1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division

Cypriot Fourth Division

Season	1996–97
Champions	Adonis (1st title)
Promoted	Adonis Achilleas Enosis
Relegated	Digenis Or. Digenis Yp. AEK
Matches played	182
Goals scored	527 (2.9 per match)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 12th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Adonis won their 1st title.

Format

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

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 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

• Iraklis Gerolakkou
• ASIL Lysi
• Kinyras Empas

Teams relegated from 1995–96 Cypriot Third Division

• Digenis Oroklinis
• Digenis Akritas Ypsona
• Fotiakos Frenarou

Teams promoted from regional leagues

• Enosis Kokkinotrimithia
• SEK Agiou Athanasiou

Teams relegated to regional leagues

• Ethnikos Defteras
• Livadiakos Livadion
• APEY Ypsona

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Adonis Idaliou (C, P)	26	19	4	3	54	21	+33	61	Promoted to Cypriot Third Division
2	Achilleas Ayiou Theraponta (P)	26	15	4	7	55	29	+26	49
3	Enosis Kokkinotrimithia (P)	26	14	6	6	58	33	+25	48
4	MEAP Nisou	26	10	8	8	46	31	+15	38
5	Poseidonas Giolou	26	10	8	8	31	34	−3	38
6	Apollon Lympion	26	10	7	9	31	29	+2	37
7	Ellinismos Akakiou	26	10	7	9	33	40	−7	37
8	SEK Agiou Athanasiou	26	10	6	10	33	35	−2	36
9	AMEK Kapsalou	26	9	7	10	37	39	−2	34
10	Doxa Paliometochou	26	9	6	11	35	38	−3	33
11	Fotiakos Frenarou	26	10	3	13	32	39	−7	33
12	Digenis Oroklinis (R)	26	8	7	11	32	34	−2	31	Relegated to regional leagues
13	Digenis Akritas Ypsona (R)	26	7	2	17	31	68	−37	23
14	AEK Kythreas (R)	26	3	1	22	19	57	−38	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ADN	AEK	AMK	APL	ACL	DGY	DGO	DOX	ELN	ENS	MPN	POS	SEK	FOT
Adonis		5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	4–1
AEK	0–3		2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0
AMEK	0–0	2–1		2–2	1–3	0–1	5–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Apollon	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1
Achilleas	2–3	4–2	1–1	2–0		5–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–2	6–1	1–0	2–0
Digenis Yp.	0–2	3–1	4–5	1–0	0–3		1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–6	1–0	4–0	0–4
Digenis Or.	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	4–1		2–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Doxa	1–2	4–3	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–2	3–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0
Ellinismos	3–3	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–4	4–3	3–1	0–0	3–1
Enosis	5–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	9–2	0–0	1–0	2–1		3–3	2–0	4–1	1–1
MEAP	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	8–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2		1–0	1–1	2–0
Poseidonas	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		3–3	3–1
SEK	0–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		4–0
Fotiakos	0–1	4–2	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• Cypriot Fourth Division
• 1996–97 Cypriot First Division
• 1996–97 Cypriot Cup

Sources

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