The 1993–94 Cypriot First Division was the 55th season of the Cypriot top-level

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league.

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won their 2nd title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1993–94 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the 1994–95 Cypriot Second Division. The 11th-placed team faced the 2nd-placed team of the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division, in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division. Apollon Limassol did not have a good enough average (Points per matches) in European Competitions over the previous five seasons (1989-90 until 1993-94) and therefore they were not allowed to enter the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League. As a result of this they had to enter the

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alongside the second placed team of the league, Anorthosis Famagusta.

Point system

Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

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were relegated from previous season and played in the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1992–93 Cypriot Second Division,

Omonia Aradippou Omonia Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was founded on 4 April 1929 and currently, they compete in the Cypriot Second Division. They have com ...

and

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Stadia and locations

League standings

Results

Relegation play-off

The 11th-placed team

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

faced the 2nd-placed team of the 1993–94 Cypriot Second Division

APOP Paphos APOP Paphos ( el, Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Πάφου, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pafos''; "Athletic Football Club Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1953, pla ...

, in a two-legged play-off for one spot in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division. Olympiakos won both matches and secured their place in the 1994–95 Cypriot First Division. *

2–3 Olympiakos * Olympiakos 2–0

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1993-94 Cypriot First Division Cypriot First Division seasons

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1993–94 in Cypriot football