The 2000–01 Cypriot First Division was the 62nd 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.
Omonia won their 18th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 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
2001–02 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the
2001–02 UEFA Champions League
The 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the 10th since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by ...
and the runners-up in the
2001–02 UEFA Cup
The 2001–02 UEFA Cup was won by Feyenoord at their home ground in the final against Borussia Dortmund. It was the second time they won the competition.
Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2001–02 ...
.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup.
First round
First leg
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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
Ethnikos Assia
Ethnikos Assia Football Club () is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in Assia, Famagusta, but since the Turkish invasion of 1974, Ethnikos became a refugee team. The club is now ...
,
Anagennisi Deryneia
Anagennisi Deryneia () is a Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team played in the Cypriot First division in 2011 but was relegated at th ...
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 ...
were relegated from previous season and played in the
2000–01 Cypriot Second Division
The 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division was the 46th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Alki Larnaca won their 3rd title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each ot ...
. They were replaced by the first three teams of the
1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division
The 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division was the 45th season of the Cypriot second-level Association football, football league. Digenis Akritas Morphou FC, Digenis won their 2nd title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1999–2000 Cypriot ...
,
Digenis Morphou
Digenis Akritas Morphou () is a Cypriot sports club from Morphou, founded on 23 April 1931.[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 ...](_blank)
and
Doxa Katokopias.
Before the start of the season,
APOP Paphos
APOP Paphos (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pafos''; "Athletic Football Club Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1953, playing between the First and Second Division.
History
In contrast with the o ...
and
Evagoras Paphos
Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, they played in both the First and Second Divisions. They adopted their name from Evagoras Pallikarides, a poet from Paphos who was ...
were merged forming
AEP Paphos, which took the place of APOP Paphos in the Cypriot First Division.
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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2000–01 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:2000-01 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 ...
2000–01 in Cypriot football