1961–62 Cypriot First Division
# 1961–62 Cypriot First Division

The 1961–62 Cypriot First Division was the 24th season of the Cypriot top-level football league.

## Overview

It was contested by 13 teams, and Anorthosis Famagusta FC won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC (C) | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 35 | |
| 2 | AC Omonia | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 31 | |
| 3 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 30 | |
| 4 | AEL Limassol | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 28 | |
| 5 | Nea Salamis FC | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 28 | |
| 6 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 26 | |
| 7 | Orfeas Nicosia | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 24 | |
| 8 | Aris Limassol F.C. | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 24 | |
| 9 | APOEL F.C. | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 22 | |
| 10 | Apollon Limassol | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 22 | |
| 11 | EPA Larnaca FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 21 | |
| 12 | Alki Larnaca FC | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 19 | |
| 13 | AYMA (R) | 24 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 102 | −87 | 1 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |

* ↑ Olympiakos Nicosia had 1 point deducted.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | ARS | AYM | EPA | NSL | OLY | OMO | ORF | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEL | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Alki | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 9–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–8 |
| Anorthosis | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| APOEL | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Apollon | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 3–3 | 4–0 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Aris | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| AYMA | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 0–7 | 0–8 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| EPA | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Nea Salamis | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Olympiakos | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Omonia | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Orfeas | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | | 4–3 |
| Pezoporikos | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
