1996–97 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	AEL; (1st title)
Promoted	AEL; Evagoras; Ethnikos;
Relegated	Achyronas; AEZ; AEK;
Matches played	182
Goals scored	452 (2.48 per match)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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 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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for
(C) Champions; (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: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sources

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

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