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

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

Regular season

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
Team \ Round
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

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
Team \ Round
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

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
Team \ Round
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

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Scoring

First goal of the season: 73 minutes and 36 seconds – Chafik Tigroudja against Ethnikos
Fastest goal of the season: 0 minutes and 13 seconds – Mickaël Poté against Anorthosis
Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 20 seconds – Emilio Zelaya against Ermis
First scored penalty kick of the season: 81 minutes and 27 seconds – Tiago Gomes against Ermis
First own goal of the season: 86 minutes and 25 seconds – Kiriakos Stratilatis for Anorthosis
Most goals scored in a match by one player: 3 goals
*9 players
Most scored goals in a single fixture – 28 goals
*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
*APOEL 7–1 Ethnikos
Largest winning margin: 8 goals
*Doxa 0–8 APOEL
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
*Doxa 0–8 APOEL
Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
*Alki 3–4 Ermis

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: 26 minutes – Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi for Alki against Ethnikos
First red card of the season: 81 minutes – Evariste Ngolok for Aris against Anorthosis
Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
* APOEL 2–1 AEL – 3 for APOEL and 7 for AEL
* Alki 3–3 Aris – 6 for Alki and 4 for Aris
* AEK 1–1 Apollon – 5 for AEK and 5 for Apollon
* Omonia 5–1 Nea Salamina – 3 for Omonia and 7 for Nea Salamina
* APOEL FC 2–1 Omonia – 3 for APOEL and 7 for Omonia
* Apollon 5–1 AEL – 4 for Apollon and 6 for AEL
Most red cards in a single match: 2
* Pafos 0–1 AEL – 1 for Pafos and 1 for AEL