2020–21 Cypriot First Division

The 2020–21 Cypriot First Division was the 82nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Cyta Championship

Season	2020–21
Dates	21 August 2020 – 29 May 2021
Champions	Omonia 21st title
Relegated	Enosis Neon Paralimni Karmiotissa Ermis Aradippou Nea Salamis Famagusta
Champions League	Omonia
Europa League	Anorthosis
Europa Conference League	Apollon AEL
Matches played	243
Goals scored	583 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Championship Group: Nicolas Diguiny (17 goals) Relegation Group: Berat Sadik (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Ermis Aradippou 7-1 Karmiotissa (17 May 2021)
Biggest away win	Ermis Aradippou 0–6 Apollon Limassol (30 August 2020)
Highest scoring	Nea Salamis Famagusta 4–3 Doxa Katokopias (2 January 2021)
Longest unbeaten run	Omonia (20 matches)
← 2019–20 2021-22 → All statistics correct as of 5 May 2021.

Stadiums and locations

AEK
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon

APOEL
Omonia
Doxa
Olympiakos

Enosis

Ermis

Ethnikos

Karmiotissa

Pafos

Locations of the 2020–21 Cypriot First Division teams.

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Anorthosis Famagusta	Famagusta	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ermis	Aradippou, Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
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
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Pafos FC	Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394

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 Larnaca	Panagiotis Giannou	Ivan Trichkovski	Puma	Bet on Alfa
AEL Limassol	Dušan Kerkez	Charis Kyriakou	Macron	Burisma Holdings
Anorthosis Famagusta	Temur Ketsbaia	Kostakis Artymatas	Nike	Allea Group
APOEL	Savvas Poursaitidis	Georgios Efrem	Macron	Pari-Match
Apollon Limassol	Giannis Petrakis	Giorgos Vasiliou	Puma	Stoiximan
Doxa Katokopias	Angelos Efthymiou	Berat Sadik	Nike	Victory Ammunition
EN Paralimni	Sotiris Antoniou	Gregor Balazic	Macron
Ermis Aradippou	Demetris Daskalakis	Andreas Papathanasiou	Macron
Ethnikos Achna	Elias Charalambous	Martin Bogatinov	Jako	OPAP Cyprus
Karmiotissa	Giannakis Pontikos	Alkiviadis Christofi	Eldera	Cablenet
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Constantinos Mina	Róbert Veselovský	Nike	Vitex
Olympiakos Nicosia	Čedomir Janevski	Evangelos Kyriakou	Jako	Office Pro
Omonia	Henning Berg	Jordi Gómez	Macron	Fonbet
Pafos FC	Stephen Constantine	Paulus Arajuuri	Jako	Korantina Homes

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Omonia	26	16	8	2	43	13	+30	56	Qualification for the Championship round
2	AEL Limassol	26	17	4	5	45	23	+22	55
3	Apollon Limassol	26	16	6	4	52	22	+30	54
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	15	6	5	37	21	+16	51
5	AEK Larnaca	26	12	5	9	36	25	+11	41
6	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	10	4	12	27	38	−11	34
7	Pafos FC	26	8	8	10	30	27	+3	32	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	APOEL	26	8	6	12	27	31	−4	30[a]
9	Doxa Katokopias	26	7	9	10	24	32	−8	30[a]
10	Nea Salamis Famagusta	26	8	5	13	29	38	−9	29
11	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	6	6	14	22	39	−17	24[b]
12	Ermis Aradippou	26	5	9	12	18	38	−20	24[b]
13	Ethnikos Achna	26	5	7	14	23	43	−20	22
14	Karmiotissa FC	26	3	9	14	22	45	−23	18

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).^[1]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1
2. Head-to-head points: Enosis 4, Ermis 1

