Cyprus Division 1

Football was introduced to Cyprus early in the 20th century by the British. Initially played in the island's schools, it proved hugely popular and a number of clubs were duly formed.

Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded in 1911, after which many other clubs were established. In 1932, the annual Cypriot Championship began, at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organised by a different football club, which caused conflict among some of the teams.

As football became more established, the clubs were united in agreeing that an official body was needed to regulate the sport. In September 1934, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) was formed and the Cypriot Championship and Cup began to take place annually. The first Champions of Cyprus were Trust in 1935, but the club folded three years later. The 1930s were dominated by APOEL, who won five championships in a row until 1940. Like other championships throughout the world, the Cypriot Championship was interrupted due to World War II from 1941 until 1945.^[]

In 1955, Çetinkaya Türk S.K., who had been the only Turkish Cypriot team playing in the Cypriot First Division since 1934–35, withdrew from the Championship and, along with other Turkish Cypriot teams, established the Cyprus Turkish Football Association, with its own competitions. The reason behind this was political, as the Turkish Cypriots were opposed to the anticolonial struggle of EOKA and union with Greece (enosis). However, this federation was never recognised, and none of its teams was permitted to play in international competitions.

Cypriot independence in 1960 was followed by full UEFA membership for the Cyprus Football Association in 1962. From 1963, the champions of Cyprus could compete in the European Cup and the Cup winners in the European Cup Winners Cup. The runners-up in the Greek Cypriot First Division began to compete in the UEFA Cup in 1971. From 1967 until 1974, the Greek Cypriot Champions were promoted to the Greek First National Division. Greek Cypriot teams were relegated every season from the Alpha Ethniki, apart from 1973–74, when APOEL managed to remain in the Greek Championship, which meant that Cyprus would have two teams in Greek top tier. However, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that year, APOEL and Omonia (the 1973–74 Cypriot champions) withdrew from the League.^[]

Date	R	Home vs Away	-
10/27 17:00	8	AEK Larnaca vs Apoel Nicosia	View
10/27 17:00	8	Omonia Nicosia vs Pafos FC	View
10/31 17:00	9	Aris Limassol vs Akritas Chlorakas	View
11/01 15:00	9	Omonia Aradippou vs Zaglebie Sosnowiec	View
11/01 17:00	9	Apoel Nicosia vs Ethnikos Achnas	View
11/01 17:00	9	Enosis Paralimni vs Omonia Nicosia	View
11/02 15:00	9	Krasava ENY Ypsonas vs Anorthosis Famagusta	View
11/02 17:00	9	Apollon Limassol vs AEK Larnaca	View
11/02 17:00	9	Pafos FC vs AEL Limassol	View
11/07 17:00	10	AEL Limassol vs Enosis Paralimni	View
11/08 14:00	10	Akritas Chlorakas vs Olympiakos Nicosia	View
11/08 16:00	10	Ethnikos Achnas vs Apollon Limassol	View

Date	R	Home vs Away	-
10/26 17:00	8	^[9] AEL Limassol vs Krasava ENY Ypsonas ^[10]	1-0
10/26 17:00	8	^[13] Anorthosis Famagusta vs Aris Limassol ^[3]	1-1
10/26 15:00	8	^[8] Akritas Chlorakas vs Omonia Aradippou ^[12]	0-1
10/25 16:00	8	^[11] Olympiakos Nicosia vs Apollon Limassol ^[6]	2-2
10/25 14:00	8	^[7] Ethnikos Achna vs Enosis Paralimni ^[14]	5-1
10/19 16:00	7	^[2] Apoel Nicosia vs Olympiakos Nicosia ^[11]	2-2
10/19 16:00	7	^[5] Aris Limassol vs AEL Limassol ^[10]	4-0
10/19 15:00	7	^[9] Krasava ENY Ypsonas vs Omonia Nicosia ^[3]	1-2
10/18 16:00	7	^[13] Anorthosis Famagusta vs Akritas Chlorakas ^[8]	2-2
10/18 16:00	7	^[14] Enosis Paralimni vs AEK Larnaca ^[6]	0-2
10/18 16:00	7	^[7] Apollon Limassol vs Omonia Aradippou ^[12]	1-0
10/17 16:00	7	^[1] Pafos FC vs Ethnikos Achna ^[5]	4-0

Cyprus Division 1

Fixtures

Results

Teams

Wikipedia - Cypriot First Division

History