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2024–25 Cypriot First Division

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Cyprus League by Stoiximan
Season2024–25
Dates23 August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played167
Goals scored446 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerRafael Lopes (12 goals)
Biggest home winAris 6–1 Ethnikos Achna (26 January 2025)
Biggest away winOmonia 29 1–5 AEK Larnaca (1 December 2024)
Highest scoringAris 6–1 Ethnikos Achna (26 January 2025)
Longest winning runPafos (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runPafos (14 matches)
Longest winless runOmonia 29is (10 matches)
Longest losing runOmonia 29is (5 matches)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 24 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Cypriot First Division (known as Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons), is the 86th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

APOEL are the defending champions, having won their 29th title in the 2023–24 season.

Stadiums and locations

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Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Larnaca Larnaca AEK Arena 7,400
AEL Limassol Limassol Alphamega Stadium 10,700
Anorthosis Famagusta Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Limassol Alphamega Stadium 10,700
Aris Limassol
Enosis Neon Paralimni Paralimni Paralimni Stadium 5,800
Ethnikos Achnas Achna Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Nea Salamis Famagusta Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Omonia Aradippou Aradippou Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
Omonia Nicosia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Omonia 29M Nicosia Katokopia Stadium 3,500
Pafos FC Paphos Stelios Kyriakides Stadium 9,394

Structure

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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, whereas teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs. The teams in the Championship Playoffs play each other home and away for an additional 10 games each, while the teams in the Relegation Playoffs play each other only once, either home or away, for an additional 7 games each. All 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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pafos 26 20 2 4 50 12 +38 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Aris Limassol 26 18 7 1 53 15 +38 61
3 AEK Larnaca 26 16 6 4 45 21 +24 54
4 Omonia 26 16 4 6 53 26 +27 52
5 APOEL 26 12 7 7 52 25 +27 43
6 Apollon Limassol 26 11 7 8 28 23 +5 40
7 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 10 7 9 34 33 +1 37 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ethnikos Achna 26 6 11 9 33 42 −9 29
9 Karmiotissa 26 7 6 13 26 51 −25 27
10 Omonia Aradippou 26 7 5 14 23 49 −26 26
11 AEL Limassol 26 6 6 14 26 46 −20 24
12 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 5 4 17 18 41 −23 19
13 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 4 5 17 22 52 −30 17
14 Omonia 29M 26 3 5 18 19 46 −27 14
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[1]

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL ANO APO APL ARI ENO ETH KAR NEA OAR OMO PAC PAF
AEK Larnaca 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–2
AEL Limassol 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 5–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–3
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2
APOEL 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 7–0 2–1 4–0 0–2
Apollon Limassol 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Aris Limassol 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Enosis Neon Paralimni 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2
Ethnikos Achna 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Karmiotissa 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–6 1–1 0–2
Nea Salamis Famagusta 1–3 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 0–2
Omonia Aradippou 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–5 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–5 1–0 0–2
Omonia 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–1
Omonia 29M 1–5 2–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2
Pafos 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 0–1 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAF ARI AEK OMO APO APL
1 Pafos 28 22 2 4 55 14 +41 68 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 3–1 6 Apr
2 Aris Limassol 28 19 8 1 55 16 +39 65 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a] 2 Apr 1–0
3 AEK Larnaca 28 16 8 4 47 23 +24 56 1–1
4 Omonia 28 16 5 7 55 30 +25 53 6 Apr 1–1
5 APOEL 28 12 8 8 53 27 +26 44 2 Apr 1–1
6 Apollon Limassol 28 11 8 9 30 26 +4 41 1–2 6 Apr 1 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ The winner of the 2024–25 Cypriot Cup qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the champion wins the cup, the Europa League berth passes to the second place team. If the cup winner finishes in the top three, the second Conference League berth passes to the 4th place team.

Relegation round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation ANO ETH AEL KAR OAR ENO NEA PAC
1 Anorthosis Famagusta 27 11 7 9 38 35 +3 40 31 Mar 12 Apr 4–2
2 Ethnikos Achna 27 6 12 9 34 43 −9 30 11 Apr 1–1 5 Apr
3 AEL Limassol 28 8 6 14 31 47 −16 30 5 Apr
4 Karmiotissa 28 7 7 14 26 53 −27 28 5 Apr 0–2
5 Omonia Aradippou 28 7 5 16 24 52 −28 26 1–2 7 Apr
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 28 7 4 17 21 41 −20 25 Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division 1–0
7 Nea Salamis Famagusta 28 4 7 17 23 53 −30 19 12 Apr 0–0
8 Omonia 29M 28 3 5 20 21 53 −32 14 0–3 12 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[3]

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match played 17 February 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Portugal Rafael Lopes Anorthosis Famagusta 12
2 Brazil Anderson Silva Pafos 11
3 Brazil Jairo Pafos 10
Argentina Enzo Cabrera AEK Larnaca
Morocco Youssef El-Arabi APOEL
6 Cyprus Andreas Makris AEL Limassol 9
Serbia Stefan Dražić APOEL
Argentina Nicolás Andereggen Ethnikos Achna
Cameroon Saidou Alioum Omonia
Poland Mariusz Stępiński Omonia

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
Cyprus Andreas Makris AEL Limassol Ethnikos Achna 5–2 (H) 5 October 2024 [4]
Poland Mariusz Stępiński Omonia Omonia Aradippou 3–5 (A) 10 November 2024 [5]
Spain Fran Sol AEK Larnaca Omonia 29M 1–5 (A) 1 December 2024 [6]

Clean sheets

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As of match played 17 February 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Slovenia Vid Belec APOEL 12
2 Brazil Vaná Aris Limassol 11
3 Greece Georgios Athanasiadis AEK Larnaca 10
4 Brazil Fabiano Omonia 9
Croatia Ivica Ivušić Pafos
6 Serbia Živko Živković Anorthosis Famagusta 8
7 Georgia (country) Giorgi Loria Omonia Aradippou 6
Germany Philipp Kühn Apollon Limassol
Nigeria Adebayo Adeleye Enosis Neon Paralimni
Brazil Lucas Flores Ethnikos Achna

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  3. ^ "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ "AEL 5-2 Ethnikos Achna". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Omonia Aradippou 3-5 AC Omonia". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Omonia 29M 1-5 AEK Larnaca". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.