1972–73 Cypriot First Division
# 1972–73 Cypriot First Division

The 1972–73 Cypriot First Division was the 34th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship. AC Omonia 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 | APOEL F.C. (C) | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 30 | |
| 5 | EN Paralimni | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 27 | |
| 6 | EPA Larnaca FC | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 26 | |
| 7 | Digenis Akritas Morphou | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 24 | |
| 9 | Evagoras Paphos | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Aris Limassol F.C. | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 22 | |
| 11 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 21 | |
| 12 | Alki Larnaca FC | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 20 | |
| 13 | Nea Salamis FC | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 14 | ASIL Lysi (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 18 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | ARS | ASL | DIG | ENP | EPA | EVG | NSL | OLY | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEL | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Alki | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Anorthosis | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| APOEL | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Apollon | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Aris | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| ASIL | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Digenis | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| ENP | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| EPA | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Evagoras | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Nea Salamis | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Olympiakos | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Pezoporikos | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
