1979–80 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	APOEL; (12th title)
Relegated	Alki; Aris;
European Cup	APOEL (1st round)
UEFA Cup	Pezoporikos (1st round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Omonia (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	537 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sotiris Kaiafas; (23 goals)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Cypriot First Division was the 41st season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Overview

It was contested by 15 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL (C)	28	23	2	3	72	19	+53	48	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AC Omonia	28	21	6	1	66	14	+52	48	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Pezoporikos Larnaca	28	13	7	8	44	29	+15	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	EPA Larnaca FC	28	10	10	8	41	27	+14	30
5	AEL Limassol	28	14	2	12	41	43	−2	30
6	Apollon Limassol	28	7	14	7	36	30	+6	28
7	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	28	9	8	11	31	31	0	26
8	Aris Limassol F.C.	28	9	8	11	37	40	−3	26
9	EN Paralimni	28	8	8	12	23	26	−3	24
10	Olympiakos Nicosia	28	8	8	12	27	48	−21	24
11	Alki Larnaca FC	28	8	7	13	27	45	−18	23
12	Keravnos	28	7	7	14	35	50	−15	21
13	Omonia Aradippou	28	6	9	13	18	35	−17	21
14	APOP Paphos (R)	28	5	9	14	23	53	−30	19	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
15	Evagoras Paphos (R)	28	4	11	13	16	47	−31	19	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	APP	ARS	ENP	EPA	EVA	KRN	OLY	OMA	OMN	POL
AEL		1–0	1–0	1–6	0–3	6–1	3–1	3–0	0–4	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1
Alki	2–1		0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–5
Anorthosis	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1
APOEL	1–0	2–0	4–0		2–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	4–0	3–1	4–1	7–0	1–2	1–3
Apollon	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–1		2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
APOP	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1
Aris	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–2	3–0		0–0	2–2	0–0	7–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	2–0
ENP	5–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0		1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
EPA	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–1		4–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Evagoras	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	1–0
Keravnos	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–1		0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1
Olympiakos	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–4	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1		0–0	0–3	0–2
Omonia Ar.	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	2–3
Omonia	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	7–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–0	3–0		3–2
Pezoporikos	3–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-29.

Sources

"1979/80 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2021-10-29.

[first-1] "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-29.

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v t e Cypriot First Division
2024–25 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris ENP Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia Omonia 29M Omonia Ar. Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Akritas Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Onisilos Orfeas Othellos PAEEK Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	List of foreign players
Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1979–80 in Cypriot football
« 1978–79 1980–81 »
Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup Stylianakis Shield
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

v t e 1979–80 in European football (UEFA)
« 1978–79 1980–81 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

Overview

League standings

Results

See also

References

Sources