1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

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 →

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

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

Teams relegated from 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld.	W.	D.	L.	GF.	GA.	GF.	Pts.	Notes
1	Rotsidis Mammari	26	18	5	3	54	24	30	59	Champions-Promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division.
2	Iraklis Gerolakkou	26	15	4	7	45	28	17	49	Promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division.
3	ASIL Lysi	26	13	8	5	33	18	15	47	Promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division.
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	26	8	5	13	32	56	-24	29	Relegated to 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division.
13	AEK Katholiki	26	6	4	16	35	55	-20	22
14	Tsaggaris Peledriou¹	26	0	0	26	0	52	-52	0

Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for

¹Tsaggaris 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
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	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

Sources

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

Cypriot Third Division

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Associated competitions	First Division Second Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup Cypriot Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup

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1996–97 in Cypriot football

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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division

Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup

European competitions	Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

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