2009–10 Cypriot First Division
The 2009–10 Cypriot First Division was the 71st season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It started on 29 August 2009. APOEL were the defending champions.
Competition modus
Fourteen teams will participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2008–09 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.Each team will play against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.
The teams ranked first through fourth will play out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.
Team changes from 2009–10
Relegated to Second Division 2009–10:- 12th-placed team: APEP Pitsilia
- 13th-placed team: Nea Salamis
- 14th-placed team: Aris
- Champions: Alki Larnaca
- Runners-up: AEK Larnaca
- 3rd-placed team: Olympiakos Nicosia
Overview
Stadiums and Locations
Due to the ongoing Cypriot separation, several clubs originally located in the Turkish occupied part of the island play in the unoccupied part. Further, not all home grounds fulfil the requirements for Cypriot top-level football. Thus, the map depicts the current home ground of each team and not its original location.| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| AEL Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| AEP Paphos | Paphos | Pafiako Stadium | 10,000 |
| Anorthosis | Larnaca | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | 10,003 |
| APEP Pitsilia | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| APOEL | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
| Apollon Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| APOP Kinyras Peyias | Peyia | Peyia Municipal Stadium | 3,828 |
| Aris Limassol | Limassol | Tsirion Stadium | 13,331 |
| Doxa Katokopia | Nicosia | Makario Stadium | 16,000 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Paralimni | Tasos Markou Stadium | 5,800 |
| Ermis Aradippou | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Ethnikos Achna | Achna | Dasaki Stadium | 7,000 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | Larnaca | Ammochostos Stadium | 5,500 |
| Omonia | Nicosia | GSP Stadium | 22,859 |
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
The following list represents every head coach change for any team during the season.| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Nea Salamina |  Michalis Hadjipieris | Mutual Consent |  Attila Supka | ||
| Anorthosis FC | Michalis Pamboris | Mutual Consent |  Ernst Middendorp | ||
| Aris Limassol | Akis Agiomamitis | Sacked | Marios Constantinou | ||
| AEL Limassol |  Mihai Stoichiţă | Sacked |  Nir Klinger | ||
| APEP Pitsilia |  Willy Scheepers | Mutual Consent |  Marc Hodel | ||
| AEP Paphos | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent | Eyal Lahman | ||
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou | Mutual Consent |  Čedomir Janevski | ||
| Ethnikos Achna |  Stéphane Demol | End of Contract | Panicos Orphanides | ||
| Anorthosis FC | Ernst Middendorp | Sacked |  Slavoljub Muslin | ||
| APEP Pitsilia |  Marc Hodel | Sacked | Nikos Andronikou | ||
| AEP Paphos | Eyal Lahman | Sacked | Tasos Kyriakou | ||
| Ethnikos Achna | Panicos Orphanides | Resigned |  Svetozar Šapurić | ||
| Ermis Aradippou | Yiannos Stavrinou | Sacked | Dusan Mitošević | ||
| Nea Salamina | Attila Supka | Sacked | Mirko Mihic | ||
| APEP Pitsilia | Nikos Andronikou | Mutual Consent | Venizelos Tsiambazis | ||
| Nea Salamina | Mirko Mihic | Mutual Consent | Louis Stefanis | ||
| AEL Limassol | Nir Klinger | Mutual Consent |  Dušan Uhrin, Jr. | ||
| Nea Salamina | Louis Stefanis | Mutual Consent | Nir Klinger | ||
| APEP Pitsilia | Venizelos Tsiambazis | Mutual Consent | Stephen Constantine | ||
| Aris Limassol | Marios Constantinou | Mutual Consent | Stéphane Demol | ||
| Apollon Limassol | Thomas von Heesen | Mutual Consent | Slobodan Krčmarević | ||
| AEP Paphos | Tasos Kyriakou | Sacked |  Savvas Kofidis | ||
| Anorthosis FC | Slavoljub Muslin | Sacked |  Nikos Nicolaou | ||
| Aris Limassol | Stéphane Demol | Sacked | Tasos Kyriakou | ||
| AEP Paphos | Savvas Kofidis | Sacked | Demetris Ioannou |
First round
League table
Results
Second round
Group A
Table
Results
Group B
Table
Results
Group C
Table
Results
Top goalscorers
Including matches played on 8 May 2010; Source:| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  José Semedo | APOP Kinyras | 22 |
| 1 |  Joeano | Ermis | 22 |
| 3 |  Gastón Sangoy | Apollon | 13 |
| 4 | Nenad Mirosavljević | APOEL | 11 |
| 4 | Michalis Konstantinou | Omonia | 11 |
| 4 | Efstathios Aloneftis | Omonia | 11 |
| 4 |  Dieter Van Tornhout | Enosis | 11 |
| 8 | Christos Marangos | Anorthosis | 10 |
| 8 |  José Henrique | Doxa | 10 |
| 8 |  Freddy | AEL | 10 |
| 8 | Cafú | Anorthosis | 10 |
| 8 | Andreas Avraam | Apollon | 10 |