The 2017–18

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

was the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level

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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 Athletic Union of Zakaki () is a Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play at Zakaki Municipal Stadium, but are currently playing a ...

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 Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

Stadiums and locations

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

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

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.

Championship round

Championship round table

Results

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Results

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

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 (

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) 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 Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta () is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present- ...

, Apollon 1–2 APOEL, Ethnikos 0–4

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, Pafos 0–1 Anorthosis, AEK 4–0

. * Highest scoring game: 8 goals **

0–8 APOEL (''14 January 2018'') ** APOEL 7–1 Ethnikos(''6 February 2018'') * Largest winning margin: 8 goals **

0–8 APOEL (''14 January 2018'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals **

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

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

– 6 for Alki ( Abdelaye Diakité, Yoann Tribeau, Willy Semedo, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Fabrício Simões, Panagiotis Frageskou) and 4 for Aris (

Edin Nuredinoski Edin Nuredinoski (; born 21 April 1982) is a Macedonian football goalkeeper who last played for Aris Limassol in the Cypriot First Division. Club career He spent half a season at 2.Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig, but did not play a le ...

, Markos Maragoudakis, Vlatko Drobarov, Kyriakos Panagi) (''17 September 2017'') ** AEK 1–1 Apollon – 5 for AEK (

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, Florian Taulemesse, Marios Antoniades, David Català, Daniel Mojsov) and 5 for Apollon ( Héctor Yuste,

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, Esteban Sachetti, Allan, Emilio Zelaya) (''5 November 2017'') ** Omonia 5–1

– 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 Emilio Nsue López (born 30 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Primera Federación club Intercity. Born in Spain, he is the captain and all-time leading scorer of the Equatorial Guinea national team. A versatile playe ...

, Lorenzo Ebecilio) and 7 for Omonia ( Jaílson,

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, 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'')

References

External links

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