1979–80 Cypriot First Division

The 1979–80 Cypriot First Division was the 41st season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Cypriot First Division

Season	1979–80
Champions	APOEL (12th title)
Relegated	Alki Aris
European Cup	APOEL (1st round)
UEFA Cup	Pezoporikos (1st round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Omonia (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches	210
Goals	537 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sotiris Kaiafas (23 goals)[1]
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Overview

It was contested by 15 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL (C)	28	23	2	3	72	19	+53	48	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AC Omonia	28	21	6	1	66	14	+52	48	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Pezoporikos Larnaca	28	13	7	8	44	29	+15	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	EPA Larnaca FC	28	10	10	8	41	27	+14	30
5	AEL Limassol	28	14	2	12	41	43	−2	30
6	Apollon Limassol	28	7	14	7	36	30	+6	28
7	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	28	9	8	11	31	31	0	26
8	Aris Limassol F.C.	28	9	8	11	37	40	−3	26
9	EN Paralimni	28	8	8	12	23	26	−3	24
10	Olympiakos Nicosia	28	8	8	12	27	48	−21	24
11	Alki Larnaca FC	28	8	7	13	27	45	−18	23
12	Keravnos	28	7	7	14	35	50	−15	21
13	Omonia Aradippou	28	6	9	13	18	35	−17	21
14	APOP Paphos (R)	28	5	9	14	23	53	−30	19	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
15	Evagoras Paphos (R)	28	4	11	13	16	47	−31	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	APP	ARS	ENP	EPA	EVA	KRN	OLY	OMA	OMN	POL
AEL		1–0	1–0	1–6	0–3	6–1	3–1	3–0	0–4	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1
Alki	2–1		0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–5
Anorthosis	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1
APOEL	1–0	2–0	4–0		2–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	4–0	3–1	4–1	7–0	1–2	1–3
Apollon	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–1		2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
APOP	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1
Aris	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–2	3–0		0–0	2–2	0–0	7–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	2–0
ENP	5–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0		1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
EPA	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–1		4–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Evagoras	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	1–0
Keravnos	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–1		0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1
Olympiakos	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–4	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1		0–0	0–3	0–2
Omonia Ar.	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	2–3
Omonia	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	7–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–0	3–0		3–2
Pezoporikos	3–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• Cypriot First Division
• 1979–80 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions