2005–06 Cypriot First Division
The 2005–06 Cypriot First Division was the 67th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Apollon won their 3rd title.
Format
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 the 2006–07 Cypriot Second Division.The champions ensured their participation in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2006 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.
Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.Changes from previous season
, Alki Larnaca and Aris Limassol were relegated from previous season and played in the 2005–06 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division, APOP Kinyras, APEP and THOI Lakatamia.Stadia and locations
Team | Stadium |
AEK | GSZ Stadium |
AEL | Tsirion Stadium |
Anorthosis | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
APEP | THOI Stadium |
APOEL | GSP Stadium |
Apollon | Tsirion Stadium |
APOP | Pafiako Stadium |
Digenis | Makario Stadium |
Ethnikos Achna | Dasaki Stadium |
Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni Stadium |
THOI | THOI Stadium |
Nea Salamina | Ammochostos Stadium |
Olympiakos | GSP Stadium |
Omonia | GSP Stadium |