Cypriot Football A Division

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The Cypriot Football A Division or Cyprus Championship First Division (in Greek Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the highest football league in Cyprus. At present, 12 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team at first in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the top six clubs play in the championship round and the bottom six in the relegation round. Two clubs are relegated to Cypriot Second Division, the second-level league, to be replaced by the top two teams from that league.

The league is entitled to one entrant - the champions - in the UEFA Champions League. They currently enter the competition in the second qualifying round. The winners of the Cyprus Cup enter the UEFA Europa League's second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team in the league enter the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round. If the cup winners are also league champions, then the fourth-placed team in the league qualifies for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winners qualify for Europe by their league position, then the fourth-placed team in the league also qualifies for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Teams

Here are the twelve teams that participate in the first division in the 2020-2021 season:

  1. AEK Larnaca
  2. AE Limassol
  3. Anorthosis Famagusta
  4. APOEL Nicosia
  5. Apollon Limassol
  6. Aris Limassol
  7. Doxa Katokopia
  8. Enosi Paralimni
  9. Ethnikos Achna
  10. Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia
  11. Nea Salamina Famagusta
  12. Olympiakos Lefkosia
  13. Omonia Nicosia
  14. AE Paphos

Championships

  • 1934/35 Trast AC
  • 1935/36 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1936/37 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1937/38 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1938/39 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1939/40 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1940/41 AEL Limassol
  • 1941 through 1944 championship not played due to World War II
  • 1944/45 EPA Larnaca
  • 1945/46 EPA Larnaca
  • 1946/47 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1947/48 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1948/49 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1949/50 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1950/51 Çetinkaya
  • 1951/52 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1952/53 AEL Limassol
  • 1953/54 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1954/55 AEL Limassol
  • 1955/56 AEL Limassol
  • 1956/57 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1957/58 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1958/59 Championship not played
  • 1959/60 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1960/61 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1961/62 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1962/63 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1963/64 Championship abandoned
  • 1964/65 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1965/66 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1966/67 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1967/68 AEL Limassol
  • 1968/69 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1969/70 EPA Larnaca
  • 1970/71 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1971/72 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1972/73 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1973/74 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1974/75 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1975/76 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1976/77 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1977/78 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1978/79 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1979/80 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1980/81 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1981/82 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1982/83 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1983/84 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1984/85 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1985/86 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1986/87 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1987/88 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1988/89 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1989/90 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1990/91 Apollon Limassol
  • 1991/92 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1992/93 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1993/94 Apollon Limassol
  • 1994/95 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1995/96 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1996/97 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1997/98 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1998/99 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1999/00 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 2000/01 Omonia Nicosia
  • 2001/02 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2002/03 Omonia Nicosia
  • 2003/04 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2004/05 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 2005/06 Apollon Limassol
  • 2006/07 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2007/08 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 2008/09 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2009/10 Omonia Nicosia
  • 2010/11 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2011/12 AEL Limassol
  • 2012/13 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2013/14 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2014/15 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2015/16 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2016/17 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2017/18 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2018/19 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2019/20 Omonia Nicosia (first in the standings after the Championship was terminated due to COVID-19)
  • 2020/21 Omonia Nicosia

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
APOEL Nicosia 28 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Omonia Nicosia 21 1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2020*, 2021
Anorthosis Famagusta 13 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008
AEL Limassol 6 1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 2012
EPA Larnaca 3 1945, 1946, 1970
Olympiakos Nicosia 3 1967, 1969, 1971
Apollon Limassol 3 1991, 1994, 2006
Pezoporikos 2 1954, 1988
Trast AC 1 1935
Çetinkaya 1 1951
  • The 2019/2020 championship was not officialy awarded to Omonia as the league was abandoned due to COVID-19