2017–18 Cypriot Third Division

Football league season

Cypriot Third Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Onisilos (1st title)
Promoted	Onisilos MEAP Nisou Akritas
Relegated	APEP Finikas Livadiakos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	702 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andreas Papathanasiou (22 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 29 April 2018.

The 2017–18 Cypriot Third Division is the 47th season of the Cypriot third-level football league.

Format

Sixteen teams participated in the 2017–18 Cypriot Third Division. All teams will play 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 2017–18 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2017–18 STOK Elite Division.

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 2017–18 Cypriot Second Division

Teams relegated from 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division

Teams promoted from 2016–17 STOK Elite Division

Teams relegated to 2017–18 STOK Elite Division

Stadia and locations

APEA Akrotiriou

Akritas

Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion

Onisilos class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017–18 Cypriot Third Division teams.

Club	Venue
Achyronas	Liopetri Municipal Stadium
Akritas Chlorakas	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
APEA Akrotiriou	Akrotiri Community Stadium
APEP	Kyperounda Municipal Stadium
Digenis Akritas Morphou	Makario Stadium
Elpida Astromeriti	Katokopia Municipal Stadium
ENAD	Polis Chrysochous Municipal Stadium
ENY-Digenis	Stelios Chari Stadium
Ethnikos L.	Latsia Municipal Stadium
Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous	Euripides Municipal Stadium
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	Ayia Pasaskevi Livadion Municipality Stadium
MEAP	Theodorio Koinotiko
Olympias Lympion	Olympias Lympion Stadium
Onisilos Sotira	Sotira Municipal Stadium
Ormideia FC	Ormideia Municipal Stadium
Peyia 2014	Peyia Municipal Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Onisilos Sotira 2014 (C, P)	30	21	5	4	60	22	+38	68	Promotion to the Cypriot Second Division
2	MEAP Nisou (P)	30	19	6	5	67	31	+36	63
3	Akritas Chlorakas (P)	30	17	7	6	44	22	+22	58
4	Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona	30	14	6	10	61	45	+16	48
5	ENAD Polis Chrysochous	30	13	8	9	47	35	+12	47
6	Elpida Astromeriti	30	13	7	10	44	36	+8	46
7	Peyia 2014	30	13	6	11	41	48	−7	45
8	APEA Akrotiriou	30	12	5	13	35	39	−4	41
9	Achyronas Liopetriou	30	10	8	12	41	47	−6	38
10	Ormideia FC	30	10	8	12	33	35	−2	38
11	Ethnikos Latsion	30	10	7	13	45	55	−10	37
12	Digenis Akritas Morphou	30	8	12	10	45	47	−2	36
13	Olympias Lympion	30	11	2	17	45	60	−15	35
14	APEP FC (R)	30	9	5	16	36	46	−10	32	Relegation to the STOK Elite Division
15	Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous (R)	30	4	8	18	23	51	−28	20
16	Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion (R)	30	3	6	21	35	73	−38	12

Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head to head record: Achyronas 2–1 Ormideia, Ormideia 0–0 Achyronas.
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion were deducted three points for financial reasons.

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	AKR	APEA	APEP	DMO	ELP	ENAD	ENY	ETH	FIN	LSL	MEAP	OLY	ONI	OFC	PEY
Achyronas Liopetriou	—	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	5–0	6–3	2–6	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2
Akritas Chlorakas	1–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–4	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
APEA Akrotiriou	4–3	0–2	—	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–5	3–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–2
APEP	1–0	0–3	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2
Digenis Akritas Morphou	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	—	0–0	3–1	4–1	0–4	2–1	4–4	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–0
Elpida Astromeriti	0–0	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	7–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–2	1–0
ENAD Polis Chrysochous	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
ENY-Digenis	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	6–2
Ethnikos Latsion	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–2
Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1
Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–5	0–5	3–4	4–0	1–1	—	2–3	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–1
MEAP Nisou	1–0	0–0	2–1	5–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	7–1	—	3–1	0–0	3–2	3–0
Olympias Lympion	2–0	1–4	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–4	2–3	3–1	5–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	—	2–1	4–0	1–2
Onisilos Sotira	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	4–2	5–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	—	2–0	0–2
Ormideia FC	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	—	5–0
Peyia 2014	4–1	0–1	1–2	5–4	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–6	1–0	1–1	1–0	—

Source: Cyprus Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Sources

"League standings" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
"Results" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
"Teams" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
"Scorers" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved 2017-11-27.

References

Προκήρυξη Πρωταθλήματος Γ' Κατηγορίας 2017/18 (PDF) (in Greek). CFA. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
"Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας". Cyprus Football Association. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
"1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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v t e 2017–18 in Cypriot football
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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup Cypriot Cup for lower divisions
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Transfers	Summer Winter
Club seasons
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