Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Country	Cyprus
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1934 (1934)
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Cypriot Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	APOEL (25th title) (2015–16)
Most championships	APOEL (25 titles)
TV partners	CytaVision PrimeTel
Website	CFA
2016–17 Cypriot First Division

The Cypriot First Division (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and thus officially known as Cyta Championship.^[1] The league is contested by 14 teams and runs from August to May, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Cypriot Second Division and replaced by the top three teams in that division.

History

Football was introduced to Cyprus early in the 20th century by the British. Initially played in the island's schools, it proved hugely popular and a number of clubs were duly formed.

Since 1911, when Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded, many clubs were established and in 1932 the Cypriot Championship began annually at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organized by a different football club which caused some conflicts between some of the teams.

As football became more established, the clubs were united in agreeing that an official body was needed to regulate the sport. And in September 1934, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) was formed and the Cypriot Championship and Cup began to take place annually.^[2] The first Champions of Cyprus were Trust in 1935 but the club folded three years later. The 1930s were dominated by APOEL, who won five championship in a row until 1940. Like other Championships in the World, the Cypriot Championship was interrupted, due to World War II from 1941 until 1945.

World War II was followed by the Greek Civil War, which caused a lot of fanaticism between Greeks. Since the majority of the island are Greek Cypriots, it had a lot of influence in their society too, including sport. In 1948, some clubs were involved in politics and criticized the left-wing as responsible for the War. Several footballers from those clubs criticized their club but that followed the expulsion of those players from their teams. Those players then went on to help establish new clubs with their own Association and their own football competitions. Until 1953 there were two separate football Championships in Cyprus and two different Associations. However, in 1953, the two Associations unified Cypriot football, and the teams which were established in 1948 under the separate association, were allowed to become members of the CFA. Only Omonia was accepted into the First Division. And due to the addition of more clubs that season, relegation and promotion began in Cypriot football.

The Cypriot Championship unification, lasted for only two seasons. In 1955, Çetinkaya Türk S.K., who had been the only Turkish Cypriot team playing in the Cypriot First Division since 1934–35, withdrew from the Championship and with other Turkish Cypriot teams, established the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, with its own competitions. The reason behind this was political, as the Turkish Cypriot leadership were supporting the partition of the island. However, this Federation was never recognized and no team of that federation could play in international competitions.

The independence of Cyprus in 1960, was followed by full membership for the Cyprus Football Association to UEFA in 1962. From 1963, the champions of the Cyprus, could compete in the European Champions Cup and the Cup winners in the European Cup Winners Cup. Since 1971, the runners up in the Greek Cypriot First Division can compete in the UEFA Cup. From 1967 until 1974, the Greek Cypriot Champions were promoted to the Greek First National Division. Greek Cypriot teams were relegated every season from the Alpha Ethniki, apart from 1974, when APOEL managed to remain in the Greek Championship which meant that Cyprus would have two teams in Alpha Ethniki. However, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that year, APOEL and Omonia (the champion of Cyprus for 1974) withdrew from the League.

The Greek Cypriot championship was abandoned in the 1963–64 season due to the bicommunal conflicts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.

Omonia dominated the Greek Cypriot Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 12 championship in 13 seasons. In 1976, Omonia player Sotiris Kaiafas was the top scorer not only in Cyprus but also in Europe with 39 goals winning the European Golden Boot. Anorthosis Famagusta dominated Cyprus football between 1995 and 2000, losing the championship during those years only once in 1996.

The last ten years (2006–present), APOEL had been the most successful club by winning more than one championship every two years, counting seven championship titles in total.

Format

Current format

At present, 14 clubs compete in the league. Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, which makes a total of 26 games for each club. The last two teams (of the first round) are relegated directly to the Second Division. Since 2007–08 season the league has a second round play-off system. In the second round the first 12 (out of 14) teams are separated into two groups of six teams according to their position at the end of the first round. The points from the first round are carried to the second round and the teams play each other twice (10 more matches). At the end of the second round, the bottom team of the relegation group is relegated to the Second Division.

Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. The rule for three points for a win has been applied since 1992, before then two points were awarded for a win. Teams are ranked by total points, the matches between the teams, then goal difference and then goals scored. If teams are still equal they are deemed to occupy the same position. If the champions, teams for relegation or qualification for other competitions thus cannot be decided, a series of play-off match(es) are played between the affected teams, although this has yet to occur. Since the establishment of the league and until 2005–06, goal difference had the biggest ranking after total points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champions. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Cypriot Second Division and the top three teams from the 2nd Division promoted in their place.

The league champions are entitled to entrance in the UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round. The winner of the Cypriot Cup automatically enters the UEFA Europa League third round. The runner-up and third placed team in the league enters the UEFA Europa League on the first qualifying round. If the cup winners are also league champions, then the fourth placed team of the league are granted a UEFA Europa League berth.

The First Division has had 14 teams from 1989 until today, apart from the 1994–95 season when the league was reduced to 13 teams and the 2014–15 season when the league was reduced to 12 teams. For some years there has been discussion about reducing the number of teams in the first division. This is partly driven by some of the mid-table clubs not being involved for much of the season in either the Championship or qualification for Europe, or relegation. In the 2014–15 season, the Cypriot First Division teams were reduced from 14 to 12, but the next season (2015–16) they were increased again to 14.

Previous formats

From 2007–08 until 2012–13 season, in the second round the first 12 (out of 14) teams were separated into three groups of four teams according to their position at the end of the first round. For the 2013–14 season, in the second round the first 12 (out of 14) teams were separated into two groups of six teams according to their position at the end of the first round. The last two teams of the first round were relegated directly to the B1 Division and the bottom two teams of the relegation group also. The points from the first round were carried to the second round and the teams played each other twice.

In the 2014–15 season, only 12 clubs competed in the league. Each club played the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, which made a total of 22 games for each club. In the second round the 12 teams were separated into two groups of six teams according to their position at the end of the first round. The points from the first round were carried to the second round and the teams played each other twice (10 more matches). At the end of the second round, the bottom team of the relegation group was relegated to the Second Division.

Points system

The points system of the Cypriot First Division changed three times during the years:

From 1934–35 until 1959–60 season, teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.^[3]
From 1960–61 until 1969–70 season, teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a defeat.^[3]
From 1970–71 until 1990–91 season, teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.^[4]
Since 1991–92 season (until present time), teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.^[5]

2016–17 Clubs

Club	Location	2015–16 season
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	2nd
AEL Limassol	Limassol	7th
AEZ Zakakiou	Zakaki	2D, 2nd
Anagennisi Deryneia	Deryneia	2D, 3rd
Anorthosis	Larnaca	5th
APOEL	Nicosia	1st
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	3rd
Aris Limassol	Limassol	10th
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia	9th
Ermis Aradippou	Larnaca	8th
Ethnikos Achna	Achna	11th
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia	2D, 1st
Nea Salamina	Larnaca	6th
Omonia	Nicosia	4th

League name history

1934–2007 : Pancypriot Championship
2007–2012 : Marfin Laiki League
2012 00000: Laiki Bank League
2012–2013 : First Division Championship
2013–2014 : Glafcos Clerides Championship
2014–2016 : First Division Championship
2016–2019 : Cyta Championship

