AC Omonia was then accepted by the Cyprus Football Association to participate in the Cypriot First Division After joining the Cypriot First Division in 1953, Omonia only placed seventh out of nine teams in the 1953–54 season, barely avoiding relegation. During that decade, the club's best placing came during the 1956–57 season when the club finished in the third position. The team would make its closest push for the title during the 1959–60 season after finishing second, one point behind Anorthosis Famagusta. The following year, after seven seasons in the First Division, the club would win its first title in 1960–61 season.
German football clubs in European competitions the German football represented by two countries and two different championships, the Bundesliga and the DDR-Oberliga. After the German reunified on October 1990, Bundesliga became the league for all of Germany. West German football clubs have entered European association football competitions since season 1955–56, when Rot-Weiss Essen took part in European Cup competition. East German football clubs have entered European association football competitions two years later, since season 1957–58, when FC Erzgebirge Aue took part in European Cup competition. So far, the German clubs have won 7 times the Champions League/European Cup (Bayern, Dortmund and Hamburg), 6 times the Europa