2019–20 Cypriot First Division

Cyta Championship 2019–20
Season information
Dates	23 August 2019 - 15 May 2020
Winners	not awarded
Relegated	no relegation
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League	Omonia
UEFA Europa League	Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Limassol
Season statistics
Matches played	138
Goals scored	373
Top goalscorer	Ivan Trichkovski (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Larnaca 5-1 Ethnikos 4 October 2019
Biggest away win	Katokopias 0-6 Anorthosis 27 October 2019
Highest scoring	Larnaca 4-4 Paralimni 27 October 2019
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Cypriot First Division was the 81st season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

On 15 May 2020, the league was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic. The title was not awarded, and no teams were relegated, with the league expanded to 14 teams next season for a transitional year.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Alki Oroklini and Ermis Aradippou were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2018–19 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2018–19 Second Division champions Ethnikos Achna and runners-up Olympiakos Nicosia.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Anorthosis Famagusta	Famagusta	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Famagusta	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Pafos FC	Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394

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
AEK Larnaca		David Català	Puma	A.J.K.
AEL Limassol	Dušan Kerkez	Dossa Júnior	Nike	MegaBet Plus
Anorthosia Famagusta	Temur Ketsbaia	João Victor	Nike	MegaBet Plus
APOEL	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Nuno Morais	Macron	Pari-Match
Apollon Limassol	Sofronis Avgousti	Giorgos Vasiliou	Puma	Stoiximan
Doxa Katokopias	Eduard Eranosyan	Bogdan Mitrea	Nike	Victory Ammunition
EN Paralimni	Gustavo Siviero	Eyong Enoh	Macron	Paralimni Marina
Ethnikos Achna	Panayiotis Engomitis	Christos Poyiatzis	Legea	OPAP Cyprus
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Savvas Poursaitidis	Constantinos Mintikkis	Zeus	Vitex
Olympiakos Nicosia	Pambos Christodoulou	Constantinos Samaras	Nike	Moon Cocktail Bar
Omonia	Henning Berg	Demetris Christofi	Macron	Fonbet
Pafos FC	Cameron Toshack	Zdeněk Folprecht	Jako	Korantina Homes

Regular season

League table

Template:2019–20 Cypriot First Division Regular Season table

Championship round

Championship round table

Template:2019–20 Cypriot First Division Championship Round table

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Template:2019–20 Cypriot First Division Relegation Round table

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 March 2020.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	20
2	Kingsley Onuegbu	Nea Salamis Famagusta	14
	Rayo	Anorthosis Famagusta
4	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	13
5	Emilio Zelaya	Apollon Limassol	8
6	Serge Gakpé	Apollon Limassol	6
	Linus Hallenius	APOEL
	Nika Katcharava	Anorthosis Famagusta
	Ibrahim Koneh	Ethnikos Achna
	Giorgos Merkis	APOEL
	Demetris Theodorou	Enosis Neon Paralimni

External links

• CFA

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