2016–17 STOK Elite Division

The 2016–17 STOK Elite Division was the 2nd season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league.

STOK Elite Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	Onisilos Sotira 2014 (1st title)
Promoted	Onisilos Sotira 2014 APEA Akrotiriou Finikas Elpida
Relegated	ASPIS Pylas Koloni Geroskipou FC Lenas Lemesou Spartakos Kitiou
Matches played	161
Goals scored	485 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Valentinos Aristidou (14 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2016–17 STOK Elite 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 Third Division and the last two teams were relegated to the regional leagues.^[1]

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 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division

• Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion
• Peyia 2014
• AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou

Teams relegated from 2015–16 Cypriot Third Division

• Kouris Erimis
• Amathus Ayiou Tychona

Teams promoted from regional leagues

• Doxa Paliometochou
• Atlas Aglandjias
• Koloni Geroskipou FC

Teams relegated to regional leagues

• Enosis Kokkinotrimithia
• Adonis Idaliou

Stadia and locations

APEA

Amathus

Kouris

Kornos

Onisilos

Koloni

Peyia

ASPIS

Atlas

Elpida

Frenaros

Spartakos

Lenas

Finikas

Locations of the 2016–17 STOK Elite Division teams.

Club	Venue
Amathus	Ayios Tychonas Municipal Stadium
APEA Akrotiriou	Olympos Acheritou Stadium
ASPIS Pylas	Pyla Municipal Stadium
Atlas Aglandjias	Aglandjia Municipal Stadium
Elpida Astromeriti	Katokopia Municipal Stadium
Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous	Euripides Municipal Stadium
Frenaros FC	Frenaros Municipal Stadium
Koloni Geroskipou FC	Geroskipou Municipality Stadium
Kornos FC	Kornos Municipal Stadium
Kouris Erimis	Erimi Municipal Stadium
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	Ayia Pasaskevi Livadion Municipality Stadium
Lenas Limassol	Trachoni Municipal Stadium
Onisilos Sotira	Sotira Municipal Stadium
Spartakos Kitiou	Kiti Municipal Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Onisilos Sotira 2014 (C, P)	26	19	5	2	58	19	+39	62	Promotion to Cypriot Third Division
2	APEA Akrotiriou (P)	26	15	5	6	40	27	+13	50
3	Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous (P)	26	14	4	8	38	31	+7	46
4	Elpida Astromeriti (P)	26	12	3	11	38	31	+7	39[a]
5	Frenaros FC 2000	26	11	6	9	45	49	−4	39[a]
6	Amathus Ayiou Tychona[b]	26	11	9	6	43	31	+12	39[a]
7	Kouris Erimis	26	11	5	10	39	37	+2	38[c]
8	Atlas Aglandjias	26	11	5	10	48	39	+9	38[c]
9	Doxa Paliometochou	26	11	4	11	47	45	+2	37
10	Kornos FC 2013	26	10	6	10	44	47	−3	36[d]
11	ASPIS Pylas (R)	26	11	3	12	38	40	−2	36[d]	Relegation to the regional leagues
12	Koloni Geroskipou FC (R)	26	7	7	12	37	43	−6	28
13	Lenas Lemesou (R)	26	3	5	18	32	62	−30	14
14	Spartakos Kitiou (R)	26	0	5	21	25	64	−39	5

Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Elpida 7 points, Frenaros 6 points, Amathus 4 points.
2. Amathus were deducted three points as their fans stopped the home match against Elpida Astromeriti at the 79th minute, and the score was 2–0 for the away team.
3. Head-to-head record: Kouris 1–0 Atlas, Atlas 1–1 Kouris.
4. Head-to-head record: Kornos FC 2013 2–0 ASPIS, ASPIS 1–0 Kornos FC 2013.

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	APEA	ASP	ATL	DOX	ELP	FIN	FRE	KOL	KOR	KOU	LEN	ONI	SPA
Amathus Ayiou Tychona	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–2
APEA Akrotiriou	2–0	—	2–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1
ASPIS Pylas	2–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0
Atlas Aglandjias	1–1	0–2	1–0	—	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	7–0	1–2	4–2
Doxa Paliometochou	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–3	—	2–2	2–4	2–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–4	1–0
Elpida Astromeriti	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–5	1–0	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–2
Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–3	3–2	1–0	—	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–0
Frenaros FC 2000	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2
Koloni Geroskipou FC	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	—	0–1	2–1	4–2	1–4	2–2
Kornos FC 2013	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	0–5	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	—	1–1	6–1	1–4	4–1
Kouris Erimis	0–1	0–2	6–7	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	5–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	3–1
Lenas Lemesou	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	—	0–4	4–4
Onisilos Sotira 2014	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	5–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–0
Spartakos Kitiou	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–5	0–1	1–2	0–3	—

Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Sources

• "2015/16 STOK Elite Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
• "League standings". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-10.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Results". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-10.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Teams". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-10.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Scorers". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

See also

• STOK Elite Division
• 2016–17 Cypriot First Division
• 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division
• 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division
• 2016–17 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions