Cyta Championship 2023/2024 : Results, rankings and all statistics

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : Cyprus

Games played : 268

Goals scored : 778 (2.9 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 1187

Red cards : 67

42%
Home victories

23%
Draws

35%
Away victories

Players age average : 27.54 years

Number of players participating : 497

Promoted : Ethnikos Achnas, Othellos Athienou, AEZ Zakakiou

Relegated to lower tier : Olympiakos Nicosia, EN Paralimni, Akritas Chlorakas

Cyta Championship 2023/2024's fixtures and results

Playoffs - Round 40

May 10, 2024

17'Berat Sadik

56'Berat Sadik (p)

62'Adil Nabi

90+2'Adil Nabi

90+6'Viktoras Neokleous

66'Slobodan Medojevic

74'Ahmad Mendes Moreira

23'Aboubacar Doumbia

82'Karim Rossi

90+6'Andreas Katsantonis (p)

May 12, 2024

General rankingLast updated on 05/03/2025

Regalar season

Playoffs

Relegation roundChampionship round

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
APOEL733622776324+39
2
                        
AEK Larnaca7336211055731+26
3
                        
Omonia Nicosia693620976237+25
4
                        
Apollon Limassol66401812106438+26
5
                        
Aris Limassol6536205116334+29
6
                        
Pafos6236188106033+27
7
                        
AEL Limassol5440159166168-7
8
                        
Anorthosis5336158134642+4
9
                        
Nea Salamina5140149175261-9
10
                        
Ethnikos Achnas50401311167079-9
11
                        
Karmiotissa40401010205877-19
12
                        
Doxa Katokopias3540105253477-43
13
                        
Othellos334089234877-29
14
                        
AEZ Zakakiou18402122640100-60

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
7
                        
Apollon Limassol66401812106438+26
8
                        
AEL Limassol5440159166168-7
9
                        
Nea Salamina5140149175261-9
10
                        
Ethnikos Achnas50401311167079-9
11
                        
Karmiotissa40401010205877-19
12
                        
Doxa Katokopias3540105253477-43
13
                        
Othellos334089234877-29
14
                        
AEZ Zakakiou18402122640100-60

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
APOEL733622776324+39
2
                        
AEK Larnaca7336211055731+26
3
                        
Omonia Nicosia693620976237+25
4
                        
Aris Limassol6536205116334+29
5
                        
Pafos6236188106033+27
6
                        
Anorthosis5336158134642+4

Latest transfers

April 18, 2024
Borče Gjurev mana.( Free)		Ethnikos A

March 12, 2024
Vladica Petrovic mana.( Unknown)		AEZ Zakakiou

March 08, 2024
Marios Charalambous mana.		Karmiotissa

February 21, 2024
Ioannis Anastasiou mana.( Free)		Omonia

February 10, 2024
Jason Puncheon mana.( Free)		AEZ Zakakiou
Mesca ( Free)		Doxa

February 01, 2024
Titos Prokopiou ( Omonia)		Nea Salamina
Marios Tziortzis ( Om. Aradippou)		AEK

January 31, 2024
Gabriel Maioli ( São Paulo U-20)		APOEL
Cipriano ( Fluminense)		APOEL
Lautaro Cano ( Vélez Sarsfield B)		AEL
Danny Henriques ( FCU Craiova)		AEK

All transfers

The best XI according to FBDB Index

Belec

Vid Belec

Slovenia

B.date06/06/1990

Age35 years

H1m92

Dionkou

Alpha Dionkou

Senegal

B.date10/10/2001

Age24 years

H1m83

Dvali

Lasha Dvali

Georgia

B.date14/05/1995

Age30 years

H1m91

Milicevic

Hrvoje Milicevic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date30/04/1993

