| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 2023 – 12 May 2024 |
| Champions | APOEL 29th title |
| Relegated | AEZ Zakakiou Doxa Katokopias Othellos Athienou |
| Champions League | APOEL |
| Europa League | Pafos |
| Conference League | AEK Larnaca Omonia |
| Matches | 142 |
| Goals | 403 (2.84 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marios Ilia (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | APOEL 6–0Othellos Athienou (21 January 2024) |
| Biggest away win | AEZ Zakakiou 0–5Aris Limassol (3 September 2023) AEZ Zakakiou 0–5Apollon Limassol (22 October 2023) |
| Highest scoring | Karmiotissa 6–6Othellos (24 April 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches APOEL |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches AEK Larnaca |
| Longest winless run | 21 matches AEZ Zakakiou |
| Longest losing run | 11 matches Doxa Katokopias |
2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 April 2024. | |
The2023–24 Cypriot First Division was the 85th season of theCypriot top-levelfootball league.Aris Limassol were the defending champions, having won their first title in the2022–23 season.
The winners (APOEL, their twenty-ninth title win) qualified for the second qualifying round of the2024–25 UEFA Champions League. The2023–24 Cypriot Cup winners (Pafos) qualified for the first qualifying round of the2024–25 UEFA Europa League. The runners-up (AEK Larnaca) and third-placed team (Omonia) qualified for the second qualifying round of the2024–25 UEFA Conference League. The bottom three teams (Doxa Katokopias,Othellos Athienou, andAEZ Zakakiou) were relegated to the2024–25 Cypriot Second Division.
ENP,Akritas Chlorakas (both clubs relegated after a single season in top flight), andOlympiakos Nicosia (relegated for the first time since 2012-13) were relegated in the previous season. They have been replaced byOthellos Athienou (promoted after a 8 seasons absence),AEZ Zakakiou (promoted after a 6 seasons absence), andEthnikos Achna (promoted after a single season of absence), who were the top three teams in the2022–23 Cypriot Second Division.[1]
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The structure of the competition remains unchanged from the previous season. 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, where they compete for the league title and places leading to European football, while teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs, where they compete to avoid relegation. The teams in each group play each other home and away, for a total of 10 or 14 games, depending on the group. 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.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APOEL | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 59 | Qualification for theChampionship round |
| 2 | Aris Limassol | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 56 | |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 52 | |
| 4 | Pafos | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 50 | |
| 5 | Omonia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 49 | |
| 6 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 47 | |
| 7 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for theRelegation round |
| 8 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 9 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 26 | |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 20 | |
| 12 | AEZ Zakakiou | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 16 | |
| 13 | Othellos Athienou | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 52 | −32 | 15 | |
| 14 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEZ | ANO | APOE | APOL | ARI | DOX | ETH | KAR | NSF | OMO | OTH | PAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Larnaca | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| AEL Limassol | 2–3 | — | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| AEZ Zakakiou | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| APOEL | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Limassol | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Aris Limassol | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Karmiotissa | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Omonia | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Othellos Athienou | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 |
| Pafos | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APOEL(C) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 73[a] | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 73[a] | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Omonia | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 69 | |
| 4 | Aris Limassol | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 65 | |
| 5 | Pafos | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[b] |
| 6 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 53 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | ANO | APOE | ARI | OMO | PAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Larnaca | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| APOEL | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Aris Limassol | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Omonia | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Pafos | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollon Limassol | 40 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 66 | |
| 2 | AEL Limassol | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 54 | |
| 3 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 51 | |
| 4 | Ethnikos Achna | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 79 | −9 | 50 | |
| 5 | Karmiotissa | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 40 | |
| 6 | Doxa Katokopias(R) | 40 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 34 | 77 | −43 | 35 | Relegation to theCypriot Second Division |
| 7 | Othellos Athienou(R) | 40 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 48 | 77 | −29 | 33 | |
| 8 | AEZ Zakakiou(R) | 40 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 100 | −60 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | AEL | AEZ | APOL | DOX | ETH | KAR | NSF | OTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEL Limassol | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 3–2 |
| AEZ Zakakiou | 1–5 | — | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Apollon Limassol | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Karmiotissa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–3 | 6–6 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Othellos Athienou | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Larnaca | Ethnikos Achna | 5–5 | 28 August 2023 | [5] | |
| Ethnikos Achna | AEK Larnaca | [5] | |||
| Apollon Limassol | Doxa Katokopias | 4–0 | 8 October 2023 | [6] | |
| AEK Larnaca | Karmiotissa | 5–0 | 21 October 2023 | [7] | |
| Aris Limassol | Ethnikos Achna | 3–2 | 3 January 2024 | [8] | |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Othellos Athienou | 4–0 | 31 January 2024 | [9] | |
| Karmiotissa | Doxa Katokopias | 4–1 | 2 March 2024 | [10] | |
| Apollon Limassol | Ethnikos Achna | 3–3 | 23 April 2024 | [11] | |
| Karmiotissa | Othellos Athienou | 6–6 | 24 April 2024 | [12] | |
| AEL Limassol | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 5–4 | [13] |
4Player scored 4 goals