2023–24 Cypriot First Division

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Cyta Championship 2023–24
Season information
Dates	18 August 2023–19 May 2024
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Conference League
Season statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	176
Top goalscorer	Fran Sol, 9 goals
Biggest home win	AEK Larnaca 5–0 Karmiotissa (21 October 2023)
Biggest away win	AEZ Zakakiou 0–5 Aris Limassol (3 September 2023) AEZ Zakakiou 0–5 Apollon Limassol (22 October 2023)
Highest scoring	AEK Larnaca 5–5 Ethnikos Achna (28 August 2023)
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The 2023–24 Cypriot First Division is the 85th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Aris Limassol are the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2022–23 season.

Changes from previous season

ENP, Akritas Chlorakas (both clubs relegated after a single season in top flight), and Olympiakos Nicosia (relegated for the first time since 2012-13) were relegated in the previous season. They have been replaced by Othellos Athienou (promoted for the first time in their history), AEZ Zakakiou (promoted after a 6-season absence), and Ethnikos Achna (promoted after a single season of absence), who were the top three teams in the 2022–23 Cypriot Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
AEZ Zakakiou	Zakaki, Limassol	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
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
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Famagusta	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Othellos Athienou	Athienou, Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Pafos FC	Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394

Structure

The structure of the competition remains unchanged from the previous season. 14 teams will participate in the league. In the first round, known as Regular Season, all teams play each other home and away, for a total of 26 games each. In the second round, the league splits into two groups: Teams ranked 1–6 enter the Championship Playoffs, where they compete for the league title and places leading to European football, while teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs, where they compete to avoid relegation. The teams in each group play each other home and away, for a total of 10 or 14 games, depending on the group. Criteria such as points, goal difference, and head to head records are retained during the transition from first to second round. The team ranked first in the Championship Playoffs are declared champions, while the bottom three teams in the Relegation Playoffs are relegated to the Second Division.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	13	9	2	2	24	7	+17	29	Qualification for Championship round
2	Pafos	13	9	2	2	28	7	+21	29
3	Omonia	13	7	5	1	27	14	+13	26
4	Aris Limassol	12	8	2	2	22	12	+10	26
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	13	7	4	2	22	11	+11	25
6	AEK Larnaca	13	5	5	3	21	16	+5	20
7	Apollon Limassol	13	5	4	4	18	12	+6	19	Qualification for Relegation round
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta	13	5	4	4	20	18	+2	19
9	Ethnikos Achna	13	3	4	6	19	31	−12	13
10	AEL Limassol	12	4	1	7	12	20	−8	13
11	AEZ Zakakiou	13	2	5	6	19	32	−13	11
12	Othellos Athienou	13	2	3	8	12	20	−8	9
13	Karmiotissa	13	1	4	8	13	28	−15	7
14	Doxa Katokopias	13	0	1	12	5	34	−29	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: 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).

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AEZ	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ETH	KAR	NSF	OMO	OTH	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	3–0			0–3		9 Dec	22 Dec	5–5	5–0	1–1		3–2
AEL Limassol		—	4–3	1–3			4 Dec	9 Dec		2–1		0–0	2–1	23 Dec
AEZ Zakakiou	3–1	17 Dec	—		0–2	0–5	0–5	4 Jan	1–1		2–2			1–4
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–0		1–1	—	1–1		2–3		3–1	2 Jan	2–2		16 Dec
APOEL		1–0	9 Dec		—	1–1		5–0	5–1		1–0	23 Dec		1–0
Apollon Limassol	0–1	2–0		0–1	2 Jan	—		4–0		1–0	17 Dec		1–1	0–3
Aris Limassol	2–0		22 Dec		1–0	0–1	—	2–1	2–0		2–1			1–1
Doxa Katokopias	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2			18 Dec	—		2–2		1–3	0–2
Ethnikos Achna	16 Dec	1–0		10 Dec		2–2		2–0	—	3–0	3 Jan		1–1	1–4
Karmiotissa			1–1	1–3	1–2	22 Dec	4–1			—		3–3	0–0	10 Dec
Nea Salamis Famagusta		2–1		23 Dec		1–1		2–0	4–0	2–0	—	10 Dec		0–2
Omonia	0–0	2 Jan	3–3		2–1	2–0	2–2		4–1	16 Dec	4–0	—
Othellos Athienou	3 Jan		2–1	0–2	0–1	8 Dec	0–1		21 Dec		2–3	1–2	—
Pafos	0–0	3–1		1–0	17 Dec		3 Jan	4–0		3–0		0–2	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 December 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jairo	Pafos	10
	Fran Sol	AEK Larnaca
3	Marios Elia	Ethnikos Achna	8
4	Diego Dorregaray	Nea Salamis	7
	Willy Semedo	Omonia
6	Andronikos Kakoullis	Omonia	6
7	Sergio Castel	Anorthosis Famagusta	5
	Yair Castro	AEZ Zakakiou
	Miguel Ángel Guerrero	Anorthosis Famagusta
	Pedro Marques	Apollon Limassol
	Muamer Tanković	Pafos

