2016–17 Cypriot First Division

The 2016–17 Cypriot First Division was the 78th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017.^[9] The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2016.^[10]^[11] APOEL were the defending champions.

Season2016–17

ChampionsAPOEL
26th title

RelegatedKarmiotissa
Anagennisi
AEZ

Champions LeagueAPOEL

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

Cyta Championship
Season	2016–17
Champions	APOEL 26th title
Relegated	Karmiotissa Anagennisi AEZ
Champions League	APOEL
Europa League	AEK Apollon AEL
Matches	242
Goals	696 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matt Derbyshire (24 goals)
Biggest home win	APOEL 7–0 AEZ (22 January 2017)^[1]
Biggest away win	Karmiotissa 0–6 Apollon (20 November 2016)^[2]
Highest scoring	Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)^[3] Karmiotissa 5–3 Ethnikos (12 March 2017)^[4]
Longest winning run	8 matches AEK Apollon^[5]
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Apollon^[6]
Longest winless run	26 matches Anagennisi
Longest losing run	9 matches Anagennisi
Highest attendance	14,841^[7] APOEL 0–0 AEK (7 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	2^[8] AEZ 0–4 Ermis (18 February 2017)
Total attendance	403,207^[7]
Average attendance	1,666^[7]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 21 May 2017.

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APOEL were crowned champions for the 26th time and a fifth time in a row, securing the title after beating title arch-rivals Omonia 3–1 at the GSP Stadium on 13 May 2017.^[12]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Enosis Neon Paralimni and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2015–16 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Pafos FC, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2015–16 Second Division champions Karmiotissa, runners-up AEZ Zakakiou and third-placed team Anagennisi Deryneia.

Stadia and locations

AEK
Anorthosis
Salamina

Locations of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division teams.

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium^[13]^[14]	Capacity
AEK	Larnaca	AEK Arena	7,400
AEL	Limassol	Tsirion Stadium	13,331
AEZ	Zakaki, Limassol	Pafiako Stadium	9,394
Anagennisi	Deryneia, Famagusta	Tasos Markou Stadium	5,800
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, Nicosia	Makario Stadium	16,000
Ermis	Aradippou, Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	10,230
Ethnikos	Achna, Famagusta	Dasaki Stadium	7,000
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	GSZ Stadium	13,032
Nea Salamina	Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium	5,500
Omonia	Nicosia	GSP Stadium	22,859

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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.

More information Team, Head coach ...

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor^[15]
AEK	Imanol Idiakez	David Català	Puma	A.J.K.
AEL	Bruno Baltazar	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	Kepaky
AEZ	Demetris Demetriou	Andreas Mammides	Luanvi	CRI Group
Anagennisi	Zouvanis Zouvani	Giorgos Giannakou	Eldera	Kymco
Anorthosis	Ronny Levy	João Victor	Macron	Olympia
APOEL	Thomas Christiansen	Nektarios Alexandrou	Nike	Pari-Match
Apollon	Sofronis Avgousti	Giorgos Vasiliou	Puma	Carabao
Aris	Nikolas Martides	Christos Theophilou	Nike	Europcar
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Edmar	Joma	Murphy's
Ermis	Carlos Corberán	Cristian Sîrghi	Legea	Mybet
Ethnikos	Valdas Ivanauskas	Christos Poyiatzis	Legea	—
Karmiotissa	Liasos Louka	Giannis Taralidis	GEMS	MoneySafe
Nea Salamina	Toni Conceição	Giannis Skopelitis	GEMS	Vitex
Omonia	Ioakim Ioakim (caretaker)	Renato Margaça	Puma	Gree

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nea Salamina	Giorgos Lagkaditis	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season	Pre-season	Eugen Neagoe	6 May 2016^[16]
Anorthosis	Neophytos Larkou	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		Antonio Puche	17 May 2016^[17]
APOEL	Georgios Kostis	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season		Thomas Christiansen	1 June 2016^[18]
AEK	Demetris Demetriou	End of tenure as caretaker	End of 2015–16 season		Imanol Idiakez	31 May 2016^[19]
Omonia	Vladan Milojević	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		John Carver	4 June 2016^[20]
Aris	Kostas Kaiafas	End of contract	End of 2015–16 season		Thalis Theodoridis	24 June 2016^[21]
Nea Salamina	Eugen Neagoe	Sacked	19 September 2016^[22]	11th	Staikos Vergetis	20 September 2016^[23]
Ethnikos	Danilo Dončić	Sacked	28 September 2016^[24]	14th	Valdas Ivanauskas	4 October 2016^[25]
Anorthosis	Antonio Puche	Sacked	18 October 2016^[26]	8th	Ronny Levy	26 October 2016^[27]
Anagennisi	Adamos Adamou	Resigned	18 October 2016^[28]	14th	Savvas Poursaitidis	23 October 2016^[29]
Aris	Thalis Theodoridis	Sacked	24 October 2016^[30]	13th	Frederik Vanderbiest	1 November 2016^[31]
AEZ	Nikolas Martides	Resigned	16 November 2016^[32]	11th	Demetris Demetriou	12 December 2016^[33]
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Resigned	28 November 2016^[34]	13th	Carlos Corberán	29 November 2016^[35]
Apollon	Pedro Emanuel	Sacked	11 December 2016^[36]	4th	Sofronis Avgousti	16 December 2016^[37]
Aris	Frederik Vanderbiest	Resigned	3 January 2017^[38]	11th	Nikolas Martides	4 January 2017^[39]
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Mutual consent	9 January 2017^[40]	6th	Giorgos Kosma	9 January 2017^[41]
Doxa	Carlos Corberán	Sacked	24 January 2017^[42]	12th	Savvas Poursaitidis	25 January 2017^[43]
Anagennisi	Savvas Poursaitidis	Signed by Doxa	25 January 2017^[43]	14th	Zouvanis Zouvani	25 January 2017^[44]
Ermis	Giorgos Kosma	Sacked	28 January 2017^[45]	6th	Carlos Corberán	30 January 2017^[46]
Omonia	John Carver	Mutual consent	23 February 2017^[47]	5th	Ioakim Ioakim (caretaker)	23 February 2017^[47]
Nea Salamina	Staikos Vergetis	Resigned	6 March 2017^[48]	8th	Toni Conceição	16 March 2017^[49]
AEL	Pambos Christodoulou	Mutual consent	7 March 2017^[50]	4th	Dionysis Dionysiou	7 March 2017^[50]
AEL	Dionysis Dionysiou	Mutual consent	22 March 2017^[51]	5th	Bruno Baltazar	22 March 2017^[51]
Doxa	Savvas Poursaitidis	Resigned	29 April 2017^[52]	12th	Loukas Hadjiloukas	2 May 2017^[53]

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Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	19	5	2	62	16	+46	62	Qualification for the championship round
2	AEK Larnaca	26	17	7	2	54	19	+35	58
3	Apollon Limassol	26	17	6	3	56	19	+37	57
4	AEL Limassol	26	15	6	5	40	22	+18	51
5	Omonia	26	15	5	6	56	37	+19	50
6	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	10	9	7	39	27	+12	39
7	Ermis Aradippou	26	10	5	11	35	41	−6	35	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Nea Salamis Famagusta	26	8	7	11	22	33	−11	31
9	Ethnikos Achna	26	8	6	12	42	46	−4	30
10	Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion	26	7	6	13	30	53	−23	27
11	Aris Limassol	26	6	6	14	30	52	−22	24
12	Doxa Katokopias	26	5	5	16	20	38	−18	20
13	Anagennisi Deryneia (R)	26	0	7	19	18	58	−40	7	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division
14	AEZ Zakakiou^[a] (R)	26	1	8	17	20	63	−43	5	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division

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Source: CFA (in Greek), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[56]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
AEZ Zakakiou were deducted six points for suspicious betting activity.^[54]^[55]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	AEZ	AND	ANO	APOE	APOL	ARI	DOX	ERM	ETH	KAR	NSL	OMO
AEK Larnaca	—	2–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–2
AEL Limassol	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–0
AEZ Zakakiou	2–5	0–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–4	2–3	0–4	0–4	3–1	3–3	1–5	0–1
Anagennisi Deryneia	0–0	1–3	0–0	—	1–2	2–4	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	2–2
APOEL	1–1	3–0	7–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1
Apollon Limassol	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–1
Aris Limassol	1–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–2	0–3	1–4	—	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–4
Doxa Katokopias	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–1	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–3
Ermis Aradippou	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–2
Ethnikos Achna	0–3	2–2	3–1	5–3	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	—	4–2	0–0	1–2
Karmiotissa	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–6	3–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	—	1–0	0–1
Nea Salamis Famagusta	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–4	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	—	1–1
Omonia Nicosia	2–1	4–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–4	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–2	3–0	—

