1972–73 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season	1972–73
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Cypriot First Division was the 34th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship. AC Omonia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL F.C. (C)	26	17	8	1	35	11	+24	42	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	15	4	7	40	22	+18	34	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Pezoporikos Larnaca	26	9	13	4	28	17	+11	31	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	26	12	6	8	24	17	+7	30
5	EN Paralimni	26	9	9	8	26	26	0	27
6	EPA Larnaca FC	26	8	10	8	28	23	+5	26
7	Digenis Akritas Morphou	26	10	6	10	26	30	−4	26
8	AEL Limassol	26	8	8	10	30	29	+1	24
9	Evagoras Paphos	26	6	11	9	20	29	−9	23
10	Aris Limassol F.C.	26	5	12	9	25	34	−9	22
11	Apollon Limassol	26	7	7	12	23	29	−6	21
12	Alki Larnaca FC	26	5	10	11	18	26	−8	20
13	Nea Salamis FC	26	8	4	14	18	28	−10	20
14	ASIL Lysi (R)	26	5	8	13	17	37	−20	18	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

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

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	ARS	ASL	DIG	ENP	EPA	EVG	NSL	OLY	POL
AEL		5–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Alki	0–0		0–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0
Anorthosis	2–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
APOEL	2–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–0
Apollon	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0
Aris	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
ASIL	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2		0–0	2–1	1–6	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–4
Digenis	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
ENP	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
EPA	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3		2–3	2–2	0–2	0–0
Evagoras	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–2	0–0
Nea Salamis	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–3	2–0
Olympiakos	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		1–1
Pezoporikos	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3

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

References

Cyprus - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e Cypriot First Division
2025–26 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Akritas Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris ENP Ethnikos Krasava Olympiakos Omonia Omonia Ar. Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Karmiotissa Keravnos Nea Salamina Omonia 29M 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 2025–26

v t e 1972–73 in Cypriot football
« 1971–72 1973–74 »
Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
« 1971–72 1973–74 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup