Season trivia for Cypriot First Division 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 Cypriot First Division season in Cyprus.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Pedro Marques, playing for Apollon Limassol, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Apollon Limassol-Doxa Katokopias.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2024, Georgi Minchev () scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Marios Ilia in Ethnikos Achnas scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of seven matches during the season:
Enzo Cabrera ()
Marios Ilia (Ethnikos Achnas)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were three players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, five times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between two players, all of whom scored five penalties each, and these were Muamer Tankovic () and Marios Ilia (Ethnikos Achnas).
Most penalty goals by team
Karmiotissa Polemidion was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Andreas Katsantonis was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored four stoppage time goals for his .
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Karmiotissa Polemidion was the best team, in total they scored ten goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
two players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2020/2021 season in Cypriot First Division. These players each scored two own goals and they were Ángel Garcia () and Serge Leuko ().
Most own goals by team
Nea Salamis Famagusta scored five own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Zakaria Sawo in Aris Limassol scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Marios Ilia in Ethnikos Achnas who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Andreas Katsantonis in scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Cypriot First Division during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 7 consecutive wins in the 2020/2021 season, and those teams were Aris Limassol and APOEL Nicosia.
Most matches in a row without losing
AEK Larnaca were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Doxa Katokopias had a streak of 11 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Cypriot First Division during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2020/2021 season was 14 matches in a row, and it was Doxa Katokopias and Othellos Athienou who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Omonia Nicosia and AEL Limassol, 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 AEZ Zakakiou have managed this in eight matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Cypriot First Division.