| Season | 2003–04 |
|---|---|
| Champions | APOEL (18th title) |
| Relegated | Anagennisi Onisilos Doxa |
| Champions League | APOEL (2nd qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) AEK (2nd qualifying round; viaCypriot Cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos (1st round) |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 594 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Łukasz Sosin (21 goals)[1] Jozef Kožlej (21 goals)[1] |
2004–05 → | |
The2003–04 Cypriot First Division was the 65th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootball league.APOEL won their 18th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 2003–04 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 the2004–05 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the2004–05 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the2004–05 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the2004 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).
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Nea Salamina,Aris Limassol andAlki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the2003–04 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the2002–03 Cypriot Second Division,Anagennisi Deryneia,Doxa Katokopias andOnisilos Sotira.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APOEL(C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 65 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Omonia | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 62 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 49 | |
| 4 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 49 | |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 48 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 38 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 36 | |
| 9 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 32 | Qualification forUEFA Cup second qualifying round[a] |
| 10 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 28 | |
| 12 | Anagennisi Deryneia(R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | −29 | 17 | Relegation toCypriot Second Division |
| 13 | Onisilos Sotira(R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 61 | −39 | 15 | |
| 14 | Doxa Katokopias(R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 111 | −93 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEP | ANG | ANR | APN | APL | DGN | DXK | ETH | ENP | OLM | OMN | ONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
| AEL | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| AEP | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
| Anagennisi | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Anorthosis | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| APOEL | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Apollon | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Digenis | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Doxa | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–10 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
| Ethnikos | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 9–0 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 6–0 | |
| ENP | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
| Olympiakos | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Omonia | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 11–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Onisilos | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
The score of the game Anagennisi-Onisilos was 2-2. Onisilos Sotiras won the appeal they filed in this game due to the irregular participation of a player of Anagennisi Derynia and the match was awarded with a score of 2–0 in their favour.
| # | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omonia | 21 | |
| 2 | Apollon | 20 | |
| 3 | AEP | 15 | |
| 4 | Enosis | 14 | |
| 5 | AEP | 13 |
Source:soccerboards.com