The 2023–24 Cypriot First Division was the 85th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Aris Limassol were the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2022–23 season.
The winners (APOEL, their twenty-ninth title win) qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. The 2023–24 Cypriot Cup winners (Pafos) qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. The runners-up (AEK Larnaca) and third-placed team (Omonia) qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. The bottom three teams (Doxa Katokopias, Othellos Athienou, and AEZ Zakakiou) were relegated to the 2024–25 Cypriot Second Division.
Changes from previous season ENP, Akritas Chlorakas (both clubs relegated after a single season in top flight), and Olympiakos Nicosia (relegated for the first time since 2012-13) were relegated in the previous season. They have been replaced by Othellos Athienou (promoted after a 8 seasons absence), AEZ Zakakiou (promoted after a 6 seasons absence), and Ethnikos Achna (promoted after a single season of absence), who were the top three teams in the 2022–23 Cypriot Second Division.
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAEK LarnacaLarnacaAEK Arena7,400AEL LimassolLimassolAlphamega Stadium10,700AEZ ZakakiouZakaki, LimassolAmmochostos Stadium5,500Anorthosis FamagustaFamagustaAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium10,230APOELNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859Apollon LimassolLimassolAlphamega Stadium10,700Aris LimassolDoxa KatokopiasKatokopia, NicosiaKatokopia Stadium3,500Ethnikos AchnaAchna, FamagustaDasaki Stadium7,000KarmiotissaPano Polemidia, LimassolStelios Kyriakides Stadium9,394Nea Salamis FamagustaFamagustaAmmochostos Stadium5,500OmoniaNicosiaGSP Stadium22,859Othellos AthienouAthienou, LarnacaAmmochostos Stadium5,500Pafos FCPaphosStelios Kyriakides Stadium9,394 Source:
Structure The structure of the competition remains unchanged from the previous season. 14 teams will participate in the league. In the first round, known as Regular Season, all teams play each other home and away, for a total of 26 games each. In the second round, the league splits into two groups: Teams ranked 1–6 enter the Championship Playoffs, where they compete for the league title and places leading to European football, while teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs, where they compete to avoid relegation. The teams in each group play each other home and away, for a total of 10 or 14 games, depending on the group. Criteria such as points, goal difference, and head to head records are retained during the transition from first to second round. The team ranked first in the Championship Playoffs are declared champions, while the bottom three teams in the Relegation Playoffs are relegated to the Second Division.
Regular season League table
Results
Championship round League table
Results
Relegation round League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Marios EliaEthnikos Achna19 Andreas KatsantonisKarmiotissa3 Enzo CabreraEthnikos Achna184 JairoPafos165 Fran SolAEK Larnaca156 Muamer TankovićPafos147 Pedro MarquesApollon Limassol138 Sergio CastelAnorthosis Famagusta12 Willy SemedoOmonia10 Georgi MinchevAEL Limassol11
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Fran Sol4AEK LarnacaEthnikos Achna5–5 Marios EliaEthnikos AchnaAEK Larnaca Pedro MarquesApollon LimassolDoxa Katokopias4–0 Fran SolAEK LarnacaKarmiotissa5–0 Fiorin DurmishajAris LimassolEthnikos Achna3–2 Zakaria SawoNea Salamis FamagustaOthellos Athienou4–0 Andreas KatsantonisKarmiotissaDoxa Katokopias4–1 Mushaga BakengaApollon LimassolEthnikos Achna3–3 Andreas KatsantonisKarmiotissaOthellos Athienou6–6 Georgi MinchevAEL LimassolNea Salamis Famagusta5–4
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
Own goals
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 FabianoOmonia6 Vid BelecAPOEL3 Peter LeeuwenburghApollon Limassol5 Ivica IvušićPafos Kenan PirićAEK Larnaca6 VanáAris Limassol47 Iván ArboledaAnorthosis Famagusta3 Nikos MelissasNea Salamis Famagusta9 Constantinos PanagiEthnikos Achna2 Mateusz TaudulOthellos Athienou
Discipline Red cards
References