| Season | 1997–98 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Anorthosis (9th title) |
| Relegated | Anagennisi APOP Ethnikos Assia |
| Champions League | Anorthosis (1st qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Apollon (qualifying round; viaCypriot Cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos Achna (1st round) |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 657 (3.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rainer Rauffmann (42 goals)[1] |
1998–99 → | |
The1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootball league.Anorthosis won their 9th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 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 the1998–99 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the1998–99 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the1998–99 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the1998 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.
Aris Limassol,Olympiakos Nicosia andAPEP were relegated from previous season and played in the1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the1996–97 Cypriot Second Division,AEL Limassol,Evagoras Paphos andEthnikos Assia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anorthosis(C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 87 | 18 | +69 | 66 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Omonia | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 90 | 20 | +70 | 62 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Apollon | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 55 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 47 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | AEK | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 33 | |
| 7 | APOEL | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 31 | |
| 9 | AEL | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 29 | |
| 10 | Alki | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 29 | |
| 11 | Evagoras | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 29 | |
| 12 | Anagennisi(R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 27 | Relegation toCypriot Second Division |
| 13 | APOP(R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 26 | |
| 14 | Ethnikos Assia(R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 76 | −48 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ALK | ANG | ANR | APN | APL | APP | EAC | EAS | ENP | EVG | NSL | OMO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| AEL | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | |
| Alki | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–5 | |
| Anagennisi | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–7 | |
| Anorthosis | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | |
| APOEL | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | |
| Apollon | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| APOP | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
| Ethnikos Assia | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–1 | |
| Ethnikos Achna | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Enosis | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Evagoras | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Nea Salamis | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Omonia | 0–1 | 5–1 | 8–0 | 10–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 |