Established in 1934, the Cypriot First Division is the top-tier league of Cypriot football. This article contains the list of the competition's top goalscorers from the 1960–61 season onwards, as well as various player records.
The contents of this article are accurate as of the 2023–24 season.
List of top goalscorers
By season SeasonTop scorer(s)Club(s)Goals1960–61 Panikos Krystallis Apollon Limassol 261961–62 Michalis Shialis Pompoi 221962–63 Panikos Papadopoulos AEL Limassol 241963–64Championship abandoned1964–65 Kostakis Pierides Olympiakos Nicosia 211965–66 Panikos Efthymiades Olympiakos Nicosia 201966–67 Andreas Stylianou APOEL 291967–68 Pamboullis Papadopoulos AEL Limassol 311968–69 Panikos Efthymiades Olympiakos Nicosia 171969–70 Tasos Constantinou EPA Larnaca 241970–71 Andreas Stylianou Kostas Vasiliades Panikos Efthymiades APOEL Apollon Limassol Olympiakos Nicosia 111971–72 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 121972–73 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonoia 171973–74 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 201974–75 Andros Savva Omonia 211975–76 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 391976–77 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 441977–78 Andreas Kanaris Omonia 201978–79 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 281979–80 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 231980–81 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia141981–82 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia 191982–83 Panikos Hatziloizou Aris Limassol 171983–84 Sylvester Vernon Lenos Kittos Pezoporikos Ermis Aradippou 141984–85 Giorgos Savvidis Omonia 241985–86 Yiannos Ioannou APOEL 221986–87 Spas Dzhevizov Omonia 321987–88 Tasos Zouvanis E.N. Paralimni 231988–89 Nigel McNeal Nea Salamina 191989–90 Siniša Gogić APOEL 191990–91 Suad Beširević Panikos Xiourouppas Apollon LimassolOmonia 191991–92 József Dzurják Omonia 211992–93 Slađan Šćepović Apollon Limassol 251993–94 Siniša Gogić Anorthosis261994–95 Pambis Andreou Nea Salamina 251995–96 József Kiprich APOEL 251996–97 Michalis Konstantinou E.N. Paralimni 171997–98 Rainer Rauffmann Omonia421998–99 Rainer Rauffmann Omonia 351999–2000 Rainer Rauffmann Omonia342000–01 Rainer Rauffmann Omonia302001–02 Wojciech Kowalczyk Anorthosis 222002–03 Marios Neophytou Anorthosis 33 2003–04 Łukasz Sosin Jozef Kožlej Apollon LimassolOmonia 212004–05 Łukasz Sosin Apollon Limassol 212005–06 Łukasz Sosin Apollon Limassol 282006–07 Esteban Solari APOEL202007–08 David da Costa Łukasz Sosin Doxa KatokopiasAnorthosis162008–09 Serjão Doxa Katokopias242009–10 Joeano José Semedo Ermis AradippouAPOP Kinyras222010–11 Miljan Mrdaković Apollon Limassol212011–12 Freddy Omonia172012–13 Bernardo Vasconcelos Alki Larnaca182013–14 Gastón Sangoy Marco Tagbajumi Jorge Monteiro Apollon Limassol Ermis Aradippou AEL Limassol 182014–15 Mickaël Poté Omonia172015–16 Fernando Cavenaghi André Alves Dimitar Makriev APOEL AEK Larnaca Nea Salamina 192016–17 Matt Derbyshire Omonia 242017–18 Matt Derbyshire Omonia 232018–19 Adam Nemec Pafos FC 162019–20 Ivan Trichkovski AEK Larnaca 202020–21 Nicolas Diguiny Apollon Limassol 17 (Ch.) Berat SadikDoxa Katokopias 18 (Rel.)2021–22 Ivan Trichkovski AEK Larnaca152022–23 Jairo Ioannis PittasPafos FC Apollon Limassol18 (Ch.) Diego DorregarayNea Salamina16 (Rel.)2023–24 JairoPafos FC16 (Ch.) Marios Elia Andreas KatsantonisEthnikos Achna Karmiotissa19 (Rel.)
Notes The 2019–20 campaign was abandoned before the end of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020–21 and from 2022–23 onwards, the Cyprus Football Association officially names a separate top scorer for each of the two groups, since the teams in the Relegation Group play more games than those in the Championship Group.
By club Club Won Players Omonia 23 Sotiris Kaiafas (8), Rainer Rauffmann (4), Matt Derbyshire (2), Andros Savva (1), Andreas Kanaris (1),Giorgos Savvidis (1), Spas Dzhevizov (1), Panikos Xiourouppas (1), József Dzurják (1), Jozef Kožlej (1), Freddy (1), Mickaël Poté (1) Apollon Limassol 11 Łukasz Sosin (3), Panikos Krystallis (1), Kostas Vasiliadis (1), Suad Beširević (1), Slađan Šćepović (1),Miljan Mrdaković (1), Gastón Sangoy (1), Nicolas Diguiny (1), Ioannis Pittas (1) APOEL 7 Andreas Stylianou (2), Yiannos Ioannou (1), Siniša Gogić (1), József Kiprich (1), Esteban Solari (1), Fernando Cavenaghi (1) Anorthosis Famagusta 5 Michalis Shialis (1), Siniša Gogić (1), Wojciech Kowalczyk (1), Marios Neophytou (1), Łukasz Sosin (1) Olympiakos Nicosia 4 Kostakis Pieridis (2), Panikos Efthymiades (2) Nea Salamina Famagusta 4 Nigel McNeal (1), Pambis Andreou (1), Dimitar Makriev (1), Diego Dorregaray (1) AEL Limassol 3 Panikos Papadopoulos (1), Charamalambos Papadopoulos (1), Jorge Monteiro (1) Ermis Aradippou 3 Lenos Kittos (1), Joeano (1), Marco Tagbajumi (1) AEK Larnaca 3 Ivan Trichkovski (2), André Alves (1) Doxa Katokopias 3 David da Costa (1), Serjão (1), Berat Sadik (1) Pafos FC 3 Jairo (2), Adam Nemec (1) EPA Larnaca 2 Tasos Constantinou (1), Lakis Theodorou (1) Alki Larnaca 1 Bernardo Vasconcelos (1) APOP Kinyras 1 José Semedo (1) Aris Limassol 1 Panikos Hatziloizou (1) E.N. Paralimni 1 Michalis Konstantinou (1) Pezoporikos 1 Sylvester Vernon (1)Ethnikos Achna1 Marios Elia (1)Karmiotissa1 Andreas Katsantonis (1)
By nationality Nationality Total Players Cyprus 36 25 Brazil 6 5 Poland 5 2 Serbia 4 3 Germany 4 1 Argentina 4 4 England 3 2 Bulgaria 2 2 Hungary 2 2 Slovakia 2 2 Portugal 2 2 North Macedonia 2 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Cape Verde 1 1 Angola 1 1 Nigeria 1 1 Benin 1 1 France 1 1 Finland 1 1 Note: For the purpose of the above list, Rainer Rauffmann is considered German and Siniša Gogić is considered Serbian.
Player records
Most total goals: 261, Sotiris Kaiafas (1967–1984) Most goals in a season: 44, Sotiris Kaiafas (1976–77) Most seasons as top goalscorer: 8, Sotiris Kaiafas Most consecutive seasons as top goalscorer: 4 Sotiris Kaiafas (1979–1982) Rainer Rauffmann (1998–2001) Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored: 9 Rainer Rauffmann (1999–2000) Bernardo Vasconcelos (2012–13) Marco Paixão (2012–13)
References
Sources Cyprus – List of Topscorers