The 2012–13 Cypriot First Division was the 74th season of the

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: ** Armenian Cypriots ** Greek Cypriots ** Maronite Cypriots ** Tur ...

top-level

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league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. AEL Limassol were the defending champions. APOEL won the championship two matchweeks before the end of the season. The league comprise eleven teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Second Division.

Teams

Ermis Aradippou and Anagennisi Dherynia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2011–12 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C. The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 Second Division champions

Doxa Katokopias Doxa Katokopias FC ( el, Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, w ...

, runners-up Ayia Napa and third-placed team AEP Paphos.

Personnel and kits

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

First phase

League table

Results

Second round

Group A

Table

Results

Group B

Table

Results

Group C

Table

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 11th-placed team Nea Salamina faced 4th-placed

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side Anagennisi Dherynia, in a single-legged play-off for one spot in the

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. The match was held at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium on 23 May 2013 and Nea Salamina won by 3–0, retaining its Cypriot First Division spot for the 2013–14 season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''Including matches played on 19 May 2013; Source
Cyprus Football Association
'

Hat-tricks

Scoring

*First goal of the season: 25 minutes – Juliano Spadacio ( Anorthosis) against AEP Paphos (''19:25 EET, 1 September 2012'') *Fastest goal of the season: 15 seconds –

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( APOEL) against Alki (''22 September 2012'') *Latest goal of the season: 102 minutes and 23 seconds –

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( Anorthosis) against Omonia (''21 October 2012'') *First own goal of the season: 49 minutes – Fabeta ( Ayia Napa) for Omonia (''20:04 EET, 2 September 2012'') *First scored penalty kick of the season: 84 minutes – Freddy ( Omonia) against Ayia Napa (''20:39 EET, 2 September 2012'') *Most scored goals in a single fixture – 38 goals (Fixture 26) **Fixture 26 results:

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1–2 AEL, AEP Paphos 0–5 Olympiakos, Omonia 6–0 Nea Salamina, Alki 6–5 Ethnikos,

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2–1 Ayia Napa, Doxa 2–6 AEK, Anorthosis 0–2 APOEL. * Highest scoring game: 11 goals ** Alki 6–5 Ethnikos (''30 March 2013'') * Largest winning margin: 6 goals ** APOEL 6–0 AEP Paphos (''17 March 2013'') ** Omonia 6–0 Nea Salamina (''30 March 2013'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals ** APOEL 6–0 AEP Paphos (''17 March 2013'') ** Omonia 6–0 Nea Salamina (''30 March 2013'') ** Alki 6–5 Ethnikos (''30 March 2013'') ** Doxa 2–6 AEK (''31 March 2013'') * Most goals scored by a losing team: 5 goals ** Alki 6–5 Ethnikos (''30 March 2013'')

Discipline

* First yellow card of the season:

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for AEP Paphos against Anorthosis, 15 minutes (''19:15 EET, 1 September 2012'') * First red card of the season: Kyriacos Polykarpou for Olympiakos against Nea Salamina, 37 minutes (''20:37 EET, 1 September 2012'') * Most yellow cards in a single match: 13 ** Anorthosis 1–1 AEL – 6 for Anorthosis ( Dan Alexa, Paulo Jorge, Valentinos Sielis (2), Jurgen Colin,

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) and 7 for AEL ( Dosa Júnior,

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, Luciano Bebê, Carlitos, Dédé (2), Ebo Andoh) (''1 December 2012'') * Most red cards in a single match: 3 ** AEL 3–2

– 1 for AEL ( Edwin Ouon) and 2 for Apollon ( Sebastián Setti,

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) (''5 January 2013'')

References

Sources

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