Age32 years

H1m92

Chebake

Issam Chebake

Morocco

B.date12/10/1989

Age36 years

H1m76

Dalcio

Guinea-Bissau

B.date22/05/1996

Age29 years

H1m86

Dragomir

Vlad Dragomir

Romania

B.date24/04/1999

Age26 years

H1m78

Elia

Marios Elia

Cyprus

B.date19/05/1996

Age29 years

H1m83

Peretz

Eliel Peretz

Israel

B.date18/11/1996

Age29 years

H1m89

Semedo

Willy Semedo

Cape Verde

B.date27/04/1994

Age31 years

H1m85

Jairo

Brazil

B.date06/05/1992

Age33 years

H1m81

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Hot players

Mushaga Bakengahas scored 5 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 4 matches

Luciano Narsinghhas scored 5 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 4 matches

Ibrahim Sangaréhas scored 4 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 3 matches

Eliel Peretzhas scored 4 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

G. Christodoulouhas scored 2 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 4 matches

Theodoros Iosifidishas scored 1 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 3 matches

Michael Krmencikhas made 2 assists during the last 2 matches

Anderson Correiahas made 2 assists during the last match

Mario Jurcevichas made 2 assists during the last match

Giorgos Malekkideshas made 2 assists during the last 2 matches

Miguelitohas made 2 assists during the last match

Kenny Rocha Santoshas made 2 assists during the last 2 matches

Amine Khammashas made 2 assists during the last 2 matches

Matias Mellusohas made 2 assists during the last match

Marquinhos Ciprianohas made 2 assists during the last match

Matija Spoljarichas scored 2 goals during the last 2 matches

Fiorin Durmishajhas scored 2 goals during the last match

Adrian Slavikhas scored 2 goals during the last match

Jajáhas scored 2 goals during the last 2 matches

Rafael Lopeshas scored 2 goals during the last 2 matches

Clé Andradehas scored 2 goals during the last 2 matches

Tendayi Darikwahas scored 1 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Jan Lecjakshas scored 1 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Giorgi Kvilitaiahas scored 2 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Andreas Frangoshas scored 1 goal(s) and made 2 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Anyelo Sagalhas scored 1 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Lukas Brambillahas scored 1 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Pedro Marqueshas scored 2 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

Mark Sifneoshas scored 1 goal(s) and made 1 assist(s) during the last 2 matches

One match scorers

Francisco Solhas scored 4 goals during the match AEK Larnaca 5-5 Ethnikos Achnas (28/08/2023)

Marios Eliahas scored 3 goals during the match AEK Larnaca 5-5 Ethnikos Achnas (28/08/2023)

Pedro Marqueshas scored 3 goals during the match Apollon Limassol 4-0 Doxa Katokopias (08/10/2023)

Francisco Solhas scored 3 goals during the match AEK Larnaca 5-0 Karmiotissa (21/10/2023)

Fiorin Durmishajhas scored 3 goals during the match Ethnikos Achnas 2-3 Nea Salamina (03/01/2024)

Zakaria Sawohas scored 3 goals during the match Aris Limassol 4-0 Othellos (31/01/2024)

Andreas Katsantonishas scored 3 goals during the match Doxa Katokopias 1-4 Karmiotissa (02/03/2024)

Mushaga Bakengahas scored 3 goals during the match Ethnikos Achnas 3-3 Apollon Limassol (23/04/2024)

Andreas Katsantonishas scored 3 goals during the match Karmiotissa 6-6 Othellos (24/04/2024)

Georgi Minchevhas scored 3 goals during the match AEL Limassol 5-4 Nea Salamina (24/04/2024)

Eliel Peretzhas scored 3 goals during the match AEZ Zakakiou 1-5 Apollon Limassol (08/05/2024)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 17:24

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Marios Elia	19	5	154	2922	39	36	12	7	12	7	27%	27/04/2024
Andreas Katsantonis	19	4	129	2449	34	25	11	8	7	12	33%	10/05/2024
Enzo Cabrera	18	2	158	2843	37	32	13	5	9	9	26%	07/05/2024
Jairo	16	1	168	2693	33	33	8	8	8	8	27%	11/05/2024
Francisco Sol	15	4	157	2362	34	27	14	1	10	5	27%	06/04/2024
Muamer Tankovic	14	5	169	2361	32	28	6	8	6	8	23%	21/04/2024
Pedro Marques	13	0	177	2297	31	26	8	5	7	6	21%	12/05/2024
Sergio Castel	12	3	184	2210	32	24	7	5	4	8	26%	10/03/2024
Willy Semedo	12	0	199	2386	29	28	6	6	5	7	20%	14/04/2024
Marquinhos	10	1	233	2333	33	31	4	6	3	7	17%	11/05/2024
Yannick Gomis	10	1	194	1944	32	25	7	3	7	3	16%	11/05/2024
Sekou Gassama	9	0	155	1395	26	16	4	5	3	6	20%	10/03/2024
Fiorin Durmishaj	9	2	236	2122	33	26	2	7	6	3	17%	04/04/2024
Andronikos Kakoullis	9	2	179	1614	31	19	7	2	3	6	15%	06/04/2024
Andreas Makris	9	1	264	2375	36	27	4	5	5	4	16%	29/04/2024

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Apollon Limassol	VNea Salamina 0-2 13/04/2024	V 4-1 AEL Limassol20/04/2024	DEthnikos Achnas 3-3 23/04/2024	D 0-0 Karmiotissa29/04/2024	VAEZ Zakakiou 1-5 08/05/2024	V 4-1 Othellos12/05/2024
2	Omonia Nicosia	D 1-1 Pafos31/03/2024	V 3-0 Aris Limassol06/04/2024	VAnorthosis 0-2 14/04/2024	LAEK Larnaca 2-0 21/04/2024	V 1-0 APOEL28/04/2024	DPafos 1-1 11/05/2024
3	AEK Larnaca	L 1-2 APOEL31/03/2024	V 3-0 Pafos06/04/2024	VAris Limassol 0-1 14/04/2024	V 2-0 Omonia Nicosia21/04/2024	D 1-1 Anorthosis28/04/2024	DAPOEL 1-1 11/05/2024
4	Doxa Katokopias	LKarmiotissa 2-1 13/04/2024	V 1-0 Nea Salamina19/04/2024	VAEZ Zakakiou 2-3 23/04/2024	D 2-2 AEL Limassol29/04/2024	LOthellos 3-0 07/05/2024	V 6-3 Ethnikos Achnas10/05/2024
5	AEL Limassol	V 3-2 Othellos12/04/2024	LApollon Limassol 4-1 20/04/2024	V 5-4 Nea Salamina24/04/2024	DDoxa Katokopias 2-2 29/04/2024	LEthnikos Achnas 2-0 07/05/2024	V 4-3 Karmiotissa10/05/2024
6	APOEL	VAEK Larnaca 1-2 31/03/2024	L 0-2 Anorthosis07/04/2024	VPafos 0-2 14/04/2024	V 2-0 Aris Limassol21/04/2024	LOmonia Nicosia 1-0 28/04/2024	D 1-1 AEK Larnaca11/05/2024
7	Othellos	LAEL Limassol 3-2 12/04/2024	V 2-1 Ethnikos Achnas19/04/2024	DKarmiotissa 6-6 24/04/2024	V 3-1 AEZ Zakakiou29/04/2024	V 3-0 Doxa Katokopias07/05/2024	LApollon Limassol 4-1 12/05/2024
8	Karmiotissa	V 2-1 Doxa Katokopias13/04/2024	VAEZ Zakakiou 2-5 20/04/2024	D 6-6 Othellos24/04/2024	DApollon Limassol 0-0 29/04/2024	L 1-3 Nea Salamina07/05/2024	LAEL Limassol 4-3 10/05/2024
9	Nea Salamina	L 0-2 Apollon Limassol13/04/2024	LDoxa Katokopias 1-0 19/04/2024	LAEL Limassol 5-4 24/04/2024	V 2-1 Ethnikos Achnas27/04/2024	VKarmiotissa 1-3 07/05/2024	D 1-1 AEZ Zakakiou12/05/2024
10	Ethnikos Achnas	V 6-2 AEZ Zakakiou13/04/2024	LOthellos 2-1 19/04/2024	D 3-3 Apollon Limassol23/04/2024	LNea Salamina 2-1 27/04/2024	V 2-0 AEL Limassol07/05/2024	LDoxa Katokopias 6-3 10/05/2024
11	Pafos	DOmonia Nicosia 1-1 31/03/2024	LAEK Larnaca 3-0 06/04/2024	L 0-2 APOEL14/04/2024	V 5-1 Anorthosis21/04/2024	DAris Limassol 1-1 28/04/2024	D 1-1 Omonia Nicosia11/05/2024
12	Aris Limassol	D 1-1 Anorthosis31/03/2024	LOmonia Nicosia 3-0 06/04/2024	L 0-1 AEK Larnaca14/04/2024	LAPOEL 2-0 21/04/2024	D 1-1 Pafos28/04/2024	VAnorthosis 0-4 11/05/2024
13	Anorthosis	DAris Limassol 1-1 31/03/2024	VAPOEL 0-2 07/04/2024	L 0-2 Omonia Nicosia14/04/2024	LPafos 5-1 21/04/2024	DAEK Larnaca 1-1 28/04/2024	L 0-4 Aris Limassol11/05/2024
14	AEZ Zakakiou	LEthnikos Achnas 6-2 13/04/2024	L 2-5 Karmiotissa20/04/2024	L 2-3 Doxa Katokopias23/04/2024	LOthellos 3-1 29/04/2024	L 1-5 Apollon Limassol08/05/2024	DNea Salamina 1-1 12/05/2024

