2013–14 Cypriot First Division

The 2013–14 Cypriot First Division was the 75th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 31 August 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014.^[4] APOEL were the defending champions.

Glafcos Clerides Championship

Season	2013–14
Champions	APOEL 23rd title
Relegated	Aris AEK Kouklia Enosis Alki
Champions League	APOEL AEL
Europa League	Apollon Ermis Omonia
Matches played	242
Goals scored	703 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gastón Sangoy (18 goals) Marco Tagbajumi (18 goals) Jorge Monteiro (18 goals)
Biggest home win	APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
Biggest away win	Doxa 0–6 Omonia (26 October 2013)
Highest scoring	Aris 7–2 AEK Kouklia (4 May 2014) APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
Longest winning run	9 matches APOEL
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches APOEL
Longest winless run	26 matches Alki
Longest losing run	12 matches Alki
Highest attendance	15,985[1] APOEL 3–0 AEL (22 April 2014)
Lowest attendance	2[2] AEK Kouklia 1–4 Ethnikos (23 April 2014) 2[3] AEK Kouklia 0–0 AEK Larnaca (11 May 2014)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The league comprised eleven teams from the 2012–13 season and three promoted teams from the 2012–13 Second Division.

The 17 May 2014 title deciding match between AEL Limassol and APOEL was abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes, when a bomb thrown by AEL fans, hit and injured APOEL's player Kaká.^[5] The match was replayed behind closed doors at a neutral stadium on 31 May 2014 and APOEL achieved to win their second consecutive league title after beating AEL Limassol by 1–0.^[6] However, on 6 June 2014, the Cyprus Football Association’s (CFA) disciplinary committee – acting as an appeals board – unanimously cancelled on the CFA council’s decision to repeat the 17 May championship final, awarding the match to APOEL with a 0–3 score.^[7]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

AEP Paphos and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2012–13 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Olympiakos Nicosia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up AEK Kouklia and third-placed team Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations

AEK Larnaca
Alki
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon
Aris

APOEL
Omonia

Enosis

Ermis

Ethnikos

AEK Kouklia

Doxa

Location of clubs in 2013–14 Cypriot First Division

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Location	Venue[8]	Capacity
AEK Kouklia	Kouklia, Paphos	Pafiako Stadium	9,394
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	GSZ Stadium	13,032
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Alki	Larnaca	GSZ Stadium	13,032
Anorthosis	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Aris	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
Doxa	Peristerona	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis	Paralimni	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ermis	Aradippou	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Ethnikos	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Nea Salamina	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

