The 1995–96 Cypriot First Division was the 57th season of the Cypriot top-level
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
league.
APOEL won their 16th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1995–96 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the
1996–97 Cypriot Second Division.
Cypriot teams didn't gained enough points in the previous seasons and so the champion team did not qualify to
1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The champions and the runners-up ensured their participation in the
1996–97 UEFA Cup
The 1996–97 UEFA Cup was the 26th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won by German side Schalke 04, who beat Internazionale of Italy on pen ...
.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed team among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).
Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Changes from previous season
The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams this season, comprised twelve teams from the
1994–95 season and two promoted teams from the
1994–95 Cypriot Second Division,
Evagoras Paphos and
Alki Larnaca
Alki Larnaca (, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours were blue and red. They reached th ...
.
Stadia and locations
League standings
Results
See also
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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 ...
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1995–96 Cypriot Cup
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List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
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Cypriot football clubs in European competitions
References
Sources
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1995-96 Cypriot First Division
Cypriot First Division seasons
Cyprus
Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...
1995–96 in Cypriot football