The STOK Elite Division is the fourth tier and the last professional
football league competition in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
, run by the STOK Federation of the Cypriot levels.
History
The STOK Elite Division Championship was initiated by the
Cyprus Football Association
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the foo ...
and by STOK in the
2015–16 football season as the fourth level of Cypriot football in order to replace the folded
Cypriot Fourth Division
The Cypriot Fourth Division ( el, Τέταρτη Κατηγορία) was the fourth tier football league competition in Cyprus, ran by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league were promoted to the Cypriot Th ...
.
Structure
Current format
Sixteen clubs are competing in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 games per team. The top four clubs are promoted to the
Cypriot Third Division
The Cypriot Third Division (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league are promoted to t ...
and the bottom four are relegated to Cypriot regional levels.
Teams
The twenty four teams participating in the
2021–22 season are:
Winners
The following teams have won the STOK Elite Division:
Performance by club
Number of participating, promoted and relegated teams per season
The number of the participated teams and the number of the teams that were promoted to the
Cypriot Third Division
The Cypriot Third Division (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league are promoted to t ...
and the teams that were relegated were changed many times over the years.
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So far, 30 teams participated in the STOK Elite Division since 2015–16 (including the
2018–19 season).
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AEN, , 3
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ASPIS Pylas, , 3
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Atlas Aglandjias, , 3
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Doxa Paliometochou, , 3
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Kornos FC, , 3
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Amathus
Amathus or Amathous ( grc, Ἀμαθοῦς) was an ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its impressive remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about west ...
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APEA Akrotiriou
APEA FC ( el, ΑΠΕΑ; ''Αθλητική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση Ακρωτηρίου'', Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Akrotiriou) is a Cypriot football club, based in Akrotiri. The club currently compete in the Cypriot Third Divis ...
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Elia Lythrodonta, , 2
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Elpida Astromeriti, , 2
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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. , , 2
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Kouris Erimis, , 2
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Lenas Limassol, , 2
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Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion, , 2
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Onisilos Sotira
Kentro Neon Onisillos Sotiras was a Cypriot football club from the village of Sotira. The club was founded in 1978 and was named after the ancient Cypriot revolutionary Onesilus. The club has played in the Cypriot First Division once during t ...
, , 2
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Orfeas Nicosia
Orfeas Nicosia () is a football club from the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. It was founded in 1948. The club colors are yellow and green. It has participated in the Cypriot First Division four times, from 1959 until 1963. The club's highest achie ...
, , 2
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Rotsidis Mammari
Rotsidis Mammari is a Cypriot football club based in Mammari. Founded in 1961 in association football, 1961, was playing sometimes in Cypriot Second Division, Second and sometimes in the Cypriot Third Division, Third and Fourth Division.
Ho ...
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Spartakos Kitiou
The following list includes all the men's Association football clubs of Cyprus who are participating or have participated in the national championships of the country. A total of 197 clubs have played in the national championships of Cyprus from th ...
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Adonis Idaliou
Adonis Idaliou was a Cypriot football club based in Dali. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division.
Honours
* Cypriot Third Division:
** Champions (2): 1978, 1984
* Cypriot Fourth Division:
** Champion ...
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AEK Korakou, , 1
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APEP FC
APEP ( el, ΑΠΕΠ; ''Aθλητική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση Πιτσιλιάς'', Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Pitsilia, Athletic Football Union Pitsilia) is a Cypriot football club, based in Kyperounta, a village in Pitsilia, whi ...
, , 1
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APONA Anageias, , 1
, -
, style="background:#E5E4E2",
Elpida Xylofagou
Elpida Xylofagou is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Xylofagou in Larnaca district. The club, which was established in 1959, currently competes in the Cypriot Second Division, after a successful campaign in the Cypriot Third Div ...
, , 1
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Enosis Kokkinotrimithia
Enosis Kokkinotrimithia is a Cypriot football club based in Kokkinotrimithia. Founded in 1968, was playing sometimes in Second and sometimes in the Third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
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Koloni Geroskipou, , 1
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Kormakitis
Kormakitis (Cypriot Arabic: ; el, Κορμακίτης, ''Kormakítis''; tr, Kormacit or ) is a small village in Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cypr ...
, , 1
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Omonia Psevda, , 1
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Peyia 2014
Peyia 2014 ( el, Πέγεια 2014) is Cypriot football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is ...
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Poseidonas Giolou, , 1
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League or status at 2018–19:
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2018–19 Cypriot Second Division (1)
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2018–19 Cypriot Third Division
The 2018–19 Cypriot Third Division was the 48th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Digenis Akritas Morphou won their 2nd title.
Format
Sixteen teams participated in the 2018–19 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played agains ...
(6)
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2018–19 STOK Elite Division (14)
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CFA (9)
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References
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