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.
Northern Irish football clubs in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14. In the 2014 rankings used to allocate berths for the 2015–16 European competitions, Northern Ireland's coefficient points total will be 3.625. After earning a score of 0.875 during the 2013–14 European campaign, Northern Ireland will remain as the 47th best association in Europe out of 54 for the second consecutive season. Northern Irish football clubs in European competitions Northern Irish football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1957, when in the 1957–58 season, Glenavon took part in the European Cup – the first Northern Irish club to do so. In total, 16 different clubs