The 2016–17 Cypriot First Division is the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 20 August 2016 and will end on 21 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2016. APOEL are the defending champions.
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
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.
Including matches played on 20 February 2017; Source: Cyprus Football Association4 Player scored 4 goals.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 51 seconds – Eleftherios Sakellariou (AEZ) against Ermis (19 November 2016)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)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 goalsEthnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)Largest winning margin: 7 goalsAPOEL 7–0 AEZ (22 January 2017)Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goalsAPOEL 7–0 AEZ (22 January 2017)Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goalsEthnikos 5–3 Anagennisi (1 October 2016)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: 9Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 5 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov (2), Yaroslav Martynyuk, Rafael Yiangoudakis, Alexandru Benga) and 4 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou, Nicolas Fotiou, Modestos Sotiriou, Nikos Barboudis) (11 September 2016)Karmiotissa 1–0 Nea Salamina – 3 for Karmiotissa (Marko Adamović, David Manoyan, Andreas Stavrou) and 6 for Nea Salamina (Robert Veselovsky, Ivan Ćurjurić (2), Goran Antonić, Davide Grassi) (3 December 2016)AEZ 3–3 Karmiotissa – 6 for AEZ (Félicien Gbedinyessi, Antonis Katsis, Andreas Mammides, Marco Aurélio, Ismail Sassi, Eleftherios Sakellariou) and 3 for Karmiotissa (Alain Logombe, Rubén Arocha, Andreas Stavrou) (16 December 2016)Ermis 1–1 APOEL – 6 for Ermis (Alfonso Artabe, Cristian Sîrghi, Dominique Da Sylva, Miguel Alba, Edward Mashinya, Edin Nuredinoski) and 3 for APOEL (Zhivko Milanov, Facundo Bertoglio, Carlão) (17 December 2016)Most red cards in a single match: 1Nea Salamina 0–3 Apollon – 1 for Nea Salamina (Dimitris Froxylias) (20 August 2016)Anagennisi 2–2 Omonia – 1 for Anagennisi (Nicos Efthymiou) (27 August 2016)Ermis 1–0 Anagennisi – 1 for Ermis (Yordan Hristov) (11 September 2016)Ethnikos 0–3 AEK – 1 for Ethnikos (Nika Kacharava) (21 September 2016)AEK 4–1 Anorthosis – 1 for Anorthosis (Shehu Abdullahi) (25 September 2016)Karmiotissa 3–0 Ermis – 1 for Ermis (Ioannis Antoniou) (2 October 2016)AEL 1–1 AEZ – 1 for AEZ (Douglas Reis) (30 October 2016)AEZ 0–1 Omonia – 1 for Omonia (Constantinos Panagi) (5 November 2016)APOEL 4–1 Karmiotissa – 1 for Karmiotissa (Marko Adamović) (6 November 2016)Anagennisi 1–2 Aris – 1 for Aris (Harmony Ikande) (20 November 2016)Nea Salamina 1–0 Ethnikos – 1 for Ethnikos (Borislav Stoychev) (26 November 2016)AEZ 1–1 Anagennisi – 1 for Anagennisi (Rafael Anastasiou) (27 November 2016)Omonia 1–4 APOEL – 1 for Omonia (Carlitos) (3 December 2016)Karmiotissa 1–0 Nea Salamina – 1 for Nea Salamina (Ivan Ćurjurić) (3 December 2016)Karmiotissa 3–3 Aris – 1 for Aris (Christer Youssef) (11 December 2016)Apollon 2–0 AEL – 1 for AEL (Marco Airosa) (7 January 2017)AEK 2–0 Nea Salamina – 1 for Nea Salamina (Goran Antonić) (14 January 2017)Karmiotissa 2–2 Anagennisi – 1 for Karmiotissa (David Manoyan) (22 January 2017)AEL 3–0 Aris – 1 for Aris (Rogério Martins) (30 January 2017)Karmiotissa 0–1 APOEL – 1 for Karmiotissa (Andreas Stavrou) (11 February 2017)AEL 1–1 AEK – 1 for AEK (Daniel Mojsov) (12 February 2017)Ethnikos 2–2 Apollon – 1 for Ethnikos (Aleksandr Dovbnya) (12 February 2017)
