1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

The 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division was the 26th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Rotsidis Mammari won their 1st title.

Cypriot Third Division

Season	1996–97
Champions	Rotsidis (1st title)
Promoted	Rotsidis Iraklis G. ASIL
Relegated	Orfeas AEK Katholiki Tsaggaris
Matches played	182
Goals scored	482 (2.65 per match)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division.

Point system

Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted to 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division

• Ermis Aradippou
• Achyronas Liopetriou
• AEK Kakopetrias

Teams relegated from 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division

• Ethnikos Latsion FC
• Othellos Athienou
• Ayia Napa

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division

• Iraklis Gerolakkou
• ASIL Lysi
• Kinyras Empas

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division

• Digenis Oroklinis
• Digenis Akritas Ipsona
• Fotiakos Frenarou

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rotsidis Mammari (C, P)	26	18	5	3	54	24	+30	59	Promoted to Cypriot Second Division
2	Iraklis Gerolakkou (P)	26	15	4	7	45	28	+17	49
3	ASIL Lysi (P)	26	13	8	5	33	18	+15	47
4	Ayia Napa	26	14	4	8	47	32	+15	46
5	Kinyras Empas	26	11	10	5	29	17	+12	43
6	Othellos Athienou	26	12	3	11	41	35	+6	39
7	Anagennisi Germasogeias	26	10	6	10	39	32	+7	36
8	THOI Lakatamia	26	10	5	11	31	31	0	35
9	Elia Lythrodonta	26	9	8	9	31	34	−3	35
10	Ethnikos Latsion FC	26	9	7	10	37	38	−1	34
11	APEP Pelendriou	26	9	7	10	28	30	−2	34
12	Orfeas Nicosia (R)	26	8	5	13	32	56	−24	29	Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division
13	AEK Katholiki (R)	26	6	4	16	35	55	−20	22
14	Tsaggaris Peledriou[a] (R)	26	0	0	26	0	52	−52	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APP	ASL	ANG	ANP	THL	ELL	ETL	IRK	KIN	ORF	OTL	RTS	TSG[a]
AEK		0–0	0–0	0–2	3–4	1–4	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	4–0	4–3	2–0
APEP	2–0		2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	4–4	0–0	2–0
ASIL	2–1	1–0		2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0
Anagennisi	2–2	2–2	1–2		2–0	3–1	1–1	6–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–0
Ayia Napa	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1		4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–0
THOI	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–3	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0
Elia	2–3	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		2–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0
Ethnikos	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2		0–1	0–3	3–4	2–2	2–2	2–0
Iraklis	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	5–2	1–0		1–1	7–0	1–3	1–2	2–0
Kinyras	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0
Orfeas	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–8	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3		1–0	1–1	2–0
Othellos	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	5–0	0–2	3–0	3–2	2–1		1–3	2–0
Rotsidis	8–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	5–2	1–0		2–0
Tsaggaris[b]	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.
2. Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.

See also

• Cypriot Third Division
• 1996–97 Cypriot First Division
• 1996–97 Cypriot Cup

Sources

• "1996/97 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.