The 2010–11
Cypriot First Division
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was the 72nd season of the
Cypriot top-level
football
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league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the
first round
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and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the
second round
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. The defending champions were
Omonia.
APOEL won the championship four matchweeks before the end of the season.
Competition modus
Fourteen teams participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the
2009–10 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the
Second Division.
Each team plays 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 for the championship and to participate in 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.
Teams
Nea Salamis Famagusta and
APEP Pitsilia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the
2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by
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 ...
, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.
The relegated teams were replaced by
2009–10 Second Division champions
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 ...
, runners-up
AEK Larnaca
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and third-placed team
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...
.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
First round
League table
Results
Second round
Group A
Table
Results
Group B
Table
Results
Group C
Table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
''Including matches played on 14 May 2011; Source
Cyprus Football Association'
Hat-tricks
See also
*
2010–11 Cypriot Second Division
*
2010–11 Cypriot Cup
References
Sources
*
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Cypriot First Division
Cypriot First Division seasons
Cyprus
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