Season trivia for Cypriot First Division 2022/2023
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2022/2023 Cypriot First Division season in Cyprus.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2022/2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kingsley Sarfo, playing for APOEL Nicosia, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 26 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between APOEL Nicosia-Aris Limassol.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2022/2023 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ivan Trichkovski (AEK Larnaca) - October 2022
Jairo (Pafos) - October 2022
Jairo (Pafos) - December 2022
Jairo (Pafos) - January 2023
Samuel Mráz (Anorthosis) - February 2023
Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) - February 2023
Diego Dorregaray (Nea Salamis Famagusta) - March 2023
Miguel Ángel Guerrero (Anorthosis) - April 2023
Berat Sadik (Doxa Katokopias) - April 2023
Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) - May 2023
Diego Dorregaray (Nea Salamis Famagusta) - May 2023
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored three times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2022/2023 season was Diego Dorregaray in Nea Salamis Famagusta, in total he did it ten times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ivan Trichkovski in AEK Larnaca during the 2022/2023 season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Mounir El Allouchi, in total he scored six penalties for his Karmiotissa Polemidion.
Most penalty goals by team
Karmiotissa Polemidion was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, four players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Ivan Trichkovski (AEK Larnaca)
Tidjani Anaane (Doxa Katokopias)
Florian Taulemesse (Nea Salamis Famagusta)
Roman Bezus (Omonia Nicosia)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Pafos was the best team, in total they scored eight goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2022/2023 season was Khaled Adénon, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Cypriot First Division, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Anorthosis scored five own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2022/2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Jairo in Pafos scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Diego Dorregaray in Nea Salamis Famagusta who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 10 times, and the players who did this were Jairo (Pafos) and Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol).
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 9 consecutive wins in the 2022/2023 season, and those teams were APOEL Nicosia and AEK Larnaca.
Most matches in a row without losing
Aris Limassol were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022/2023 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Akritas Chlorakas had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Cypriot First Division during the 2022/2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Akritas Chlorakas managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Karmiotissa Polemidion, Apollon Limassol and Doxa Katokopias, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Olympiakos Nicosia have managed this in five matches during the 2022/2023 season, more than any other team in Cypriot First Division.