The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 73rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions. AEL Limassol 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, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up Nea Salamis Famagusta and third-placed team Anagennisi Dherynia.
Club Location Venue Capacity AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032 AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Alki Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032 Anagennisi Dherynia Dherynia Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800 Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230 APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Aris Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800 Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Ethnikos Achna Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000 Nea Salamis Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAEK Leon Vlemmings Gregoor van Dijk Puma CytavisionAEL Pambos Christodoulou Marios Nicolaou Puma CytavisionAlki Radmilo Ivančević Siniša Dobrašinović Legea Anagennisi Adamos Adamou Giorgos Giannakou Legea MetLife Alico Anorthosis Ronny Levy Ioannis Okkas Puma Cytamobile-VodafoneAPOEL Ivan Jovanović Marinos Satsias Puma MTNApollon Hagen Reeck Giorgos Merkis Lotto BetfairAris Dimitris Ioannou Giorgos Vasiliou Puma CytanetEnosis Marios Karas Chrysis Michael Puma CytaErmis Nikos Andronikou Andreas Papathanasiou Legea CytaEthnikos Nikos Papadopoulos Christos Poyiatzis Legea CytaNea Salamina Stephen Constantine Prodromos Therapontos Givova Cytamobile-VodafoneOlympiacos Niki Papavasiliou Nikolas Nicolaou Givova CytaOmonia Neophytos Larkou Constantinos Makrides Adidas Cytamobile-Vodafone
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentOlympiakos Pambos ChristodoulouResigned20 March 2011Pre-season Nikos Papadopoulos14 May 2011Ermis João Carlos PereiraSacked4 May 2011 Loukas Hadjiloukas13 May 2011Alki Itzhak Shum10 May 2011 Radmilo Ivančević14 May 2011AEL Raymond Atteveld14 May 2011 Pambos Christodoulou14 May 2011Apollon Andreas Michaelides23 May 2011 Didier Ollé-Nicolle10 July 2011Ermis Loukas HadjiloukasResigned12 August 2011 Panayiotis Xiourouppas13 August 2011Anorthosis Stanimir StoilovSacked25 September 20116th Ronny Levy2 October 2011Ethnikos Svetozar Šapurić5 October 201112th Čedomir Janevski10 October 2011Ermis Panayiotis Xiourouppas24 October 201114th Nikos Andronikou24 October 2011Apollon Didier Ollé-Nicolle5 November 20115th Mihai Stoichiţă14 November 2011AEK Ton Caanen20 November 20116th Leon Vlemmings2 December 2011Olympiacos Nikos PapadopoulosResigned25 February 201211th Niki Papavasiliou26 February 2012Ethnikos Čedomir JanevskiSacked27 January 2012 Niκos Papadopoulos28 January 2012Apollon Mihai StoichiţăResigned4 March 20127th Hagen Reeck (caretaker)4 March 2012Aris Dušan MitoševićSacked26 March 201212th Dimitris Ioannou26 March 2012Enosis Nir Klinger8 April 2012 Marios Karas8 April 2012
First round
Second round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Source: Cyprus Football Association RankPlayerClubGoals1 FreddyOmonia172 Esteban SolariAPOEL103 Arnal LlibertAlki9 Patrick VouhoAEL5 Gonzalo GarcíaAEK8 Chris DicksonNea Salamina/AEL7 Miljan MrdakovićAEK7 Constantinos CharalambidesAPOEL GelsonAris10 Mustapha BanguraApollon6 Georgios EfremOmonia Christos ChatzipantelidisNea Salamina Jan RezekAnorthosis Hristijan KirovskiApollon Emmanuel KenmogneOlympiakos
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date APOEL AEK 3–0 AEL Enosis 0–4 Olympiakos Ermis 5 Enosis Olympiakos 5 Player scored 5 goals.
Scoring
First goal of the season: 10th minute – Edmar for AEL against Nea Salamina (19:10, 28 August 2011) Fastest goal of the season: 37 seconds – Mato Šimunović (Anagennisi) against Apollon (11 September 2011) Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 34 seconds – Christos Karipidis (Omonia) against Ethnikos (4 March 2012) First own goal of the season: Bojan Markovski (Enosis) for Anorthosis (17 September 2011) First scored penalty kick of the season: Hristijan Kirovski (Apollon) against Anagennisi Dherynia (11 September 2011) Most scored goals in a single fixture – 23 goals (Fixture 20) Fixture 20 results: AEK 2–1 Omonia, Anorthosis 0–1 AEL, APOEL 2–1 Ethnikos, Apollon 3–2 Nea Salamina, Anagennisi 1–2 Alki, Ermis 1–5 Aris, Olympiakos 2–0 Enosis.
Discipline
First yellow card of the season: Danny Invincible for Ermis against Apollon, 7 minutes (28 August 2011) First red card of the season: Solomon Grimes for Nea Salamina against AEL, 90 minutes and 44 seconds (28 August 2011) Most yellow cards in a single match: 10 Anorthosis 2–2 Aris – 4 for Anorthosis (Marquinhos, Jurgen Colin, Igor Tomašić and Evandro Roncatto) and 6 for Aris (Andreas Theofanous, Andrés Imperiale, Christos Charalampous, Carl Lombé, Claudiu Ionescu and Zoltán Kovács) (19 September 2011)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 APOEL 7,576 2 AEL 6,655 3 Omonoia 6,643 4 Anorthosis 4,375 5 Apollon Limassol 2,821 6 AEK Larnaca 2,368 7 Nea Salamina 1,713 8 Aris Limassol 1,457 9 Olympiakos Nicosia 1,342 10 Anagennisi 1,185 11 Ethnikos Achnas 1,109 12 Ermis 877 13 Alki 876 14 Paralimni 847Source:
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