The 2013–14

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus official ...

was the 75th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 31 August 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014. APOEL were the defending champions. The league comprised eleven teams from the 2012–13 season and three promoted teams from the 2012–13 Second Division. The 17 May 2014 title deciding match between

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

and APOEL was abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes, when a bomb thrown by AEL fans, hit and injured APOEL's player Kaká. The match was replayed behind closed doors at a neutral stadium on 31 May 2014 and APOEL achieved to win their second consecutive league title after beating AEL Limassol by 1–0. However, on 6 June 2014, the

Cyprus Football Association The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the foo ...

’s (CFA) disciplinary committee – acting as an appeals board – unanimously cancelled on the CFA council’s decision to repeat the 17 May championship final, awarding the match to APOEL with a 0–3 score.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

AEP Paphos and

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were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2012–13 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the C ...

, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C. The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up

AEK Kouklia AE Kouklion ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Κουκλιων) was a Cypriot football team based in Kouklia of Paphos District. It was founded on 20 October 1968 and was dissolved on 9 June 2014, in order to be merged with AEP Paphos and creat ...

and third-placed team

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

Stadia and locations

:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''

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.

Managerial changes

First phase

League table

Results

Second phase

Championship group

Table

Results

Relegation group

Table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''Including matches played on 31 May 2014; Source
Cyprus Football Association
'

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

*First goal of the season: 13 minutes and 21 seconds –

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(

) against AEK Larnaca (''20:13 EET, 31 August 2013'') *Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds –

Césinha Carlos César dos Santos (born 12 March 1980), known as Césinha, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a left winger. Club career Born in São Paulo, Césinha represented Esporte Clube Juventude in his country's Série A. He moved abr ...

( Ermis) against Nea Salamina (''24 November 2013'') *Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 4 seconds –

Roberto Colautti Roberto Damián Colautti ( he, רוברטו דמיאן קולאוטי; born 24 May 1982) is an Argentine-Israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward. He began his career in Argentina with Boca Juniors, and joined the Israeli c ...

( Anorthosis) against Omonia (''31 August 2013'') *First scored penalty kick of the season: 48 minutes and 2 seconds –

Pablo Vranjicán Pablo Andrés Vranjicán Storani (born 11 December 1985) is an Argentine footballer. His last club was Deportes La Serena. Vranjicán also holds a Croatian passport due to his Croatian ancestry. Club career On 29 June 2013, he signed a contrac ...

(

) against AEK Larnaca (''21:03 EET, 31 August 2013'') *First own goal of the season: 56 minutes and 21 seconds –

Diego Gaúcho Diego Goldim (born 15 November 1981, in Porto Alegre), known as just Diego Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer as a defender. Previously he played for Gil Vicente F.C. and in the first half of 2011 for the Romanian Liga I team FC Brașov. R ...

( AEL) for APOEL (''20:24 EET, 14 September 2013'') *Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals ** Thuram ( Aris) against Nea Salamina (''23 April 2014'') ** Gonzalo García ( Anorthosis) against

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(''18 January 2014'') ** Marcos De Azevedo ( Ermis) against

(''21 September 2013'') *Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals (Fixture 16) **Fixture 16 results: AEK Larnaca 1–1 APOEL, Aris 4–0

, Omonia 2–4

Apollon Apollon may refer to: * Apollo, ancient Greek god of light, healing and poetry * Apollon (Formula One), Formula One constructor * Apollon Kalamarias, Greek football club * Apollon Athens, a Greek football club from Athens * Apollon Limassol B.C., ...

, Ermis 5–1

, Anorthosis 3–1 Alki, AEL 4–1

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, Nea Salamina 0–1 Ethnikos. * Highest scoring game: 9 goals ** APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (''11 May 2014'') ** Aris 7–2

(''4 May 2014'') * Largest winning margin: 7 goals ** APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (''11 May 2014'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals ** APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (''11 May 2014'') * Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals ** AEL 4–3 Anorthosis (''26 April 2014'') ** Nea Salamina 3–4 Aris (''23 April 2014'')

Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: 31 minutes – Nuno Assis for Omonia against Anorthosis (''19:31 EET, 31 August 2013'') * First red card of the season: 68 minutes – Ernestas Šetkus for Nea Salamina against

(''19:23 EET, 1 September 2013'') * Most yellow cards in a single match: 14 **

2–0 Aris – 9 for Doxa ( Miloš Pavlović,

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, Pedro Baquero,

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, Leandro,

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, Rodri, Toni, Gleison) and 5 for Aris (

Kypros Christoforou Kypros Christoforou ( el, Κύπρος Χριστοφόρου; born 24 April 1993) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a right back for AEK Larnaca. Career Aris Limassol Christoforou is a product Aris Limassol academies. He made his official ...

Douglas Reis Douglas Ozias Reis (born 7 May 1991), known as Douglas Reis or simply Douglas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Onisilos Sotira 2014 Onisilos Sotira 2014 is a Cypriot association football club based in Sotira, Famagusta, located in the ...

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Emmanuel Okoye Emmanuel Ndubuisi Okoye (born 4 April 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger. Club career Okoye started his career from Greek side Vyzas – in three years, he made a total of 77 league appearances and scored 19 goals for the clu ...

, Zoltán Kovács) (''11 May 2014'') * Most red cards in a single match: 2 ** Anorthosis 1–1 Nea Salamina – 1 for Anorthosis (

Grigoris Makos Grigoris Makos ( el, Γρηγόρης Μάκος; born 18 January 1987) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Panionios In 2000, Makos signed for Panionios from Ilioupoli at the age of 13 ...

) and 1 for Nea Salamina (

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) (''9 March 2014'') ** Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis – 1 for Omonia (

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) and 1 for Anorthosis ( Dan Alexa) (''21 December 2013'') ** Aris 0–1

– 1 for Aris (

Charalambos Pittakas Saint Charalampos ( grc, Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampas, Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, ...

) and 1 for Apollon (

Giorgos Merkis Giorgos Merkis (, born 30 July 1984) is a retired Cypriot professional footballer who played as a centre back for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and the Cyprus national team. Career Apollon Limassol Merkis is a product of Apollon Limasso ...

) (''16 December 2013'') **

1–1 APOEL – 1 for Doxa ( Richard Kingson) and 1 for APOEL (

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) (''23 November 2013'')

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Cypriot First Division Cypriot First Division seasons

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