2012–13 Cypriot First Division


The 2012–13 Cypriot First Division was the 74th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. AEL Limassol were the defending champions. APOEL won the championship two matchweeks before the end of the season.
The league comprise eleven teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Second Division.
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Teams

Ermis Aradippou and Anagennisi Dherynia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2011–12 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 2011–12 Second Division champions Doxa Katokopias, runners-up Ayia Napa and third-placed team AEP Paphos.
ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AEKLarnacaNeo GSZ Stadium13,032
AELLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
AEPPaphosPafiako Stadium9,394
AlkiLarnacaNeo GSZ Stadium13,032
AnorthosisLarnacaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230
APOELNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859
ApollonLimassolTsirion Stadium13,331
Ayia NapaAyia NapaTasos Marcou Stadium5,800
DoxaKatokopiaAmmochostos Stadium5,500
EnosisParalimniTasos Marcou Stadium5,800
EthnikosAchna, FamagustaDasaki Stadium7,000
Nea SalaminaLarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500
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.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AEK

First phase

League table


Second round

Group A

Table


Group B

Table


Group C

Table


Relegation play-offs

The 11th-placed team Nea Salamina faced 4th-placed 2012–13 Cypriot Second Division side Anagennisi Dherynia, in a single-legged play-off for one spot in the 2013–14 Cypriot First Division. The match was held at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium on 23 May 2013 and Nea Salamina won by 3–0, retaining its Cypriot First Division spot for the 2013–14 season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Scoring

Discipline