First Division (Cyprus)

First Division
Association	Cyprus Football Association
First edition	1934
Teams	12
master	APOEL Nicosia
Record champions	APOEL Nicosia (28)
Current season	2019/20
Website	www.cfa.com.cy
Qualification for	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
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The Cypriot First Division ( Greek: Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας ) is the highest football league in the Republic of Cyprus . It has been sponsored by the state telephone operator CYTA since 2016 and has been called the Cyta Championship since then . It is hosted by the Cypriot Football Association .

mode

The twelve teams first play against each other twice in a round-trip round on 22 match days. The teams in places 1 to 6 in the championship round will then determine who will qualify for the UEFA Champions League . The second and third placed will take part in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League , for which the winner of the cup competition also qualifies.

In the relegation round, the clubs in places 7 to 12 play from the preliminary round. The last two teams are relegated.

The results of the preliminary round are transferred to the championship and relegation round. If two or more teams are tied at the end of the season, the goal difference is not decisive, but the direct comparison .

Participants 2019/20

The following teams are represented in the 2019/20 season :

APOEL Nicosia (Master) Apollon Limassol AEL Limassol (Cup Winner) AEK Larnaka Nea Salamis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta

Omonia Nicosia Paphos FC Doxa Katokopia Enosis Neon Paralimni Olympiacos Nicosia (promoted) Ethnikos Achnas (climber)

Previous masters

1934/35 Trast AC 1935/36 APOEL Nicosia 1936/37 APOEL Nicosia 1937/38 APOEL Nicosia 1938/39 APOEL Nicosia 1939/40 APOEL Nicosia 1940/41 AEL Limassol 1941–44 not held 1944/45 EPA Larnaka 1945/46 EPA Larnaka 1946/47 APOEL Nicosia 1947/48 APOEL Nicosia 1948/49 APOEL Nicosia 1949/50 Anorthosis Famagusta 1950/51 Çetinkaya TSK 1951/52 APOEL Nicosia 1952/53 AEL Limassol 1953/54 Pezoporikos Larnaka 1954/55 AEL Limassol 1955/56 AEL Limassol 1956/57 Anorthosis Famagusta

1957/58 Anorthosis Famagusta 1958/59 not held 1959/60 Anorthosis Famagusta 1960/61 Omonia Nicosia 1961/62 Anorthosis Famagusta 1962/63 Anorthosis Famagusta 1963/64 not held 1964/65 APOEL Nicosia 1965/66 Omonia Nicosia 1966/67 Olympiacos Nicosia 1967/68 AEL Limassol 1968/69 Olympiacos Nicosia 1969/70 EPO Larnaka 1970/71 Olympiacos Nicosia 1971/72 Omonia Nicosia 1972/73 APOEL Nicosia 1973/74 Omonia Nicosia 1974/75 Omonia Nicosia 1975/76 Omonia Nicosia 1976/77 Omonia Nicosia 1977/78 Omonia Nicosia

1978/79 Omonia Nicosia 1979/80 APOEL Nicosia 1980/81 Omonia Nicosia 1981/82 Omonia Nicosia 1982/83 Omonia Nicosia 1983/84 Omonia Nicosia 1984/85 Omonia Nicosia 1985/86 APOEL Nicosia 1986/87 Omonia Nicosia 1987/88 Pezoporikos Larnaka 1988/89 Omonia Nicosia 1989/90 APOEL Nicosia 1990/91 Apollon Limassol 1991/92 APOEL Nicosia 1992/93 Omonia Nicosia 1993/94 Apollon Limassol 1994/95 Anorthosis Famagusta 1995/96 APOEL Nicosia 1996/97 Anorthosis Famagusta 1997/98 Anorthosis Famagusta 1998/99 Anorthosis Famagusta

1999/2000 Anorthosis Famagusta 2000/01 Omonia Nicosia 2001/02 APOEL Nicosia 2002/03 Omonia Nicosia 2003/04 APOEL Nicosia 2004/05 Anorthosis Famagusta 2005/06 Apollon Limassol 2006/07 APOEL Nicosia 2007/08 Anorthosis Famagusta 2008/09 APOEL Nicosia 2009/10 Omonia Nicosia 2010/11 APOEL Nicosia 2011/12 AEL Limassol 2012/13 APOEL Nicosia 2013/14 APOEL Nicosia 2014/15 APOEL Nicosia 2015/16 APOEL Nicosia 2016/17 APOEL Nicosia 2017/18 APOEL Nicosia 2018/19 APOEL Nicosia

Record champions

rank	society	title	Playing times
001.	APOEL Nicosia	28	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
002.	Omonia Nicosia	20th	1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2010
003.	Anorthosis Famagusta	13	1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008
004th	AEL Limassol	6th	1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 2012
005.	Olympiacos Nicosia	3	1967, 1969, 1971
	Apollon Limassol	3	1991, 1994, 2006
	EPA Larnaca	3	1945, 1946, 1970
008th.	Pezoporikos Larnaka	2	1954, 1988
009.	Trast AC	1	1935
	Çetinkaya TSK	1	1951

development

• 1935: −0000Trast AC (1)
• 1936: −0000Trast AC, APOEL Nicosia (1 each)
• 1937–1982: APOEL Nicosia (2–12)
• 1983: −0000APOEL Nicosia, Omonia Nicosia (12 each)
• 1984-2006: Omonia Nicosia (12-19)
• 2007–2008: Omonia Nicosia, APOEL Nicosia (19 each)
• 2009: −0000APOEL Nicosia (20)
• 2010: −0000APOEL Nicosia, Omonia Nicosia (20 each)
• 2011–2019: APOEL Nicosia (21–28)

