Cypriot First Division (women)

Cypriot First Division
Organising bodyCyprus Football Association
Founded1998 (1998)
Country Cyprus
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs5
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cups
International cupUEFA Women's Champions League
Current championsApollon Ladies (16th title)
(2025–26)
Most championshipsApollon Ladies
(16 titles)
Top scorerKrystyna Freda
(358 goals)
Websitewww.cfa.com.cy
Current: 2025–26 Cypriot First Division (women)

The Cypriot First Division is the top division of women's football in Cyprus. It has been running since its establishment by the Cyprus Football Association (C.F.A) and its originator Tassos Katsikidis (vice-president of the board) during the 1998–99 season.

The winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[1] Although a Cypriot team entered the Champions League every year from 2003–04 onwards, in 2008–09 Apollon Limassol became the first team to win a point in those competitions. There is no second league in Cyprus as of 2014, thus there is no relegation in place.[2]

Current format

Each club plays the other sides twice, for a total of 18 games for each club. In the second round the teams ranked 1st to 5th play off for the title, and teams finishing 6th to 10th play each other. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. The league champions qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Champions

The table presents all the winners since the 1998–99 season, when the competition officially began.[3][4]

Key to list of winners
‡ Winning team won the Domestic Double (Women's League title and

Women's Cypriot Cup)

(#) Number of trophy won by club
Season Winner
1998–99 Lefkothea Latsion ‡ (1)
1999–00 AEK Konstantias (1)
2000–01 AEK Konstantias (2)
2001–02 Lefkothea Latsion (2)
2002–03 Ledra Nicosia (1)
2003–04 Ledra Nicosia ‡ (2)
2004–05 AEK Konstantias (3)
2005–06 AEK Konstantias ‡ (4)
2006–07 AEK Konstantias ‡ (5)
2007–08 Vamos Idaliou ‡ (1)
2008–09 Apollon Ladies ‡ (1)
2009–10 Apollon Ladies ‡ (2)
2010–11 Apollon Ladies ‡ (3)
Season Winner
2011–12 Apollon Ladies ‡ (4)
2012–13 Apollon Ladies ‡ (5)
2013–14 Apollon Ladies ‡ (6)
2014–15 Apollon Ladies ‡ (7)
2015–16 Apollon Ladies ‡ (8)
2016–17 Apollon Ladies ‡ (9)
2017–18 Barcelona FA (1)
2018–19 Apollon Ladies (10)
2019–20
Abandoned due to COVID-19
2020–21 Apollon Ladies (11)
2021–22 Apollon Ladies ‡ (12)
2022–23 Apollon Ladies ‡ (13)
2023–24 Apollon Ladies ‡ (14)
2024–25 Apollon Ladies ‡ (15)
2025–26 Apollon Ladies ‡ (16)

Notes:

  • AEK Kokkinochorion is renamed AEK Konstantias in 2009. [5]

Performance by club

Club Winners Winning seasons
Apollon Ladies 16 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14,
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22,
2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
AEK Konstantias 5 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Lefkothea Latsion 2 1998–99, 2001–02
Ledra Nicosia 2 2002–03, 2003–04
Vamos Idaliou 1 2007–08
Barcelona FA 1 2017–18

Notes:

  • AEK Kokkinochorion is renamed AEK Konstantias in 2009. [5]

Top goalscorers

SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2008–09Cyprus Skevi AntoniouNea Salamina64
2009–10Bulgaria Liliana KostovaApollon27
2010–11Bulgaria Liliana KostovaApollon30
2011–12Romania Alexandra IusanApollon13
Bulgaria Liliana Kostova
2012–13Romania Laura RusApollon21
2013–14Cyprus Marilena GeorgiouApollon14
2014–15Sweden Maria JohanssonA.E. Ammochostou40
2015–16Cyprus Antri ViolariApollon43
2016-17Canada Meagan KellyApollon24
2017–18Cyprus Krystyna FredaBarcelona61
2018–19Cyprus Krystyna FredaBarcelona77
2019–20Cyprus Krystyna FredaApollon59
2020–21Cyprus Krystyna FredaApollon45
2021–22Cyprus Krystyna FredaApollon39
2022-23Sweden Emelie HelmvallApollon37
2023–24Ghana Elshaddai AcheampongApollon19
2024-25Cyprus Krystyna FredaApollon12
2025-26Cyprus Kinga EjzelAris Limassol21
Most time goalscorers
  • 6 times
    • Krystyna Freda (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2024-25)
Most goals by a player in a single season

References

  1. ↑ 19:37 IST, TEAM SPORTSTAR (3 July 2022). "Manisha Kalyan joins Apollon Ladies, to become first Indian to play in UEFA Women's Champions League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Women's football across the national associations (2013/14)" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Πρωταθλήτριες Ομάδες Γυναικών". CFA (in Greek). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Cyprus – List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Ώρα για δράση και στο Γυναικείο Πρωτάθλημα". CFA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
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