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The 2003–04 Cypriot First Division was the 65th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 18th title.
| Season | 2003–04 |
|---|---|
| Champions | APOEL (18th title) |
| Relegated | Anagennisi Onisilos Doxa |
| Champions League | APOEL (2nd qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Omonia (1st qualifying round) AEK (2nd qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos (1st round) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 594 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Łukasz Sosin (21 goals)[1] Jozef Kožlej (21 goals)[1] |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |
Fourteen teams participated in the 2003–04 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 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2004 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).
Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Nea Salamina, Aris Limassol and Alki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division, Anagennisi Deryneia, Doxa Katokopias and Onisilos Sotira.
2003–04 Cypriot First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APOEL (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Omonia | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 49 | |
| 4 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 49 | |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 48 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 38 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 36 | |
| 9 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 32 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a] |
| 10 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 28 | |
| 12 | Anagennisi Deryneia (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | −29 | 17 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 13 | Onisilos Sotira (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 61 | −39 | 15 | |
| 14 | Doxa Katokopias (R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 111 | −93 | 7 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- AEK Larnaca qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round by winning the 2003–04 Cypriot Cup.
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEP | ANG | ANR | APN | APL | DGN | DXK | ETH | ENP | OLM | OMN | ONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
| AEL | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| AEP | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
| Anagennisi | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Anorthosis | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| APOEL | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Apollon | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Digenis | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Doxa | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–10 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
| Ethnikos | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 9–0 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 6–0 | |
| ENP | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
| Olympiakos | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Omonia | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 11–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Onisilos | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
The score of the game Anagennisi-Onisilos was 2-2. Onisilos Sotiras won the appeal they filed in this game due to the irregular participation of a player of Anagennisi Derynia and the match was awarded with a score of 2–0 in their favour.
| # | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jozef Kozlej | Omonia | 21 |
| 2 |  Łukasz Sosin | Apollon | 20 |
| 3 |  Sása Jovanović | AEP | 15 |
| 4 |  Levan Kebadze | Enosis | 14 |
| 5 |  Zenzo Moyo | AEP | 13 |
Source: soccerboards.com
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