2016–17 Cypriot First Division

Cyta Championship

Season	2016–17
Matches played	84
Goals scored	223 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matt Derbyshire (9 goals)
Biggest home win	AEK 4–0 Aris (17 October 2016) Apollon 4–0 Anagennisi (22 October 2016) Aris 4–0 Doxa (27 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
Longest winning run	8 matches AEK
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches AEK APOEL
Longest winless run	12 matches Anagennisi
Longest losing run	9 matches Anagennisi
Highest attendance	9,678[1] Omonia 2–1 AEK (20 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	7[2] Doxa 0–0 Ethnikos (16 October 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 28 November 2016.

The 2016–17 Cypriot First Division is the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 20 August 2016 and will end on 21 May 2017.^[3] The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2016.^[4][5] APOEL are the defending champions.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Enosis Neon Paralimni and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2015–16 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Pafos FC, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2015–16 Second Division champions Karmiotissa, runners-up AEZ Zakakiou and third-placed team Anagennisi Deryneia.

Stadia and locations

AEK
Anorthosis
Salamina

Anagennisi

AEL
Apollon
Aris

AEZ

Karmiotissa

APOEL
Omonia

Ermis

Ethnikos

Doxa

Locations of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division teams.

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium[6][7]	Capacity
AEK	Larnaca	AEK Arena	8,000
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
AEZ	Zakaki, Limassol	Pafiako Stadium	9,394
Anagennisi	Deryneia, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Aris	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Doxa	Peristerona, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Ermis	Aradippou, Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
Ethnikos	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	GSZ Stadium	13,032
Nea Salamina	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor[8]
AEK	Imanol Idiakez	David Català	Puma	A.J.K.
AEL	Pambos Christodoulou	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Kepaky
AEZ	TBA	Andreas Mammides	Luanvi	CRI Group
Anagennisi	Savvas Poursaitidis	Giorgos Giannakou	Eldera	Kymco
Anorthosis	Ronny Levy	João Victor	Macron	Olympia
APOEL	Thomas Christiansen	Nektarios Alexandrou	Nike	Pari-Match
Apollon	Pedro Emanuel	Giorgos Vasiliou	Puma	Carabao
Aris	Frederik Vanderbiest	Christos Theophilou	Nike	Europcar
Doxa	TBA	Edmar	Joma	Murphy's
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Cristian Sîrghi	Legea	Mybet
Ethnikos	Valdas Ivanauskas	Christos Poyiatzis	Legea
Karmiotissa	Liasos Louka	Giannis Taralidis	GEMS	MoneySafe
Nea Salamina	Staikos Vergetis	Giannis Skopelitis	GEMS	Vitex
Omonia	John Carver	Renato Margaça	Puma	Gree

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nea Salamina	Giorgos Lagkaditis	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season	Pre-season	Eugen Neagoe	6 May 2016[9]
Anorthosis	Neophytos Larkou	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		Antonio Puche	17 May 2016[10]
APOEL	Georgios Kostis	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season		Thomas Christiansen	1 June 2016[11]
AEK	Demetris Demetriou	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season		Imanol Idiakez	31 May 2016[12]
Omonia	Vladan Milojević	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		John Carver	4 June 2016[13]
Aris	Kostas Kaiafas	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		Thalis Theodoridis	24 June 2016[14]
Nea Salamina	Eugen Neagoe	Sacked	19 September 2016[15]	11th	Staikos Vergetis	20 September 2016[16]
Ethnikos	Danilo Dončić	Sacked	28 September 2016[17]	14th	Valdas Ivanauskas	4 October 2016[18]
Anorthosis	Antonio Puche	Sacked	18 October 2016[19]	8th	Ronny Levy	26 October 2016[20]
Anagennisi	Adamos Adamou	Resigned	18 October 2016[21]	14th	Savvas Poursaitidis	23 October 2016[22]
Aris	Thalis Theodoridis	Sacked	24 October 2016[23]	13th	Frederik Vanderbiest	1 November 2016[24]
AEZ	Nikolas Martides	Resigned	16 November 2016[25]	11th
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Resigned	28 November 2016[26]	13th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Larnaca	12	10	1	1	28	7	+21	31	Qualification to Championship round
2	AEL Limassol	12	8	3	1	17	5	+12	27[lower-alpha 1]
3	APOEL	12	8	3	1	26	5	+21	27[lower-alpha 1]
4	Omonia	12	7	3	2	22	13	+9	24
5	Apollon Limassol	12	7	2	3	27	10	+17	23
6	Ermis Aradippou	12	6	1	5	16	19	−3	19
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta	12	4	4	4	11	14	−3	16	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion	12	4	2	6	12	23	−11	14[lower-alpha 2]
9	Anorthosis Famagusta	12	3	5	4	13	15	−2	14[lower-alpha 2]
10	Ethnikos Achna	12	3	2	7	16	22	−6	11
11	Aris Limassol	12	2	4	6	9	19	−10	10
12	AEZ Zakakiou	12	1	5	6	12	26	−14	8
13	Doxa Katokopias	12	1	3	8	4	19	−15	6	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	Anagennisi Deryneia	12	0	2	10	8	24	−16	2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2016. Source: CFA, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[27]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: AEL 1–0 APOEL
2. Head-to-head record: Anorthosis 0–1 Karmiotissa

