2016–17 Cypriot Third Division

Cypriot Third Division
Season	2016–17
Champions	P.O. Xylotymbou; (1st title)
Promoted	P.O. Xylotymbou; Digenis Oroklinis; Chalkanoras
Relegated	Iraklis Gerolakkou; Elpida Xylofagou; AEN
Matches played	240
Goals scored	677 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antreas Anastasiou; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Ethnikos 6–0 Iraklis; (12 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Olympias 0–7 Ethnikos; (29 April 2017)
Highest scoring	ENY-Digenis 5–4 Elpida; (30 April 2017)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2017.

The 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division was the 46th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. P.O. Xylotymbous won their 1st title.

Format

Sixteen teams participated in the 2016–17 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 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2016–17 STOK Elite Division.^[4]^[5] However, after the end of the season Nikos & Sokratis Erimis withdrew from the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division, and so the 14th-placed team remained to Third 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 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division

Teams relegated from 2015–16 Cypriot Second Division

Teams promoted from 2015–16 STOK Elite Division

Teams relegated to 2016–17 STOK Elite Division

Stadia and locations

Digenis, Ethnikos Assia

Locations of the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division teams.

Club	Venue
Achyronas	Liopetri Municipal Stadium
AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou	Olympos Acheritou Stadium
APEP	Kyperounda Municipal Stadium
Chalkanoras	Chalkanoras Stadium
Digenis Akritas Morphou	Makario Stadium
Digenis Oroklinis	Koinotiko Stadio Oroklinis
Ethnikos L.	Latsia Municipal Stadium
Elpida	Michalonikeio Stadio Xylofagou
ENY-Digenis	Stelios Chari Stadium
Iraklis Gerolakkou	Kykkos Stadium
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	Ayia Pasaskevi Livadion Municipality Stadium
MEAP	Theodorio Koinotiko
Olympias Lympion	Olympias Lympion Stadium
Ormideia FC	Ormideia Municipal Stadium
Peyia 2014	Peyia Municipal Stadium
P.O. Xylotymbou	Xylotympou Municipal Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	P.O. Xylotymbou (C, P)	30	22	4	4	54	22	+32	70	Promotion to the Cypriot Second Division
2	Digenis Oroklinis (P)	30	16	9	5	57	35	+22	57
3	Chalkanoras Idaliou (P)	30	16	8	6	52	39	+13	56
4	Ethnikos Latsion	30	15	9	6	59	25	+34	54
5	Olympias Lympion	30	13	7	10	42	47	−5	46
6	Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona	30	12	7	11	42	45	−3	43
7	Digenis Akritas Morphou	30	12	6	12	48	48	0	42
8	Achyronas Liopetriou	30	11	6	13	38	38	0	39
9	Peyia 2014	30	10	8	12	41	38	+3	38
10	MEAP Nisou	30	9	9	12	34	44	−10	36
11	Ormideia FC	30	10	5	15	30	34	−4	35^[a]
12	APEP FC	30	8	11	11	32	40	−8	35^[a]
13	Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	30	9	7	14	44	48	−4	34
14	Iraklis Gerolakkou (R)	30	8	8	14	41	48	−7	32	Relegation to the STOK Elite Division
15	Elpida Xylofagou (R)	30	8	5	17	36	54	−18	29
16	AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou (R)	30	5	3	22	27	71	−44	18

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).^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Heaf to head record: Ormideia 3–1 APEP, APEP 1–0.

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	AEN	APEP	CHA	DMO	DOR	ETH	ELP	ENY	IRA	LSL	MEAP	OLY	OFC	PEY	POX
Achyronas Liopetriou	—	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1
AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou	1–0	—	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–3
APEP	2–1	3–0	—	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3
Chalkanoras Idaliou	1–0	3–2	0–0	—	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	5–3	5–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Digenis Akritas Morphou	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–3	—	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	5–2	0–4	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2
Digenis Oroklinis	0–0	4–0	3–3	1–0	5–2	—	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–2
Ethnikos Latsion	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	—	2–2	5–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–1
Elpida Xylofagou	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
ENY-Digenis	3–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–0	5–4	—	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Iraklis Gerolakkou	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	—	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–2
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–3	4–1	2–1	—	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–3
MEAP Nisou	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	2–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1
Olympias Lympion	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–7	3–2	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–1	0–1
Ormideia FC	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	0–1
Peyia 2014	2–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	4–1	0–0	—	1–2
P.O. Xylotymbou	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	5–3	—

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 30 April 2017; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antreas Anastasiou	D. Oroklinis	22
2	Héctor González	P.O. Xylotymbou	18
3	Omar Rowe	Ethnikos L.	17
4	Pantelis Tavrou	P.O. Xylotymbou	14
5	Christos Makris	Peyia 2014	12
	Nikolas Papazaxariou	MEAP
	Andreas Christodoulou	Elpida
8	Nikolas Peppos	Livadiakos	11
9	Konstantinos Dionisiou	Chalkanoras	10
	George Ohenebeng	D. Morphou
	Michalakis Kalogirou	AEN
	Nikolas Christofides	Peyia 2014

Sources

"2015/16 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
"League standings" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Results" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
"Teams" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Scorers" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-12-18.^{[permanent dead link]}

References

^ "Ethnikos Vs Iraklis 6–0". Soccerway. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "Olympias Vs Ethnikos 0–7". Soccerway. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "ENY-Digenis Vs Elpida 5–4". Soccerway. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ Προκήρυξη Πρωταθλήματος Γ' Κατηγορίας 2016/17 (PDF) (in Greek). CFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
^ Προγραμματισμός 2015 – 2016. www.cfa.com.cy (in Greek). ΚΟΠ. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[table_hth_OFC0.38306337333427-6] Heaf to head record: Ormideia 3–1 APEP, APEP 1–0.

[1] "Ethnikos Vs Iraklis 6–0". Soccerway. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[2] "Olympias Vs Ethnikos 0–7". Soccerway. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[3] "ENY-Digenis Vs Elpida 5–4". Soccerway. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[4] Προκήρυξη Πρωταθλήματος Γ' Κατηγορίας 2016/17 (PDF) (in Greek). CFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2015-07-07.

[5] Προγραμματισμός 2015 – 2016. www.cfa.com.cy (in Greek). ΚΟΠ. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

[7] "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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