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 Kouklia	Stavros Fitides	Alexandros Garpozis	Kappa	Christakis Petrakidis & Sons
AEK Larnaca	Floros Nicolaou	Giannis Skopelitis	Umbro	Cytavision
AEL	Ivaylo Petev	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Cytavision
Alki	Vesko Mihajlović	Demetris Stylianou	GEMS	—
Anorthosis	Nikos Kostenoglou	Christos Marangos	Puma	Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Giorgos Donis	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Christakis Christoforou	Giorgos Merkis	Macron	Cyta
Aris	Ton Caanen	Dušan Kerkez	Kappa	Cytanet
Doxa	Demetris Ioannou	Abel Pereira	Kappa	Cytanet
Enosis	Nikos Andronikou	Giorgos Kolanis	Umbro	Cyta
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Andreas Papathanasiou	Legea	Cyta
Ethnikos	Apostolos Makrides	Christos Poyiatzis	Uhlsport	Cyta
Nea Salamina	Neophytos Larkou	Giorgos Panagi	Tempo Sport	Cytamobile-Vodafone
Omonia	Kostas Kaiafas	Georgios Efrem	Nike	Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Anorthosis	Christos Kassianos	Resigned	13 August 2013[9]	Pre-season	Jorge Costa	17 August 2013[10]
Nea Salamina	Apostolos Charalambidis	Resigned	7 September 2013[11]	12th	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	11 September 2013[12]
APOEL	Paulo Sérgio	Sacked	4 October 2013[13]	5th	Giorgos Donis	11 October 2013[14]
Enosis	Saša Jovanović	Mutual consent	6 October 2013[15]	13th	Marios Karas	13 October 2013[16]
AEL	Lito Vidigal	Mutual consent	22 October 2013[17]	4th	Ivaylo Petev	25 October 2013[18]
Aris	Tasos Kyriakou	Mutual consent	25 October 2013[19]	11th	Ton Caanen	26 October 2013[20]
Enosis	Marios Karas	Mutual consent	25 November 2013[21]	13th	Nikos Andronikou	28 November 2013[22]
AEK Larnaca	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Mutual consent	16 December 2013[23]	9th	Floros Nicolaou	17 December 2013[24]
Omonia	Toni Savevski	Sacked	18 December 2013[25]	6th	Miguel Ángel Lotina	1 January 2014[26]
Ethnikos	Nikos Kolompourdas	Sacked	2 January 2014[27]	10th	Stavros Papadopoulos	2 January 2014[27]
Ethnikos	Stavros Papadopoulos	Sacked	7 January 2014[28]	11th	Apostolos Makrides	7 January 2014[28]
Nea Salamina	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Mutual consent	15 January 2014[29]	9th	Neophytos Larkou	16 January 2014[30]
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Resigned	19 January 2014[31]	8th	Sofoklis Sofokleous	21 January 2014[32]
Anorthosis	Jorge Costa	Mutual consent	30 January 2014[33]	5th	Nikos Kostenoglou	6 February 2014[34]
Omonia	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Sacked	6 February 2014[35]	6th	Kostas Kaiafas	12 March 2014[36]
Alki	Kostas Kaiafas	Signed by Omonia	12 March 2014[37]	14th	Vesko Mihajlović	13 March 2014[38]
Doxa	Sofoklis Sofokleous	Mutual consent	9 April 2014[39]	9th	Demetris Ioannou	9 April 2014[39]
AEK Kouklia	Demetris Ioannou	Signed by Doxa	9 April 2014[40]	12th	Stavros Fitides	9 April 2014[40]

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEL Limassol	26	19	5	2	48	16	+32	62	Qualification for the championship group
2	Apollon Limassol	26	19	2	5	47	19	+28	59[a]
3	APOEL	26	18	5	3	56	18	+38	59[a]
4	Ermis Aradippou	26	15	7	4	44	28	+16	52
5	Omonia Nicosia	26	13	8	5	45	22	+23	47
6	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	11	5	10	46	36	+10	38
7	AEK Larnaca	26	10	7	9	37	28	+9	37	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta[b]	26	12	2	12	26	31	−5	35
9	Doxa Katokopias	26	7	7	12	33	45	−12	28
10	Ethnikos Achna	26	6	5	15	27	38	−11	23
11	AEK Kouklia	26	6	3	17	27	64	−37	21
12	Aris Limassol	26	3	11	12	29	40	−11	20
13	Enosis Neon Paralimni[c] (R)	26	5	7	14	29	45	−16	19	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	Alki Larnaca[d] (R)	26	0	2	24	14	78	−64	−39

Source: CFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. APOL 2–0 APOE; APOE 2–1 APOL
2. On 17 May 2013, Nea Salamina were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[41]
3. On 17 May 2013, Enosis Neon Paralimni were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[41]
4. On 17 May 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[41] On 6 August 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted another three points by CFA because they failed again to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[42] On 8 November 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted six points by CFA because they failed for the third time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[43] On 2 December 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed to meet CFA's monthly financial criteria.^[44] On 8 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted nine points by CFA because they failed to pay the referees' salaries in three of their home matches (deducted three points for each match).^[45] On 15 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted three points by CFA because they failed again to pay the referees' salaries in two of their home matches.^[46] On 31 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the fourth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[47] On 5 February 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted nine points by CFA because they failed again to pay the referees' salaries in three of their home matches (deducted three points for each match).^[48] On 6 March 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the fifth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[49] On 9 April 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the sixth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.^[50]

