The Cypriot First Division championship (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Α' Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association.
At present, 12 clubs compete in the league. Each club plays the others
twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents,
which makes a total of 22 games for each club. Since 2007–08 season the
league has a second round play-off system. In the second round the 12
teams are separated into two groups of six teams according to their
position at the end of the first round. The points from the first round
are carried to the second round and the teams play each other twice (10
more matches). At the end of the second round, the bottom two teams of
the relegation group are relegated to the Second Division.
The 2014–15 Cypriot First Division is the 77th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 23 August 2014 and will end on 17 May 2015. APOEL are the defending champions.
The league reduced from 14 to 12 teams this season, comprised ten teams from the 2012–13 season and two promoted teams from the 2013–14 B1 Division.
Source: Cyprus Football Association
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