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Fran Sol4	AEK Larnaca	Ethnikos Achna	5–5	28 August 2023
Marios Elia	Ethnikos Achna	AEK Larnaca	5–5	28 August 2023
Pedro Marques	Apollon Limassol	Doxa Katokopias	4–0 (H)	02023-10-08-8 October 2023
Fran Sol	AEK Larnaca	Karmiotissa	5–0 (H)	02023-10-21-21 October 2023

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

• Serge Leuko – Omonia vs Nea Salamis 21 August 2023
• Niko Datkovic – Omonia vs Nea Salamis 21 August 2023
• Franz Brorsson – Aris Limassol vs Doxa 28 August 2023
• Ángel García – AEK Larnaca vs Othellos Athienou 16 September 2023
• Salva Ferrer – Anorthosis Famagusta vs Aris Limassol 8 October 2023
• John Ruiz – AEZ vs Apollon 21 October 2023
• Ángel García – AEK Larnaca vs APOEL 5 November 2023

Clean sheets

As of match played 12 November 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Fabiano	Omonia	6
	Vid Belec	APOEL
3	Peter Leeuwenburgh	Apollon Limassol	5
	Ivica Ivušić	Pafos
	Kenan Pirić	AEK Larnaca
6	Vaná	Aris Limassol	4
7	Iván Arboleda	Anorthosis Famagusta	3
	Nikos Melissas	Nea Salamis Famagusta
9	Constantinos Panagi	Ethnikos Achna	2
	Mateusz Taudul	Othellos Athienou

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 12 November 2023

• Sébastien Dewaest - Doxa Katokopias vs AEL Limassol (21 August 2023)
• Serge Leuko - AC Omonia vs Nea Salamis Famagusta (21 August 2023)
• Valentinos Pastellis - AEL Limassol vs AEZ Zakakiou (27 August 2023)
• Delmiro - AEL Limassol vs AEZ Zakakiou (27 August 2023)
• Nikola Trujić - Aris Limassol vs Doxa Katokopias (28 August 2023)
• Franz Brorsson - Aris Limassol vs Doxa Katokopias (28 August 2023)
• Pavlos Correa - Anorthosis Famagusta vs Nea Salamis Famagusta (1 September 2023)
• Benson Anang - Ethnikos Achna vs Othellos Athienou (2 September 2023)
• Fouad Bachirou - AC Omonia vs APOEL (3 September 2023)
• Dálcio - AC Omonia vs APOEL (3 September 2023)
• Issam Chebake - AC Omonia vs APOEL (3 September 2023)
• Veljko Simić - AC Omonia vs APOEL (3 September 2023)
• Marquinhos Cipriano - AEL Limassol vs AC Omonia (16 September 2023)
• Stavros Gavriel - APOEL vs Pafos (27 September 2023)
• Zakaria Sawo - Aris Limassol vs Apollon Limassol (30 September 2023)
• Petar Filipović - AEL Limassol vs Anorthosis Famagusta (1 October 2023)
• Bojan Kovacevic - AEK Larnaca vs Karmiotissa FC (21 October 2023)
• Marios Peratikos - Nea Salamis vs Ethnkos Achna (25 October 2023)
• Charalambos Kyriakou - Apollon Limassol vs Pafos FC (25 October 2023)
• Damjan Siskovski - Nea Salamis Famagusta vs Doxa Katokopias (11 November 2023)
• Martin Slogar - Othellos Athienou vs AEZ Zakakiou (12 November 2023)
• Steeve Yago - Karmiotissa vs Aris Limassol (12 November 2023)

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