Eternal table

→ Main article : First Division Eternal Table (Cyprus)

In the all-time table, record champions APOEL Nicosia are ahead of Omonia Nicosia . The calculation is based on the three-point rule (three points per win, one point per draw), although this system was only introduced in the 1991/92 season. Clubs with a colored background will play in the First Division in the 2019/20 season .

Pl.	society	Years	Sp.	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.	Points	Ø pt.	title
1.	APOEL Nicosia	78	1822	1095	389	338	3940	1822	+2118	3674	2.02	28
2.	Omonia Nicosia	63	1660	1015	337	308	3571	1597	+1974	3382	2.04	20th
3.	Anorthosis Famagusta 1	73	1809	908	458	443	3260	2085	+1175	3181	1.76	13
4th	AEL Limassol 2	78	1825	759	444	622	2975	2536	+439	2718	1.49	6th
5.	Apollon Limassol 3	60	1621	739	422	460	2755	1978	+777	2638	1.63	3
6th	Nea Salamis Famagusta	57	1499	502	389	608	2067	2271	−204	1895	1.26	-
7th	Olympiacos Nicosia 4	67	1501	496	360	645	2243	2775	−532	1844	1.23	3
8th.	Enosis Neon Paralimni 6	47	1285	435	373	477	1698	1750	−52	1675	1.3	-
9.	Pezoporikos Larnaka 5	49	1062	444	318	300	1719	1325	+394	1644	1.55	2
10.	EPA Larnaca	50	1053	362	278	413	1571	1641	−70	1364	1.3	3
11.	Aris Limassol	53	1312	328	324	660	1668	2658	−990	1308	1	-
12.	Alki Larnaka 7	43	1128	308	286	534	1400	1986	−586	1168	1.04	-
13.	Ethnikos Achnas	31	895	296	219	380	1201	1370	−169	1107	1.24	-
14th	AEK Larnaka	24	707	313	162	232	1151	899	+252	1101	1.56	-
15th	Doxa Katokopia	15th	466	117	103	246	550	898	−348	454	0.97	-
16.	APOP Paphos	19th	502	105	126	271	501	1007	−506	441	0.88	-
17th	Evagoras Paphos	18th	480	90	136	254	431	906	−475	406	0.85	-
18th	Digenis Akritas Morphou	15th	396	94	110	192	397	690	−293	392	0.99	-
19th	Ermis Aradippou	13	406	97	79	230	431	832	−401	370	0.91	-
20th	AE Paphos 8	10	278	81	72	125	376	478	−102	306	1.1	-
21st	Omonia Aradippou	13	357	64	92	201	315	686	−371	284	0.8	-
22nd	Çetinkaya TSK 9	18th	208	78	34	96	394	499	−105	268	1.29	1
23.	APOP Kinyras Peyias 10	5	148	44	29	75	201	275	−74	155	1.05	-
24.	ASIL Lysi	8th	198	37	40	121	169	430	−261	151	0.76	-
25th	Anagennisi Dherynia	7th	186	31	34	121	161	409	−248	127	0.68	-
26th	Paphos FC 12	3	104	31	29	44	116	159	−43	122	1.17	-
27.	Keravnos Nicosia	4th	108	28	28	52	111	167	−56	112	1.04	-
28.	Trast AC	4th	44	30th	8th	6th	129	54	+75	98	2.23	1
29	AYMA Nicosia	11	176	23	27	126	254	593	−339	96	0.55	-
30th	APEP Pitsilia 11	7th	192	25th	34	133	158	460	−302	93	0.48	-
31.	Orfeas Nicosia	4th	90	24	16	50	110	180	−70	88	0.98	-
32.	Alki Oroklini	2	68	21st	11	36	83	131	−48	74	1.09	-
33.	AO Agia Napa	4th	110	12	28	70	90	218	−128	64	0.58	-
34.	Ethnikos Assia	3	78	17th	9	52	102	184	−82	60	0.77	-
35.	Chalkanoras Idaliou	2	60	16	11	33	59	116	−57	59	0.98	-
36.	Karmiotissa Pamo Polemidia	1	36	10	7th	19th	47	71	−24	37	1.03	-
37.	Othellos Athienou	1	32	5	10	17th	26th	42	−16	25th	0.78	-
38.	AEK Kouklia	1	36	6th	5	25th	34	94	−60	23	0.64	-
39.	Onisilos Sotira	1	26th	4th	3	19th	22nd	61	−39	15th	0.58	-
40.	AE Zakakiou	1	26th	1	8th	17th	20th	63	−43	11	0.42	-
41.	Atromitos Yeroskipou	1	26th	1	4th	21st	19th	69	−50	7th	0.27	-
42.	ENTHOI Lakatamia	1	26th	1	4th	21st	15th	75	−60	7th	0.27	-
Status: end of season 2018/19

