The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The defending champions were Omonia. APOEL won the championship four matchweeks before the end of the season.

Competition modus Fourteen teams participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2009–10 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team plays against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

The teams ranked first through fourth will play for the championship and to participate in the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

Teams Nea Salamis Famagusta and APEP Pitsilia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2009–10 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 2009–10 Second Division champions Alki Larnaca, runners-up AEK Larnaca and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

Club Location Venue Capacity AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032 AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 AEP Paphos Pafiako Stadium 10,000 Alki Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230 Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230 APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 APOP Kinyras Peyia, Paphos Peyia Municipal Stadium 3,828 Doxa Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000 Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800 Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Ethnikos Achna Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

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 Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAEK PumaCytavisionAEL MassCytavisionAEP LegeaOcean BasketAlki LegeaTouch Blue DevelopmentAnorthosis PumaCytamobile-VodafoneAPOEL PumaMTNApollon Andreas Michaelides LottoColumbiaAPOP Kinyras PumaPrimeTelDoxa PumaCytanetEnosis LottoCytaErmis LegeaCytaEthnikos Achna LegeaCytaOlympiakos PumaCytaOmonia AdidasCytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableErmis Dusan MitoševićSacked16 August 2010Pre-season Christos Kassianos17 August 2010Pre-seasonAEL Dušan Uhrin, Jr.Sacked21 September 20109th Mihai Stoichiţă22 September 20109thOmonia Takis LemonisResigned4 October 20104th Dušan Bajević13 October 20104thAlki Marios ConstantinouResigned19 October 20109th Itzhak Shum21 October 20109thApollon Slobodan KrčmarevićSacked21 October 201014th Andreas Michaelides26 October 201014thErmis Christos KassianosResigned13 November 201011th Demetris Ioannou15 November 201011thAnorthosis Guillermo Ángel HoyosSacked17 November 20104th Slobodan Krčmarević17 November 20104thAPOP Kinyras Giorgos PolyviouResigned1 December 201014th 13 December 201013thAEP Angel SlavkovSacked7 December 201014th Giorgos Polyviou7 December 201014thErmis Demetris IoannouResigned7 December 20109th João Carlos Pereira9 December 20109thAnorthosis Slobodan KrčmarevićResigned18 December 20105th Stanimir Stoilov27 December 20106thEnosis Cedomir JanevskiMutual consent10 January 201110th Nikodimos Papavasiliou18 January 20119thDoxa Nikodimos PapavasiliouResigned13 January 201114th Nikos Andronikou21 January 201114thAEL Mihai StoichiţăMutual consent27 January 20117th Raymond Atteveld7 February 20117th

First round

League table

Results

Second round

Group A

Table

Results

Group B

Table

Results

Group C

Table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers Including matches played on 14 May 2011; Source: Cyprus Football Association

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Miljan MrdakovićApollon212 Michalis KonstantinouOmonia173 João PauloOlympiakos164 CafúAnorthosis13 JoeanoErmis6 Ivan TričkovskiAPOEL11 Esteban SolariAPOEL Emmanuel KenmogneOlympiakos9 Gustavo ManducaAPOEL10 FreddyAEL Moustapha BanguraApollon

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref AEK APOP Kinyras 3–2 Apollon AEL 3–0 APOEL Olympiakos 4–1 AEL APOP Kinyras 4–3 Omonia Apollon 3–1 Olympiakos Ermis 3–2 APOEL APOP Kinyras 6–2 Ermis Alki 3–1

Attendances

# Club Average 1 APOEL 10,109 2 Omonoia 7,470 3 Anorthosis 4,888 4 AEK Larnaca 3,847 5 AEL 3,113 6 Apollon Limassol 3,030 7 Olympiakos Nicosia 1,593 8 Paphos 1,513 9 Kinyras 1,458 10 Alki 1,444 11 Ermis 1,100 12 Doxa Katokopias 998 13 Ethnikos Achnas 879 14 ENP 806Source:

See also 2010–11 Cypriot Second Division 2010–11 Cypriot Cup

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