| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apollon (3rd title) |
| Relegated | APOP APEP THOI |
| Champions League | Apollon (1st qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) APOEL (1st qualifying round; viaCypriot Cup)) |
| Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos (1st round) |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 603 (3.31 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Łukasz Sosin (28 goals)[1] |
2006–07 → | |
The2005–06 Cypriot First Division was the 67th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootball league.Apollon won their 3rd title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 2005–06 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 the2006–07 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the2006–07 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the2006–07 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the2006 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.
AEP Paphos,Alki Larnaca andAris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the2005–06 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the2004–05 Cypriot Second Division,APOP Kinyras,APEP andTHOI Lakatamia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollon Limassol(C) | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 64 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Omonia | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 63 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | APOEL | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 62 | |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 53 | |
| 5 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 43 | |
| 6 | Nea Salamina | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 41 | |
| 7 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 35 | |
| 8 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 28 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 10 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 28 | |
| 11 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 27 | |
| 12 | APOP Kinyras(R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 18 | Relegation toCypriot Second Division |
| 13 | APEP(R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 72 | −55 | 8 | |
| 14 | THOI Lakatamia(R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 75 | −60 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ANR | APP | APN | APL | APK | DGN | ETH | ENP | ENT | NSL | OLM | OMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
| AEL | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Anorthosis | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| APEP | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | |
| APOEL | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Apollon | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| APOP | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | |
| Digenis | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| ENP | 1–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| ENTHOI | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
| Nea Salamina | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | |
| Olympiakos | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Omonia | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 |