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Source: Cyprus Football Association (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

	Qualification to Championship round
	Qualification to Relegation round
	Relegation to 2017–18 Cypriot Second Division

More information Team ╲ Round, APOEL ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
APOEL	9	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AEK	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2
Apollon	1	4	3	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
AEL	5	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4
Omonia	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Anorthosis	8	9	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6
Ermis	11	13	8	7	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	9	7	7	7
Nea Salamina	14	11	14	11	8	10	12	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	7	8	8	8
Ethnikos	12	14	13	14	14	12	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	9
Karmiotissa	7	8	10	10	12	9	7	7	7	9	10	9	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Aris	6	7	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Doxa	13	12	12	13	10	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Anagennisi	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
AEZ	2	6	7	8	9	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship round

Table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	36	24	8	4	77	24	+53	80	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	AEK Larnaca	36	22	10	4	66	28	+38	76	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Apollon Limassol	36	21	10	5	71	30	+41	73	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	AEL Limassol	36	19	9	8	53	36	+17	66	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Omonia	36	17	6	13	68	57	+11	57
6	Anorthosis Famagusta	36	12	11	13	48	41	+7	47

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Source: CFA (in Greek), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).^[57]
(C) Champions
Notes:

[a]
Apollon Limassol qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Cypriot Cup.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ANO	APOE	APOL	OMO
AEK Larnaca	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
AEL Limassol	2–1	—	2–0	1–4	1–1	3–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	3–1	4–3
APOEL	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–0
Apollon Limassol	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	3–0
Omonia Nicosia	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	—

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Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round

More information Team ╲ Round, APOEL ...

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
APOEL	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AEK	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Apollon	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
AEL	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Omonia	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Anorthosis	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation round

Table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta	36	12	9	15	33	44	−11	45
8	Ethnikos Achna	36	11	10	15	57	66	−9	43
9	Ermis Aradippou^[a]	36	14	6	16	51	61	−10	42
10	Aris Limassol	36	11	8	17	47	65	−18	41
11	Doxa Katokopias	36	10	7	19	40	52	−12	37^[b]
12	Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion (R)	36	10	7	19	47	71	−24	37^[b]	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division

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Source: CFA, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).^[59]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Ermis Aradippou were deducted six points for suspicious betting activity.^[58]
[b]
Head to head record: Doxa: 6 points (GD: +2), Karmiotissa: 6 points (GD: –2)

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARI ...

Home \ Away	ARI	DOX	ERM	ETH	KAR	NSL
Aris Limassol	—	4–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1
Doxa Katokopias	0–1	—	2–1	3–3	3–0	0–3
Ermis Aradippou	2–1	1–5	—	3–4	3–1	3–0
Ethnikos Achna	1–1	0–4	1–1	—	1–1	0–2
Karmiotissa	5–1	1–2	0–1	5–3	—	2–0
Nea Salamis Famagusta	0–3	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	—

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Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

	Relegation to 2017–18 Cypriot Second Division

More information Team ╲ Round, Nea Salamina ...

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Nea Salamina	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	7
Ethnikos	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8
Ermis	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9
Aris	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10
Doxa	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Karmiotissa	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

More information Rank, Player ...

Top scorers

Including matches played on 21 May 2017; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	24
2	Pieros Sotiriou	APOEL	21
3	Nika Kacharava	Ethnikos	16
4	Emilio Zelaya	Ethnikos	15
5	Ivan Tričkovski	AEK	14
5	Fotios Papoulis	Apollon	14
7	Rogério Martins	Aris	13
7	Edward Mashinya	Ermis	13
9	André Alves	Anorthosis / AEK	12
9	Alex da Silva	Apollon	12
11	Mikel Arruabarrena	AEL	11
11	Nassir Maachi	Nea Salamina	11

Top assists

Updated to games played 21 May 2017; Source: kerkida.net

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Alex da Silva	Apollon	11
2	João Pedro	Apollon	10
	Eduardo Pincelli	Ethnikos
	Demetris Christofi	Omonia
5	Efstathios Aloneftis	APOEL	9
5	Tiago Gomes	Doxa	9
7	Tete	AEK	8
	Vander Vieira	APOEL
	Renato Margaça	Omonia
10	Ferran Corominas	Doxa	7
10	Cleyton	Omonia	7

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Hat-tricks

More information #, Player ...

