2024–25 Cypriot First Division

The 2024–25 Cypriot First Division (known as Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons), is the 86th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Cyprus League by Stoiximan

Season	2024–25
Dates	23 August 2024 – May 2025
Champions	Pafos (1st title)
Relegated	Omonia 29M Nea Salamis Famagusta Karmiotissa
UEFA Champions League	Pafos
UEFA Conference League	Omonia
Matches played	167
Goals scored	446 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Youssef El-Arabi (13 goals)
Biggest home win	APOEL 7–0 Omonoia Aradipou (26 January 2025)
Biggest away win	Omonia 29M 1–5 AEK Larnaca (1 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Aris 6–1 Ethnikos Achna (26 January 2025)
Longest winning run	Pafos (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Pafos (14 matches)
Longest winless run	Omonia 29M (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Omonia 29M (5 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 24 February 2025.

APOEL are the defending champions, having won their 29th title in the 2023–24 season.

Stadiums and locations

AEK
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon
Aris

APOEL
Omonia N.
Omonia 29M

Pafos
Karmiotissa

Enosis

Omonia Ar.

Ethnikos

Locations of the 2024–25 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	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Anorthosis Famagusta	Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Aris Limassol
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni	Paralimni Stadium	5,800
Ethnikos Achnas	Achna	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia Aradippou	Aradippou	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
Omonia Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Omonia 29M	Nicosia	Katokopia Stadium	3,500
Pafos FC	Paphos	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	9,394

Structure

14 teams will participate in the league. In the first round, known as Regular Season, all teams play each other home and away, for a total of 26 games each. In the second round, the league splits into two groups: Teams ranked 1–6 enter the Championship Playoffs, whereas teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs. The teams in the Championship Playoffs play each other home and away for an additional 10 games each, while the teams in the Relegation Playoffs play each other only once, either home or away, for an additional 7 games each. All criteria (such as points, goal difference, and head to head records) are retained during the transition from first to second round. The team ranked first in the Championship Playoffs are declared champions, while the bottom three teams in the Relegation Playoffs are relegated to the Second Division.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pafos	26	20	2	4	50	12	+38	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Aris Limassol	26	18	7	1	53	15	+38	61
3	AEK Larnaca	26	16	6	4	45	21	+24	54
4	Omonia	26	16	4	6	53	26	+27	52
5	APOEL	26	12	7	7	52	25	+27	43
6	Apollon Limassol	26	11	7	8	28	23	+5	40
7	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	10	7	9	34	33	+1	37	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Ethnikos Achna	26	6	11	9	33	42	−9	29
9	Karmiotissa	26	7	6	13	26	51	−25	27
10	Omonia Aradippou	26	7	5	14	23	49	−26	26
11	AEL Limassol	26	6	6	14	26	46	−20	24
12	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	5	4	17	18	41	−23	19
13	Nea Salamis Famagusta	26	4	5	17	22	52	−30	17
14	Omonia 29M	26	3	5	18	19	46	−27	14

Source: Soccerway
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]

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APO	APL	ARI	ENO	ETH	KAR	NEA	OAR	OMO	PAC	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–2
AEL Limassol	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	5–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–3
Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2	1–0	—	2–2	1–2	0–3	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2
APOEL	0–1	4–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–0	3–1	7–0	2–1	4–0	0–2
Apollon Limassol	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Aris Limassol	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	—	2–1	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2
Ethnikos Achna	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Karmiotissa	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	—	2–2	3–1	2–6	1–1	0–2
Nea Salamis Famagusta	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	—	2–3	2–3	0–1	0–2
Omonia Aradippou	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–5	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	—	3–5	1–0	0–2
Omonia	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	1–1	2–1
Omonia 29M	1–5	2–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	—	1–2
Pafos	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	—

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

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAF	ARI	OMO	AEK	APO	APL
1	Pafos (C, Q)	36	26	4	6	67	21	+46	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
2	Aris Limassol (X)	36	22	9	5	66	31	+35	75	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]		0–1	—	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1
3	Omonia (Q)	36	20	8	8	69	40	+29	68	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round		3–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–0
4	AEK Larnaca (Q)	36	19	11	6	58	30	+28	68			2–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	3–0
5	APOEL	36	14	11	11	59	36	+23	53			1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–1
6	Apollon Limassol	36	12	10	14	37	39	−2	46			1–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
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).^[2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Conference League
Notes:

1. The winner of the 2024–25 Cypriot Cup (AEK Larnaca or Pafos) qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the champion wins the cup, the Europa League berth passes to the second place team.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		ANO	ETH	AEL	ENO	OAR	KAR	NEA	PAC
1	Anorthosis Famagusta	33	15	7	11	50	42	+8	52			—	2–0	—	1–2	1–2	—	—	4–2
2	Ethnikos Achna	33	9	12	12	44	53	−9	39			—	—	2–0	—	—	2–1	1–1	3–1
3	AEL Limassol	33	11	6	16	38	53	−15	39			1–3	—	—	2–0	—	1–0	—	—
4	Enosis Neon Paralimni	33	10	5	18	31	48	−17	35			—	4–2	—	—	1–0	—	2–2	—
5	Omonia Aradippou	33	10	5	18	32	58	−26	35			—	2–1	1–2	—	—	—	0–2	4–1
6	Karmiotissa (R)	33	9	7	17	30	57	−27	34	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division		0–1	—	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	2–0
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta (R)	33	6	8	19	31	62	−31	26			2–4	—	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	—
8	Omonia 29M (R)	33	3	5	25	23	65	−42	14			—	—	0–3	0–2	—	—	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
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]
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 17 February 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rafael Lopes	Anorthosis Famagusta	12
2	Anderson Silva	Pafos	11
3	Jairo	Pafos	10
	Enzo Cabrera	AEK Larnaca
	Youssef El-Arabi	APOEL
6	Andreas Makris	AEL Limassol	9
	Stefan Dražić	APOEL
	Nicolás Andereggen	Ethnikos Achna
	Saidou Alioum	Omonia
	Mariusz Stępiński	Omonia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Andreas Makris	AEL Limassol	Ethnikos Achna	5–2 (H)	5 October 2024	[4]
Mariusz Stępiński	Omonia	Omonia Aradippou	3–5 (A)	10 November 2024	[5]
Fran Sol	AEK Larnaca	Omonia 29M	1–5 (A)	1 December 2024	[6]

Clean sheets

As of match played 17 February 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Vid Belec	APOEL	12
2	Vaná	Aris Limassol	11
3	Georgios Athanasiadis	AEK Larnaca	10
4	Fabiano	Omonia	9
	Ivica Ivušić	Pafos
6	Živko Živković	Anorthosis Famagusta	8
7	Giorgi Loria	Omonia Aradippou	6
	Philipp Kühn	Apollon Limassol
	Adebayo Adeleye	Enosis Neon Paralimni
	Lucas Flores	Ethnikos Achna

See also

• 2024–25 Cypriot Second Division
• 2024–25 Cypriot Cup