Top scorer since 1960

List of all top scorer of the respective season from 1960

season	Top scorer	society	Gates
1960/61	Panikos Krystallis	Apollon Limassol	26th
1961/62	Michalis Shialis	Anorthosis Famagusta	22nd
1962/63	Panikos Papadopoulos	AEL Limassol	24
1963/64 no game operation
1964/65	Kostakis Pieridis	Olympiacos Nicosia	21st
1965/66	Panikos Efthymiades	Olympiacos Nicosia	20th
1966/67	Andreas Stylianou	APOEL Nicosia	29
1967/68	Charalambos Papadopoulos	AEL Limassol	31
1968/69	Panikos Efthymiades	Olympiacos Nicosia	17th
1969/70	Tasos Constantinou	EPA Larnaca	24
1970/71	Andreas Stylianou	APOEL Nicosia	11
	Kostas Vasiliades	Apollon Limassol
	Panikos Efthymiades	Olympiacos Nicosia
1971/72	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	24
1972/73	Lakis Theodorou	EPA Larnaca	17th
1973/74	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	20th
1974/75	Andros Savva	Omonia Nicosia	21st
1975/76	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	39
1976/77	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	44
1977/78	Andreas Kanaris	Omonia Nicosia	20th
1978/79	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	28
1979/80	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	23
1980/81	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	14th
1981/82	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	19th
1982/83	Panikos Hatziloizou	Aris Limassol	17th
1983/84	Sylvester Vernon	Pezoporikos Larnaka	14th
	Lenos Kittos	Ermis Aradippou
1984/85	Giorgos Savvidis	Omonia Nicosia	24
1985/86	Yiannos Ioannou	APOEL Nicosia	22nd
1986/87	Spas Dschewisow	Omonia Nicosia	32
1987/88	Tasos Zouvanis	Enosis Neon Paralimni	23
1988/89	Nigel McNeal	Nea Salamis Famagusta	19th
1989/90	/ Siniša Gogić	APOEL Nicosia	19th
1990/91	Suad Besirevic	Apollon Limassol	19th
	Panikos Xiourouppas	Omonia Nicosia

season	Top scorer	society	Gates
1991/92	József Dzurják	Omonia Nicosia	21st
1992/93	Slađan Šćepović	Apollon Limassol	25th
1993/94	/ Siniša Gogić	Anorthosis Famagusta	26th
1994/95	Pambis Andreou	Nea Salamis Famagusta	25th
1995/96	József Kiprich	APOEL Nicosia	25th
1996/97	Michalis Konstantinou	Enosis Neon Paralimni	17th
1997/98	/ Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	42
1998/99	/ Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	35
1999/00	/ Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	34
2000/01	/ Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	30th
2001/02	Wojciech Kowalczyk	Anorthosis Famagusta	22nd
2002/03	Marios Neophytou	Anorthosis Famagusta	33
2003/04	Łukasz Sosin	Apollon Limassol	21st
	Jozef Kožlej	Omonia Nicosia
2004/05	Łukasz Sosin	Apollon Limassol	21st
2005/06	Łukasz Sosin	Apollon Limassol	28
2006/07	Esteban Solari	APOEL Nicosia	20th
2007/08	David	Doxa Katokopia	16
	Łukasz Sosin	Anorthosis Famagusta
2008/09	Serjão	Doxa Katokopia	24
2009/10	Joeano	Ermis Aradippou	22nd
	José Semedo	APOP Kinyras Peyias
2010/11	Miljan Mrdaković	Apollon Limassol	21st
2011/12	Freddy	Omonia Nicosia	17th
2012/13	Vasconcelos	Alki Larnaka	18th
2013/14	Monteiro	AEL Limassol	18th
	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon Limassol
	Marco Tagbajumi	Ermis Aradippou
2014/15	Mickaël Poté	Omonia Nicosia	17th
2015/16	André Alves dos Santos	AEK Larnaka	19th
	Fernando Cavenaghi	APOEL Nicosia
	Dimitar Makrijew	Nea Salamis Famagusta
2016/17	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia Nicosia	24
2017/18	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia Nicosia	23
2018/19	Adam Nemec	Paphos FC	16

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 16. ( 17 ) Denmark ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.025 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 17. ( 12 ) Switzerland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 26,900 - CL: 2, EL: 3 
• 18. ( 19 ) Cyprus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 24.925 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 19. ( 25 ) Serbia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 20. ( 26 ) Scotland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «Πρωτάθλημα Cyta» μέχρι το 2019 (συμφωνία ΚΟΠ - Cyta). In: cfa.com.cy. February 3, 2016, Retrieved May 22, 2019 (Greek). 
2. ↑ Clas Glenning: Cyprus 1st level alltimetable. Retrieved February 13, 2020 . 
3. ^ Cyprus - List of Top Scorers. RSSSF , accessed February 16, 2020 . 
4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .