The 2012–13

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was the 74th season of the Cypriot top-level

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league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

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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

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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

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, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C. The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 Second Division champions Doxa Katokopias, runners-up

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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

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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

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on 23 May 2013 and

won by 3–0, retaining its

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 – Jan Rezek ( Anorthosis) against Omonia (''21 October 2012'') *First own goal of the season: 49 minutes – Fabeta (

) for Omonia (''20:04 EET, 2 September 2012'') *First scored penalty kick of the season: 84 minutes – Freddy ( Omonia) against

(''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

, Alki 6–5 Ethnikos, Apollon 2–1

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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

(''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

(''30 March 2013'') ** Alki 6–5 Ethnikos (''30 March 2013'') **

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: Gora Tall for AEP Paphos against Anorthosis, 15 minutes (''19:15 EET, 1 September 2012'') * First red card of the season: Kyriacos Polykarpou for Olympiakos against

, 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, Giannis Skopelitis) and 7 for AEL ( Dosa Júnior, Marco Airosa, Luciano Bebê, Carlitos, Dédé (2), Ebo Andoh) (''1 December 2012'') * Most red cards in a single match: 3 ** AEL 3–2 Apollon – 1 for AEL ( Edwin Ouon) and 2 for Apollon ( Sebastián Setti, Giorgos Vasiliou) (''5 January 2013'')

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Cypriot First Division Cypriot First Division seasons

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