Results

Home ╲ Away

AEK

AEL

AEZ

AND

ANO

APOE

APOL

ARI

DOX

ERM

ETH

KAR

NSL

OMO

AEK Larnaca

2–1

4–1

1–1

4–0

2–0

1–0

3–0

AEL Limassol

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

a

0–0

3–0

1–0

AEZ Zakakiou

2–5

1–1

1–4

0–4

3–1

1–5

0–1

Anagennisi Deryneia

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

2–2

Anorthosis Famagusta

0–0

2–2

0–0

3–0

2–2

0–1

0–0

APOEL

2–0

1–1

2–0

3–0

2–0

4–1

a

Apollon Limassol

0–1

a

4–0

0–0

3–2

2–1

Aris Limassol

0–3

0–0

1–2

0–3

a

4–0

0–2

1–1

Doxa Katokopias

1–3

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

Ermis Aradippou

2–1

1–0

3–2

2–1

1–2

Ethnikos Achna

0–3

5–3

2–1

4–2

1–2

Karmiotissa

0–1

0–0

0–6

1–0

3–0

Nea Salamis Famagusta

0–1

2–0

0–4

0–3

0–0

1–0

1–1

Omonia Nicosia

2–1

2–0

a

3–1

1–1

3–1

4–2

Updated to games played on 28 November 2016.
Source: CFA (Greek)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).^[28]

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).^[29]

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 28 November 2016; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	9
2	Konstantinos Pangalos	AEZ	7
	Pieros Sotiriou	APOEL
	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon
5	Alex da Silva	Apollon	6
	Cillian Sheridan	Omonia
7	André Alves	AEK	5
	Georgios Efrem	APOEL
	Abraham Gneki Guié	Apollon
	Nassir Maachi	Nea Salamina

Hat-tricks

#	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1.	Konstantinos Pangalos	AEZ	Ethnikos	3–1	21 August 2016
2.	Nassir Maachi^4	Nea Salamina	AEZ	1–5	24 September 2016
3.	Nika Kacharava^4	Ethnikos	Karmiotissa	4–2	29 October 2016

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
• Fastest goal of the season: 0 minutes and 51 seconds – Eleftherios Sakellariou (AEZ) against Ermis (19 November 2016)
• Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 35 seconds – Alex da Silva (Apollon) against Ethnikos (6 November 2016)
• First scored penalty kick of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
• First own goal of the season: 51 minutes and 44 seconds – Albert Serrán (Doxa) for AEK (20:07 EET, 14 September 2016)
• Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals
  • Nassir Maachi (Nea Salamina) against AEZ (24 September 2016)
• Most scored goals in a single fixture – 27 goals (Fixture 5)
  • Fixture 5 results: AEZ 1–5 Nea Salamina, Omonia 4–2 Karmiotissa, AEL 2–1 Apollon, AEK 4–1 Anorthosis, Aris 0–3 APOEL, Anagennisi 0–1 Doxa, Ermis 2–1 Ethnikos.
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: 42 minutes – Bruno Nascimento for Omonia against Ermis (18:42 EET, 20 August 2016)
• First red card of the season: 88 minutes – Dimitris Froxylias for Nea Salamina against Apollon (21:43 EET, 20 August 2016)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 5 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov (2), Yaroslav Martynyuk, Rafael Yiangoudakis, Alexandru Benga) and 4 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou, Nicolas Fotiou, Modestos Sotiriou, Nikos Barboudis) (11 September 2016)
• Most red cards in a single match: 1
  • Nea Salamina 0–3 Apollon – 1 for Nea Salamina (Dimitris Froxylias) (20 August 2016)
  • Anagennisi 2–2 Omonia – 1 for Anagennisi (Nicos Efthymiou) (27 August 2016)
  • Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 1 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov) (11 September 2016)
  • Ethnikos 0–3 AEK – 1 for Ethnikos (Nika Kacharava) (21 September 2016)
  • AEK 4–1 Anorthosis – 1 for Anorthosis (Shehu Abdullahi) (25 September 2016)
  • Karmiotissa 3–0 Ermis – 1 for Ermis (Ioannis Antoniou) (2 October 2016)
  • AEL 1–1 AEZ – 1 for AEZ (Douglas Reis) (30 October 2016)
  • AEZ 0–1 Omonia – 1 for Omonia (Constantinos Panagi) (5 November 2016)
  • APOEL 4–1 Karmiotissa – 1 for Karmiotissa (Marko Adamović) (6 November 2016)
  • Anagennisi 1–2 Aris – 1 for Aris (Harmony Ikande) (20 November 2016)
  • Nea Salamina 1–0 Ethnikos – 1 for Ethnikos (Borislav Stoychev) (26 November 2016)
  • AEZ 1–1 Anagennisi – 1 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou) (27 November 2016)

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External links

• uefa.com