Champions

Season	Winner^[6]^[7]	Runner-up
1934–35	Trust	Çetinkaya Türk
1935–36	APOEL	Trust
1936–37	APOEL	Trust
1937–38	APOEL	Trust
1938–39	APOEL	EPA Larnaca
1939–40	APOEL	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1940–41	AEL Limassol	APOEL
1941–44	Suspended due to World War II
1944–45	EPA Larnaca	APOEL
1945–46	EPA Larnaca	APOEL
1946–47	APOEL	EPA Larnaca
1947–48	APOEL	AEL Limassol
1948–49	APOEL	Anorthosis Famagusta
1949–50	Anorthosis Famagusta	EPA Larnaca
1950–51	Çetinkaya Türk	APOEL
1951–52	APOEL	EPA Larnaca
1952–53	AEL Limassol	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1953–54	Pezoporikos Larnaca	APOEL
1954–55	AEL Limassol	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1955–56	AEL Limassol	APOEL
1956–57	Anorthosis Famagusta	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1957–58	Anorthosis Famagusta	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1958–59	Not Held
1959–60	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
1960–61	Omonia	Anorthosis Famagusta
1961–62	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
1962–63	Anorthosis Famagusta	APOEL
1963–64	Championship Abandoned
1964–65	APOEL	Olympiakos Nicosia
1965–66	Omonia	Olympiakos Nicosia
1966–67	Olympiakos Nicosia	APOEL
1967–68	AEL Limassol	Omonia
1968–69	Olympiakos Nicosia	Omonia
1969–70	EPA Larnaca	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1970–71	Olympiakos Nicosia	Digenis Morphou
1971–72	Omonia	EPA Larnaca
1972–73	APOEL	Olympiakos Nicosia
1973–74	Omonia	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1974–75	Omonia	Enosis Neon Paralimni
1975–76	Omonia	APOEL
1976–77	Omonia	APOEL
1977–78	Omonia	APOEL
1978–79	Omonia	APOEL
1979–80	APOEL	Omonia
1980–81	Omonia	APOEL
1981–82	Omonia	Pezoporikos Larnaca
1982–83	Omonia	Anorthosis Famagusta
1983–84	Omonia	Apollon Limassol
1984–85	Omonia	APOEL
1985–86	APOEL	Omonia
1986–87	Omonia	APOEL
1987–88	Pezoporikos Larnaca	APOEL
1988–89	Omonia	Apollon Limassol
1989–90	APOEL	Omonia
1990–91	Apollon Limassol	Anorthosis Famagusta
1991–92	APOEL	Anorthosis Famagusta
1992–93	Omonia	Apollon Limassol
1993–94	Apollon Limassol	Anorthosis Famagusta
1994–95	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
1995–96	APOEL	Anorthosis Famagusta
1996–97	Anorthosis Famagusta	Apollon Limassol
1997–98	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
1998–99	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
1999-00	Anorthosis Famagusta	Omonia
2000–01	Omonia	Olympiakos Nicosia
2001–02	APOEL	Anorthosis Famagusta
2002–03	Omonia	Anorthosis Famagusta
2003–04	APOEL	Omonia
2004–05	Anorthosis Famagusta	APOEL
2005–06	Apollon Limassol	Omonia
2006–07	APOEL	Omonia
2007–08	Anorthosis Famagusta	APOEL
2008–09	APOEL	Omonia
2009–10	Omonia	APOEL
2010–11	APOEL	Omonia
2011–12	AEL Limassol	APOEL
2012–13	APOEL	Anorthosis Famagusta
2013–14	APOEL	AEL Limassol
2014–15	APOEL	AEK Larnaca
2015–16	APOEL	AEK Larnaca

Performances

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
APOEL	25	20	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
Omonia	20	16	1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2010
Anorthosis	13	10	1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008
AEL Limassol	6	2	1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 2012
EPA Larnaca	3	5	1945, 1946, 1970
Olympiakos Nicosia	3	4	1967, 1969, 1971
Apollon Limassol	3	4	1991, 1994, 2006
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2	8	1954, 1988
Trust	1	3	1935
Çetinkaya Türk	1	1	1951
AEK Larnaca	–	2	–
Digenis Morphou	–	1	–
Enosis Neon Paralimni	–	1	–

Performance by city

City	Winners	Club(s)
Nicosia	50	APOEL (25) Omonia (20) Olympiakos Nicosia (3) Trust (1) Çetinkaya Türk (1)
Famagusta	13	Anorthosis (13)
Limassol	9	AEL Limassol (6) Apollon Limassol (3)
Larnaca	5	EPA Larnaca (3) Pezoporikos Larnaca (2)

Participations per club

So far, 41 different teams participated in the Cypriot First Division. Neither team has participated in all leagues (78 in total, including the period 2016–17) for various reasons (participation in the Greek league, relegation at the Second Division, teams dissolution and merge or leaving Cyprus Football Association).

