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 the famous Steaua Bucharest. The beginning was hard work; the hardest after losing 2–1 in the first game held in a crowded Antonis Papadopoulos. In the second match Anorthosis would succeed the impossible but finally luck played a bad game. After stunning appearance and excellent coaching from Iortaneskou tied the score with his first goal of the game Obiku and Ketsbaia led the game in overtime, where the Romanians being far more experienced competitors in front of the audience equaled getting this ticket of qualifying. The overexertion of Anorthosis players were actually moving, which realized the anorthosiatikos world and the