2021–22 Cypriot First Division

Cyta Championship

Season	2021–22
Dates	20 August 2021 – May 2022
Matches played	20
Goals scored	51 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ioannis Pittas Berat Sadik Mariusz Stępiński Ivan Trichkovski (3 goals each)
Biggest home win	Pafos FC 4-0 APOEL 21 August 2021 AEL 4-0 Pafos 13 September 2021
Biggest away win	Ethnikos Achna 1-3 PAEEK 11 September 2021
Highest scoring	Apollon Limassol 4-2 Ethnikos Achna 23 August 2021
Longest winning run	4 matches Apollon Limassol
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches AEK Larnaca
Longest winless run	4 matches Ethnikos Achna
Longest losing run	3 matches APOEL Ethnikos Achna
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 26 September 2021.

The 2021–22 Cypriot First Division is the 83rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Stadiums and locations

AEK
Anorthosis

AEL
Apollon
Aris

APOEL
Omonia
Doxa
Olympiakos
PAEEK

Ethnikos

Pafos

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Locations of the 2021–22 Cypriot First Division teams.

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Larnaca	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Anorthosis Famagusta	Famagusta	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
APOEL	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Apollon Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Aris Limassol	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
Doxa Katokopias	Katokopia, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Ethnikos Achna	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Olympiakos Nicosia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859
PAEEK	Kyrenia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Pafos FC	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 sponsor
AEK Larnaca	David Català	Ivan Trichkovski	Puma	Bet on Alfa
AEL Limassol	Dušan Kerkez	Charis Kyriakou	Macron	Parimatch
Anorthosis Famagusta	Temur Ketsbaia	Kostakis Artymatas	Nike	Allea Group
APOEL	Sofronis Avgousti	Georgios Efrem	Macron	Stoiximan
Apollon Limassol	Alexander Zorniger	Chambos Kyriakou	Puma	Stoiximan
Aris Limassol	Liasos Louka	Gordon Schildenfeld	Jako	Parimatch
Doxa Katokopias	Costas Sakkas	Berat Sadik	Nike	Victory Ammunition
Ethnikos Achna	Elias Charalambous	Martin Bogatinov	Jako	OPAP Cyprus
Olympiakos Nicosia	Giorgos Petrakis	Kingsley Sarfo	Jako	Office Pro
Omonia	Henning Berg	Jordi Gómez	Macron	Fonbet
PAEEK	Makis Sergides	Patryk Procek
Pafos FC	Darko Milanič	Paulus Arajuuri	Jako	Korantina Homes

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Apollon Limassol	5	4	0	1	9	7	+2	12	Qualification for the Championship round
2	AEK Larnaca	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5	11
3	Aris Limassol	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	10
4	AEL Limassol	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
5	Doxa Katokopias	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
6	Pafos FC	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6
7	Omonia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	PAEEK	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
9	Olympiakos Nicosia	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
10	Anorthosis Famagusta	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
11	APOEL	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	3
12	Ethnikos Achna	5	0	1	4	4	12	−8	1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2021. Source: Cyprus Football Association
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).

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ETH	OLY	OMO	PAE	PAF
AEK Larnaca	—						1–1		1–0	2–1
AEL Limassol		—			0–1							4–0
Anorthosis Famagusta			—					2–1
APOEL				—					0–1		1–0
Apollon Limassol	1–4			2–1	—			4–2
Aris Limassol			3–2		0–1	—
Doxa Katokopias			2–0				—	0–0
Ethnikos Achna						0–3		—			1–3
Olympiakos Nicosia		1–1				1–2			—
Omonia							2–1			—		1–1
PAEEK		1–3				0–0					—
Pafos FC	1–1			4–0			1–1					—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2021. Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Apollon Limassol	2	1	1	1
AEK Larnaca	4	3	2	2
AEL Limassol	6	4	3	6
Doxa Katokopias	5	2	4	4
Aris Limassol	3	5	5	3
PAEEK	9	6	6	8
Olympiakos Nicosia	10	7	7	7
Pafos	1	8	8	5
Omonia	8	9	9	9
Anorthosis Famagusta	7	10	10	10
Ethnikos Achna	11	11	11	12
APOEL	12	12	12	11

	Leader and Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Relegation round

Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2021. Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
AEK Larnaca	D	W	D
AEL Limassol	W	D	L
Anorthosis Famagusta	L	W	L
APOEL	L	L	L
Apollon Limassol	W	W	W	W
Aris Limassol	W	L	D	W
Doxa Katokopias	D	W	L	D
Ethnikos Achna	L	L	L	D
Olympiakos Nicosia	L	W	D
Omonia	L	W	D
PAEEK	W	D
Pafos FC	W	L	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2021. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 September 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ioannis Pittas	Apollon Limassol	3
	Berat Sadik	Doxa Katokopias
	Willy Semedo	Pafos FC
	Mariusz Stępiński	Aris Limassol
	Ivan Trichkovski	AEK Larnaca
6	Zdeněk Folprecht	Ethnikos Achnas	2
	Bassel Jradi	Apollon Limassol
	Edgar Salli	Olympiakos Nicosia
	Stefan Šćepović	AEL Limassol
	Onni Valakari	Pafos FC