Results

Home \ Away	AEKK	AEK	AEL	ALK	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ENP	ERM	ETH	NSL	OMO
AEK Kouklia		2–1	0–4	2–1	1–5	1–6	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–4
AEK Larnaca	3–1		1–2	6–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
AEL Limassol	1–0	1–1		3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Alki Larnaca	0–3	2–5	0–3		0–4	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–6	0–2	0–1
Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1		1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1
APOEL	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–0		2–1	1–0	5–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Apollon Limassol	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0
Aris Limassol	4–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1		2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	1–1
Doxa Katokopias	3–1	0–1	0–1	5–1	1–6	1–1	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–6
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–1	0–1	1–3	5–0	4–0	0–3	0–1	4–1	1–0		0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3
Ermis Aradippou	5–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–1	3–2		1–0	1–0	1–1
Ethnikos Achna	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2		2–0	1–2
Nea Salamis Famagusta	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–1		0–1
Omonia Nicosia	2–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–2	0–0	2–4	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	3–0

Source: CFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	36	25	6	5	80	25	+55	81[a]	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	AEL Limassol	36	25	6	5	68	29	+39	81[a]
3	Apollon Limassol	36	24	5	7	66	29	+37	77	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
4	Ermis Aradippou	36	18	8	10	55	54	+1	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
5	Omonia Nicosia	36	16	11	9	59	37	+22	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
6	Anorthosis Famagusta	36	12	6	18	57	64	−7	42

Source: CFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. APOEL: 7 pts; AEL: 4 pts
2. Since cup winners APOEL qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up Ermis finished top-four, all of the Europa League spots revert into league positions.

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	ERM	OMO
AEL Limassol		4–3	0–3[a]	0–1	4–0	2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–3		0–1	2–2	1–2	1–2
APOEL	3–0	8–1		3–0	1–2	2–1
Apollon Limassol	1–1	3–0	2–1		5–1	0–0
Ermis Aradippou	0–3[b]	0–2	1–2	0–4		2–1
Omonia Nicosia	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–3

Source: CFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. CFA awarded APOEL a 3–0 win as a result of the injury of APOEL's player Kaká who was hit by firecrackers thrown by AEL fans. The match originally abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes and replayed 15 days later, ending 1–0 to APOEL. The CFA's decision to award APOEL a 3–0 win, was taken six days after APOEL's 1–0 win in the rematch.^[51]
2. CFA awarded AEL a 3–0 win as a result of Ermis fielding the ineligible player Constantinos Samaras. The match originally ended 2–0 to AEL.^[52]

Relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta[a]	36	17	3	16	43	49	−6	51
8	AEK Larnaca	36	13	11	12	49	36	+13	50
9	Ethnikos Achna	36	12	8	16	48	45	+3	44
10	Doxa Katokopias	36	11	9	16	50	61	−11	42
11	Aris Limassol (R)	36	8	13	15	51	57	−6	37	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
12	AEK Kouklia (R)	36	6	5	25	34	94	−60	23

Source: CFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 17 May 2013, Nea Salamina were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.

Results

Home \ Away	AEKK	AEK	ARI	DOX	ETH	NSL
AEK Kouklia		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–4	1–4
AEK Larnaca	1–0		1–1	6–1	0–0	3–0
Aris Limassol	7–2	3–1		3–1	1–1	1–2
Doxa Katokopias	4–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–3
Ethnikos Achna	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–2		1–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta	2–1	1–0	3–4	0–4	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2014. Source: CFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 31 May 2014; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	18
	Marco Tagbajumi	Ermis
	Jorge Monteiro	AEL
4	André Schembri	Omonia	17
5	Thuram	Aris	15
	Roberto Colautti	Anorthosis
7	Gustavo Manduca	APOEL	13
	Orlando Sá	AEL
9	Tomás De Vincenti	APOEL	12
	Chidi Onyemah	Ethnikos
	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon
	Koullis Pavlou	AEK Larnaca

