1982–83 Cypriot First Division

The 1982–83 Cypriot First Division was the 44th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 12th title.

Cypriot First Division

Season	1982–83
Champions	Omonia (12th title)
Relegated	Olympiakos APOP
European Cup	Omonia (1st round)
UEFA Cup	Anorthosis (1st round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Enosis (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	443 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Panikos Hatziloizou (17 goals)[1]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1982–83 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last two teams were relegated to the 1983–84 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1983–84 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup.

Changes from previous season

Keravnos and Evagoras Paphos were relegated from previous season and played in the 1982–83 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1981–82 Cypriot Second Division, Alki Larnaca and Aris Limassol.

Stadia and locations

APOEL
Omonia

Olympiakos

AEL
Apollon
Aris

POL
EPA
Alki
Nea Salamina

ENP

Anorthosis

Omonia Ar.

APOP

1982–83 Cypriot First Division

Club	Venue
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Alki	GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis	Dasaki Stadium
APOEL	Makario Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
APOP	GSK Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Enosis	Paralimni Stadium
EPA	GSZ Stadium
Nea Salamina	GSZ Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonoia Ar.	Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia	Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos	GSZ Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Omonia (C)	26	16	6	4	52	17	+35	38	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	12	11	3	46	21	+25	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	APOEL	26	11	10	5	33	20	+13	32
4	AEL Limassol	26	12	7	7	29	22	+7	31
5	Pezoporikos Larnaca	26	9	10	7	26	19	+7	28
6	Omonia Aradippou	26	11	6	9	34	34	0	28
7	Alki Larnaca	26	8	11	7	32	35	−3	27
8	Aris Limassol	26	10	5	11	42	39	+3	25
9	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	5	13	8	35	40	−5	23	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
10	EPA Larnaca	26	8	6	12	22	33	−11	22
11	Apollon Limassol	26	6	9	11	24	38	−14	21
12	Nea Salamis	26	6	8	12	28	39	−11	20
13	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	26	5	10	11	26	45	−19	20	Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14	APOP Paphos (R)	26	5	4	17	14	41	−27	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for. Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Enosis Neon Paralimni qualified to 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup because Cypriot Cup winner, Omonia, already qualified to 1983–84 European Cup

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	APP	ARS	ENP	EPA	NSL	OLY	OMA	OMN	POL
AEL		2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Alki	0–0		0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1
Anorthosis	2–1	1–1		1–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	5–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1
APOEL	1–0	2–2	0–2		2–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–2
Apollon	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–2		2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1
APOP	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–4	0–1
Aris	3–0	3–1	2–5	0–0	0–0	3–2		6–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	3–0	4–3	2–0
ENP	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	1–2	4–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1
EPA	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0
Nea Salamis	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–5	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3
Olympiakos	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–3	0–1	2–4		0–2	1–7	0–1
Omonia Ar.	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		0–2	2–0
Omonia	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		2–1
Pezoporikos	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1

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

See also

• Cypriot First Division
• 1982–83 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions