1997–98 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division

Season	1997–98
Champions	Olympiakos (2nd title)
Promoted	Olympiakos Doxa Aris
Relegated	Chalkanoras Iraklis APEP
Matches played	182
Goals scored	548 (3.01 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division was the 43rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Olympiakos won their 2nd title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. Each team played against every other team twice, once at home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season was crowned champions. The top three teams were promoted to 1998–99 Cypriot First Division and the bottom three teams were relegated to the 1998–99 Cypriot Third Division.

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot First Division

• AEL Limassol
• Evagoras Paphos
• Ethnikos Assia

Teams relegated from 1996–97 Cypriot First Division

• Aris Limassol
• Olympiakos Nicosia
• APEP

Teams promoted from 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

• Rotsidis Mammari
• Iraklis Gerolakkou
• ASIL Lysi

Teams relegated to 1997–98 Cypriot Third Division

• Achyronas Liopetriou
• AEZ Zakakiou
• AEK Kakopetrias

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olympiakos Nicosia (C, P)	26	21	3	2	73	21	+52	66	Promoted to Cypriot First Division
2	Doxa Katokopias (P)	26	18	5	3	49	25	+24	59
3	Aris Limassol (P)	26	17	4	5	65	30	+35	55
4	Digenis Morphou	26	15	5	6	40	25	+15	50
5	Ermis Aradippou	26	9	7	10	31	29	+2	34
6	Omonia Aradippou	26	8	7	11	40	37	+3	31
7	Onisilos Sotira	26	10	1	15	35	44	−9	31
8	ASIL Lysi	26	8	7	11	32	41	−9	31
9	PAEEK FC	26	9	4	13	43	54	−11	31
10	Rotsidis Mammari	26	8	7	11	34	45	−11	31
11	Akritas Chlorakas	26	8	5	13	28	34	−6	29
12	Chalkanoras Idaliou (R)	26	8	5	13	36	43	−7	29	Relegated to Cypriot Third Division
13	Iraklis Gerolakkou (R)	26	6	4	16	22	49	−27	22
14	APEP (R)	26	4	2	20	20	71	−51	14

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKR	APP	ARS	ASL	DGN	DOX	ERM	IRK	OLM	OMN	ONS	PAK	ROT	CHL
Akritas		0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–0
APEP	0–1		4–4	1–0	1–4	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	2–1	3–0	2–3	4–3
Aris	2–1	2–0		3–3	0–1	4–0	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–0	4–3	2–1	5–1	3–1
ASIL	3–2	1–0	2–3		3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0
Digenis	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–0
Doxa	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	1–0		2–2	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2
Ermis	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	3–0
Iraklis	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1		1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0
Olympiakos	3–0	3–1	3–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–0		2–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	6–0
Omonia	1–1	2–0	0–5	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	7–1	1–3		1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0
Onisilos	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–6	1–3		1–2	3–1	2–0
PAEEK FC	2–0	5–0	0–6	0–0	2–3	3–4	1–0	2–1	1–4	4–3	4–3		1–1	3–1
Rotsidis	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–3		0–1
Chalkanoras	3–2	6–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	7–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–0

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

See also

• Cypriot Second Division
• 1997–98 Cypriot First Division
• 1997–98 Cypriot Cup

Sources

• "1997/98 Cypriot Second Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.