Cypriot First Division

The Cypriot First Division or Cyprus Championship First Division (in Greek Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the highest football league in Cyprus. At present, 14 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, three clubs are relegated to Cypriot 2nd Division, the second-level league, to be replaced by the top three teams from that league.

The league is entitled to 1 entrant in the UEFA Champions League by the champion, which enters the 1st qualifying round. The winner of the Cyprus Cup automatically enters the UEFA Cup first qualifying round, as well as the runner-up team. If the cup winner is champion as well, the losing cup finalist is granted a UEFA Cup berth. If cup winner is qualified for Europe by their league position, the third-place team in Cypriot First Division qualifies for UEFA Cup.

Teams

Here are the fourteen teams that participates in the first division in the 2005-06 season:

Here are the fourteen teams that participates in the first division in the 2006-07 season:

• Apollon Limassol - Limassol
  
• AEL FC - Limassol
  
• Aris Limassol - Limassol
  
• AEK Larnaca- Larnaca
  
• AEP Paphos FC - Paphos
  
• Anorthosis Famagusta - Famagusta
  
• APOEL - Nicosia
  
• Ayia Napa FC - Ayia Napa
  
• Digenis Morphou - Morphou
  
• Enosis Neon Paralimni - Paralimni
  
• Ethnikos Achna - Achna, Famagusta
  
• Nea Salamis Famagusta - Famagusta
  
• Olympiakos Nicosia - Nicosia
  
• AC Omonia - Nicosia
• APOEL - Nicosia
  

Championships

• 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 through 1944 championship not played due to World War II
  
• 1944/45 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1945/46 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1946/47 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1947/48 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1948/49 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1949/50 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1950/51 Çetin Kaya
  
• 1951/52 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1952/53 AEL Limassol
  
• 1953/54 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  
• 1954/55 AEL Limassol
  
• 1955/56 AEL Limassol
  
• 1956/57 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1957/58 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1958/59 championship not played
  
• 1959/60 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1960/61 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1961/62 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1962/63 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1963/64 championship abandoned
  
• 1964/65 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1965/66 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1966/67 Olympiakos Nicosia
  
• 1967/68 AEL Limassol
  
• 1968/69 Olympiakos Nicosia
  
• 1969/70 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1970/71 Olympiakos 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 Larnaca
  
• 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
  
• 1999/00 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

CFA Cups

• 1934/35 Trast AC
  
• 1935/36 Trast AC
  
• 1936/37 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1937/38 Trast AC
  
• 1938/39 AEL Limassol
  
• 1939/40 AEL Limassol
  
• 1940/41 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1941-43 Not held due to WWII
  
• 1944/45 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1945/46 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1946/47 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1947/48 AEL Limassol
  
• 1948/49 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1949/50 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1950/51 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1951/52 Çetin Kaya
  
• 1952/53 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1953/54 Çetin Kaya
  
• 1954/55 EPA Larnaca
  
• 1955-58 Not held due to Fight for Cyprus Independence
  
• 1958/59 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1959-61 Not held due to Fight for Cyprus Independence
  
• 1961/62 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1962/63 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1963/64 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1964/65 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1965/66 Apollon Limassol
  
• 1966/67 Apollon Limassol
  
• 1967/68 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1968/69 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1969/70 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  
• 1970/71 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1971/72 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1972/73 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1973/74 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1974/75 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1975/76 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1976/77 Olympiakos Nicosia
  
• 1977/78 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1978/79 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1979/80 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1980/81 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1981/82 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1982/83 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1983/84 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1984/85 AEL Limassol
  
• 1985/86 Apollon Limassol
  
• 1986/87 AEL Limassol
  
• 1987/88 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1988/89 AEL Limassol
  
• 1989/90 Nea Salamina
  
• 1990/91 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1991/92 Apollon Limassol
  
• 1992/93 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1993/94 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 1994/95 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1995/96 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1996/97 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1997/98 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 1998/99 APOEL Nicosia
  
• 1999/00 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 2000/01 Apollon Limassol
  
• 2001/02 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 2002/03 Anorthosis Famagusta
  
• 2003/04 AEK Larnaca
  
• 2004/05 Omonia Nicosia
  
• 2005/06 APOEL Nicosia
  

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Lost Finals
APOEL Nicosia	18	9
Omonia Nicosia	12	5
Anorthosis Famagusta	9	5
AEL Limassol	6	7
Apollon Limassol	5	6
EPA Larnaca	5	3
Trast AC	3	1
Çetin Kaya	2	1
Pezoporikos Larnaca	1	7
Olympiakos Nicosia	1	3
AEK Larnaca	1	2
Nea Salaminis Famagusta	1	2
Alki Larnaca	0	5
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0	4
Aris Limassol	0	1
Digenis Morphou	0	1
Aris Limassol	0	1
Ethnikos Achnas	0	1
LTSK	0	1

Top Goalscorers

This is a list of the top goalscorers of Cyprus by year since 1960.

