2022–23 Cypriot First Division

The 2022–23 Cypriot First Division was the 84th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.^[2]

Cyta Championship

Season	2022–23
Dates	26 August 2022 – 29 May 2023
Champions	Aris Limassol 1st title
Relegated	Akritas Chlorakas Olympiakos Nicosia Enosis Neon Paralimni
Champions League	Aris Limassol
Europa Conference League	Omonia AEK Larnaca APOEL
Matches played	268
Goals scored	636 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jairo Ioannis Pittas (both 18 goals)
Biggest home win	Aris Limassol 5–0 Olympiakos Nicosia (2 September 2022) Enosis Neon Paralimni 5–0 Akritas Chlorakas (26 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Akritas Chlorakas 0–4 Pafos (10 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Pafos 5–2 Akritas Chlorakas (23 December 2022) AEK Larnaca 4–3 Aris Limassol (15 January 2023) Apollon Limassol 3–4 Karmiotissa (9 February 2023)
Longest winning run	9 matches APOEL AEK Larnaca
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Aris Limassol
Longest winless run	12 matches Olympiakos Nicosia
Longest losing run	7 matches Akritas Chlorakas
Highest attendance	14,052[1] APOEL 4–0 Omonia 27 November 2022
Total attendance	551,808[1]
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2023.

Competition system

14 teams participated in the 2022–23 First Division.^[2][3]

It was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, all teams played each other twice, one at home and one away. After the completion of the 26 matches (A phase) the teams participated in 2 groups (depending on their position) and played ranking matches (B phase). The results, points and goals of the A' phase were transferred to the matches. The teams in places 1–6 competed for the championship and places leading to the European championships. The teams faced each other twice, one at home and one away.^[2] The team with the most points was declared the champion.^[3] The champion team secured their place in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. In addition, the teams finishing in second and third place secured their participation in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

The teams in positions 7–14 faced each other twice, one at home and one away.^[2] The bottom three teams were relegated to the Second Division.^[4][3]

Changes compared to the previous season

In relation to the 2021–22 season, the teams promoted from the Second Division will participate in the 2022–23 First Division are Karmiotissa, New Salamina, Akritas Chlorakas and Enosis Neon Paralimni.^[5][6][7][8] The teams that will not take a part in the season are PAEEK and Ethnikos Achna who had been relegated to the Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

AEK
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon
Aris
Karmiotissa

APOEL
Omonia
Olympiakos

Pafos

Akritas

Enosis

Doxa

Locations of the 2022–23 Cypriot First Division teams.

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.^[9]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Akritas Chlorakas	Chloraka, Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394
Anorthosis Famagusta	Famagusta	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Aris Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Katokopia Stadium	3,500
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
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

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	18	5	3	40	13	+27	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	AEK Larnaca	26	18	3	5	46	21	+25	57
3	Aris Limassol	26	15	8	3	46	20	+26	53
4	Pafos	26	14	8	4	48	20	+28	50
5	Apollon Limassol	25	13	5	7	34	27	+7	44
6	Omonia	26	13	2	11	37	28	+9	41
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta	26	12	2	12	27	34	−7	38	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	AEL Limassol	25	10	5	10	21	20	+1	35
9	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	9	6	11	22	30	−8	33
10	Karmiotissa	26	7	6	13	25	40	−15	27
11	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	6	3	17	22	38	−16	21
12	Doxa Katokopias	26	5	6	15	18	36	−18	21
13	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	2	10	14	16	40	−24	16
14	Akritas Chlorakas	26	3	3	20	15	50	−35	12

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).^[10]

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AKR	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ENP	KAR	NSF	OLY	OMO	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–3	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0
AEL Limassol	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3
Akritas Chlorakas	1–2	0–3	—	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–4
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–1
APOEL	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1
Apollon Limassol	2–1	–[a]	2–0	3–0	0–1	—	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Aris Limassol	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–2
Doxa Katokopias	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–2	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–2
Karmiotissa	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	0–2
Olympiakos Nicosia	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	—	0–1	1–1
Omonia	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	—	0–0
Pafos	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	—

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

1. Declared an unplayed match by CFA (not a draw)

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARI	APOE	AEK	PAF	APOL	OMO
1	Aris Limassol (C)	36	21	11	4	65	28	+37	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
2	APOEL	36	20	11	5	52	26	+26	71	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		4–3	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0
3	AEK Larnaca	36	20	6	10	55	37	+18	66			1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–0
4	Pafos	36	17	12	7	60	30	+30	63			2–2	1–1	4–0	—	2–1	0–1
5	Apollon Limassol	35	19	5	11	47	37	+10	62			0–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	—	3–1
6	Omonia[a]	36	15	4	17	43	42	+1	49	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	—

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).^[10]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Cup winner

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		ANO	NSF	AEL	KAR	DOX	ENP	AKR	OLY
7	Anorthosis Famagusta	40	18	9	13	52	44	+8	63			—	4–4	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	4–1
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta	40	17	7	16	51	55	−4	58			0–2	—	2–3	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	3–2
9	AEL Limassol	39	13	10	16	35	40	−5	49			0–2	3–3	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1
10	Karmiotissa	40	13	9	18	37	54	−17	48			1–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2
11	Doxa Katokopias	40	10	9	21	32	56	−24	39			0–5	0–1	0–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
12	Enosis Neon Paralimni (R)	40	10	7	23	40	52	−12	37	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division		0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	—	5–1	3–0
13	Akritas Chlorakas (R)	40	9	7	24	37	73	−36	34			3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	—	2–1
14	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	40	5	13	22	30	62	−32	28			1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	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 champion or UEFA competitions).^[11]
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ioannis Pittas	Apollon Limassol	18
	Jairo	Pafos
3	Diego Dorregaray	Nea Salamis Famagusta	16
4	Aleksandr Kokorin	Aris Limassol	13
5	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	11
6	Miguel Ángel Guerrero	Anorthosis Famagusta	10
7	Aleksandar Vucenovic	Enosis Neon Paralimni	9
	Mounir El Allouchi	Karmiotissa
	Bruno Felipe	Omonia / Pafos
10	Andronikos Kakoullis	Omonia	8
	Omri Altman	AEK Larnaca
	Muamer Tankovic	Pafos