1996–97 Cypriot Third Division
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The 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division was the 26th season of the Cypriot third-level
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Rotsidis Mammari Rotsidis Mammari is a Cypriot football club based in Mammari. Founded in 1961, was playing sometimes in Second and sometimes in the Third and Fourth Division. Honours * Cypriot Third Division: ** Champions (1): 1997 Events Janua ...
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 The 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division was the 43rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Olympiakos won their 2nd title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. Each team played against every o ...
and the last three teams were relegated to the
1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division The 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 13th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. SEK won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twic ...
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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 The 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division was the 42nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. AEL won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twic ...
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Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Third Division. Ermis' greatest success ca ...
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Achyronas Liopetriou Achyronas Liopetriou was a Cypriot football club based in Liopetri. Founded in 1956, the club played in the Cypriot Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. On 23 June 2022, the club merged with Onisilos Sotira 2014 to form Achyronas-Onisilos ...
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AEK Kakopetrias AEK Kakopetrias was a Cypriot football club based in Kakopetria. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division. Honours * Cypriot Fourth Division: ** Champions (2): 1991, 1994 The year 1994 was desi ...
Teams relegated from
1995–96 Cypriot Second Division The 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division was the 41st season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APOP won their 6th title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twic ...
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Ethnikos Latsion FC Ethnikos Latsion () is a Cypriot association football club based in Latsia, located in the Nicosia District The Nicosia District, or simply Nicosia (also Lefkosia and Lefkoşa), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island ...
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Ayia Napa Ayia Napa ( , ), officially Romanization, romanised Agia Napa, is a Tourism in Cyprus, tourist resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus. Etymology The name Ayia Napa is derived from a Venetian Cyprus, Venetian-era monaster ...
Teams promoted from
1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division The 1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 11th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Iraklis Gerolakkou won their 2nd title. The first 3 teams were promoted to the 1995–96 Cypriot Third Division. The last three teams were rel ...
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Iraklis Gerolakkou Iraklis Gerolakkou is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the . The team was established in Gerolakkos, Nicosia in 1948. The current manager is Costas Papageorgiou. The club has played two season in the Cypriot Second Division.
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ASIL Lysi ASIL Lysi () is a Cypriot football club which was established in the town of Lysi, Famagusta. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, ASIL became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Larnaca. The club plays in the . History The c ...
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Kinyras Empas Kinyras Empas was a Cypriot football club based in Empa. The team was playing sometimes in Second, in Third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a '' ...
Teams relegated to
1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division The 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 12th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Adonis won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other tw ...
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Digenis Oroklinis Oroklini-Troulloi FC 2020 () is a Cypriot football club which is based in the village of Troulloi in Larnaca district. The club was founded in 1952 as Digenis Oroklinis. In the 2014–2015 season the team competed in the Cypriot Second Divisio ...
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Digenis Akritas Ipsona Digenis Akritas Ipsona was a Cypriot football club based in Ipsonas, Limassol. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division. In 2014 merged with Enosi Neon Ypsona to form Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona. ...
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Fotiakos Frenarou Frenaros (; ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 4 miles west of Paralimni and 9 miles northwest of Ayia Napa. In 2011, it had a population of 4,298. Overview Frenaros was named after the Fremenors, a group of Lusignan ...


League standings


Results


See also

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Cypriot Third Division The Cypriot Third Division (Greek language, Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier Association football, football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing ...
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1996–97 Cypriot First Division The 1996–97 Cypriot First Division was the 58th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 8th title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other tw ...
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1996–97 Cypriot Cup The 1996–97 Cypriot Cup was the 55th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 50 clubs entered the competition. It began on 9 November 1996 with the preliminary round and concluded on 17 May 1997 with the final which was held at Makario Stadium. ...


Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Cypriot Third Division Cypriot Third Division seasons
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1996–97 in Cypriot football