2025–26 Cypriot First Division

The 2025–26 Cypriot First Division (known as Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons), is the 87th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Cyprus League by Stoiximan

Season	2025–26
Dates	22 August 2025 – May 2026[1]
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Pafos are the defending champions, having won their 1st title in the 2024–25 season.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Nicosia teams:
APOEL
AC Omonia
Olympiakos

Limassol teams:
AEL Limassol
Apollon Limassol
Aris Limassol

Larnaca

Limassol

Nicosia

Pafos

Enosis

Omonia Aradippou

Ethnikos

Akritas Chlorakas

Krasava

Larnaca teams:
AEK
Anorthosis Famagusta

Locations of the 2025–26 Cypriot First Division teams.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Alphamega Stadium	10,700
Akritas Chlorakas	Chloraka	Chloraka Municipal Stadium	3,500
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
Krasava	Ypsonas	Stelios Chari Stadium
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Omonia Aradippou	Aradippou	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
Omonia Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Pafos	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	7	6	0	1	16	4	+12	18	Qualification for the Championship round
2	APOEL	6	5	0	1	14	2	+12	15
3	Omonia	6	4	1	1	15	2	+13	13
4	Aris Limassol	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
5	Ethnikos Achna	7	3	2	2	7	10	−3	11
6	AEK Larnaca	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
7	Apollon Limassol	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Krasava	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
9	AEL Limassol	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7
10	Akritas Chlorakas	6	2	1	3	3	9	−6	7
11	Olympiakos Nicosia	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5
12	Omonia Aradippou	6	1	1	4	1	9	−8	4
13	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2
14	Enosis Neon Paralimni	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2025. 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]

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AKR	ANO	APO	APL	ARI	ENO	ETH	KYP	OLY	OAR	OMO	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	2–0					3–2							2–4
AEL Limassol		—	0–2	4–1					2–2		2–0
Akritas Chlorakas			—		0–4	0–2		1–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1			—								0–0	0–5
APOEL					—	2–0								0–1
Apollon Limassol						—		3–0		0–3
Aris Limassol						3–1	—		3–0		2–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni					0–2			—				0–1
Ethnikos Achna			0–0	2–0					—	1–0			2–1
Krasava	0–4				1–2					—		2–0
Olympiakos Nicosia				2–1				1–1		1–1	—
Omonia Aradippou					0–4		0–1					—		0–2
Omonia	1–0	5–0	3–0				0–0						—
Pafos						0–1		3–0	4–0		2–1			—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Relegation round

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 October 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Willy Semedo	Omonia	5
2	Nicolás Andereggen	Ethnikos Achna	4
3	Maxime Do Couto	Krasava	3
4	Ross McCausland	Aris Limassol
5	Hrvoje Miličević	AEK Larnaca
6	Andreas Athanasiou	Akritas Chlorakas	2
7	Riad Bajić	AEK Larnaca
8	Enzo Cabrera
9	Sergio Castel	Apollon Limassol
10	Marius Corbu	APOEL