2010–11 Cypriot First Division


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 in 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

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.
ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AEKLarnacaNeo GSZ Stadium13,032
AELLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
AEPPaphosPafiako Stadium10,000
AlkiLarnacaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230
AnorthosisLarnacaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230
APOELNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859
ApollonLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
APOP KinyrasPeyia, PaphosPeyia Municipal Stadium3,828
DoxaNicosiaMakario Stadium16,000
EnosisParalimniTasos Marcou Stadium5,800
ErmisAradippou, LarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500
Ethnikos AchnaAchna, FamagustaDasaki Stadium7,000
OlympiakosNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859
OmoniaNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859

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.
TeamManager1CaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AEK PumaCytaVision
AEL MassCytaVision
AEP LegeaOcean Basket
Alki LegeaTouch Blue Development
Anorthosis PumaCytaMobile Vodafone
APOEL PumaMTN
Apollon Andreas Michaelides LottoColumbia
APOP Kinyras PumaPrimeTel
Doxa PumaCytanet
Enosis LottoCYTA
Ermis LegeaCYTA
Ethnikos Achna LegeaCYTA
Olympiakos PumaCYTA
Omonia AdidasCytaMobile Vodafone

Managerial changes

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:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Miljan MrdakovićApollon21
2 Michalis KonstantinouOmonia17
3 João PauloOlympiakos16
4 CafúAnorthosis13
4 JoeanoErmis13
6 Ivan TričkovskiAPOEL11
6 Esteban SolariAPOEL11
6 Emmanuel KenmogneOlympiakos11
9 Gustavo ManducaAPOEL10
9 FreddyAEL10
9 Moustapha BanguraApollon10

Hat-tricks