0-0.
Both teams needed something from Friday. Neither scored.
Pafos fourth in the table with 55 points. APOEL fifth with 49. The season ends like this — a goalless draw between two clubs who came into the final day needing more than one point.
The Stelios Kyriakidis Stadium in Paphos hosted Cyprus league football for what felt like the last time this season without any real drama. No goals. Seven yellow cards between the two sides. Nothing to celebrate at the final whistle except that it was over.
APOEL’s Struggle
In their last five games APOEL scored 0.2 goals per match. Not per half. Per match. That is one goal across five games.
Friday was more of the same.
Their best spell in this fixture this season ended when results did not follow. In 13 meetings between these clubs since 2023, APOEL have won six and Pafos four, with three draws. The head-to-head marginally favours APOEL. The recent form does not.
They came to Paphos and created nothing that stuck. A team who won the title two seasons ago — their 29th — sitting fifth, failing to score, ending a season with a 0-0 draw away from home.
Something has to change in the summer.
Pafos Were Not Better
Pafos were previous season champions. Won it last year — their first ever title. Pafos won the 2024-25 Cypriot First Division for their first title, finishing on top of the table.
Defending it has not gone to plan. Fourth place. Not the second or third they might have aimed for. Not the top. Fourth.
Their previous game was a 2-2 draw with AEK Larnaca. Before that the results had been inconsistent. Friday they drew 0-0. Three consecutive draws to close the season out. The championship feeling of last year is a long way away right now.
Aris Limassol won their first title in 2022-23. Pafos won theirs in 2024-25. The Cypriot First Division has been giving its title away to different clubs. This season it went to Omonia by thirteen points. That margin tells you how far ahead the champions were. Friday in Paphos was the other end of the competition.
Where Both Clubs Finish
Pafos fourth. Conference League qualifying path for next season. Not nothing. Not what they wanted.
APOEL fifth. One position below Pafos. 49 points. They had 45 before the last round — the final day gave them a point. It does not fundamentally change the picture.
Omonia won it. AEK Larnaca second. Apollon third. Then Pafos. Then APOEL. Then Aris Limassol.
Six clubs. Six different positions. None of them as far back as Enosis Neon Paralimni who were relegated. That much at least APOEL and Pafos can take from the campaign.
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Pafos FC 0-0 APOEL Nicosia Cyprus First Division Championship Group | Friday, 22 May 2026 | Stelios Kyriakidis Stadium, Paphos
H2H since 2023 (13 matches): Pafos 4W | 3D | APOEL 6W APOEL last 5 games: 0.2 goals scored per match Pafos previous result: 2-2 vs AEK Larnaca
HT: 0-0 | FT: 0-0 Table: Pafos 4th (55 pts) | APOEL 5th (49 pts).