Hat-tricks

#	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1.	Marcos De Azevedo4	Ermis	Doxa	2–4	21 September 2013
2.	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	Ethnikos	1–3	28 October 2013
3.	Chidi Onyemah	Ethnikos	Alki	1–6	2 November 2013
4.	Marco Tagbajumi	Ermis	Aris	3–3	30 November 2013
5.	Esmaël Gonçalves	APOEL	AEK Kouklia	5–0	2 December 2013
6.	Gonzalo García4	Anorthosis	Doxa	1–6	18 January 2014
7.	Besart Ibraimi	Enosis	Anorthosis	4–0	9 February 2014
8.	Efstathios Aloneftis	APOEL	Doxa	5–1	22 February 2013
9.	Jorge Monteiro	AEL	AEK Kouklia	0–4	19 March 2014
10.	Hugo López	Apollon	Ermis	0–4	13 April 2014
11.	Thuram4	Aris	Nea Salamina	3–4	23 April 2014
12.	Diogo Ramos	Doxa	Nea Salamina	0–4	4 May 2014
13.	Tomás De Vincenti	APOEL	Anorthosis	8–1	11 May 2014
14.	Nikos Barboudis	Ethnikos	AEK Kouklia	5–0	18 May 2014

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: 13 minutes and 21 seconds – Robert Stambolziev (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (20:13 EET, 31 August 2013)
• Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds – Césinha (Ermis) against Nea Salamina (24 November 2013)
• Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 4 seconds – Roberto Colautti (Anorthosis) against Omonia (31 August 2013)
• First scored penalty kick of the season: 48 minutes and 2 seconds – Pablo Vranjicán (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (21:03 EET, 31 August 2013)
• First own goal of the season: 56 minutes and 21 seconds – Diego Gaúcho (AEL) for APOEL (20:24 EET, 14 September 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals
  • Thuram (Aris) against Nea Salamina (23 April 2014)
  • Gonzalo García (Anorthosis) against Doxa (18 January 2014)
  • Marcos De Azevedo (Ermis) against Doxa (21 September 2013)
• Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals (Fixture 16)
  • Fixture 16 results: AEK Larnaca 1–1 APOEL, Aris 4–0 AEK Kouklia, Omonia 2–4 Apollon, Ermis 5–1 Doxa, Anorthosis 3–1 Alki, AEL 4–1 Enosis, Nea Salamina 0–1 Ethnikos.
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
  • Aris 7–2 AEK Kouklia (4 May 2014)
• Largest winning margin: 7 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
  • APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
  • AEL 4–3 Anorthosis (26 April 2014)
  • Nea Salamina 3–4 Aris (23 April 2014)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: 31 minutes – Nuno Assis for Omonia against Anorthosis (19:31 EET, 31 August 2013)
• First red card of the season: 68 minutes – Ernestas Šetkus for Nea Salamina against Doxa (19:23 EET, 1 September 2013)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 14
  • Doxa 2–0 Aris – 9 for Doxa (Miloš Pavlović, Abel Pereira, Pedro Baquero, Pedrito, Leandro, Carlos Marques, Rodri, Toni, Gleison) and 5 for Aris (Kypros Christoforou, Douglas Reis, Eduardo Pincelli, Emmanuel Okoye, Zoltán Kovács) (11 May 2014)
• Most red cards in a single match: 2
  • Anorthosis 1–1 Nea Salamina – 1 for Anorthosis (Grigoris Makos) and 1 for Nea Salamina (Justin Mengolo) (9 March 2014)
  • Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis – 1 for Omonia (Anthony Scaramozzino) and 1 for Anorthosis (Dan Alexa) (21 December 2013)
  • Aris 0–1 Apollon – 1 for Aris (Charalambos Pittakas) and 1 for Apollon (Giorgos Merkis) (16 December 2013)
  • Doxa 1–1 APOEL – 1 for Doxa (Richard Kingson) and 1 for APOEL (Aritz Borda) (23 November 2013)