2019–20 Cypriot First Division

Cyta Championship
Season	2019–20
Dates	23 August 2019 - 11 March 2020; (Remaining matches cancelled)
Champions	not awarded
Relegated	no relegation
UEFA Champions League	Omonia
UEFA Europa League	Anorthosis; APOEL; Apollon Limassol
Matches played	138
Goals scored	373 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Trichkovski; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Ethnikos 5–0 Anorthosis; (23 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Doxa 0–6 Anorthosis; (27 October 2019)
Highest scoring	AEK 4–4 Paralimni; (27 October 2019)
Longest winning run	Apollon; (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Anorthosis; (11 matches)
Longest winless run	Ethnikos; (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Doxa; Paralimni; (4 matches)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 9 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Cypriot First Division was the 81st season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

On 15 May 2020, the league was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] The title was not awarded, and no teams were relegated, with the league expanded to 14 teams next season for a transitional year.^[5]

Teams[]

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[]

Alki Oroklini and Ermis Aradippou were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2018–19 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2018–19 Second Division champions Ethnikos Achna and runners-up Olympiakos Nicosia.

Stadiums and locations[]

AEK
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon

APOEL
Omonia
Doxa
Olympiakos

ENP

Ethnikos

Pafos FC

Locations of the 2019–20 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
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Enosis Neon Paralimni	Paralimni, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
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

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 Caneda	Ivan Trichkovski	Puma	Bet on Alfa
AEL Limassol	Dušan Kerkez	Charis Kyriakou	Nike	Burisma Holdings
Anorthosis Famagusta	Temur Ketsbaia	Gordon Schildenfeld	Nike	Stoiximan
APOEL	Marinos Ouzounidis	Georgios Efrem	Macron	Pari-Match
Apollon Limassol	Sofronis Avgousti	Giorgos Vasiliou	Puma	Stoiximan
Doxa Katokopias		Vladimir Boljević	Nike	Victory Ammunition
EN Paralimni	Čedomir Janevski	Boris Klaiman	Macron	Paralimni Marina
Ethnikos Achna	Dean Klafurić	Martin Bogatinov	Nike	OPAP Cyprus
Nea Salamis Famagusta	Savvas Poursaitidis	Anderson Correia	Nike	Vitex
Olympiakos Nicosia	Pambos Christodoulou	Giorgos Economides	Jako	OPAP Bet
Omonia	Henning Berg	Matt Derbyshire	Macron	Fonbet
Pafos FC	Cameron Toshack	Adam Nemec	Macron	Korantina Homes

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Omonia	22	12	7	3	31	13	+18	43^[a]	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	22	13	4	5	42	21	+21	43^[a]
3	APOEL	22	11	6	5	35	15	+20	39
4	Apollon Limassol	22	12	2	8	38	29	+9	38
5	AEK Larnaca	22	9	8	5	36	26	+10	35
6	AEL Limassol	22	8	7	7	27	26	+1	31
7	Pafos FC	22	8	6	8	26	26	0	30	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta	22	7	4	11	25	36	−11	25
9	Olympiakos Nicosia	22	5	9	8	27	34	−7	24
10	Enosis Neon Paralimni	22	5	7	10	28	42	−14	22
11	Ethnikos Achna	22	5	5	12	29	44	−15	20
12	Doxa Katokopias	22	2	5	15	13	45	−32	11

Source: Cyprus Football Association, 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).^[6]
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	DOX	ENP	ETH	NSF	OLY	OMO	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–4	5–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
AEL Limassol	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–0
APOEL	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	4–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	3–0
Apollon Limassol	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–2	0–1	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–2
Doxa Katokopias	0–1	2–2	0–6	0–3	0–1	—	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–6	0–2	0–4
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	0–3	1–0	—	3–4	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–1
Ethnikos Achna	2–5	0–1	5–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–3
Nea Salamis Famagusta	1–0	3–2	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	—	3–2	0–3	1–2
Olympiakos Nicosia	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–3	—	0–2	1–1
Omonia	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	—	0–0
Pafos FC	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	—