Noted Players

• Mutiu Adepoju
  
• Chris Bart-Williams
  
• Steven Bryce
  
• Gocha Jamarauli
  
• Sotiris Kaiafas
  
• Amir Karić
  
• Temuri Ketsbaia
  
• Georgi Kinkladze
  
• Michalis Konstantinou
  
• István Kozma
  
• Ioannis Okkas
  
• Paul Okon
  
• Gary Owen
  
• Robert Spehar
  

Noted Managers

• Hristo Bonev
  
• Ilie Dumitrescu
  
• Jerzy Engel
  
• Arie Haan
  
• Anghel Iordănescu
  
• Temuri Ketsbaia
  
• Martti Kuusela
  
• Oleg Protasov
  
• Toni Savevski
  
• Bernd Stange
  
• Ronnie Whelan
  
• Janusz Wójcik
  

Performance by Club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Omonia Nicosia	19	1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003
APOEL Nicosia	18	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004
Anorthosis Famagusta	12	1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
AEL Limassol	5	1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968
EPA Larnaca	3	1945, 1946, 1970
Apollon Limassol	3	1991, 1994, 2006
Olympiakos Nicosia	3	1967, 1969, 1971
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2	1954, 1988
Trast AC	1	1935
Çetin Kaya	1	1951

Top Goalscorers

This is a list of the top goalscorers of Cyprus by year since 1960.

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1960/61	Panikos Krystallis	Apollon Limassol	26
1961/62	Michalis Shialis	Anorthosis Famagusta	22
1962/63	Panikos Papadopoulos	AEL Limassol	24
1963/64	Championship abandoned
1964/65	Kostakis Pieridis	Olympiakos Nicosia	21
1965/66	Panikos Efthymiades	Olympiakos Nicosia	20
1966/67	Andreas Stylianou	APOEL Nicosia	29
1967/68	Pamboullis Papadopoulos	AEL Limassol	31
1968/69	Panikos Efthymiades	Olympiakos Nicosia	17
1969/70	Tasos Konstantinou	EPA Larnaca	24
1970/71	Andreas Stylianou Kostas Vasiliades Panikos Efthymiades	APOEL Nicosia Apollon Limassol Olympiakos Nicosia	11 11 11
1971/72	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	24
1972/73	Andros Savva	Omonia Nicosia	21
1972/73	Lakis Theodorou	EPA Larnaca	17
1973/74	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	20
1974/75	Andros Savva	Omonia Nicosia	21
1975/76	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	39
1976/77	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	44
1977/78	Andreas Kanaris	Omonia Nicosia	20
1978/79	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	28
1979/80	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	23
1980/81	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	14
1981/82	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia Nicosia	19
1982/83	Panikos Hadjiloizou	Aris Limassol	17
1983/84	Sylvester Vernon Lenos Kittos	Pezoporikos Ermis Aradippou	14 14
1984/85	Georgios Savvides	Omonia Nicosia	24
1985/86	Yiannos Ioannou	APOEL Nicosia	22
1986/87	Spas Djevizov	Omonia Nicosia	32
1987/88	Tasos Zouvanis	E.N. Paralimni	23
1988/89	Nigel McNeal	Nea Salamis Famagusta	19
1989/90	Sinisa Gogic	APOEL Nicosia	19
1990/91	Souad Besirovic Panikos Xiourouppas	Apollon Limassol Omonia Nicosia	19 19
1991/92	Josef Djouriak	Omonia Nicosia	21
1992/93	Vladan Cepovic	Apollon Limassol	25
1993/94	Sinisa Gogic	Anorthosis Famagusta	26
1994/95	Pambis Andreou	Nea Salamis Famagusta	25
1995/96	Josef Kiprich	APOEL Nicosia	25
1996/97	Michalis Konstantinou	EN Paralimni	17
1997/98	Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	42
1998/99	Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	35
1999/2000	Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	34
2000/01	Rainer Rauffmann	Omonia Nicosia	30
2001/02	Wojciech Kowalczyk	Anorthosis Famagusta	22
2002/03	Marios Neophytou	Anorthosis Famagusta	33
2003/04	Lukasz Sosin Jozef Koslej	Apollon Limassol Omonia Nicosia	21 21
2004/05	Lukasz Sosin	Apollon Limassol	21
2005/06	Lukasz Sosin	Apollon Limassol	28

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