1983–84 Cypriot First Division

The 1983–84 Cypriot First Division was the 45th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 13th title.

Cypriot First Division

Season	1983–84
Champions	Omonia (13th title)
Relegated	Ethnikos Ermis
European Cup	Omonia (1st round)
UEFA Cup	Apollon (1st round)
Cup Winners' Cup	APOEL (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lenos Kittos[1] Sylvester Vernon[1] (14 goals each)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1983–84 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last two teams were relegated to the 1984–85 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1984–85 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup.

Changes from previous season

Olympiakos Nicosia and APOP Paphos were relegated from previous season and played in the 1983–84 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1982–83 Cypriot Second Division, Ermis Aradippou and Ethnikos Achna FC.

Stadia and locations

• APOEL
• Omonia

• AEL
• Apollon
• Aris

• POL
• EPA
• Alki
• Nea Salamina

Enosi

• Omonia Ar.
• Ermis

Ethnikos, Anorthosis

1983–84 Cypriot First Division

Club	Venue
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Alki	GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis	Dasaki Stadium
APOEL	Makario Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos	Dasaki Stadium
Enosis	Paralimni Stadium
EPA	GSZ Stadium
Ermis	Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Nea Salamina	GSZ Stadium
Omonia Ar.	Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia	Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos	GSZ Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Omonia (C)	26	18	6	2	59	19	+40	42	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Apollon Limassol	26	14	9	3	50	28	+22	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Pezoporikos Larnaca	26	12	10	4	34	17	+17	34
4	APOEL	26	12	9	5	42	23	+19	33	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	9	11	6	34	29	+5	29
6	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	9	9	8	31	28	+3	27
7	AEL Limassol	26	9	8	9	30	26	+4	26
8	EPA Larnaca	26	6	13	7	28	31	−3	25
9	Alki Larnaca	26	6	10	10	26	28	−2	22
10	Aris Limassol	26	5	12	9	24	35	−11	22
11	Nea Salamis	26	7	8	11	25	41	−16	22
12	Omonia Aradippou	26	4	8	14	23	41	−18	16
13	Ethnikos Achna (R)	26	6	4	16	29	56	−27	16	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	Ermis Aradippou (R)	26	3	7	16	23	56	−33	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for. Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	ARS	ETH	ENP	EPA	ERM	NSL	OMA	OMN	POL
AEL		1–1	6–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1
Alki	2–0		2–4	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–1
Anorthosis	0–0	1–0		2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
APOEL	2–0	0–0	1–0		3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–3
Apollon	2–1	3–2	3–3	0–0		2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
Aris	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–6		3–0	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–0
Ethnikos	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–3	2–2		1–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–2	2–5	0–2
ENP	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	6–1	3–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
EPA	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–2	2–1		1–1	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–1
Ermis	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1		5–1	2–1	1–4	0–2
Nea Salamis	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–4	4–4	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–2	0–2	1–5
Omonia Ar.	0–2	2–0	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1		0–2	0–2
Omonia	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	6–1	4–1	3–1	6–0	1–0	1–0		2–1
Pezoporikos	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–0

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

See also

• Cypriot First Division
• 1983–84 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions