1956–57 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division
Season	1956–57
Champions	Apollon; (1st title)
Promoted	Apollon
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Cypriot Second Division was the fourth season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Apollon Limassol won their 1st title.

Format

Nine teams participated in the 1956–57 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split into two geographical groups, depending from which Districts of Cyprus each participated team came from. All teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season were crowned group champions. The winners of each group played against each other in the final phase of the competition and the winner were the champions of the Second Division. The champion was promoted to the 1957–58 Cypriot First Division.

Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted to 1956–57 Cypriot First Division

Aris Limassol

Teams relegated from 1955–56 Cypriot First Division

Armenian Young Men's Association

New members of CFA

Othellos Famagusta

Stadiums and locations

Antaeus
Apollon
Panellinios

Locations of the 1956–57 Cypriot Second Division teams.

Group	Team	Stadium
Limassol-Paphos	Antaeus	GSO Stadium
	Apollon	GSO Stadium
	APOP	GSK Stadium
	Panellinios	GSO Stadium
Nicosia-Famagusta-Larnaka-Keryneia	Alki	GSZ Stadium
	AYMA	GSP Stadium
	Othellos	GSE Stadium
	Orfeas	GSP Stadium
	PAEK	G.S. Praxander Stadium

Nicosia-Famagusta-Larnaca-Keryneia Group

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alki Larnaca	8	6	2	0	23	9	+14	14	Advanced to Champions Playoff
2	Orfeas Nicosia	8	6	1	1	22	8	+14	13
3	Armenian Young Men's Association	8	3	1	4	24	12	+12	7
4	Othellos Famagusta	8	3	0	5	13	26	−13	6
5	PAEK	8	0	0	8	6	33	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	AMN	OTL	ORF	PKK
Alki		1–1	5–1	2–1	2–0^[a]
AYMA	1–3		8–0	2–3	8–0
Othellos	1–3	2–0^[b]		0–1	5–1
Orfeas	1–1	3–2	6–1		2–0^[c]
PAEK	3–6	0–2	2–3	0–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match Alki Larnaca-PAEK Kerynia awarded 2–0. PAEK Kerynia not showed at the match.
^ The match Othellos Famagusta-AYMA awarded 2–0. AYMA not showed at the match.
^ The match Orfeas Nicosia-PAEK Kerynia awarded 2–0. PAEK Kerynia not showed at the match.

Limassol-Paphos Group

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Apollon Limassol (C, P)	6	5	0	1	27	7	+20	10	Advanced to Champions Playoff
2	APOP Paphos	6	3	1	2	16	21	−5	7
3	Antaeus Limassol	6	3	0	3	17	16	+1	6
4	Panellinios Limassol	6	0	1	5	8	24	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	APL	APP	PNL
Antaeus		0–3	3–5	2–0
Apollon	0–2		10–0	6–1
APOP	5–1	2–5		2–0
Panellinios	3–9	2–3	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions playoffs

Apollon Limassol 4 – 1 Alki Larnaca (GSO Stadium, June 30, 1957)
Alki Larnaca 2 – 2 Apollon Limassol (GSZ Stadium, July 7, 1956)

Apollon Limassol were the champions of the Second Division and they were promoted to 1957–58 Cypriot First Division.

Sources

"Cyprus 1956/57". RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-06-24.

[table_note_1_ALK_PKK0.1752865855467-1] The match Alki Larnaca-PAEK Kerynia awarded 2–0. PAEK Kerynia not showed at the match.

[table_note_1_OTL_AMN0.1752865855467-2] The match Othellos Famagusta-AYMA awarded 2–0. AYMA not showed at the match.

[table_note_1_ORF_PKK0.1752865855467-3] The match Orfeas Nicosia-PAEK Kerynia awarded 2–0. PAEK Kerynia not showed at the match.

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