# 2017–18 Cypriot First Division

The 2017–18 Cypriot First Division was the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 19 August 2017 and is ended on 13 May 2018.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Anagennisi Deryneia and AEZ Zakakiou 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, runners-up Pafos FC and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

### Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK | Larnaca | AEK Arena | 7,400 |
| AEL | Limassol | Tsirio Stadium | 13,331 |
| Alki | Oroklini, Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Anorthosis | Famagusta | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,230 |
| APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Apollon | Limassol | Tsirio Stadium | 13,331 |
| Aris | Limassol | Tsirio Stadium | 13,331 |
| Doxa | Katokopia, Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Ermis | Aradippou, Larnaca | GSZ Stadium | 13,032 |
| Ethnikos | Achna, Famagusta | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Nea Salamina | Famagusta | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Olympiakos | Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Pafos | 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 | Imanol Idiakez | David Català | Puma | A.J.K. |
| AEL | Dušan Kerkez | Marios Nicolaou | Nike | Kepaky |
| Alki | Savvas Damianou | Nicolas Manoli | Joma | Alexander College |
| Anorthosis | Ronny Levy | João Victor | Nike | – |
| APOEL | Bruno Baltazar | Nektarios Alexandrou | Nike | Pari-Match |
| Apollon | Sofronis Avgousti | Giorgos Vasiliou | Puma | Carabao |
| Aris | Nicos Panayiotou | Markos Maragoudakis | Nike | Europcar |
| Doxa | Loukas Hadjiloukas | Manuel Redondo | Nike | Victory Ammunition |
| Ermis Aradippou | Kostas Kaiafas | Yaroslav Martynyuk | Nike | Cablenet |
| Ethnikos | Panayiotis Engomitis | Christos Poyiatzis | Legea | OPAP Cyprus |
| Nea Salamina | Savvas Poursaitidis | Dimitar Makriev | GEMS | Vitex |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Vesko Mihajlović | Kyriacos Polykarpou | Nike | Moon Cocktail Bar |
| Omonia | Jesper Fredberg | Demetris Christofi | Puma | DIMCO |
| Pafos FC | Steven Pressley | Charalambos Demosthenous | Jako | Korantina Homes |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ethnikos | Valdas Ivanauskas | Sacked | 18 May 2017 | Pre-season | Panayiotis Engomitis | 4 July 2017 |
| APOEL | Mario Been | Sacked | 27 July 2017 | Pre-season | Giorgos Donis | 28 July 2017 |
| Aris Limassol | Nikolas Martides | Sacked | 3 October 2017 | 13th | Giannis Christopoulos | 3 October 2017 |
| Nea Salamina | Liasos Louka | Sacked | 18 October 2017 | 12th | Savvas Poursaitidis | 18 October 2017 |
| Ermis Aradippou | Nicos Panayiotou | Sacked | 7 November 2017 | 10th | Goran Milojević | 7 November 2017 |
| Ethnikos | Panayiotis Engomitis | Sacked | 12 November 2017 | 14th | Giorgi Chikhradze | 13 November 2017 |
| Omonia | Pambos Christodoulou | Sacked | 5 December 2017 | 7th | Ivaylo Petev | 14 December 2017 |
| Ermis Aradippou | Goran Milojević | Sacked | 22 December 2017 | 10th | Kostas Kaiafas | 23 December 2017 |
| Aris Limassol | Giannis Christopoulos | Sacked | 22 January 2018 | 13th | Nicos Panayiotou | 22 January 2018 |
| Pafos | Luka Elsner | Sacked | 21 January 2018 | 10th | Steven Pressley | 31 January 2018 |
| Ethnikos | Giorgi Chikhradze | Sacked | 19 January 2018 | 14th | Panayiotis Engomitis | 1 February 2018 |
| AEL Limassol | Bruno Baltazar | Resigned | 5 March 2018 | 5th | Dušan Kerkez | 7 March 2018 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Chrysis Michael | Sacked | 19 March 2018 | 12th | Vesko Mihajlović | 24 March 2018 |
| Omonia | Ivaylo Petev | Sacked | 21 March 2018 | 6th | Jesper Fredberg | 22 March 2018 |
| APOEL | Giorgos Donis | Sacked | 22 March 2018 | 2nd | Bruno Baltazar | 22 March 2018 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Vesko Mihajlović | Resigned | 24 April 2018 | 12th | Kyriacos Polykarpou | 29 April 2018 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | APOEL | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 67 | 15 | +52 | 61 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Omonia | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Ermis Aradippou | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Pafos FC | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 55 | −33 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Aris Limassol (R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 16 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | Ethnikos Achna (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 64 | −45 | 8 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ALK | ANO | APOE | APOL | ARI | DOX | ERM | ETH | NSL | OLY | OMO | PAF |
| AEK Larnaca | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| AEL Limassol | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Alki Oroklini | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| APOEL | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–4 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Apollon Limassol | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Aris Limassol | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–6 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–8 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Olympiakos | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Omonia Nicosia | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| Pafos FC | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

### 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.
* Qualification to Championship round
* Qualification to Relegation round
* Relegation to 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division
| 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 |
| APOEL | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Apollon | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anorthosis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| AEK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| AEL | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Omonia | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Doxa | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ermis | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Pafos | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Nea Salamina | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Alki | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Olympiakos | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Aris | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Ethnikos | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | APOEL (C) | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Apollon Limassol | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 90 | 26 | +64 | 82 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | Omonia | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 47 | |
* ↑ AEK Larnaca qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cypriot Cup.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ANO | APOE | APOL | OMO |
| AEK Larnaca | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| AEL Limassol | 3–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| APOEL | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 |
| Omonia Nicosia | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
* Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
* Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
| Team \ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| APOEL | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Apollon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anorthosis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| AEK | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| AEL | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Omonia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Ermis Aradippou | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 46 | |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | |
| 10 | Pafos FC | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 42 | |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 39 | |
| 12 | Olympiakos Nicosia (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 24 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |
* 1 2 Head to head record: Doxa 2–1 Ermis, Ermis 1–2 Doxa, Doxa 2–3 Ermis, Ermis 2–1 Doxa.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALK | DOX | ERM | OLY | NSL | PAF |
| Alki Oroklini | — | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 4–3 | — | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–6 | 0–3 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiakos | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 |
| Pafos FC | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — |

### Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
* Relegation to 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division
| Team \ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Nea Salamina | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Ermis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Doxa | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Pafos | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Alki | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Olympiakos | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 13 May 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Matt Derbyshire | Omonia | 23 |
| 1 | Hector Havel | AEK Larnaca | 23 |
| 2 | Fabrício | Alki | 20 |
| 3 | Berat Sadik | Doxa | 18 |
| 4 | Emilio Zelaya | Apollon | 17 |
| 5 | Anton Maglica | Apollon | 16 |
| 6 | Igor de Camargo | APOEL | 15 |
| 6 | Fotios Papoulis | Apollon | 15 |
| 7 | Ivan Tričkovski | AEK Larnaca | 11 |
| 7 | Acorán | AEK Larnaca | 11 |
| 7 | Mickaël Poté | APOEL | 11 |
| 7 | Michal Ďuriš | Anorthosis | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| # | Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| 1. | Nils Zatl | Doxa | Alki | 5–0 | 21 October 2017 |
| 2. | Demba Camara | Anorthosis | Olympiakos | 5–1 | 4 November 2017 |
| 3. | Emilio Zelaya | Apollon | Ermis | 6–0 | 21 December 2017 |
| 4. | Florian Taulemesse | AEK | Aris | 4–1 | 13 January 2018 |
| 5. | Georgios Efrem | APOEL | Doxa | 8–0 | 14 January 2018 |
| 6. | Fabrício Simões | Alki | Ermis | 3–4 | 30 January 2018 |
| 7. | Matt Derbyshire | Omonia | Nea Salamina | 5–1 | 30 January 2018 |
| 8. | Daniel Sikorski | Pafos FC | Aris Limassol | 6–0 | 6 February 2018 |
| 9. | Boy Deul | Pafos FC | Aris Limassol | 6–0 | 6 February 2018 |
| 10. | Luís Carlos | Doxa | Olympiakos | 5–0 | 14 April 2018 |
| 11. | Anton Maglica | Apollon | Anorthosis | 3–0 | 23 April 2018 |

### 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 (APOEL) against Anorthosis (20 December 2017)
* Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 20 seconds – Emilio Zelaya (Apollon) against Ermis (18 September 2017)
* First scored penalty kick of the season: 81 minutes and 27 seconds – Tiago Gomes (Doxa) against Ermis (27 August 2017)
* First own goal of the season: 86 minutes and 25 seconds – Kiriakos Stratilatis (Alki) for Anorthosis (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, Apollon 1–2 APOEL, Ethnikos 0–4 Aris, Pafos 0–1 Anorthosis, AEK 4–0 Doxa.
* Highest scoring game: 8 goals
** Doxa 0–8 APOEL (14 January 2018)
** APOEL 7–1 Ethnikos(6 February 2018)
* Largest winning margin: 8 goals
** Doxa 0–8 APOEL (14 January 2018)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
** Doxa 0–8 APOEL (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 for Aris against Anorthosis (10 September 2017)
* Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
** APOEL 2–1 AEL – 3 for APOEL (Lorenzo Ebecilio, Agustín Farías, Mickaël Poté) and 7 for AEL (Fidelis Irhene, Vozinha, Marco Soares, Dani Benítez, Andreas Avraam, Marco Airosa, Mesca) (17 January 2018)
** Alki 3–3 Aris – 6 for Alki (Abdelaye Diakité, Yoann Tribeau, Willy Semedo, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Fabrício Simões, Panagiotis Frageskou) and 4 for Aris (Edin Nuredinoski, Markos Maragoudakis, Vlatko Drobarov, Kyriakos Panagi) (17 September 2017)
** AEK 1–1 Apollon – 5 for AEK (Tete, Florian Taulemesse, Marios Antoniades, David Català, Daniel Mojsov) and 5 for Apollon (Héctor Yuste, Valentin Roberge, Esteban Sachetti, Allan, Emilio Zelaya) (5 November 2017)
** Omonia 5–1 Nea Salamina – 3 for Omonia (Hedwiges Maduro, Nicandro Breeveld, Demetris Christofi) and 7 for Nea Salamina (Andreas Karo, Anderson Correia, Carlão, Robert Veselovsky (2), David Poljanec, Taron Voskanyan) (30 January 2018)
** APOEL FC 2–1 Omonia – 3 for APOEL (Roland Sallai, Emilio Nsue, Lorenzo Ebecilio) and 7 for Omonia (Jaílson, Matt Derbyshire, Mamadu Candé, William Soares, Loukas Vyntra, Kanu, Theophilus Solomon) (17 February 2018)
** Apollon 5–1 AEL – 4 for Apollon (Alef, Esteban Sachetti, Fotios Papoulis, Anton Maglica) and 6 for AEL (Leandro Silva, David Texeira, Bogdan Mitrea, Dani Benítez, Marco Airosa, Kevin Lafrance) (3 March 2018)
* Most red cards in a single match: 2
** Pafos 0–1 AEL – 1 for Pafos (Dmitri Torbinski) and 1 for AEL (Kevin Lafrance) (14 January 2018)