1971–72 Cypriot First Division
# 1971–72 Cypriot First Division

The 1971–72 Cypriot First Division was the 33rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. Olympiakos Nicosia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AC Omonia (C) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 32 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | EPA Larnaca FC | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 30 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | EN Paralimni | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 25 | |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | Alki Larnaca FC | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 22 | |
| 7 | APOEL F.C. | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Nea Salamis FC | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Digenis Akritas Morphou | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 20 | |
| 10 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 19 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | AEL Limassol | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 15 | |
| 12 | APOP Paphos (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 13 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | APP | DGN | ENP | EPA | NSL | OMO | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEL | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Alki | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Anorthosis | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| APOEL | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Apollon | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| APOP | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Digenis | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| ENP | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| EPA | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Nea Salamis | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Omonia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Pezoporikos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
