# 2020–21 Cypriot First Division

The 2020–21 Cypriot First Division was the 82nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Stadiums and locations

    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 |
| Doxa Katokopias | Katokopia, Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni, Famagusta | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
| Ermis | Aradippou, Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Achna, Famagusta | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Karmiotissa | Pano Polemidia, Limassol | Stelios Kyriakides Stadium | 9,394 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Famagusta | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| 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 | Panagiotis Giannou | Ivan Trichkovski | Puma | Bet on Alfa |
| AEL Limassol | Dušan Kerkez | Charis Kyriakou | Macron | Burisma Holdings |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | Temur Ketsbaia | Kostakis Artymatas | Nike | Allea Group |
| APOEL | Savvas Poursaitidis | Georgios Efrem | Macron | Pari-Match |
| Apollon Limassol | Giannis Petrakis | Giorgos Vasiliou | Puma | Stoiximan |
| Doxa Katokopias | Angelos Efthymiou | Berat Sadik | Nike | Victory Ammunition |
| EN Paralimni | Sotiris Antoniou | Gregor Balazic | Macron | |
| Ermis Aradippou | Demetris Daskalakis | Andreas Papathanasiou | Macron | |
| Ethnikos Achna | Elias Charalambous | Martin Bogatinov | Jako | OPAP Cyprus |
| Karmiotissa | Giannakis Pontikos | Alkiviadis Christofi | Eldera | Cablenet |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Constantinos Mina | Róbert Veselovský | Nike | Vitex |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Čedomir Janevski | Evangelos Kyriakou | Jako | Office Pro |
| Omonia | Henning Berg | Jordi Gómez | Macron | Fonbet |
| Pafos FC | Stephen Constantine | Paulus Arajuuri | Jako | Korantina Homes |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Omonia | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | APOEL | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Ermis Aradippou | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Karmiotissa FC | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Enosis 4, Ermis 1

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ANO | APOE | APOL | DOX | ENP | ERM | ETH | KAR | NSF | OLY | OMO | PAF |
| AEK Larnaca | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| AEL Limassol | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| APOEL | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Karmiotissa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Omonia | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Pafos FC | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | — |

### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Omonia | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| AEL Limassol | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Apollon Limassol | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| AEK Larnaca | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Pafos | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| APOEL | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Karmiotissa | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Leader and Qualification to Championship round
* Qualification to Championship round
* Qualification to Relegation round

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OMO | APOL | AEL | ANO | AEK | OLY |
| 1 | Omonia (C, Q) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Apollon Limassol (Q) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | AEL Limassol (Q) | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta (Q) | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 50 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 47 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ Anorthosis Famagusta qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Cypriot Cup.

### Positions by Round

| Team ╲ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Omonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| AEL Limassol | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| AEK Larnaca | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* Leader and Champions League second qualifying round
* Europa Conference League second qualifying round
* Europa League third qualifying round

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | PAF | APOE | ETH | DOX | NSF | ERM | ENP | KAR |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 63 | | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 8 | APOEL | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 60 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 52 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 10 | Doxa Katokopias | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 51 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 43 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 12 | Ermis Aradippou (R) | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 38 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 7–1 |
| 13 | Enosis Neon Paralimni (R) | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 34 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa (R) | 40 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 98 | −62 | 24 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 0–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — |

### 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 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for round 6.
| Team ╲ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| Pafos FC | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| APOEL | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Karmiotissa | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 29 May 2021.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Berat Sadik | Doxa Katokopias | 18 |
| 2 | Nicolas Diguiny | Apollon Limassol | 17 |
| 2 | Onisiforos Roushias | Ermis Aradippou | 17 |
| 2 | Tomáš Wágner | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 17 |
| 5 | Ivan Trichkovski | AEK Larnaca | 16 |
| 6 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | Anorthosis Famagusta | 14 |
| 6 | Ryan Mmaee | AEL Limassol | 14 |
| 8 | Onni Valakari | Pafos | 13 |
| 8 | Ioannis Pittas | Apollon Limassol | 13 |
| 8 | Danilo | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 13 |
| 8 | Kévin Bérigaud | Pafos | 13 |