# 1978–79 Cypriot First Division

The 1978–79 Cypriot First Division was the 40th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AC Omonia (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 66 | 17 | +49 | 45 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | APOEL F.C. | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 44 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Alki Larnaca FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aris Limassol F.C. | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 32 | |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 31 | |
| 6 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 30 | |
| 7 | Apollon Limassol | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | EN Paralimni | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 28 | |
| 9 | AEL Limassol | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | EPA Larnaca FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 27 | |
| 11 | Omonia Aradippou | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | Evagoras Paphos | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 27 | |
| 14 | APOP Paphos | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 27 | |
| 15 | Nea Salamis FC (R) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 26 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 16 | Digenis Akritas Morphou (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 71 | −50 | 18 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | ALK | ANR | APL | APN | APP | ARS | DGN | ENP | EPA | EVA | NSL | OLY | OMA | OMN | POL |
| AEL | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Alki | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 |
| Anorthosis | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| APOP | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Aris | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Digenis | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| ENP | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| EPA | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Evagoras | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Nea Salamis | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiakos | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Omonia Ar. | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Omonia | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 7–0 | | 4–0 |
| Pezoporikos | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |