2002–03 Cypriot Third Division

The 2002–03 Cypriot Third Division was the 32nd season of the Cypriot third-level football league. PAEEK FC won their 2nd title.

Cypriot Third Division

Season	2002–03
Champions	PAEEK FC (2nd title)
Promoted	PAEEK FC Akritas Omonia Ar.
Relegated	Othellos Achyronas Elia
Matches played	182
Goals scored	644 (3.54 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2002–03 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 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2003–04 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 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division

• SEK Agiou Athanasiou
• Ayia Napa
• AEK/Achilleas Ayiou Theraponta

Teams relegated from 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division

• Omonia Aradippou
• AEZ Zakakiou
• Adonis Idaliou

Teams promoted from 2001–02 Cypriot Fourth Division

• AEM Mesogis
• Elpida Xylofagou
• Achyronas Liopetriou

Teams relegated to 2002–03 Cypriot Fourth Division

• PEFO Olympiakos
• Rotsidis Mammari
• ATE PEK Ergaton

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	PAEEK FC (C, P)	26	19	3	4	68	28	+40	60	Promoted to Cypriot Second Division
2	Akritas Chlorakas (P)	26	17	5	4	75	23	+52	56
3	Omonia Aradippou (P)	26	17	2	7	53	41	+12	53
4	AEM Mesogis	26	15	3	8	50	36	+14	48
5	MEAP Nisou	26	13	3	10	47	43	+4	42
6	Sourouklis Troullon	26	11	4	11	33	46	−13	37
7	Adonis Idaliou	26	10	4	12	42	44	−2	34
8	Kinyras Empas	26	9	6	11	38	43	−5	33
9	AEZ Zakakiou	26	10	3	13	40	54	−14	33
10	Elpida Xylofagou	26	9	5	12	40	42	−2	32
11	Iraklis Gerolakkou	26	9	2	15	45	51	−6	29
12	Othellos (R)	26	7	6	13	41	55	−14	27	Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division
13	Achyronas Liopetriou (R)	26	5	7	14	43	61	−18	22
14	Elia Lythrodonta (R)	26	4	1	21	29	77	−48	13

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

Results

Home \ Away	ADN	AEZ	AEM	AKR	ACL	ELL	ELP	IRK	KNR	MPN	OTL	OMN	PKK	SRK
Adonis		1–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	4–0
AEZ	2–4		2–1	0–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–5	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–2
AEM	4–1	1–0		2–0	3–3	3–0	3–1	3–2	4–3	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–3	2–1
Akritas	1–0	5–0	3–0		3–3	7–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	7–2	6–1	2–0	6–0
Achyronas	1–0	1–1	0–5	0–5		2–0	2–4	3–2	1–1	3–4	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1
Elia	0–2	2–1	0–3	0–6	1–6		1–4	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–3	1–2
Elpida	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–0		1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1
Iraklis	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–4	2–0		0–1	6–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1
Kinyras	1–1	3–4	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	4–3	1–2		3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–0
MEAP	4–3	1–3	2–2	1–0	4–3	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		0–0	4–0	1–2	2–0
Othellos	4–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	11–3	5–2	2–4	3–1	1–2		0–3	1–1	3–1
Omonia	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–4	5–4	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	7–0		2–2	2–1
PAEEK FC	7–3	5–3	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	1–2	2–0	5–0	2–0	5–0	0–1		3–0
Sourouklis	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	4–3	3–0	1–0	0–5

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

See also

• Cypriot Third Division
• 2002–03 Cypriot First Division
• 2002–03 Cypriot Cup

Sources

• "2002/03 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.