2021–22 Cypriot First Division

The 2021–22 Cypriot First Division was the 83rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Cyta Championship

Season	2021–22
Dates	20 August 2021 – May 2022
Champions	Apollon 4th title
Relegated	Ethnikos Achna PAEEK
Champions League	Apollon AEK Larnaca
Europa League	Omonia
Europa Conference League	APOEL Aris Limassol
Matches played	192
Goals scored	456 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgi Kvilitaia (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Pafos 4–0 APOEL 21 August 2021 AEL Limassol 4–0 Pafos 13 September 2021
Biggest away win	PAEEK 2–5 AC Omonia 14 May 2022
Highest scoring	PAEEK 2–5 AC Omonia 14 May 2022
Longest winning run	5 matches AEK Larnaca 27 September 2021 – 31 October 2021 Apollon Limassol 16 January 2022 – 10 February 2022
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches APOEL 18 October 2021 – 14 February 2022
Longest winless run	11 matches PAEEK 11 December 2021 – 27 February 2022
Longest losing run	5 matches Ethnikos Achna 18 December 2021 – 22 January 2022
Highest attendance	13,233[1] APOEL 1–1 AEK 1 May 2022
Total attendance	390,458[2]
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022.

Stadiums and locations

AEK
Anorthosis

AEL
Apollon
Aris

APOEL
Omonia
Doxa
Olympiakos
PAEEK

Ethnikos

Pafos

Locations of the 2021–22 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
Aris Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
PAEEK	Kyrenia	Makario Stadium	16,000
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	David Badia	Ivan Trichkovski	Puma	Bet on Alfa
AEL Limassol	Savvas Pantelidis	André Teixeira	Macron	Parimatch
Anorthosis Famagusta	Temur Ketsbaia	Kostakis Artymatas	Adidas	Allea Group
APOEL	Sofronis Avgousti	Georgios Efrem	Macron	Stoiximan
Apollon Limassol	Alexander Zorniger	Chambos Kyriakou	Puma	Stoiximan
Aris Limassol	Aleksey Shpilevsky	Gordon Schildenfeld	Jako	Parimatch
Doxa Katokopias	Elias Charalambous	Berat Sadik	Nike	Victory Ammunition
Ethnikos Achna	Andrej Razdrh	Martin Bogatinov	Jako	OPAP Cyprus
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nedim Tutic	Kingsley Sarfo	Jako	Office Pro
Omonia	Neil Lennon	Jordi Gómez	Macron	Stoiximan
PAEEK	Makis Sergides	Charalambos Aristotelous	Givova
Pafos FC	Darko Milanič	Jason Puncheon	Jako	Korantina Homes

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Apollon Limassol	22	14	4	4	37	21	+16	46	Qualification for the Championship round
2	APOEL	22	11	6	5	35	25	+10	39
3	AEK Larnaca	22	10	9	3	31	17	+14	39
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	22	11	5	6	36	26	+10	38
5	Aris Limassol	22	10	6	6	23	20	+3	36
6	Pafos	22	8	10	4	27	19	+8	34
7	Omonia	22	9	4	9	25	25	0	31	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	AEL Limassol	22	7	4	11	26	28	−2	25
9	Olympiakos Nicosia	22	5	7	10	14	23	−9	22
10	Doxa Katokopias	22	5	7	10	18	30	−12	22
11	PAEEK	22	3	6	13	17	35	−18	15
12	Ethnikos Achna	22	3	4	15	13	33	−20	13

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).^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ETH	OLY	OMO	PAE	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–3
AEL Limassol	0–2	—	2–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	4–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–2	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–0
APOEL	1–0	3–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	1–1
Apollon Limassol	1–4	2–1	2–2	2–1	—	0–2	3–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Aris Limassol	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0
Doxa Katokopias	1–4	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	1–2	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Ethnikos Achna	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–1
Olympiakos Nicosia	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–2
Omonia	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–4	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	—	2–1	1–1
PAEEK	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	—	0–2
Pafos	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

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

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
AEK Larnaca	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W
AEL Limassol	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L
Anorthosis Famagusta	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D
APOEL	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
Apollon Limassol	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D
Aris Limassol	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D
Doxa Katokopias	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W
Ethnikos Achna	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D
Olympiakos Nicosia	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D
Omonia	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L
PAEEK	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L
Pafos	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D

Source: Cyprus Football Association
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		APOL	AEK	APOE	ARI	ANO	PAF
1	Apollon Limassol (C)	32	16	10	6	50	33	+17	58	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		—	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2
2	AEK Larnaca	32	14	12	6	44	29	+15	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		3–3	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
3	APOEL	32	14	10	8	48	41	+7	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		0–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–1
4	Aris Limassol	32	13	11	8	37	32	+5	50			1–4	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	2–1
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	13	10	9	48	40	+8	49			1–1	1–3	4–1	0–3	—	1–0
6	Pafos	32	11	13	8	39	30	+9	46			0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	—

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 championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[3]
(C) Champions

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		OMO	AEL	OLY	DOX	ETH	PAE
7	Omonia	32	14	8	10	44	38	+6	50	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]		—	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2
8	AEL Limassol	32	14	5	13	43	39	+4	47			1–1	—	0–4	3–1	2–0	2–1
9	Olympiakos Nicosia	32	10	10	12	30	31	−1	40			3–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	4–3
10	Doxa Katokopias	32	7	11	14	27	41	−14	32			0–2	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–0
11	Ethnikos Achna (R)	32	5	8	19	21	41	−20	23	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division		0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	—	0–0
12	PAEEK (R)	32	3	8	21	25	61	−36	17			2–5	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–4	—

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).^[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Omonia qualified for the Europa League play-off round as winners of the 2021–22 Cypriot Cup.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 May 2022^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	15
2	Berat Sadik	Doxa Katokopias	13
3	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Anorthosis Famagusta	10
	Giorgi Kvilitaia	APOEL
	Onni Valakari	Pafos
	Ioannis Pittas	Apollon Limassol
	Stefan Šćepović	AEL Limassol
4	Bagaliy Dabo	Apollon Limassol	9
	Amr Warda	Anorthosis Famagusta
	Mariusz Stępiński	Aris Limassol
5	Jairo	Pafos	8
	Matija Špoljarić	Aris Limassol
6	Fotis Papoulis	Omonia	7
	Marko Šćepović	Omonia
	Michal Ďuriš	Ethnikos Achna / Omonia