# 2021–22 Cypriot First Division

The 2021–22 Cypriot First Division was the 83rd 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 |
| Aris Limassol | Limassol | Tsirio Stadium | 13,331 |
| Doxa Katokopias | Katokopia, Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Achna, Famagusta | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| PAEEK | Kyrenia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| 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 | David Badia | Ivan Trichkovski | Puma | Bet on Alfa |
| AEL Limassol | Savvas Pantelidis | André Teixeira | Macron | Parimatch |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | Temur Ketsbaia | Kostakis Artymatas | Adidas | Allea Group |
| APOEL | Sofronis Avgousti | Georgios Efrem | Macron | Stoiximan |
| Apollon Limassol | Alexander Zorniger | Chambos Kyriakou | Puma | Stoiximan |
| Aris Limassol | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Gordon Schildenfeld | Jako | Parimatch |
| Doxa Katokopias | Elias Charalambous | Berat Sadik | Nike | Victory Ammunition |
| Ethnikos Achna | Andrej Razdrh | Martin Bogatinov | Jako | OPAP Cyprus |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | Nedim Tutic | Kingsley Sarfo | Jako | Office Pro |
| Omonia | Neil Lennon | Jordi Gómez | Macron | Stoiximan |
| PAEEK | Makis Sergides | Charalambos Aristotelous | Givova | |
| Pafos FC | Darko Milanič | Jason Puncheon | Jako | Korantina Homes |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Apollon Limassol | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | APOEL | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Aris Limassol | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Pafos | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Omonia | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | AEL Limassol | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Doxa Katokopias | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | PAEEK | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ANO | APOE | APOL | ARI | DOX | ETH | OLY | OMO | PAE | PAF |
| AEK Larnaca | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| AEL Limassol | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| APOEL | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Limassol | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Aris Limassol | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Doxa Katokopias | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Omonia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| PAEEK | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Pafos | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| AEK Larnaca | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W |
| AEL Limassol | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D |
| APOEL | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Apollon Limassol | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Aris Limassol | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D |
| Doxa Katokopias | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Ethnikos Achna | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D |
| Omonia | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| PAEEK | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L |
| Pafos | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D |

## Championship round
### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APOL | AEK | APOE | ARI | ANO | PAF |
| 1 | Apollon Limassol (C) | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | APOEL | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Aris Limassol | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 49 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Pafos | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 46 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | OMO | AEL | OLY | DOX | ETH | PAE |
| 7 | Omonia | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| 8 | AEL Limassol | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 47 | | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 9 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 40 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| 10 | Doxa Katokopias | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 32 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna (R) | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 23 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 12 | PAEEK (R) | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 61 | −36 | 17 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 2–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
* ↑ Omonia qualified for the Europa League play-off round as winners of the 2021–22 Cypriot Cup.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 22 May 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivan Trichkovski | AEK Larnaca | 15 |
| 2 | Berat Sadik | Doxa Katokopias | 13 |
| 3 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | Anorthosis Famagusta | 10 |
| 3 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | APOEL | 10 |
| 3 | Onni Valakari | Pafos | 10 |
| 3 | Ioannis Pittas | Apollon Limassol | 10 |
| 3 | Stefan Šćepović | AEL Limassol | 10 |
| 4 | Bagaliy Dabo | Apollon Limassol | 9 |
| 4 | Amr Warda | Anorthosis Famagusta | 9 |
| 4 | Mariusz Stępiński | Aris Limassol | 9 |
| 5 | Jairo | Pafos | 8 |
| 5 | Matija Špoljarić | Aris Limassol | 8 |
| 6 | Fotis Papoulis | Omonia | 7 |
| 6 | Marko Šćepović | Omonia | 7 |
| 6 | Michal Ďuriš | Ethnikos Achna / Omonia | 7 |