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	DOX	ENP	ERM	ETH	KAR	NSF	OLY	OMO	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–3	0–0
AEL Limassol	3–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–0	0–0	—	2–0	1–3	1–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
APOEL	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–3	0–1
Apollon Limassol	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Doxa Katokopias	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–5	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–0
Ermis Aradippou	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–6	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1
Ethnikos Achna	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1
Karmiotissa	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	0–3	1–5	0–0
Nea Salamis Famagusta	1–2	1–1	1–4	0–3	1–1	4–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	—	1–2	2–1	2–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	—	1–0	2–1
Omonia	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–1
Pafos FC	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	—

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

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Omonia	1	6	6	3	5	2	2	4	6	5	5	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1
AEL Limassol	4	3	5	2	3	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	2	4	3	2	1	3	2	2
Apollon Limassol	9	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3
Anorthosis Famagusta	7	2	3	6	7	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
AEK Larnaca	3	1	2	4	2	4	4	3	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Olympiakos Nicosia	12	8	9	8	4	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	6	6
Pafos	8	10	13	12	13	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	9	7	9	7
APOEL	5	11	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	8
Doxa Katokopias	10	5	4	5	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9
Nea Salamis Famagusta	11	12	8	10	11	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	10
Enosis Neon Paralimni	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Ermis Aradippou	13	14	11	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Ethnikos Achna	2	7	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Karmiotissa	6	9	12	13	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

	Leader and Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Relegation round

Source: worldfootball.net

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OMO	APOL	AEL	ANO	AEK	OLY
1	Omonia (C, Q)	36	23	10	3	55	17	+38	79	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Apollon Limassol (Q)	36	21	11	4	68	30	+38	74	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		1–0	—	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2
3	AEL Limassol (Q)	36	21	5	10	58	34	+24	68			1–2	1–2	—	1–2	3–0	2–0
4	Anorthosis Famagusta (Q)	36	16	9	11	44	37	+7	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]		0–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–2	0–2
5	AEK Larnaca	36	15	5	16	44	40	+4	50			0–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	—	2–1
6	Olympiakos Nicosia	36	14	5	17	38	51	−13	47			0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	—

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).^[1]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Anorthosis Famagusta qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Cypriot Cup.

Positions by Round

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Omonia	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Apollon Limassol	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
AEL Limassol	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Anorthosis Famagusta	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
AEK Larnaca	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Olympiakos Nicosia	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Leader and Champions League second qualifying round
	Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Cyprus Football Association

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		PAF	APOE	ETH	DOX	NSF	ERM	ENP	KAR
7	Pafos FC	40	18	9	13	58	38	+20	63			—	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
8	APOEL	40	17	9	14	48	39	+9	60			0–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
9	Ethnikos Achna	40	14	10	16	48	56	−8	52			0–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	5–0
10	Doxa Katokopias	40	13	12	15	46	43	+3	51			1–0	1–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–0	6–1
11	Nea Salamis Famagusta (R)	40	11	10	19	48	61	−13	43	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division		1–2	1–2	0–2	1–4	—	3–1	1–2	1–1
12	Ermis Aradippou (R)	40	9	11	20	40	61	−21	38			1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	—	4–2	7–1
13	Enosis Neon Paralimni (R)	40	8	10	22	35	61	−26	34			2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	—	1–1
14	Karmiotissa (R)	40	4	12	24	36	98	−62	24			0–6	1–6	2–4	0–5	0–4	2–2	4–2	—

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).^[2]
(R) Relegated

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for round 6.

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Pafos FC	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
APOEL	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Ethnikos Achna	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Doxa Katokopias	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Nea Salamis Famagusta	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Ermis Aradippou	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Enosis Neon Paralimni	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Karmiotissa	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

Source: Cyprus Football Association

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 May 2021.^[3][4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Berat Sadik	Doxa Katokopias	18
2	Nicolas Diguiny	Apollon Limassol	17
	Onisiforos Roushias	Ermis Aradippou
	Tomáš Wágner	Nea Salamis Famagusta
5	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	16
6	Giorgi Kvilitaia	Anorthosis Famagusta	14
	Ryan Mmaee	AEL Limassol
8	Onni Valakari	Pafos	13
	Ioannis Pittas	Apollon Limassol
	Danilo	Nea Salamis Famagusta
	Kévin Bérigaud	Pafos