

was the 73rd season of the

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top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012.

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

were the defending champions.

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

won the championship one matchweek before the end of the season. The league comprise eleven teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Second Division.

Teams

Doxa Katokopias and APOP Kinyras were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by

AEP Paphos AEP Paphos ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Πάφος, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. ...

, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C. The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Second Division champions

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium ...

, runners-up Nea Salamis Famagusta and third-placed team

Anagennisi Dherynia Anagennisi Deryneia ( el, Αναγέννηση Δερύνειας) is Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team played in the Cypriot First di ...

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.

Managerial changes

First round

Second round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source
Cyprus Football Association
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Hat-tricks

* ⁵ Player scored 5 goals.

Scoring

*First goal of the season: 10th minute – Edmar for AEL against

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Sala ...

(''19:10, 28 August 2011'') *Fastest goal of the season: 37 seconds –

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( Anagennisi) against

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(''11 September 2011'') *Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 34 seconds –

Christos Karipidis Christos Karipidis ( el, Χρήστος Καρυπίδης; born 2 December 1982) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Early Career (PAOK, Kerkyra and Kavala) Karipidis started his career in U20 PAO ...

( Omonia) against Ethnikos (''4 March 2012'') *First own goal of the season: Bojan Markovski (

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) for

Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club f ...

(''17 September 2011'') *First scored penalty kick of the season:

Hristijan Kirovski Hristijan Kirovski ( mk, Христијан Кировски; born 12 October 1985) is a Macedonian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Skopje in the Macedonian Second Football League. Career Club Kirovski began playing football wit ...

(

) against

(''11 September 2011'') *Most scored goals in a single fixture – 23 goals (Fixture 20) **Fixture 20 results:

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

2–1 Omonia,

0–1 AEL,

2–1 Ethnikos,

3–2

, Anagennisi 1–2 Alki, Ermis 1–5 Aris, Olympiakos 2–0

Discipline

* First yellow card of the season:

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for Ermis against

, 7 minutes (''28 August 2011'') * First red card of the season: Solomon Grimes for

against AEL, 90 minutes and 44 seconds (''28 August 2011'') * Most yellow cards in a single match: 10 **

2–2 Aris – 4 for Anorthosis (

Marquinhos Marcos Aoás Corrêa (born 14 May 1994), known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, which he captains, and the Brazil national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can ...

, Jurgen Colin,

Igor Tomašić Igor Tomašić (; bg, Игор Томашич, Igor Tomashich; born 14 December 1976) is a former naturalized Bulgarian footballer of Croatian ethnicity who played as a defender. Career Youth career His first club was Moslavina Kutina, where ...

and

Evandro Roncatto Evandro Roncatto (born 24 May 1986 in Campinas, São Paulo) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Clube Oriental de Lisboa. Before that, he played for Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC and Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria ...

) and 6 for Aris (

Andreas Theofanous Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...

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Christos Charalampous Christos Charalabous (; born October 3, 1981, in Limassol) is a retired Cypriot association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use ...

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, Claudiu Ionescu and Zoltán Kovács) (''19 September 2011'')

Sources

References

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