Cyprus. Ranked 27th. Dramatic battle for the title, ending with unusual winner. Apart from that – the top league was going to be reduced from 16 to 15 teams for the next year, so 3 teams were relegated and 2 promoted. The Second Division had 15 teams this season. Three teams fought for the 2 promotions, everybody else was far behind. Evagoras (Paphos) lost the race and finished 3rd with 40 points.
Omonia (Aradippou) failed to win the championship, but ended promoted – 2nd with 42 points.
Keravnos was a surprise winner with 43 points from 18 wins, 7 ties, and 3 losses. 52-21 was not the best record in the league, but no matter: Keravnos was on top and promoted to top flight.
First Division. Three outsiders: Anagennisi was last with 16 points, Alki – 15th with 17 points, and APEP – 14th with 19 points. They were relegated. Nothing much up the table:
EPA (Larnaca) ended 9th with 27 points.
Nea Salamina – 7th with 33 points.
Omonia (Nicosia), quite surprisingly, was not a factor this season. Yet, they still finished 3rd with 37 points. Even when weak, Omonia was stronger than most the the league.
APOEL and Pezoporikos fought for the title, not letting anybody to come even close to them. One point decided the champions and APOEL (Nicosia) lost, finishing with 47 points. They won most games this season – 22 – and scored most goals – 66 – but they also lost too many games – 5 – which was costly at the end.
Pezoporikos prevailed. Unusual winners, but having some other team instead of Omonia and APOEL on top was refreshing. The new champions were tough – they lost only 1 match! Strong defense was the secret of success: they won 19 games, tied 10. Scored 56 goals, but permitted only 20 in their own net. That clinched the title: 48 points against APOEL’s 47.
Happy champions indeed.
Pezoporikos waited 34 years for this triumph! It was their 2nd title and such a rare winner deserves better photos, but… that is all at hand.
Omonia still had a chance to finish the season with a trophy – they reached the Cup final, where they met AEL (Limassol). The underdog was not an easy pray, but eventually Omonia prevailed – 2-1.
Would have been great two underdogs to win the trophies, but no such luck. Too bad AEL lost.
Omonia (Nicosia) saved the season, so to say. Weak championship, but at the end they still had the upper hand over their bitter rivals – APOEL had nothing this year, Omonia got the Cup. It was their 8th.