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.	GF.	Pts.	Notes
1	Adonis Idaliou	26	19	4	3	54	21	33	61	Champions-Promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot Third Division.
2	Achilleas Ayiou Theraponta	26	15	4	7	55	29	26	49	Promoted to 1997–98 Cypriot Third Division.
3	Enosis Kokkinotrimithia	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	26	8	7	11	32	34	-2	31	Relegated to regional leagues.
13	Digenis Akritas Ypsona	26	7	2	17	31	68	-37	23
14	AEK Kythreas	26	3	1	22	19	57	-38	10

Points system: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for

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

See also

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