Competition: | Cyta Championship |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Dates: | 18 August 2023 – 12 May 2024 |
Winners: | APOEL 29th title |
Relegated: | AEZ Zakakiou Doxa Katokopias Othellos Athienou |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | APOEL |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Pafos |
Continentalcup3: | Conference League |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | AEK Larnaca Omonia |
League Topscorer: | Marios Ilia |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | |
Highest Scoring: | |
Matches: | 142 |
Total Goals: | 403 |
Longest Wins: | 7 matches APOEL |
Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches AEK Larnaca |
Longest Winless: | 21 matches AEZ Zakakiou |
Longest Losses: | 11 matches Doxa Katokopias |
Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024-25 |
Updated: | 10 April 2024 |
The 2023–24 Cypriot First Division is the 85th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Aris Limassol are the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2022–23 season.
The winners (APOEL, their twenty-ninth title win) qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. The 2023–24 Cypriot Cup winners (Pafos) qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. The runners-up (AEK Larnaca) and third-placed team (Omonia) qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. The bottom three teams (Doxa Katokopias, Othellos Athienou, and AEZ Zakakiou) were relegated to the 2024–25 Cypriot Second Division.
ENP, Akritas Chlorakas (both clubs relegated after a single season in top flight), and Olympiakos Nicosia (relegated for the first time since 2012-13) were relegated in the previous season. They have been replaced by Othellos Athienou (promoted after a 8 seasons absence), AEZ Zakakiou (promoted after a 6 seasons absence), and Ethnikos Achna (promoted after a single season of absence), who were the top three teams in the 2022–23 Cypriot Second Division.[1]
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
[2]The structure of the competition remains unchanged from the previous season. 14 teams will participate in the league. In the first round, known as Regular Season, all teams play each other home and away, for a total of 26 games each. In the second round, the league splits into two groups: Teams ranked 1–6 enter the Championship Playoffs, where they compete for the league title and places leading to European football, while teams ranked 7–14 enter the Relegation playoffs, where they compete to avoid relegation. The teams in each group play each other home and away, for a total of 10 or 14 games, depending on the group. Criteria such as points, goal difference, and head to head records are retained during the transition from first to second round. The team ranked first in the Championship Playoffs are declared champions, while the bottom three teams in the Relegation Playoffs are relegated to the Second Division.[3]