Longest streaksLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 21:09

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
APOEL	7
Aris Limassol	7
Pafos	5
AEK Larnaca	5
Apollon Limassol	5	2
Anorthosis	4
Omonia Nicosia	4
AEL Limassol	3
Ethnikos Achnas	3
AEZ Zakakiou	2
Nea Salamina	2
Othellos	2
Karmiotissa	2
Doxa Katokopias	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 21:09

Relegation round

Championship round

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
APOEL	4	6	8	8	10	6	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AEK Larnaca	11	9	7	5	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Omonia Nicosia	1	4	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	3	5	5	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Aris Limassol	4	2	1	1	1	5	6	2	1	1	3	1	1	3	5	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Pafos	2	5	4	4	3	2	3	6	6	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Anorthosis	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Apollon Limassol	8	7	6	7	5	4	5	1	3	6	6	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
AEL Limassol	6	3	5	6	7	8	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Nea Salamina	14	12	11	12	11	9	7	9	7	7	7	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9
Ethnikos Achnas	10	8	10	11	9	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Karmiotissa	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Doxa Katokopias	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Othellos	7	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
AEZ Zakakiou	11	14	14	9	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Goals per quarterLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 21:09

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	104
Best scorer : Marios Elia - 6 Goals
16 - 30	121
Best scorer : Francisco Sol - 6 Goals
31 - 45+	134
Best scorer : Jairo - 6 Goals
46 - 60	107
Best scorer : Jairo - 3 Goals
61 - 75	127
Best scorer : Mushaga Bakenga - 3 Goals
76 - 90+	182
Best scorer : Andreas Katsantonis - 7 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 21:09

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	17 times
1 - 0	44 times
1 - 1	28 times
2 - 0	36 times
2 - 1	37 times
2 - 2	11 times
3 - 0	21 times
3 - 1	17 times
3 - 2	10 times
3 - 3	4 times
4 - 0	11 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	11 times
4 - 3	4 times
5 - 0	4 times
5 - 1	5 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 4	1 times
5 - 5	1 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 2	2 times
6 - 3	1 times
6 - 6	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 21:09

General statistics by teamLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 17:24

