The 2017–18 Cypriot First Division was the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 19 August 2017 and is ended on 13 May 2018.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) Anagennisi Deryneia and AEZ Zakakiou were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2016–17 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Karmiotissa, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2016–17 Second Division champions Alki Oroklini, runners-up Pafos FC and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium Capacity AEK Larnaca AEK Arena 7,400 AEL Limassol Tsirio Stadium 13,331 Alki Oroklini, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Anorthosis Famagusta Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230 APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Apollon Limassol Tsirio Stadium 13,331 Aris Limassol Tsirio Stadium 13,331 Doxa Katokopia, Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000 Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca GSZ Stadium 13,032 Ethnikos Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000 Nea Salamina Famagusta Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Olympiakos Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000 Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Pafos 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 sponsorAEK Larnaca Imanol Idiakez David Català PumaA.J.K.AEL Dušan Kerkez Marios Nicolaou Nike KepakyAlki Savvas Damianou Nicolas Manoli Joma Alexander CollegeAnorthosis Ronny Levy João Victor Nike –APOEL Bruno Baltazar Nektarios Alexandrou Nike Pari-MatchApollon Sofronis Avgousti Giorgos Vasiliou Puma CarabaoAris Nicos Panayiotou Markos Maragoudakis Nike EuropcarDoxa Loukas Hadjiloukas Manuel Redondo Nike Victory AmmunitionErmis Aradippou Kostas Kaiafas Yaroslav Martynyuk Nike CablenetEthnikos Achna Panagiotis Engomitis Christos Poyiatzis Legea OPAP CyprusNea Salamina Savvas Poursaitidis Dimitar Makriev GEMS VitexOlympiakos Nicosia Vesko Mihajlović Kyriacos Polykarpou Nike Moon Cocktail BarOmonia Jesper Fredberg Demetris Christofi Puma DIMCOPafos FC Steven Pressley Charalambos Demosthenous Jako Korantina Homes

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Ethnikos Achna Valdas Ivanauskas Sacked 18 May 2017Pre-season Panagiotis Engomitis 4 July 2017 APOEL Mario Been Sacked 27 July 2017Pre-season Georgios Donis 28 July 2017 Aris Limassol Nikolas Martides Sacked 3 October 2017 13th Giannis Christopoulos 3 October 2017 Nea Salamina Liasos Louka Sacked 18 October 2017 12th Savvas Poursaitidis 18 October 2017 Ermis Aradippou Nicos Panayiotou Sacked 7 November 2017 10th Goran Milojević 7 November 2017 Ethnikos Achna Panagiotis Engomitis Sacked 12 November 2017 14th Giorgi Chikhradze 13 November 2017 Omonia Pambos Christodoulou Sacked 5 December 2017 7th Ivaylo Petev 14 December 2017 Ermis Aradippou Goran Milojević Sacked 22 December 2017 10th Kostas Kaiafas 23 December 2017 Aris Limassol Giannis Christopoulos Sacked 22 January 2018 13th Nicos Panayiotou 22 January 2018 Pafos Luka Elsner Sacked 21 January 2018 10th Steven Pressley 31 January 2018 Ethnikos Achna Giorgi Chikhradze Sacked 19 January 2018 14th Panagiotis Engomitis 1 February 2018 AEL Limassol Bruno Baltazar Resigned 5 March 2018 5th Dušan Kerkez 7 March 2018 Olympiakos Nicosia Chrysis Michael Sacked 19 March 2018 12th Vesko Mihajlović 24 March 2018 Omonia Ivaylo Petev Sacked 21 March 2018 6th Jesper Fredberg 22 March 2018 APOEL Georgios Donis Sacked 22 March 2018 2nd Bruno Baltazar 22 March 2018 Olympiakos Nicosia Vesko Mihajlović Resigned 24 April 2018 12th Kyriacos Polykarpou 29 April 2018

Regular season League table

Results

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.

Qualification to Championship round Qualification to Relegation round Relegation to 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division

Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 APOEL 8 10 6 9 11 8 4 7 8 8 8 6 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1Apollon 9 11 11 7 8 5 7 5 7 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2Anorthosis 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3AEK 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4AEL 1 5 3 4 5 4 5 8 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Omonia 11 12 8 11 3 7 9 6 4 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6Doxa 5 2 5 3 4 3 6 4 6 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7Ermis 10 13 14 14 14 14 11 11 10 11 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8Pafos 12 14 13 8 9 6 3 3 3 3 7 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9Nea Salamina 4 7 10 13 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 10Alki 2 6 4 5 6 10 8 10 11 10 11 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 10 10 10 11Olympiakos 6 9 9 6 7 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12Aris 13 8 12 12 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13Ethnikos 14 3 7 10 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Championship round

Championship round table

Results

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

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

Team \ Round27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 APOEL 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1Apollon 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2Anorthosis 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3AEK 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4AEL 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Omonia 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Results

Positions by Round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Relegation to 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division

