2015–16 Cypriot Third Division

The 2015–16 Cypriot Third Division was the 45th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Akritas Chlorakas won their 3rd title.

Cypriot Third Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Akritas (3rd title)
Promoted	Akritas Alki Ethnikos A.
Relegated	Kouris Amathus
Matches played	240
Goals scored	677 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dion Esajas (27 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Format

Sixteen teams participated in the 2015–16 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 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2016–17 STOK Elite Division.^[1][2] However, after the end of the season Nikos & Sokratis Erimis withdrew from the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division, and so the 14th-placed team remained to Third Division.^[3]

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 2015–16 Cypriot Second Division

• THOI Lakatamia
• ASIL Lysi
• PAEEK

Teams relegated from 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division

• APEP

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division

• Alki Oroklini
• P.O. Xylotymbou
• Iraklis Gerolakkou
• Olympias Lympion
• Kouris Erimis

Teams relegated to 2015-16 STOK Elite Division

• Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous

Stadia and locations

Akritas

Alki

Amathus

APEP

ASIL

Achyronas

Digenis, Ethnikos Assia

Ethnikos Latsion

ENY

Iraklis

Kouris

MEAP

Xylotymbou

Ormideia FC

Olympias

Chalkanoras

Locations of the 2015–16 Cypriot Third Division teams.

Club	Venue
Akritas	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
Alki Oroklini	Oroklini Municipal Stadium
Amathus	Ayios Tychonas Municipal Stadium
APEP	Kyperounda Municipal Stadium
Achyronas	Liopetri Municipal Stadium
Digenis	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos A.	Makario Stadium
Ethnikos L.	Latsia Municipal Stadium
ENY-Digenis	Stelios Chari Stadium
Iraklis Gerolakkou	Kykkos Stadium
Kouris Erimis	Erimi Municipal Stadium
MEAP	Theodorio Koinotiko
Olympias Lympion	Olympias Lympion Stadium
P.O. Xylotymbou	Xylotympou Municipal Stadium
Ormideia FC	Ormideia Municipal Stadium
Chalkanoras	Chalkanoras Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Akritas Chlorakas (C, P)	30	21	4	5	72	21	+51	67[a]	Promoted to Cypriot Second Division
2	Alki Oroklini (P)	30	21	4	5	62	25	+37	67[a]
3	Ethnikos Assia (P)	30	18	3	9	64	34	+30	57
4	MEAP Nisou	30	14	8	8	51	33	+18	50
5	Achyronas Liopetriou	30	14	7	9	44	36	+8	49
6	Chalkanoras Idaliou	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	47
7	P.O. Xylotymbou	30	12	8	10	36	43	−7	44
8	Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona	30	10	9	11	31	38	−7	39
9	Olympias Lympion	30	11	5	14	38	48	−10	38[b]
10	Iraklis Gerolakkou	30	10	8	12	39	41	−2	38[b]
11	Digenis Akritas Morphou	30	9	7	14	44	59	−15	34[c]
12	Ormideia FC	30	9	7	14	37	50	−13	34[c]
13	Ethnikos Latsion	30	8	9	13	24	39	−15	33[d]
14	APEP	30	9	6	15	38	55	−17	33[d]	Spared from relegation[e]
15	Kouris Erimis (R)	30	5	5	20	27	53	−26	20	Relegated to STOK Elite Division
16	Amathus Ayiou Tychona (R)	30	2	11	17	26	68	−42	17

Source: League standings at CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Akritas-Alki 3–0, Alki-Akritas 1–0
2. Olympias-Iraklis 1–1, Iraklis-Olympias 0–1
3. Digenis-Ormidia FC 0–2, Ormidia FC-Digenis 2–4
4. Ethnikos Latsion-APEP 4–0, APEP-Etnikos Latsion 1–0
5. APEP were relegated at the end of the season. However, they maintained their place in the Cypriot Third Division, after replacing Nikos & Sokratis Erimis which withdrew before the start of the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	AKR	ALK	AMT	APP	ACH	DGN	ETS	ENL	ENY	IRK	KRS	MPN	POX	ORM	OLM	CHL
Akritas		3–0	3–1	7–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	6–1	5–0	3–0	3–1
Alki	1–0		1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	4–3	1–1	3–0	3–2	4–0	0–1
Amathus	0–2	0–2		0–3	1–1	2–1	2–5	0–1	3–3	0–3	1–0	2–7	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1
APEP	1–0	0–2	5–0		3–3	3–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–3[a]	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3
Achyronas	0–1	0–4	2–0	3–2		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	5–3	2–0
Digenis	4–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	5–3		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–2
Ethnikos Assia	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–1		3–1	4–2	3–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Ethnikos Latsion	0–2	1–3	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–4		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
ENY-Digenis	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Iraklis	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	2–3		2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1
Kouris	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1
MEAP	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	6–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–1		4–2	1–1	2–1	2–0
POX	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	3–2
Ormideia FC	1–1	1–3	5–2	3–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–0		4–1	0–2
Olympias	0–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–3	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–1
Chalkanoras	0–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–0

Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. APEP Pitsilia – Iraklis Gerolakkou awarded 0–3. Originally 2–2.^[4]

See also

• Cypriot Third Division
• 2015–16 Cypriot First Division
• 2015–16 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions

Sources

• "2015/16 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
• "League standings" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Results" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
• "Teams" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Scorers" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}