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.
Anorthosis Famagusta FC in European football had the Georgian Koutsaef. Uefa Cup 1994–95: After one year of absence and returned again to the UEFA Cup. Fateful meant to be this year as Anorthosis made its first European qualification for the Bulgarian FC Shumen. In the first game held at Antonis Papadopoulos the team under the guidance of Andrew Mouskalli won 2–0 with goals of Charalambous and Nikolic took clear precedence for the qualification and despite the fact that we were in a very early iterative trailing by 1–0 with goals from Ashiotis Gkogkits and Anorthosis took second victory over the Bulgarians together and qualification. In the