Team \ Round27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Nea Salamina 11 11 10 9 10 9 9 9 8 7Ermis 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 9 8Doxa 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 9Pafos 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10Alki 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 11Olympiakos 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Matt DerbyshireOmonia231 Hector HavelAEK Larnaca232 FabrícioAlki203 Berat SadikDoxa184 Emilio ZelayaApollon175 Anton MaglicaApollon166 Igor de CamargoAPOEL15 Fotios PapoulisApollon7 Ivan TričkovskiAEK Larnaca11 AcoránAEK Larnaca Mickaël PotéAPOEL Michal ĎurišAnorthosis

Hat-tricks # Player For Against Result Date1. Nils Zatl Doxa Alki 5–0 2. Demba Camara Anorthosis Olympiakos 5–1 3. Emilio Zelaya Apollon Ermis 6–0 4. Florian Taulemesse AEK Aris 4–1 5. Georgios Efrem APOEL Doxa 8–0 6. Fabrício Simões Alki Ermis 3–4 7. Matt Derbyshire Omonia Nea Salamina 5–1 8. Daniel Sikorski Pafos FC Aris Limassol 6–0 9. Boy Deul Pafos FC Aris Limassol 6–0 10. Luís Carlos Doxa Olympiakos 5–0 11. Anton Maglica Apollon Anorthosis 3–0

Scoring First goal of the season: 73 minutes and 36 seconds – Chafik Tigroudja (Alki) against Ethnikos (19 August 2017) Fastest goal of the season: 0 minutes and 13 seconds – Mickaël Poté (APOEL) against Anorthosis (20 December 2017) Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 20 seconds – Emilio Zelaya (Apollon) against Ermis (18 September 2017) First scored penalty kick of the season: 81 minutes and 27 seconds – Tiago Gomes (Doxa) against Ermis (27 August 2017) First own goal of the season: 86 minutes and 25 seconds – Kiriakos Stratilatis (Alki) for Anorthosis (27 August 2017) Most goals scored in a match by one player: 3 goals 9 players Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals (Fixture 22) Fixture 22 results: Olympiakos 1–2 AEL, Alki 3–4 Ermis, Omonia 5–1 Nea Salamina, Apollon 1–2 APOEL, Ethnikos 0–4 Aris, Pafos 0–1 Anorthosis, AEK 4–0 Doxa. Highest scoring game: 8 goals Doxa 0–8 APOEL (14 January 2018) APOEL 7–1 Ethnikos(6 February 2018) Largest winning margin: 8 goals Doxa 0–8 APOEL (14 January 2018) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals Doxa 0–8 APOEL (14 January 2018) Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals Alki 3–4 Ermis (30 January 2018)

Discipline First yellow card of the season: 26 minutes – Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi for Alki against Ethnikos (19 August 2017) First red card of the season: 81 minutes – Evariste Ngolok for Aris against Anorthosis (10 September 2017) Most yellow cards in a single match: 10 APOEL 2–1 AEL – 3 for APOEL (Lorenzo Ebecilio, Agustín Farías, Mickaël Poté) and 7 for AEL (Fidelis Irhene, Vozinha, Marco Soares, Dani Benítez, Andreas Avraam, Marco Airosa, Mesca) (17 January 2018) Alki 3–3 Aris – 6 for Alki (Abdelaye Diakité, Yoann Tribeau, Willy Semedo, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Fabrício Simões, Panagiotis Frageskou) and 4 for Aris (Edin Nuredinoski, Markos Maragoudakis, Vlatko Drobarov, Kyriakos Panagi) (17 September 2017) AEK 1–1 Apollon – 5 for AEK (Tete, Florian Taulemesse, Marios Antoniades, David Català, Daniel Mojsov) and 5 for Apollon (Héctor Yuste, Valentin Roberge, Esteban Sachetti, Allan, Emilio Zelaya) (5 November 2017) Omonia 5–1 Nea Salamina – 3 for Omonia (Hedwiges Maduro, Nicandro Breeveld, Demetris Christofi) and 7 for Nea Salamina (Andreas Karo, Anderson Correia, Carlão, Robert Veselovsky (2), David Poljanec, Taron Voskanyan) (30 January 2018) APOEL FC 2–1 Omonia – 3 for APOEL (Roland Sallai, Emilio Nsue, Lorenzo Ebecilio) and 7 for Omonia (Jaílson, Matt Derbyshire, Mamadu Candé, William Soares, Loukas Vyntra, Kanu, Theophilus Solomon) (17 February 2018) Apollon 5–1 AEL – 4 for Apollon (Alef, Esteban Sachetti, Fotios Papoulis, Anton Maglica) and 6 for AEL (Leandro Silva, David Texeira, Bogdan Mitrea, Dani Benítez, Marco Airosa, Kevin Lafrance) (3 March 2018) Most red cards in a single match: 2 Pafos 0–1 AEL – 1 for Pafos (Dmitri Torbinski) and 1 for AEL (Kevin Lafrance) (14 January 2018)

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Omonoia 5,680 2 APOEL 5,293 3 Anorthosis 4,691 4 Apollon Limassol 3,621 5 AEK Larnaca 2,456 6 AEL 1,999 7 Nea Salamina 1,244 8 Pafos 1,135 9 Aris Limassol 819 10 Olympiakos Nicosia 807 11 Ermis 775 12 Alki 767 13 Ethnikos Achnas 746 14 Doxa Katokopias 477

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