The 2017–18
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...
was the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level
football
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league. The season began on 19 August 2017 and is ended on 13 May 2018.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Anagennisi Deryneia
Anagennisi Deryneia ( el, Αναγέννηση Δερύνειας) is Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team played in the Cypriot First ...
and
AEZ Zakakiou
Athletic Union of Zakaki ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Ζακακίου) is a Cypriot football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play in Zakaki Municipal Stadium.
Chairma ...
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
Alki Oroklini is a Cypriot football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as ''Omonia Oroklinis'' in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when business man Andy L ...
, runners-up
Pafos FC
Pafos FC ( el, Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was created in 2014, by the merger of the two biggest teams of Paphos, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia. They play their home games at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, ...
and third-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 C ...
.
Stadiums and locations
:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
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.
Championship round
Championship round table
Results
Positions by Round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Relegation round
Relegation round table
Results
Positions by Round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
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
Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Bandırmaspor.
Club career
Born in Lyon, Poté began his career in 2003 with Grenoble Foot, where he played only three ...
(
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
) against
Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
(''20 December 2017'')
*Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 20 seconds –
Emilio Zelaya
Emilio José Zelaya (born 30 July 1987 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine with Italian passport football forward.
Zelaya made his first team debut in 2006, but he came to prominence in 2008 after scoring two goals in a 3–1 away win ag ...
(
Apollon) against
Ermis (''18 September 2017'')
*First scored penalty kick of the season: 81 minutes and 27 seconds –
Tiago Gomes (
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb )Henry Liddell, Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott (philologist), Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek–English Lexicon, A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by Henry Stuart Jones, H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. ...
) against
Ermis (''27 August 2017'')
*First own goal of the season: 86 minutes and 25 seconds –
Kiriakos Stratilatis (
Alki) for
Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
(''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
Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...
,
Apollon 1–2
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
,
Ethnikos 0–4
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* Aris (surname)
Given name
* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player
* Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano
* Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter
* Aris Howard, Former President of the Jama ...
,
Pafos
Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos.
The current city of Pap ...
0–1
Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
,
AEK
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...
4–0
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb )Henry Liddell, Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott (philologist), Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek–English Lexicon, A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by Henry Stuart Jones, H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. ...
.
* Highest scoring game: 8 goals
**
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb )Henry Liddell, Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott (philologist), Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek–English Lexicon, A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by Henry Stuart Jones, H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. ...
0–8
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
(''14 January 2018'')
**
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
7–1
Ethnikos(''6 February 2018'')
* Largest winning margin: 8 goals
**
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb )Henry Liddell, Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott (philologist), Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek–English Lexicon, A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by Henry Stuart Jones, H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. ...
0–8
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
(''14 January 2018'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
**
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb )Henry Liddell, Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott (philologist), Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek–English Lexicon, A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by Henry Stuart Jones, H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. ...
0–8
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
(''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
Evariste Ngolok (born November 15, 1988 in Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer playing for ÍBV.
Career
Ngolok is a defensive midfielder who made his debut in professional football, being part of the R. Union Saint-Gilloise
Royale Union Sai ...
for
Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to:
People
* Aris (surname)
Given name
* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player
* Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano
* Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter
* Aris Howard, Former President of the Jama ...
against
Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
(''10 September 2017'')
* Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
**
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
2–1
AEL – 3 for APOEL (
Lorenzo Ebecilio
Lorenzo Ebecilio (born 24 September 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vierde Divisie club DHSC.
An Ajax academy product, he debuted for Ajax in the 2010–11 Eredivisie. During the first two seasons, despit ...
,
Agustín Farías,
Mickaël Poté
Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Bandırmaspor.
Club career
Born in Lyon, Poté began his career in 2003 with Grenoble Foot, where he played only three ...
) and 7 for AEL (
Fidelis Irhene,
Vozinha
Josimar Dias (born 3 June 1986), known as Vozinha, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Trenčín.
He played for clubs in his own country, Angola, Moldova, Portugal and Cyprus. A full international with ove ...
,
Marco Soares,
Dani Benítez,
Andreas Avraam,
Marco Airosa,
Mesca
Buomesca Tué Na Bangna (born 6 May 1993), commonly known as Mesca, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Mesca has represented Portugal internationally at youth level.
Club career
Born in Bissau, Guine ...
) (''17 January 2018'')
**
Alki 3–3
Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to:
People
* Aris (surname)
Given name
* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player
* Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano
* Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter
* Aris Howard, Former President of the Jama ...
– 6 for Alki (
Abdelaye Diakité
Abdelaye Diakité (born 8 January 1990) is a French footballer who plays for Nea Salamis in Cyprus.
Biography
Born in Les Mureaux, a suburb of Paris, Diakité started his career at Le Havre. He was a player for their B team from 2008 to 2010 in ...
,
Yoann Tribeau
Yoann Tribeau (born February 26, 1988 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Tribeau joined Ayia Napa FC
Athlitikos Omilos Ayia Napa ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος ...
