The 2011–12

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

was the 73rd season of the Cypriot top-level

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league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions.

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

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 Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

, runners-up Nea Salamis Famagusta and third-placed team Anagennisi Dherynia.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

First round

Second round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source
Cyprus Football Association

Hat-tricks

* ⁵ Player scored 5 goals.

Scoring

*First goal of the season: 10th minute – Edmar for AEL against

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta () is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present- ...

(''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 (

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) 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

, Anagennisi 1–2 Alki, Ermis 1–5

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, Olympiakos 2–0

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

against AEL, 90 minutes and 44 seconds (''28 August 2011'') * Most yellow cards in a single match: 10 ** Anorthosis 2–2

– 4 for Anorthosis ( Marquinhos, Jurgen Colin, Igor Tomašić and

Evandro Roncatto Evandro Roncatto (born 24 May 1986 in Campinas, São Paulo) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a forward and current sporting director of Oliveira do Hospital. Earlier, he played for Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC and Ber ...

) and 6 for Aris ( Andreas Theofanous, Andrés Imperiale, Christos Charalampous, Carl Lombé, Claudiu Ionescu and Zoltán Kovács) (''19 September 2011'')

Sources

References

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