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Doxa Katokopias	40	38	7	Nikola Trujic (9 goals)
AEZ Zakakiou	40	40	15	Nicolas Diguiny (6 goals)
AEL Limassol	38	40	19	Andreas Makris (9 goals)
Karmiotissa	37	37	13	Andreas Katsantonis (19 goals)
Anorthosis	35	34	11	Sergio Castel (12 goals)
Ethnikos Achnas	35	38	16	Marios Elia (19 goals)
Nea Salamina	34	39	15	Fiorin Durmishaj (9 goals)
Apollon Limassol	32	39	16	Pedro Marques (13 goals)
Othellos	32	36	15	Robert Pich (7 goals)
APOEL	31	30	17	Marquinhos (10 goals)
Omonia Nicosia	30	33	15	Willy Semedo (12 goals)
Aris Limassol	28	36	16	Yannick Gomis (10 goals)
Pafos	26	31	13	Jairo (16 goals)
AEK Larnaca	25	29	14	Francisco Sol (15 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 26/02/2025 at 17:13

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
AEZ Zakakiou	24.6	Nicolas Diguiny (34 years)	Ron Rubin (16 years)
Aris Limassol	24.7	Aleksandr Kokorin (31 years)	Aboubacar Loucoubar (17 years)
Pafos	25.7	Jairo (30 years)	Ikker Julian (17 years)
Karmiotissa	25.8	Stavros Tsoukalas (34 years)	Sotiris Sotiriou (15 years)
Othellos	26	Michal Duris (34 years)	Chrysis Zamanis (16 years)
Anorthosis	26.2	Sergio Tejera (32 years)	Anastasios Pishias (16 years)
Omonia Nicosia	26.3	Fabiano Freitas (34 years)	Panagiotis Andreou (16 years)
AEL Limassol	26.5	Muriel (35 years)	Christakis Neofytidis (15 years)
Ethnikos Achnas	26.6	Martin Bogatinov (36 years)	Andreas Soulis (16 years)
Nea Salamina	27.1	Anastasios Kissas (34 years)	Andreas Mavroudis (14 years)
APOEL	27.6	José Angel Crespo (35 years)	Panagiotis Kattirtzis (16 years)
Apollon Limassol	27.7	Mathieu Valbuena (38 years)	Savvas Sofokleous (16 years)
Doxa Katokopias	28.1	Khaled Adenon (37 years)	Viktoras Neokleous (14 years)
AEK Larnaca	28.8	Ivan Trickovski (35 years)	Andreas Kapsis (17 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 12:19

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Cyprus	2133	156	141
Brazil	453	21	57
Serbia	409	16	33
Portugal	348	15	40
Spain	298	16	45
Greece	252	13	17
Ghana	242	11	10
Netherlands	231	12	25
Argentina	229	11	37
Senegal	210	9	23
France	196	7	30
Romania	161	7	15
Croatia	159	6	10
North Macedonia	159	7	12
Sweden	147	7	26
Poland	128	5	13
Bosnia and Herzegovina	112	5	1
Cameroon	109	5	5
Slovakia	104	6	13
Morocco	103	4	14

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		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	APOEL	73	36	22	7	7	63	24	+39
2	AEK Larnaca	73	36	21	10	5	57	31	+26
3	Omonia Nicosia	69	36	20	9	7	62	37	+25
4	Apollon Limassol	66	40	18	12	10	64	38	+26
5	Aris Limassol	65	36	20	5	11	63	34	+29
6	Pafos	62	36	18	8	10	60	33	+27
7	AEL Limassol	54	40	15	9	16	61	68	-7
8	Anorthosis	53	36	15	8	13	46	42	+4
9	Nea Salamina	51	40	14	9	17	52	61	-9
10	Ethnikos Achnas	50	40	13	11	16	70	79	-9
11	Karmiotissa	40	40	10	10	20	58	77	-19
12	Doxa Katokopias	35	40	10	5	25	34	77	-43
13	Othellos	33	40	8	9	23	48	77	-29
14	AEZ Zakakiou	18	40	2	12	26	40	100	-60

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