Football clubs Aris, AEL, and APOEL got off to a victorious start in the first matchday of the 2025–2026 “Cyprus League by Stoiximan” which included five games.
The matches between Pafos FC – EN Paralimniou and Omonia–AEK were postponed due to the participation of Pafos, Omonia, and AEK in the UEFA Championship Play-offs. The dates for these matches will be announced at a later stage.
Meanwhile, among the newly promoted teams for the 2025–2026 football season, only Akritas Chlorakas managed to secure a point in this season’s opener.
In the context of the first matchday, they faced Ethnikos Achnas away from home, with the two teams settling for a 0-0 draw.
The team from Chloraka also started positively in their previous participation in the First Division Championship, their first in history. In the 2022–2023 season, they had won their opener against Omonia Nicosia with a 1-0 victory.
It was the first participation in the First Division Championship for Freedom24 Krasava ENY, who suffered a 2-1 defeat to APOEL, while Olympiakos also lost 2-0 in their away game against AEL.
A goal and an own goal gave AEL a 2-0 victory, in the first game of the Cyprus League season 2025 – 2026, in the match against Olympiacos Nicosia, at the “Alphamega” Stadium in Limassol. The score opened in the 21st minute with an own goal from Gerasimos Bakadimas of Olympiacos. Morgan Ferrier increased the lead for AEL with another goal in the 38th minute.
The match ended without the score changing in the second half, with AEL securing the first three points of the competition.
APOEL beat Freedom24 CSF 2-1 in Sunday’s match, at the “Famagusta – Return” stadium, as part of the start of the new seaon Cyprus League by Stoiximan.
The match between Ethnikos Achnas and Akritas ended without a goal in Dasaki.
In the “Famagusta – Return stadium in Larnaca “, the “blue and yellow” Apoel opened the scoring in the 14th minute with Korbou while the second goal was scored in the 61st minute by Pieros Sotiriou. Freedom24 CSF reduced the score through Christodoulou in the 80th minute.
Freedom24 CSF are at zero points and in 12th place, while Garcia’s Apoel team climbed to three points and at the top, tied with Aris and AEL
The current Championship, the 87th in the history of the First Division, will be conducted exactly as it was in the previous season. The 14 teams will play in the first phase over two rounds (26 matchdays).
After the conclusion of the first phase, the 14 teams will be divided into two groups based on their standings in preparation for the second phase.