,
Willy Semedo,
Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi,
Fabrício Simões,
Panagiotis Frageskou) and 4 for Aris (
Edin Nuredinoski
Edin Nuredinoski ( mk, Един Нурединоски; born 21 April 1982) is a Macedonian football goalkeeper who last played for Aris Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.
Club career
He spent half a season at 2.Bundesliga side Eintracht Bra ...
,
Markos Maragoudakis,
Vlatko Drobarov,
Kyriakos Panagi) (''17 September 2017'')
**
AEK
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...
1–1
Apollon – 5 for AEK (
Tete
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,
Florian Taulemesse,
Marios Antoniades,
David Català,
Daniel Mojsov) and 5 for Apollon (
Héctor Yuste,
Valentin Roberge
Valentin Sébastien Roger Roberge (born 9 June 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC as a centre-back.
Born in France, he represents Cyprus at international level.
Club career Early years
Born in Montreu ...
,
Esteban Sachetti,
Allan
Allan may refer to:
People
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* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
,
Emilio Zelaya
Emilio José Zelaya (born 30 July 1987 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine with Italian passport football forward.
Zelaya made his first team debut in 2006, but he came to prominence in 2008 after scoring two goals in a 3–1 away win ag ...
) (''5 November 2017'')
**
Omonia 5–1
Nea Salamina
Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...
– 3 for Omonia (
Hedwiges Maduro
Hedwiges Eduard Martinus Maduro (born 13 February 1985) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of Eerste Divisie club Almere City. Mainly a defensive midfielder during his playing career, he could a ...
,
Nicandro Breeveld
Nicandro Breeveld (born 7 October 1986) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Club career Almere City
Breeveld started his professional career with Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, after he joine ...
,
Demetris Christofi
Demetris Christofi ( el, Δημήτρης Χριστοφή; born 28 September 1988) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.
Career
Christofi is a winger who also plays as a centre-f ...
) and 7 for Nea Salamina (
Andreas Karo,
Anderson Correia,
Carlão,
Robert Veselovsky
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(2),
David Poljanec,
Taron Voskanyan
Taron Voskanyan ( hy, Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.
Club career
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Voskanyan was a pupi ...
) (''30 January 2018'')
**
APOEL FC
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
2–1
Omonia – 3 for APOEL (
Roland Sallai,
Emilio Nsue
Emilio Nsue López (born 30 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Primera División RFEF club CF Intercity. Born in Spain, he captains the Equatorial Guinea national team. A versatile player, he plays mainly as a right-back ...
,
Lorenzo Ebecilio
Lorenzo Ebecilio (born 24 September 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vierde Divisie club DHSC.
An Ajax academy product, he debuted for Ajax in the 2010–11 Eredivisie. During the first two seasons, despit ...
) and 7 for Omonia (
Jaílson,
Matt Derbyshire
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He played for Blackburn Rovers for five years, and had loan spells with Plymouth Argy ...
,
Mamadu Candé
Muhammad "Mamadu" Youssuf Candé (born 29 August 1990) is a Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer who plays as a left back.
Club career
On 18 June 2021, he signed with Estrela da Amadora.
International career
He played at 2019 Africa Cup o ...
,
William Soares,
Loukas Vyntra
Loukas Vyntra ( el, Λουκάς Βύντρα; born 5 February 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a right back, left back, or a defensive midfielder.
Early life
Vyntra was born Luk ...
,
Kanu,
Theophilus Solomon) (''17 February 2018'')
**
Apollon 5–1
AEL – 4 for Apollon (
Alef
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These letter ...
,
Esteban Sachetti,
Fotios Papoulis,
Anton Maglica
Anton Maglica (born 11 November 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career Osijek
Born in Brčko, Maglica started his career playing at youth level for Orašje. After he moved to Osijek to attend high sch ...
) and 6 for AEL (
Leandro Silva,
David Texeira
César David Texeira Torres (born 27 February 1991) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward.
Club career
Defensor Sporting
Texeira started his career playing with Def ...
,
Bogdan Mitrea
Bogdan Alexandru Mitrea (born 29 September 1987) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for Liga I club FC Universitatea Cluj, Universitatea Cluj.
Caree ...
,
Dani Benítez,
Marco Airosa,
Kevin Lafrance
Kevin Pierre Lafrance (born 13 January 1990) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Polish side Stomil Olsztyn.
Born in France, he represents the Haiti national team at international level.
Club career
Born ...
) (''3 March 2018'')
* Most red cards in a single match: 2
**
Pafos
Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos.
The current city of Pap ...
0–1
AEL – 1 for Pafos (
Dmitri Torbinski
Dmitri Yevgenyevich Torbinski (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Торбинский; born 28 April 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a central midfielder and winger known for hi ...
) and 1 for AEL (
Kevin Lafrance
Kevin Pierre Lafrance (born 13 January 1990) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Polish side Stomil Olsztyn.
Born in France, he represents the Haiti national team at international level.
Club career
Born ...
) (''14 January 2018'')
References
External links
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