Cypriot Football A Division

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, 14 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, three clubs are relegated to Cypriot Second Division, the second-level league, to be replaced by the top three teams from that league.

The league is entitled to 1 entrant in the UEFA Champions League by the champion, which enters the 1st qualifying round qualifying round. The winner of the Cyprus Cup automatically enters the UEFA Cup first qualifying round, as well as the runner-up team. If the cup winner is champion as well, the losing cup finalist is granted a UEFA Cup berth. If cup winner is qualified for Europe by their league position, the third-place team in Cypriot First Division qualifies for UEFA Cup.

Teams

Here are the fourteen teams that participate in the first division in the 2010-11 season:

1. AEK Larnaca
2. AE Limassol - Limassol
3. AE Paphos FC - Paphos
4. Anorthosis Famagusta - Famagusta
5. Alki - Larnaca
6. APOEL - Nicosia
7. Apollon Limassol - Limassol
8. APOP Kinyras Peyia - Peyia
9. Ermis Aradippou - Aradippou
10. Ethnikos Achna - Achna
11. EN Paralimni - Paralimni
12. Doxa Katokopia - Katokopia
13. Olympiakos - Nicosia
14. Omonia FC - Nicosia

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 Çetin Kaya
• 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

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
APOEL Nicosia	20	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009
Omonia Nicosia	20	1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2010
Anorthosis Famagusta	13	1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008
AEL Limassol	5	1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968
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
Çetin Kaya	1	1951