Cyprus Football Cup

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The Cyprus Cup is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by Cyprus Football Association. It began in 1934, the same season with Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club teams.


Format

The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, except the final.

However, the format of the competition changed radically in the season 2002/03 and since then the format has a lot of similarities with the UEFA Champions League. That caused difficulties for weak teams to make the surprise. The competition currently consists of the first three knock out rounds, one stage of group competition (where teams play each other in the style of "home-and-away" or "regular season" competition), and then four rounds of knock-out finals.

The first three round ties and the final are single match played with extra time and penalty shootout if necessary, with the winners progressing to the next round. The other knock out ties are played over two matches (one at each club's stadium) with the aggregate score being used to determine the winners. If the scores are level at the end of the second match extra time is played. If the scores are still level at the end of extra time the club who has scored the most away goals goes through. If the number of away goals is level, a penalty shootout is used to decide the winners.

The first two rounds are played by low division teams in one leg, the same as the final. The first 8 teams in first Division in previous year pass automatically in Groups, which consist of 16 teams, the rest First Division teams pass bye to third round, while the rest begin from First Round. Seeded and Unseeded rule take place in Group Stage and quarter finals.

Finals

  • 1935 Trast AC 0-0, 1-0 APOEL Nicosia (replay)
  • 1936 Trast AC 4-1 LTSK
  • 1937 APOEL Nicosia 2-1 Trast AC
  • 1938 Trast AC 2-1 AEL Limassol
  • 1939 AEL Limassol 3-1 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1940 AEL Limassol 3-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1941 APOEL Nicosia 2-1 AEL Limassol
  • 1942-44 Competition was not held
  • 1945 EPA Larnaca 3-1 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1946 EPA Larnaca 2-1 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1947 APOEL Nicosia 4-1 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1948 AEL Limassol 2-0 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1949 Anorthosis Famagusta 3-0 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1950 EPA Larnaca 2-1 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 1951 APOEL Nicosia 7-0 EPA Larnaca
  • 1952 Çetin Kaya 4-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1953 EPA Larnaca 2-1 Çetin Kaya
  • 1954 Çetin Kaya 2-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1955 EPA Larnaca 2-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1956-58 Competition was not held
  • 1959 Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 AEL Limassol
  • 1960-61 Competition was not held
  • 1962 Anorthosis Famagusta 5-2 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1963 APOEL Nicosia 2-2, 1-0 Anorthosis Famagusta (replay)
  • 1964 Anorthosis Famagusta 3-0 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1965 Omonia Nicosia 5-1 Apollon Limassol
  • 1966 Apollon Limassol 4-2 Nea Salamina
  • 1967 Apollon Limassol 1-0 Alki Larnaca
  • 1968 APOEL Nicosia 2-1 EPA Larnaca
  • 1969 APOEL Nicosia 1-0 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1970 Pezoporikos Larnaca 2-1 Alki Larnaca
  • 1971 Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1972 Omonia Nicosia 3-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1973 APOEL Nicosia 1-0 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1974 Omonia Nicosia 2-0 Enosis Neon Paralimni
  • 1975 Anorthosis Famagusta 3-2 Enosis Neon Paralimni
  • 1976 APOEL Nicosia 6-0 Alki Larnaca
  • 1977 Olympiakos Nicosia 2-0 Alki Larnaca
  • 1978 APOEL Nicosia 3-0 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1979 APOEL Nicosia 1-0 AEL Limassol
  • 1980 Omonia Nicosia 3-1 Alki Larnaca
  • 1981 Omonia Nicosia 1-1, 3-0 Enosis Neon Paralimni (replay)
  • 1982 Omonia Nicosia 2-2, 4-1 Apollon Limassol (replay)
  • 1983 Omonia Nicosia 2-1 Enosis Neon Paralimni
  • 1984 APOEL Nicosia 3-1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
  • 1985 AEL Limassol 1-0 EPA Larnaca
  • 1986 Apollon Limassol 2-0 APOEL Nicosia
  • 1987 AEL Limassol 1-0 Apollon Limassol
  • 1988 Omonia Nicosia 2-1 AEL Limassol
  • 1989 AEL Limassol 3-2 Aris Limassol
  • 1990 Nea Salamina 3-2 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1991 Omonia Nicosia 1-0 Olympiakos Nicosia
  • 1992 Apollon Limassol 1-0 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1993 APOEL Nicosia 4-1 Apollon Limassol
  • 1994 Omonia Nicosia 1-0 Anorthosis Famagusta (aet)
  • 1995 APOEL Nicosia 4-2 Apollon Limassol
  • 1996 APOEL Nicosia 2-0 AEK Larnaca (aet)
  • 1997 APOEL Nicosia 2-0 Omonia Nicosia
  • 1998 Anorthosis Famagusta 3-1 Apollon Limassol
  • 1999 APOEL Nicosia 2-0 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 2000 Omonia Nicosia 4-2 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2001 Apollon Limassol 1-0 Nea Salamina
  • 2002 Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 Ethnikos Achnas
  • 2003 Anorthosis Famagusta 0-0 AEL Limassol (aet, 5-3 pen)
  • 2004 AEK Larnaca 2-1 AEL Limassol
  • 2005 Omonia Nicosia 2-0 Digenis Morphou
  • 2006 APOEL Nicosia 3-2 AEK Larnaca (aet)
  • 2007 Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 Omonia Nicosia 3-2
  • 2008 APOEL Nicosia 2-0 Anorthosis Famagusta
  • 2009 APOP Kinyras Peyia 2-0 AEL Limassol
  • 2010 Apollon Limassol 2-1 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2011 Omonia Nicosia 1-1 Apollon Limassol (aet, 4-3 pen)
  • 2012 Omonia Nicosia 1-0 AEL Limassol
  • 2013 Apollon Limassol 2-1 AEL Limassol (aet)
  • 2014 APOEL Nicosia 2-0 Ermis Aradippou
  • 2015 APOEL Nicosia 4-2 AEL Limassol
  • 2016 Apollon Limassol 2-1 Omonia Nicosia
  • 2017 Apollon Limassol 1-0 APOEL Nicosia
  • 2018 AEK Larnaca 2-1 Apollon Limassol
  • 2019 APOEL Nicosia 0-2 AEL Limassol
  • 2020 On May 15, 2020, the cup was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
APOEL Nicosia 21 1937, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015
Omonia Nicosia 14 1965, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012
Anorthosis Famagusta 10 1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007
Apollon Limassol 9 1966, 1967, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017
AEL Limassol 7 1939, 1940, 1948, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2019
EPA Larnaca 5 1945, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1955
Trast AC 3 1935, 1936, 1938
AEK Larnaca 2 2004, 2018
Çetinkaya 2 1952, 1954
Pezoporikos Larnaca 1 1970
Olympiakos Nicosia 1 1977
Nea Salamina 1 1990
APOP Kinyras Peyia 1 2009