#	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1.	Konstantinos Pangalos	AEZ	Ethnikos	3–1	21 August 2016
2.	Nassir Maachi⁴	Nea Salamina	AEZ	1–5	24 September 2016
3.	Nika Kacharava⁴	Ethnikos	Karmiotissa	4–2	29 October 2016
4.	Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	Ethnikos	3–2	4 January 2017
5.	Pieros Sotiriou	APOEL	Aris	5–0	8 January 2017
6.	Edward Mashinya	Ermis	AEZ	0–4	18 February 2017
7.	André Alves	Anorthosis	Ethnikos	4–2	19 February 2017
8.	Rogério Martins	Aris	Ethnikos	3–1	4 March 2017
9.	Alejandro Barbaro	Karmiotissa	Aris	5–1	21 May 2017
10.	Nassir Maachi	Nea Salamina	Doxa	0–3	21 May 2017

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⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

First goal of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
Fastest goal of the season: 0 minutes and 48 seconds – Ivan Tričkovski (AEK) against Ermis (26 February 2017)
Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes and 58 seconds – Fotios Papoulis (Apollon) against AEL (7 January 2017)
First scored penalty kick of the season: 1 minutes and 6 seconds – Matt Derbyshire (Omonia) against Ermis (18:02 EET, 20 August 2016)
First own goal of the season: 51 minutes and 44 seconds – Albert Serrán (Doxa) for AEK (20:07 EET, 14 September 2016)
Most goals scored in a match by one player: 4 goals
- Nassir Maachi (Nea Salamina) against AEZ (24 September 2016)
- Nika Kacharava (Ethnikos) against Karmiotissa (29 October 2016)
Most scored goals in a single fixture – 30 goals (Fixture 24)^[60]
- Fixture 24 results: Aris 4–0 Anagennisi, Nea Salamina 1–3 Doxa, AEZ 0–4 Ermis, AEK 4–2 Omonia, Apollon 3–0 Karmiotissa, Anorthosis 4–2 Ethnikos, APOEL 3–0 AEL.
Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
- Karmiotissa 5–3 Ethnikos (12 March 2017)
Largest winning margin: 7 goals
- APOEL 7–0 AEZ (22 January 2017)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
- APOEL 7–0 AEZ (22 January 2017)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
- Ethnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)
- Karmiotissa 5–3 Ethnikos (12 March 2017)
- Anorthosis 4–3 Omonia (29 April 2017)
- Ermis 3–4 Ethnikos (21 May 2017)

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: 42 minutes – Bruno Nascimento for Omonia against Ermis (18:42 EET, 20 August 2016)
First red card of the season: 88 minutes – Dimitris Froxylias for Nea Salamina against Apollon (21:43 EET, 20 August 2016)
Most yellow cards in a single match: 11
- APOEL 1–1 Anorthosis – 4 for APOEL (Vander Vieira, Kostakis Artymatas, Zhivko Milanov, Roger Cañas) and 7 for Anorthosis (Shehu Abdullahi, Airam López, Rubén Rayos, Nikola Mitrović, Carlitos, Gabriel de Moura, Dimitris Giannoulis) (23 April 2017)
- Apollon 1–1 Anorthosis – 5 for Apollon (Valentin Roberge, Fotios Papoulis, Mário Sérgio, Anton Maglica, João Pedro) and 6 for Anorthosis (Shehu Abdullahi (2), João Victor, Filipe Oliveira, Iñigo Calderón, Dimitris Giannoulis) (14 May 2017)
Most red cards in a single match: 2
- Apollon 3–2 AEK – 1 for Apollon (Valentin Roberge) and 1 for AEK (Ivan Tričkovski) (18 March 2017)
- AEK 1–0 Anorthosis – 2 for Anorthosis (João Victor, Guilherme Santos) (12 April 2017)
- AEK 1–1 AEL – 1 for AEK (Jorge Larena) and 1 for AEL (Núrio Fortuna) (13 May 2017)

Attendances

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#	Club	Average
1	APOEL	7,126
2	Omonoia	5,542
3	Anorthosis	3,833
4	AEK Larnaca	3,365
5	AEL	2,886
6	Apollon Limassol	2,815
7	Nea Salamina	1,225
8	Aris Limassol	621
9	Ermis	586
10	AEZ	582
11	Ethnikos Achnas	581
12	Anagennisi	558
13	Karmiotissa	464
14	Doxa Katokopias	363

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2016–17 Cypriot First Division

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Positions by round

Championship round

Table

Results

Positions by round

Relegation round

Table

Results

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Scoring

Discipline

Attendances

References

External links

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