2022–23 Cypriot First Division

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Cyta Championship 2022–23
Season information
Dates	26 August 2022–4 June 2023
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Conference League
Season statistics
Matches played	182
Goals scored	417
Top goalscorer	Jairo (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Aris Limassol 5–0 Olympiakos Nicosia (2 September 2022) Enosis Neon Paralimni 5–0 Akritas Chlorakas (26 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Akritas Chlorakas 0–4 Pafos (10 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Pafos 5–2 Akritas Chlorakas (23 December 2022) AEK Larnaca 4–3 Aris Limassol (15 January 2023) Apollon Limassol 3–4 Karmiotissa (9 February 2023)
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The 2022–23 Cypriot First Division is the 84th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Competition system

14 teams will participate in the 2022–23 First Division.

It will be conducted in two phases. In the first phase, all teams will play each other twice, one at home and one away. After the completion of the 26 matches (A phase) the teams will participate in 2 groups (depending on their position) and will play ranking matches (B phase). The results, points and goals of the A' phase will be transferred to the matches. The teams in places 1–6 will compete for the championship and places leading to the European championships. The teams will face each other twice, one at home and one away. The team with the most points will be declared the champion. The champion team secures their place in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. In addition, the teams finishing in second and third place secure their participation in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

The teams in positions 7–14 will face each other twice, one at home and one away. The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Second Division.

Changes compared to the previous season

In relation to the 2021–22 season, the teams promoted from the Second Division will participate in the 2022–23 First Division are Karmiotissa, New Salamina, Akritas Chlorakas and Enosis Neon Paralimni. The teams that will not take a part in the season are PAEEK and Ethnikos Achna who had been relegated to the Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Akritas Chlorakas	Chloraka, Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394
Anorthosis Famagusta	Famagusta	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Aris Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Katokopia Stadium	3,500
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
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

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	18	5	3	40	13	+27	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	AEK Larnaca	26	18	3	5	46	21	+25	57
3	Aris Limassol	26	15	8	3	46	20	+26	53
4	Pafos	26	14	8	4	48	20	+28	50
5	Apollon Limassol	25	13	5	7	34	27	+7	44
6	Omonia	26	13	2	11	37	28	+9	41
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta	26	12	2	12	27	34	−7	38	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	AEL Limassol	25	10	5	10	21	20	+1	35
9	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	9	6	11	22	30	−8	33
10	Karmiotissa	26	7	6	13	25	40	−15	27
11	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	6	3	17	22	38	−16	21
12	Doxa Katokopias	26	5	6	15	18	36	−18	21
13	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	2	10	14	16	40	−24	16
14	Akritas Chlorakas	26	3	3	20	15	50	−35	12

Source: Cyprus Football Association
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).

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AKR	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ENP	KAR	NSF	OLY	OMO	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–3	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0
AEL Limassol	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3
Akritas Chlorakas	1–2	0–3	—	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–4
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–1
APOEL	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1
Apollon Limassol	2–1		2–0	3–0	0–1	—	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Aris Limassol	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–2
Doxa Katokopias	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–2	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–2
Karmiotissa	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	0–2
Olympiakos Nicosia	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	—	0–1	1–1
Omonia	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	—	0–0
Pafos	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	—

Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARI	APOE	AEK	PAF	APOL	OMO
1	Aris Limassol	31	18	10	3	56	22	+34	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	0–0	4–0	1 May
2	APOEL	31	18	9	4	43	18	+25	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round			—		0–0	0–2	1 May
3	AEK Larnaca	31	19	4	8	50	32	+18	61			6 May	2–2	—		0–1	2–0
4	Pafos	31	16	10	5	55	24	+31	58			2–2	6 May	4–0	—
5	Apollon Limassol	30	16	5	9	40	30	+10	53			0–1		30 Apr	0–1	—	3–1
6	Omonia	31	14	3	14	41	37	+4	45			0–3	1–1		2–0	7 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: Cyprus Football Association
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).

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		NSF	ANO	AEL	KAR	DOX	OLY	ENP	AKR
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta	33	14	5	14	39	44	−5	47			—	7 May	2–3	1–0	1–1			4–1
8	Anorthosis Famagusta	33	12	9	12	35	39	−4	45			4–4	—		0–0	3–1	4 May		2–3
9	AEL Limassol	32	12	7	13	27	29	−2	43			4 May	0–2	—			0–1	1–0	2–2
10	Karmiotissa	33	10	7	16	30	46	−16	37					2–0	—	3 May	0–2	2–1	1–0
11	Doxa Katokopias	33	9	8	16	27	42	−15	35				29 Apr	0–0	2–0	—	1–0	8 May
12	Olympiakos Nicosia	33	5	11	17	22	45	−23	26	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division		1–0	1–2	30 Apr	8 May		—	0–0
13	Enosis Neon Paralimni	33	6	7	20	26	45	−19	25			0–0	0–0		29 Apr	1–2		—	3 May
14	Akritas Chlorakas	33	5	5	23	26	64	−38	20			28 Apr		9 May		1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2023. Source: Cyprus Football Association
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).

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 April 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jairo	Pafos	17
2	Ioannis Pittas	Apollon Limassol	13
3	Aleksandr Kokorin	Aris Limassol	11
4	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	10
	Diego Dorregaray	Nea Salamis Famagusta
6	Omri Altman	AEK Larnaca	8
	Bruno Felipe	Omonia / Pafos
8	Andronikos Kakoullis	Omonia	7
	Marquinhos	APOEL
	Muamer Tanković	Pafos
	Leo Bengtsson	Aris Limassol
	Onni Valakari	Pafos
	Aleksandar Vucenovic	Enosis Neon Paralimni

External links

• Official website
• Cypriot First Division on Soccer Way

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