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

Positions by Round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Omonia	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Anorthosis Famagusta	4	8	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
APOEL	7	9	8	6	8	5	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Apollon Limassol	8	10	6	7	5	8	9	7	7	6	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
AEK Larnaca	6	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	3	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5
AEL Limassol	5	2	2	3	4	7	5	3	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	6	7	5	6	6	6	6
Pafos FC	3	5	7	8	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7
Nea Salamis Famagusta	11	12	9	9	9	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	6	7	7	8	8	8
Olympiakos Nicosia	9	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Enosis Neon Paralimni	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Ethnikos Achna	2	4	5	4	6	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Doxa Katokopias	12	6	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Relegation round

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Championship round[]

Championship round table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Omonia (Q)	23	13	7	3	34	13	+21	46^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Anorthosis Famagusta (Q)	23	14	4	5	45	21	+24	46^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	APOEL (Q)	23	11	7	5	36	16	+20	40	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Apollon Limassol (Q)	23	12	3	8	39	30	+9	39	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	AEK Larnaca	23	9	8	6	36	29	+7	35
6	AEL Limassol	23	8	7	8	27	29	−2	31

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: CFA (in Greek)
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).^[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	OMO
AEK Larnaca	—	—	—	—	—	—
AEL Limassol	—	—	—	—	—	0–3
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–0	—	—	—	—	—
APOEL	—	—	—	—	—	—
Apollon Limassol	—	—	—	1–1	—	—
Omonia Nicosia	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by Round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round	23
Team ╲ Round
Omonia	1
Anorthosis	2
APOEL	3
Apollon	4
AEK Larnaca	5
AEL Limassol	6

	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation round[]

Relegation round table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Pafos FC	23	8	6	9	26	28	−2	30
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta	23	7	5	11	27	38	−11	26
9	Olympiakos Nicosia	23	5	10	8	28	35	−7	25
10	Enosis Neon Paralimni	23	5	8	10	29	43	−14	23
11	Ethnikos Achna	23	5	6	12	31	46	−15	21
12	Doxa Katokopias	23	3	5	15	15	45	−30	14

Source: [1]
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).^[8]

Results[]

Home \ Away	DOX	ENP	ETH	NSF	OLY	PAF
Doxa Katokopias	—	—	—	—	—	2–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni	—	—	—	—	1–1	—
Ethnikos Achna	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nea Salamis Famagusta	—	—	2–2	—	—	—
Olympiakos Nicosia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pafos FC	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Cyprus Football Association, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by Round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round	23
Team ╲ Round
Pafos	7
Nea Salamis	8
Olympiakos Nicosia	9
EN Paralimni	10
Ethnikos Achna	11
Doxa Katokopias	12

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 7 March 2020.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca	20
2	Kingsley Onuegbu	Nea Salamis Famagusta	14
2	Rayo	Anorthosis Famagusta	14
4	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	13
5	Emilio Zelaya	Apollon Limassol	8
6	Serge Gakpé	Apollon Limassol	6
	Linus Hallenius	APOEL
	Nika Katcharava	Anorthosis Famagusta
	Ibrahim Koneh	Ethnikos Achna
	Giorgos Merkis	APOEL
	Demetris Theodorou	Enosis Neon Paralimni

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Σκόρερς". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ "DOXA VS. ANORTHOSIS 0 - 6". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ "AEK LARNACA VS. ENOSIS 4 - 4". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ "Δ.Σ. ΚΟΠ: Απόφαση για διακοπή του Πρωταθλήματος Cyta και του Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola". Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου. 15 May 2020.
^ "Oριστική απόφαση για διακοπή της σεζόν και αύξηση των ομάδων (pics)". goal.philenews.com. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ "1. Division 2019/2020". soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "1. Division 2019/2020 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "1. Division 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

External links[]

[table_hth_OMO0.62088115635369-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.

[table_hth_OMO0.43231878775746-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.

[topscorer-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Σκόρερς". Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[DOX_0–6_ANO-2] "DOXA VS. ANORTHOSIS 0 - 6". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[AEK_4–4_ENP-3] "AEK LARNACA VS. ENOSIS 4 - 4". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[4] "Δ.Σ. ΚΟΠ: Απόφαση για διακοπή του Πρωταθλήματος Cyta και του Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola". Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου. 15 May 2020.

[5] "Oριστική απόφαση για διακοπή της σεζόν και αύξηση των ομάδων (pics)". goal.philenews.com. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[7] "1. Division 2019/2020". soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[9] "1. Division 2019/2020 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[10] "1. Division 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

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