1971–72 Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division
Season	1971–72
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Cypriot First Division was the 33rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. Olympiakos Nicosia 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	AC Omonia (C)	22	13	6	3	30	14	+16	32	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	EPA Larnaca FC	22	11	8	3	36	17	+19	30	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	EN Paralimni	22	9	7	6	20	16	+4	25
4	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	22	6	12	4	22	18	+4	24
5	Apollon Limassol	22	8	7	7	21	21	0	23
6	Alki Larnaca FC	22	7	8	7	23	24	−1	22
7	APOEL F.C.	22	8	5	9	29	23	+6	21
8	Nea Salamis FC	22	5	10	7	16	22	−6	20
9	Digenis Akritas Morphou	22	6	8	8	12	20	−8	20
10	Pezoporikos Larnaca	22	5	9	8	14	18	−4	19	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	AEL Limassol	22	4	7	11	12	28	−16	15
12	APOP Paphos (R)	22	5	3	14	20	34	−14	13	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division

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

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	APP	DGN	ENP	EPA	NSL	OMO	POL
AEL		1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Alki	1–1		2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0
Anorthosis	0–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–0
APOEL	5–1	0–2	2–3		0–2	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
Apollon	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0
APOP	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1		2–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	3–1
Digenis	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2
ENP	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0
EPA	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	3–0		4–0	1–3	0–0
Nea Salamis	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3		1–0	1–0
Omonia	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		2–0
Pezoporikos	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1

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

References

Cyprus - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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 1971–72 in Cypriot football
« 1970–71 1972–73 »
Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

v t e 1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
« 1970–71 1972–73 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72