Fifteen of the 41 teams are no longer in the Cypriot leagues. Among them is the only Turkish-Cypriot team that participated in the first division, Çetinkaya which left the Cyprus Football Association, but also the Armenian AYMA and Orfeas Nicosia that participate now in the amateur tournaments. Pezoporikos and EPA merged creating AEK Larnaca, Evagoras and APOP merged creating AEP Paphos, AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos merged creating Pafos FC. Keravnos disbanded its football section, APOP Kinyras, Atromitos Yeroskipou, Onisilos Sotira and Alki Larnaca dissolved due to financial problems and the first champion of Cyprus Trust ceased to exist.

The participations per club table indicates the total number of seasons each club participated in the Cypriot First Division:^[8]

Team	Participations
AEL Limassol	76
APOEL	76
Anorthosis Famagusta	71
Olympiakos Nicosia	66
Omonia	61
Apollon Limassol	58
Nea Salamina	55
Aris Limassol	52
EPA Larnaca	50
Pezoporikos Larnaca	49
Enosis Neon Paralimni	46

Team	Participations
Alki Larnaca	43
Ethnikos Achna	30
AEK Larnaca	22
APOP Paphos	19
Evagoras Paphos	18
Çetinkaya Türk	18
Digenis Akritas Morphou	15
Doxa Katokopias	13
Omonia Aradippou	13
AYMA	11

Team	Participations
Ermis Aradippou	11
AEP Paphos	10
ASIL Lysi	8
Anagennisi Deryneia	7
APEP	7
APOP Kinyras	5
Keravnos	4
Orfeas Nicosia	4
Trust	4
Ayia Napa	4

Team	Participations
Ethnikos Assia	3
Chalkanoras Idaliou	2
AEK Kouklia	1
Atromitos Yeroskipou	1
THOI Lakatamia	1
Onisilos Sotira	1
Othellos Athienou	1
AEZ Zakakiou	1
Karmiotissa	1
Pafos FC	1

1963–64 Cypriot First Division, where the championship was abandoned, is not included in the table.

League or status at 2016–17:

	2016–17 Cypriot First Division
	2016–17 Cypriot Second Division
	2016–17 Cypriot Third Division
	Amateur Leagues
	No longer affiliated with CFA
	Clubs that no longer exist

All-time Cypriot First Division table (1934–35 until 2015–16)

The All-time Cypriot First Division table is a ranking of all Cypriot football clubs based on their performance in the Cypriot First Division.^[9] The points are the sum of the points of all seasons, despite the point system of the season. The 1963–64 Cypriot First Division season is not included because the championship was abandoned.

Rank	Club	Ssn	Points	GP	W	D.	L.	GF.	GA.	GD.
1	APOEL	75	3061	1713	1021	369	323	3690	1728	1962
2	Omonia	60	2917	1556	974	320	262	3410	1435	1974
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	70	2794	1705	865	424	416	3117	1974	1144
4	Apollon Limassol	57	2313	1517	676	398	443	2530	1890	640
5	AEL Limassol	75	2311	1719	704	424	591	2822	2412	410
6	Nea Salamina	54	1697	1395	464	366	565	1940	2125	-185
7	Olympiakos Nicosia	66	1664	1465	491	351	623	2209	2694	-485
8	Enosis Neon Paralimni	46	1459	1253	426	365	462	1663	1699	-36
9	Pezoporikos Larnaca	49	1432	1062	444	318	300	1719	1326	393
10	Aris Limassol	51	1230	1249	315	309	625	1602	2534	-931
11	EPA Larnaca	50	1222	1052	362	277	413	1570	1641	-71
12	Alki Larnaca	43	1202	1128	309	284	535	1400	1986	-586
13	Ethnikos Achna	29	1027	833	284	204	345	1125	1240	-115
14	AEK Larnaca	21	895	603	253	136	214	960	809	151
15	APOP Paphos	19	406	502	105	126	271	501	1007	-506
16	Evagoras Paphos	18	371	480	90	136	254	431	906	-475
17	Digenis Akritas Morphou	15	339	396	94	110	192	397	690	-293
18	Doxa Katokopias	12	336	362	84	84	194	409	733	-324
19	AEP Paphos	10	315	278	81	72	125	376	478	-102
20	Ermis Aradippou	10	259	302	66	65	171	301	642	-341
21	Omonia Aradippou	13	232	357	64	92	201	315	686	-371
22	Çetinkaya Türk	18	189	209	77	35	97	393	503	-110
23	ASIL Lysi	8	180	198	37	40	121	169	430	-261
24	APOP Kinyras	5	161	148	44	29	75	201	275	-74
25	Orfeas Nicosia	4	134	90	24	16	50	110	180	-70
26	AYMA	11	121	176	23	27	126	256	593	-337
27	Anagennisi Deryneia	6	116	160	31	28	101	145	351	-207
28	APEP	7	101	192	25	34	133	158	460	-302
29	Keravnos	4	84	108	28	28	52	111	167	-56
30	Trust	4	68	44	30	8	6	129	54	75
31	Ayia Napa	4	64	110	12	28	70	90	218	-128
32	Ethnikos Assia	3	60	78	17	9	52	102	184	-82
33	Chalkanoras Idaliou	2	43	60	16	11	33	59	116	-57
34	Pafos FC	1	36	36	8	12	16	41	58	-17
35	Othellos Athienou	1	25	32	5	10	17	26	42	-16
36	AEK Kouklia	1	23	36	6	5	25	34	94	-60
37	Onisilos Sotira	1	13	26	3	4	19	22	63	-41
38	Atromitos Yeroskipou	1	7	26	1	4	21	19	69	-50
39	THOI Lakatamia	1	7	26	1	4	21	15	75	-60
Total		77	28914	22682	8560	5562	8560	34567	34567	0

Final positions per club (1934–35 until 2015–16)

The final positions table indicates how many times each club finished in every position of the league table from 1934–35 season until 2015–16 season:^[10]

↓Team / Place→	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	Total
APOEL	25	20	15	3	4	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
AEL Limassol	6	2	6	16	12	7	7	5	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	75
Anorthosis Famagusta	13	10	8	7	15	5	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70
Olympiakos Nicosia	3	4	2	4	4	7	6	7	5	6	11	3	3	1	0	0	66
AC Omonia	20	16	10	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
Apollon Limassol	3	4	7	5	9	13	5	1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	57
Nea Salamina	0	0	4	3	5	7	6	6	3	7	3	3	6	0	1	0	54
Aris Limassol	0	0	0	4	4	1	3	7	1	8	8	7	3	5	0	0	51
EPA Larnaca	3	5	4	2	4	3	4	8	4	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	50
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2	8	14	6	5	5	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	49
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0	1	2	3	3	6	5	12	5	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	46
Alki Larnaca	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	6	6	6	7	3	3	1	0	43
Ethnikos Achna	0	0	0	3	1	7	3	0	6	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	29
AEK Larnaca	0	2	0	6	2	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21
APOP Paphos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	3	5	0	0	19
Çetinkaya Türk	1	1	4	3	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
Evagoras Paphos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	3	4	1	0	18
Digenis Akritas Morphou	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	15
Omonia Aradippou	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	13
Doxa Katokopias	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	12
AYMA	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11
Ermis Aradippou	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	10
AEP Paphos	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	10
ASIL Lysi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	8
APEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	7
Anagennisi Deryneia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	6
APOP Kinyras	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Trust	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Orfeas Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Keravnos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4
Ayia Napa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
Ethnikos Assia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
Chalkanoras Idaliou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
AEK Kouklia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Othellos Athienou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pafos FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Onisilos Sotira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Atromitos Yeroskipou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
THOI Lakatamia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

References

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↑ HISTORY OF CFA. CFA. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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Cypriot First Division

2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia

Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in Cyprus

League system	First Division Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Women's First Division

Cup competitions	Cypriot Cup Super Cup Lower Divisions' Cup Women's Cup Women's Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Fourth Division

National teams	Men U-21 U-19 Futsal Women

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign players

Miscellaneous	Cypriot football clubs in European competitions

Rivalries	Famagusta derby Larnaca derby Limassol derby Nicosia derby

Cyprus Football Association

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Northern Cyprus Vatican City

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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