# 2022–23 Cypriot First Division

The 2022–23 Cypriot First Division was the 84th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Competition system

14 teams participated in the 2022–23 First Division.
It was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, all teams played each other twice, one at home and one away. After the completion of the 26 matches (A phase) the teams participated in 2 groups (depending on their position) and played ranking matches (B phase). The results, points and goals of the A' phase were transferred to the matches. The teams in places 1–6 competed for the championship and places leading to the European championships. The teams faced each other twice, one at home and one away. The team with the most points was declared the champion. The champion team secured their place in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. In addition, the teams finishing in second and third place secured their participation in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
The teams in positions 7–14 faced each other twice, one at home and one away. The bottom three teams were relegated to the Second Division.

## Changes compared to the previous season

In relation to the 2021–22 season, the teams promoted from the Second Division will participate in the 2022–23 First Division are Karmiotissa, New Salamina, Akritas Chlorakas and Enosis Neon Paralimni. The teams that will not take a part in the season are PAEEK and Ethnikos Achna who had been relegated to the Second Division.

## Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Larnaca | Larnaca | AEK Arena | 7,400 |
| AEL Limassol | Limassol | Alphamega Stadium | 10,700 |
| Akritas Chlorakas | Chloraka, Paphos | Stelios Kyriakides Stadium | 9,394 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | Famagusta | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,230 |
| APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Apollon Limassol | Limassol | Alphamega Stadium | 10,700 |
| Aris Limassol | Limassol | Alphamega Stadium | 10,700 |
| Doxa Katokopias | Katokopia, Nicosia | Katokopia Stadium | 3,500 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni, Famagusta | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
| Karmiotissa | Pano Polemidia, Limassol | Tsirio Stadium | 13,331 |
| 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 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | APOEL | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Aris Limassol | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Pafos | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Omonia | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 38 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | AEL Limassol | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Akritas Chlorakas | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 50 | −35 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AKR | ANO | APOE | APOL | ARI | DOX | ENP | KAR | NSF | OLY | OMO | PAF |
| AEK Larnaca | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| AEL Limassol | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Akritas Chlorakas | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 2–1 | – | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Aris Limassol | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Karmiotissa | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Omonia | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Pafos | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
* ↑ Declared an unplayed match by CFA (not a draw)

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARI | APOE | AEK | PAF | APOL | OMO |
| 1 | Aris Limassol (C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | APOEL | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 4–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Pafos | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 63 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 35 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 62 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | Omonia | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Cup winner

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | ANO | NSF | AEL | KAR | DOX | ENP | AKR | OLY |
| 7 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 63 | | — | 4–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 58 | | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 9 | AEL Limassol | 39 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 49 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 48 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| 11 | Doxa Katokopias | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 39 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| 12 | Enosis Neon Paralimni (R) | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 37 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 13 | Akritas Chlorakas (R) | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 34 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 14 | Olympiakos Nicosia (R) | 40 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 28 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ioannis Pittas | Apollon Limassol | 18 |
| 1 | Jairo | Pafos | 18 |
| 3 | Diego Dorregaray | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 16 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kokorin | Aris Limassol | 13 |
| 5 | Ivan Trichkovski | AEK Larnaca | 11 |
| 6 | Miguel Ángel Guerrero | Anorthosis Famagusta | 10 |
| 7 | Aleksandar Vucenovic | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 9 |
| 7 | Mounir El Allouchi | Karmiotissa | 9 |
| 7 | Bruno Felipe | Omonia / Pafos | 9 |
| 10 | Andronikos Kakoullis | Omonia | 8 |
| 10 | Omri Altman | AEK Larnaca | 8 |
| 10 | Muamer Tankovic | Pafos | 8 |