| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Anorthosis (12th title) |
| Relegated | AEP Alki Aris |
| Champions League | Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | APOEL (1st qualifying round) AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; viaCypriot Cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Olympiakos (1st round) |
| Matches | 181 |
| Goals | 548 (3.03 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Łukasz Sosin (21 goals)[1] |
2005–06 → | |
The2004–05 Cypriot First Division was the 66th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootball league.Anorthosis won their 12th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 2004–05 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 the2005–06 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the2005–06 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the2005–06 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the2005 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.
Anagennisi Deryneia,Onisilos Sotira andDoxa Katokopias were relegated from previous season and played in the2004–05 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the2003–04 Cypriot Second Division,Nea Salamina,Aris Limassol andAlki Larnaca.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta(C) | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 62[a] | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | APOEL | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 58 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round[b] |
| 3 | Omonia | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 47 | |
| 4 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Nea Salamina | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Apollon Limassol | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 35[a] | |
| 8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 32 | |
| 10 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 31 | |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 30 | |
| 12 | AEP Paphos(R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 29 | Relegation toCypriot Second Division |
| 13 | Alki Larnaca(R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 29 | |
| 14 | Aris Limassol(R) | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 73 | −51 | 4 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEP | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | ARS | DGN | ETH | ENP | NSL | OLM | OMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| AEL | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| AEP | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | |
| Alki | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | |
| Anorthosis | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | –[a] | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| APOEL | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| Apollon | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Aris | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | |
| Digenis | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Ethnikos | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| ENP | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Nea Salamina | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Olympiakos | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |
| Omonia | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |