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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.

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 Kouklia	Stavros Fitides	Alexandros Garpozis	Kappa	Christakis Petrakidis & Sons
AEK Larnaca	Floros Nicolaou	Giannis Skopelitis	Umbro	Cytavision
AEL	Ivaylo Petev	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Cytavision
Alki	Vesko Mihajlović	Demetris Stylianou	GEMS	—
Anorthosis	Nikos Kostenoglou	Christos Marangos	Puma	Cytamobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Giorgos Donis	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Christakis Christoforou	Giorgos Merkis	Macron	Cyta
Aris	Ton Caanen	Dušan Kerkez	Kappa	Cytanet
Doxa	Demetris Ioannou	Abel Pereira	Kappa	Cytanet
Enosis	Nikos Andronikou	Giorgos Kolanis	Umbro	Cyta
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Andreas Papathanasiou	Legea	Cyta
Ethnikos	Apostolos Makrides	Christos Poyiatzis	Uhlsport	Cyta
Nea Salamina	Neophytos Larkou	Giorgos Panagi	Tempo Sport	Cytamobile-Vodafone
Omonia	Kostas Kaiafas	Georgios Efrem	Nike	Cytamobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date 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	Giorgos 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

1. ^ APOL 2–0 APOE; APOE 2–1 APOL
2. On 17 May 2013, Nea Salamina were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.
3. On 17 May 2013, Enosis Neon Paralimni were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.
4. On 17 May 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA. On 6 August 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted another three points by CFA because they failed again to meet the financial criteria of UEFA. On 8 November 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted six points by CFA because they failed for the third time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA. On 2 December 2013, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed to meet CFA's monthly financial criteria. On 8 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted nine points by CFA because they failed to pay the referees' salaries in three of their home matches (deducted three points for each match). On 15 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted three points by CFA because they failed again to pay the referees' salaries in two of their home matches. On 31 January 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the fourth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA. On 5 February 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted nine points by CFA because they failed again to pay the referees' salaries in three of their home matches (deducted three points for each match). On 6 March 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the fifth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA. On 9 April 2014, Alki Larnaca were deducted two points by CFA because they failed for the sixth time to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.

Results

Second phase

Championship group

Table

1. ^ APOEL: 7 pts; AEL: 4 pts
2. ^ Since cup winners APOEL qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up Ermis finished top-four, all of the Europa League spots revert into league positions.

Results

1. CFA awarded APOEL a 3–0 win as a result of the injury of APOEL's player Kaká who was hit by firecrackers thrown by AEL fans. The match originally abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes and replayed 15 days later, ending 1–0 to APOEL. The CFA's decision to award APOEL a 3–0 win, was taken six days after APOEL's 1–0 win in the rematch.
2. CFA awarded AEL a 3–0 win as a result of Ermis fielding the ineligible player Constantinos Samaras. The match originally ended 2–0 to AEL.

Relegation group

Table

1. On 17 May 2013, Nea Salamina were deducted three points by CFA because they failed to meet the financial criteria of UEFA.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 31 May 2014; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	18
	Marco Tagbajumi	Ermis
	Jorge Monteiro	AEL
4	André Schembri	Omonia	17
5	Thuram	Aris	15
	Roberto Colautti	Anorthosis
7	Gustavo Manduca	APOEL	13
	Orlando Sá	AEL
9	Tomás De Vincenti	APOEL	12
	Chidi Onyemah	Ethnikos
	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon
	Koullis Pavlou	AEK Larnaca

Hat-tricks

#	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1.	Marcos De Azevedo	Ermis	Doxa	2–4	21 September 2013
2.	Gastón Sangoy	Apollon	Ethnikos	1–3	28 October 2013
3.	Chidi Onyemah	Ethnikos	Alki	1–6	2 November 2013
4.	Marco Tagbajumi	Ermis	Aris	3–3	30 November 2013
5.	Esmaël Gonçalves	APOEL	AEK Kouklia	5–0	2 December 2013
6.	Gonzalo García	Anorthosis	Doxa	1–6	18 January 2014
7.	Besart Ibraimi	Enosis	Anorthosis	4–0	9 February 2014
8.	Efstathios Aloneftis	APOEL	Doxa	5–1	22 February 2013
9.	Jorge Monteiro	AEL	AEK Kouklia	0–4	19 March 2014
10.	Hugo López	Apollon	Ermis	0–4	13 April 2014
11.	Thuram	Aris	Nea Salamina	3–4	23 April 2014
12.	Diogo Ramos	Doxa	Nea Salamina	0–4	4 May 2014
13.	Tomás De Vincenti	APOEL	Anorthosis	8–1	11 May 2014
14.	Nikos Barboudis	Ethnikos	AEK Kouklia	5–0	18 May 2014

• 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)

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