1977–78 Cypriot First Division
# 1977–78 Cypriot First Division

The 1977–78 Cypriot First Division was the 39th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AC Omonia (C) | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 15 | +62 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | APOEL F.C. | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 41 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | EN Paralimni | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 36 | |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 35 | |
| 6 | Alki Larnaca FC | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Aris Limassol F.C. | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 31 | |
| 8 | EPA Larnaca FC | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 31 | |
| 9 | Apollon Limassol | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 30 | |
| 10 | Nea Salamis FC | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 28 | |
| 11 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 25 | |
| 12 | AEL Limassol | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 24 | |
| 13 | APOP Paphos | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 22 | |
| 14 | Evagoras Paphos | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 20 | |
| 15 | Digenis Akritas Morphou | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 19 | |
| 16 | Chalkanoras Idaliou (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 62 | −40 | 18 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | APP | ARS | DGN | ENP | EPA | EVA | NSL | OLY | OMO | POL | CHL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEL | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Alki | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Anorthosis | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| APOEL | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Apollon | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| APOP | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Aris | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Digenis | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–5 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| ENP | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| EPA | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Evagoras | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Nea Salamis | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Olympiakos | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Omonia | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Pezoporikos | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| Chalkanoras | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | |
