The 2013–14 Cypriot First Division was the 75th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 31 August 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014.^[4] APOEL were the defending champions.

The league comprised eleven teams from the 2012–13 season and three promoted teams from the 2012–13 Second Division.

The 17 May 2014 title deciding match between AEL Limassol and APOEL was abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes, when a bomb thrown by AEL fans, hit and injured APOEL's player Kaká.^[5] The match was replayed behind closed doors at a neutral stadium on 31 May 2014 and APOEL achieved to win their second consecutive league title after beating AEL Limassol by 1–0.^[6] However, on 6 June 2014, the Cyprus Football Association’s (CFA) disciplinary committee – acting as an appeals board – unanimously cancelled on the CFA council’s decision to repeat the 17 May championship final, awarding the match to APOEL with a 0–3 score.^[7]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

AEP Paphos and Ayia Napa were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2012–13 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Olympiakos Nicosia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 Second Division champions Aris Limassol, runners-up AEK Kouklia and third-placed team Ermis Aradippou.

Stadia and locations

AEK Larnaca
Alki
Anorthosis
Nea Salamina

AEL
Apollon
Aris

APOEL
Omonia

Enosis

Ermis

Ethnikos

AEK Kouklia

Doxa

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Location of clubs in 2013–14 Cypriot First Division

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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK Kouklia	Stavros Fitides	Alexandros Garpozis	Kappa	Christakis Petrakidis & Sons
AEK Larnaca	Floros Nicolaou	Giannis Skopelitis	Umbro	CytaVision
AEL	Ivaylo Petev	Marios Nicolaou	Nike	CytaVision
Alki	Vesko Mihajlović	Demetris Stylianou	GEMS	—
Anorthosis	Nikos Kostenoglou	Christos Marangos	Puma	CytaMobile-Vodafone
APOEL	Giorgos Donis	Marinos Satsias	Puma	MTN
Apollon	Christakis Christoforou	Giorgos Merkis	Macron	CYTA
Aris	Ton Caanen	Dušan Kerkez	Kappa	Cytanet
Doxa	Demetris Ioannou	Abel Pereira	Kappa	Cytanet
Enosis	Nikos Andronikou	Giorgos Kolanis	Umbro	CYTA
Ermis	Nicos Panayiotou	Andreas Papathanasiou	Legea	CYTA
Ethnikos	Apostolos Makrides	Christos Poyiatzis	Uhlsport	CYTA
Nea Salamina	Neophytos Larkou	Giorgos Panagi	Tempo Sport	CytaMobile-Vodafone
Omonia	Kostas Kaiafas	Georgios Efrem	Nike	CytaMobile-Vodafone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Anorthosis	Christos Kassianos	Resigned	13 August 2013[9]	Pre-season	Jorge Costa	17 August 2013[10]
Nea Salamina	Apostolos Charalambidis	Resigned	7 September 2013[11]	12th	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	11 September 2013[12]
APOEL	Paulo Sérgio	Sacked	4 October 2013[13]	5th	Giorgos Donis	11 October 2013[14]
Enosis	Saša Jovanović	Mutual consent	6 October 2013[15]	13th	Marios Karas	13 October 2013[16]
AEL	Lito Vidigal	Mutual consent	22 October 2013[17]	4th	Ivaylo Petev	25 October 2013[18]
Aris	Tasos Kyriakou	Mutual consent	25 October 2013[19]	11th	Ton Caanen	26 October 2013[20]
Enosis	Marios Karas	Mutual consent	25 November 2013[21]	13th	Nikos Andronikou	28 November 2013[22]
AEK Larnaca	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Mutual consent	16 December 2013[23]	9th	Floros Nicolaou	17 December 2013[24]
Omonia	Toni Savevski	Sacked	18 December 2013[25]	6th	Miguel Ángel Lotina	1 January 2014[26]
Ethnikos	Nikos Kolompourdas	Sacked	2 January 2014[27]	10th	Stavros Papadopoulos	2 January 2014[27]
Ethnikos	Stavros Papadopoulos	Sacked	7 January 2014[28]	11th	Apostolos Makrides	7 January 2014[28]
Nea Salamina	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Mutual consent	15 January 2014[29]	9th	Neophytos Larkou	16 January 2014[30]
Doxa	Loukas Hadjiloukas	Resigned	19 January 2014[31]	8th	Sofoklis Sofokleous	21 January 2014[32]
Anorthosis	Jorge Costa	Mutual consent	30 January 2014[33]	5th	Nikos Kostenoglou	6 February 2014[34]
Omonia	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Sacked	6 February 2014[35]	6th	Kostas Kaiafas	12 March 2014[36]
Alki	Kostas Kaiafas	Signed by Omonia	12 March 2014[37]	14th	Vesko Mihajlović	13 March 2014[38]
Doxa	Sofoklis Sofokleous	Mutual consent	9 April 2014[39]	9th	Demetris Ioannou	9 April 2014[39]
AEK Kouklia	Demetris Ioannou	Signed by Doxa	9 April 2014[40]	12th	Stavros Fitides	9 April 2014[40]

First phase

League table