The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.

Competition modus Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team will play 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 out the champion and the participants for 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.

Team changes from 2009–10 Relegated to Second Division 2009–10: 12th-placed team: APEP Pitsilia 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis 14th-placed team: Aris

Promoted from Second Division 2009–10: Champions: Alki Larnaca Runners-up: AEK Larnaca 3rd-placed team: Olympiakos Nicosia

Overview

Stadiums and Locations Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.

Team Location Venue Capacity AEL Limassol Limassol Tsirion Stadium13,331 AEP Paphos Paphos Pafiako Stadium10,000 Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,003 APEP Pitsilia Limassol Tsirion Stadium13,331 APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium22,859 Apollon Limassol Limassol Tsirion Stadium13,331 APOP Kinyras Peyias Peyia Peyia Municipal Stadium3,828 Aris Limassol Limassol Tsirion Stadium13,331 Doxa Katokopia Nicosia Makario Stadium16,000 Enosis Neon Paralimni Paralimni Tasos Markou Stadium5,800 Ermis Aradippou Achna Dasaki Stadium7,000 Ethnikos Achna Achna Dasaki Stadium7,000 Nea Salamis Famagusta Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium5,500 Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium22,859

Personnel and sponsoring Club Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor AEL Limassol Dušan Uhrin, Jr. Dušan Kerkez Mass Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Lemesou AEP Paphos Demetris Ioannou Giorgos Georgiou Puma Sinergatiko Tamieftirio Paphou Anorthosis Nikos Nicolaou Nikos Katsavakis Puma Betfair APEP Pitsilia Stephen Constantine Giorgos Constanti Legea KKCG APOEL Ivan Jovanović Marinos Satsias Puma MTN Apollon Limassol Slobodan Krčmarević Gastón Sangoy Lotto Columbia APOP Kinyras Peyias Giorgos Polyviou Theodoros Galanis Puma PrimeTel Aris Limassol Tasos Kyriakou Giorgos Vasiliou Kappa John Theodorou Developers Ltd Doxa Katokopia Charalambos Christodoulou Kyriacos Polykarpou Puma Cytanet Enosis Neon Paralimni Čedomir Janevski Demos Goumenos Lotto Entegro Cyprus Ltd Ermis Aradippou Dusan Mitošević Lambros Lambrou Legea Raquel Ethnikos Achna Svetozar Šapurić Christos Poyiatzis Nike Famagusta Developers Nea Salamis Famagusta Nir Klinger Liasos Louka Puma CytaVision Omonia Takis Lemonis Elias Charalambous Lotto Ocean Tankers

Managerial changes The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010). Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Nea Salamina Michalis Hadjipieris Mutual Consent Attila Supka Anorthosis FC Michalis Pamboris Mutual Consent Ernst Middendorp Aris Limassol Akis Agiomamitis Sacked Marios Constantinou AEL Limassol Mihai Stoichiţă Sacked Nir Klinger APEP Pitsilia Willy Scheepers Mutual Consent Marc Hodel AEP Paphos Nir Klinger Mutual Consent Eyal Lahman Enosis Neon Paralimni Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou Mutual Consent Čedomir Janevski Ethnikos Achna Stéphane Demol End of Contract Panicos Orphanides Anorthosis FC Ernst Middendorp Sacked Slavoljub Muslin APEP Pitsilia Marc Hodel Sacked Nikos Andronikou AEP Paphos Eyal Lahman Sacked Tasos Kyriakou Ethnikos Achna Panicos Orphanides Resigned Svetozar Šapurić Ermis Aradippou Yiannos Stavrinou Sacked Dusan Mitošević Nea Salamina Attila Supka Sacked Mirko Mihic APEP Pitsilia Nikos Andronikou Mutual Consent Venizelos Tsiambazis Nea Salamina Mirko Mihic Mutual Consent Louis Stefanis AEL Limassol Nir Klinger Mutual Consent Dušan Uhrin, Jr. Nea Salamina Louis Stefanis Mutual Consent Nir Klinger APEP Pitsilia Venizelos Tsiambazis Mutual Consent Stephen Constantine Aris Limassol Marios Constantinou Mutual Consent Stéphane Demol Apollon Limassol Thomas von Heesen Mutual Consent Slobodan Krčmarević AEP Paphos Tasos Kyriakou Sacked Savvas Kofidis Anorthosis FC Slavoljub Muslin Sacked Nikos Nicolaou Aris Limassol Stéphane Demol Sacked Tasos Kyriakou AEP Paphos Savvas Kofidis Sacked Demetris Ioannou

First round

League table

Results

Second round

Group A

Table

Results

Group B

Table

Results

Group C

Table

Results

Top goalscorers Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source: CFA official website

RankPlayerClubGoals1 José SemedoAPOP Kinyras22 JoeanoErmis3 Gastón SangoyApollon134 Nenad MirosavljevićAPOEL11 Michalis KonstantinouOmonia Efstathios AloneftisOmonia Dieter Van TornhoutEnosis8 Christos MarangosAnorthosis10 José HenriqueDoxa FreddyAEL CafúAnorthosis Andreas AvraamApollon

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Omonoia 10,373 2 APOEL 7,560 3 Anorthosis 5,625 4 Apollon Limassol 4,908 5 AEL 3,491 6 Nea Salamina 1,800 7 APOP 1,510 8 APEP 1,276 9 Aris Limassol 1,064 10 Ermis 1,064 11 Paphos 968 12 Doxa Katokopias 919 13 Ethnikos Achnas 911 14 ENP 833

Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cyp/avecyp10.htm

See also 2009–10 Cypriot Cup 2009–10 Cypriot Second Division List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009

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