2014–15 Cypriot First Division
The 2014–15 Cypriot First Division was the 76th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 23 August 2014 and ended on 24 May 2015. APOEL were the defending champions.
The league reduced from 14 to 12 teams this season, comprised ten teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted teams from the 2013–14 B1 Division. APOEL won the league for a 24th time and a third time in a row, after amassing 62 points.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
and Alki Larnaca were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2013–14 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol and AEK Kouklia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.The relegated teams were replaced by 2013–14 B1 Division champions Ayia Napa and runners-up Othellos Athienou.
Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Venue | 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 |
Ayia Napa | Ayia Napa | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
Doxa | Peristerona | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
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 |
Othellos | Athienou, Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,230 |
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 | Thomas Christiansen | Giannis Skopelitis | Umbro | CytaVision |
AEL | Christakis Christoforou | Marios Nicolaou | Nike | CytaVision |
Anorthosis | André Paus | Christos Marangos | Macron | CytaMobile-Vodafone |
APOEL | Gustavo Manduca | Constantinos Charalambides | Puma | MTN |
Apollon | Ton Caanen | Giorgos Merkis | Macron | Cyta |
Ayia Napa | Giorgos Kosma | Bojan Markovski | Sportika | Cyta |
Doxa | Nikos Andreou | Ricardo Fernandes | Legea | Cytanet |
Ermis | Michalis Markou | Andreas Papathanasiou | Legea | Cyta |
Ethnikos | Borce Gjurev | Christos Poyiatzis | Mitre | Cyta |
Nea Salamina | Floros Nicolaou | Diego León | GEMS | CytaMobile-Vodafone |
Omonia | Kostas Kaiafas | Nuno Assis | Nike | CytaMobile-Vodafone |
Othellos | Costas Sakkas | Andreas Vasiliou | Joma | Kleima |
Managerial changes
First phase
League table
Results
Second phase
Championship group
Table
Results
Relegation group
Table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Mickaël Poté | Omonia | 17 |
2 | Ifeanyi Onyilo | Ermis | 15 |
3 | Rafik Djebbour | APOEL | 14 |
3 | Fotios Papoulis | Apollon | 14 |
5 | Andreas Makris | Anorthosis | 13 |
6 | Valdo | Ethnikos | 11 |
7 | Ricardo Lobo | Doxa | 10 |
7 | Abraham Gneki Guié | Apollon | 10 |
7 | Nestoras Mitidis | AEK | 10 |
7 | Thiago | Othellos | 10 |
Hat-tricks
Scoring
- First goal of the season: 54 minutes and 31 seconds – Luis Morán against Doxa
- Fastest goal of the season: 42 seconds – Juninho against AEL
- Latest goal of the season: 99 minutes and 6 seconds – Marcos De Azevedo against Doxa
- First scored penalty kick of the season: 62 minutes and 20 seconds – Joan Tomàs against Apollon
- First own goal of the season: 5 minutes and 1 seconds – Stavros Stathakis for Anorthosis
- Most goals scored in a match by one player: 3 goals
- * Ricardo Lobo against AEL
- Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals
- *Fixture 31 results: Othellos 3–0 AEL, Ethnikos 3–2 Ayia Napa, Nea Salamina 6–0 Doxa, Anorthosis 3–1 Apollon, APOEL 1–1 AEK, Omonia 7–1 Ermis.
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- *APOEL 4–4 AEK
- *Omonia 7–1 Ermis
- Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- *Nea Salamina 6–0 Doxa
- *Omonia 7–1 Ermis
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
- *Omonia 7–1 Ermis
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 goals
- *Apollon 2–5 AEK
- *Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis
- *AEL 2–3 Ermis
- *Nea Salamina 2–3 Anorthosis
- *Ethnikos 4–2 AEL
- *Apollon 3–2 Ermis
- *Ayia Napa 2–5 Apollon
- *Omonia 4–2 Doxa
- *APOEL 3–2 Omonia
- *Ethnikos 3–2 Ayia Napa
- *Ermis 2–4 APOEL
Discipline
- First yellow card of the season: 44 minutes – Paulo Pina for Ermis against Doxa
- First red card of the season: 50 minutes – Milan Stepanov for Omonia against Nea Salamina
- Most yellow cards in a single match: 14
- * Apollon 3–3 AEL – 7 for Apollon, Luka Stojanović and 7 for AEL
- Most red cards in a single match: 3
- * Apollon 3–3 AEL – 2 for Apollon and 1 for AEL