The 2013–14 Cypriot First Division 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 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’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 Ayia Napa 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, 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 and third-placed team Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Club Location Venue Capacity AEK Kouklia Kouklia, Paphos Pafiako Stadium 9,394 AEK Larnaca Larnaca GSZ Stadium 13,032 AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Alki Larnaca GSZ Stadium 13,032 Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230 APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859 Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Aris Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331 Doxa Peristerona Makario Stadium 16,000 Enosis Paralimni Tasos Markou Stadium 5,800 Ermis Aradippou Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Ethnikos Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000 Nea Salamina Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500 Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

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 sponsorAEK Kouklia Stavros Fitides Alexandros Garpozis Kappa Christakis Petrakidis & SonsAEK Larnaca Floros Nicolaou Giannis Skopelitis Umbro CytavisionAEL Ivaylo Petev Marios Nicolaou Nike CytavisionAlki Vesko Mihajlović Demetris Stylianou GEMS —Anorthosis Nikos Kostenoglou Christos Marangos Puma Cytamobile-VodafoneAPOEL Georgios Donis Marinos Satsias Puma MTNApollon Christakis Christoforou Giorgos Merkis Macron CytaAris Ton Caanen Dušan Kerkez Kappa CytanetDoxa Demetris Ioannou Abel Pereira Kappa CytanetEnosis Nikos Andronikou Giorgos Kolanis Umbro CytaErmis Nicos Panayiotou Andreas Papathanasiou Legea CytaEthnikos Apostolos Makrides Christos Poyiatzis Uhlsport CytaNea Salamina Neophytos Larkou Giorgos Panagi Tempo Sport Cytamobile-VodafoneOmonia Kostas Kaiafas Georgios Efrem Nike Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Anorthosis Christos Kassianos Resigned 13 August 2013 Pre-season Jorge Costa 17 August 2013 Nea Salamina Apostolos Charalambidis Resigned 7 September 2013 12th Dimitris Kalaitzidis 11 September 2013 APOEL Paulo Sérgio Sacked 4 October 2013 5th Georgios Donis 11 October 2013 Enosis Saša Jovanović Mutual consent 6 October 2013 13th Marios Karas 13 October 2013 AEL Lito Vidigal Mutual consent 22 October 2013 4th Ivaylo Petev 25 October 2013 Aris Tasos Kyriakou Mutual consent 25 October 2013 11th Ton Caanen 26 October 2013 Enosis Marios Karas Mutual consent 25 November 2013 13th Nikos Andronikou 28 November 2013 AEK Larnaca Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Mutual consent 16 December 2013 9th Floros Nicolaou 17 December 2013 Omonia Toni Savevski Sacked 18 December 2013 6th Miguel Ángel Lotina 1 January 2014 Ethnikos Nikos Kolompourdas Sacked 2 January 2014 10th Stavros Papadopoulos 2 January 2014 Ethnikos Stavros Papadopoulos Sacked 7 January 2014 11th Apostolos Makrides 7 January 2014 Nea Salamina Dimitris Kalaitzidis Mutual consent 15 January 2014 9th Neophytos Larkou 16 January 2014 Doxa Loukas Hadjiloukas Resigned 19 January 2014 8th Sofoklis Sofokleous 21 January 2014 Anorthosis Jorge Costa Mutual consent 30 January 2014 5th Nikos Kostenoglou 6 February 2014 Omonia Miguel Ángel Lotina Sacked 6 February 2014 6th Kostas Kaiafas 12 March 2014 Alki Kostas Kaiafas Signed by Omonia 12 March 2014 14th Vesko Mihajlović 13 March 2014 Doxa Sofoklis Sofokleous Mutual consent 9 April 2014 9th Demetris Ioannou 9 April 2014 AEK Kouklia Demetris Ioannou Signed by Doxa 9 April 2014 12th Stavros Fitides 9 April 2014

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 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gastón Sangoy Apollon18 Marco Tagbajumi Ermis Jorge Monteiro AEL4 André Schembri Omonia175 Thuram Aris15 Roberto Colautti Anorthosis7 Gustavo Manduca APOEL13 Orlando Sá AEL9 Tomás De Vincenti APOEL12 Chidi Onyemah Ethnikos Fotios Papoulis Apollon Koullis Pavlou AEK Larnaca

Hat-tricks # Player For Against Result Date1. Marcos De Azevedo4 Ermis Doxa 2–4 2. Gastón Sangoy Apollon Ethnikos 1–3 3. Chidi Onyemah Ethnikos Alki 1–6 4. Marco Tagbajumi Ermis Aris 3–3 5. Esmaël Gonçalves APOEL AEK Kouklia 5–0 6. Gonzalo García4 Anorthosis Doxa 1–6 7. Besart Ibraimi Enosis Anorthosis 4–0 8. Efstathios Aloneftis APOEL Doxa 5–1 9. Jorge Monteiro AEL AEK Kouklia 0–4 10. Hugo López Apollon Ermis 0–4 11. Thuram4 Aris Nea Salamina 3–4 12. Diogo Ramos Doxa Nea Salamina 0–4 13. Tomás De Vincenti APOEL Anorthosis 8–1 14. Nikos Barboudis Ethnikos AEK Kouklia 5–0 4 Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring First goal of the season: 13 minutes and 21 seconds – Robert Stambolziev (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (20:13 EET, 31 August 2013) Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds – Césinha (Ermis) against Nea Salamina (24 November 2013) Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 4 seconds – Roberto Colautti (Anorthosis) against Omonia (31 August 2013) First scored penalty kick of the season: 48 minutes and 2 seconds – Pablo Vranjicán (AEK Kouklia) against AEK Larnaca (21:03 EET, 31 August 2013) First own goal of the season: 56 minutes and 21 seconds – Diego Gaúcho (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 Doxa (18 January 2014) Marcos De Azevedo (Ermis) against Doxa (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 AEK Kouklia, Omonia 2–4 Apollon, Ermis 5–1 Doxa, Anorthosis 3–1 Alki, AEL 4–1 Enosis, Nea Salamina 0–1 Ethnikos. Highest scoring game: 9 goals APOEL 8–1 Anorthosis (11 May 2014) Aris 7–2 AEK Kouklia (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 Doxa (19:23 EET, 1 September 2013) Most yellow cards in a single match: 14 Doxa 2–0 Aris – 9 for Doxa (Miloš Pavlović, Abel Pereira, Pedro Baquero, Pedrito, Leandro, Carlos Marques, Rodri, Toni, Gleison) and 5 for Aris (Kypros Christoforou, Douglas Reis, Eduardo Pincelli, Emmanuel Okoye, Zoltán Kovács) (11 May 2014) Most red cards in a single match: 2 Anorthosis 1–1 Nea Salamina – 1 for Anorthosis (Grigoris Makos) and 1 for Nea Salamina (Justin Mengolo) (9 March 2014) Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis – 1 for Omonia (Anthony Scaramozzino) and 1 for Anorthosis (Dan Alexa) (21 December 2013) Aris 0–1 Apollon – 1 for Aris (Charalambos Pittakas) and 1 for Apollon (Giorgos Merkis) (16 December 2013) Doxa 1–1 APOEL – 1 for Doxa (Richard Kingson) and 1 for APOEL (Aritz Borda) (23 November 2013)

Attendances

# Club Average 1 APOEL 7,895 2 Omonoia 7,495 3 Apollon Limassol 4,901 4 AEL 4,600 5 Anorthosis 2,794 6 Ermis 1,322 7 AEK Larnaca 1,242 8 Nea Salamina 1,108 9 Alki 923 10 Ethnikos Achnas 746 11 Paralimni 739 12 Aris Limassol 581 13 Kouklion 545 14 Doxa Katokopias 418

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