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.

Cypriot Second Division
Season1996–97
ChampionsAEL
(1st title)
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played182
Goals scored452 (2.48 per match)

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot Second 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 1997–98 Cypriot First Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 1997–98 Cypriot Third Division.

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted to 1996–97 Cypriot First Division

Teams relegated from 1995–96 Cypriot First Division

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Cypriot Third Division

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AEL Limassol (C, P) 26 21 2 3 59 13 +46 65 Promoted to Cypriot First Division
2 Evagoras Paphos (P) 26 12 10 4 40 22 +18 46
3 Ethnikos Assia (P) 26 13 5 8 43 29 +14 44
4 Chalkanoras Idaliou 26 12 3 11 31 37 −6 39
5 Ermis Aradippou 26 9 9 8 34 28 +6 36
6 Doxa Katokopias 26 10 6 10 27 29 −2 36
7 Onisilos Sotira 26 8 10 8 29 26 +3 34
8 Omonia Aradippou 26 9 7 10 24 22 +2 34
9 Digenis Akritas Morphou 26 8 10 8 27 27 0 34
10 PAEEK FC 26 9 7 10 29 31 −2 34
11 Akritas Chlorakas 26 8 9 9 33 42 −9 33
12 Achyronas Liopetriou (R) 26 9 5 12 32 50 −18 32 Relegated to Cypriot Third Division
13 AEZ Zakakiou (R) 26 7 4 15 27 32 −5 25
14 AEK Kakopetrias (R) 26 1 5 20 17 64 −47 8
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away AEZ AEK AEL AKR ACH DGN DOX ETH ERM EYR OMN ONS PAK CHL
AEZ Zakakiou 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 6–0
AEK Kakopetrias 3–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–2
AEL Limassol 2–0 6–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–1
Akritas 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Achyronas 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–0
Digenis 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Doxa 1–0 2–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–0
Ethnikos 1–0 6–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 4–1 0–1
Ermis 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 6–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Evagoras 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1
Omonia 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2
Onisilos 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
PAEEK FC 1–2 4–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–6 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
Chalkanoras 2–1 2–0 0–5 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

Sources
  • "1996/97 Cypriot Second Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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