The 1959–60 Cypriot Second Division was the sixth season of the Cypriot second-level

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league.

Alki Larnaca FC Alki Larnaca ( el, ΑΛΚΗ Λάρνακας, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May of 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours wer ...

won their 1st title.

Format

Nine teams participated in the 1959–60 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split to two geographical groups, depending from

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each participated team came from. All teams of a 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 crowned group champions. The winners of each group were playing against each other in the final phase of the competition and the winner were the champions of the Second Division. Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Stadiums and locations

Nicosia-Keryneia-Famagusta Group

Group champions was Enosis Agion Omologiton.

Limassol-Larnaca-Paphos Group

Group champions was

Champions Playoff

* Enosis Agion Omologiton 1–6

(June 26, 1960, GSP Stadium (1902)) *

3–4 Enosis Agion Omologiton (June 29, 1960, GSZ Stadium (1928))

were the champions of the Second Division.

promoted to Cypriot First Division after promotion playoffs with

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