The 1997–98 Cypriot Third Division was the 27th season of the Cypriot third-level
football league.
AEZ Zakakiou won their 2nd title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Third 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
1998–99 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the
1998–99 Cypriot Fourth 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
1997–98 Cypriot Second Division
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Rotsidis Mammari
Rotsidis Mammari is a Cypriot football club based in Mammari. Founded in 1961, was playing sometimes in Second and sometimes in the Third and Fourth Division.
Honours
* Cypriot Third Division:
** Champions (1): 1997
File:1997 Events Coll ...
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Iraklis Gerolakkou
Iraklis Gerolakkou is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the .
The team was established in Gerolakkos, Nicosia in 1948. The current manager is Costas Papageorgiou.
The club has played two season in the Cypriot Second Division. ...
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ASIL Lysi
ASIL Lysi ( el, ΑΣΙΛ Λύσης) is a Cypriot football club which was established in the town of Lysi, Famagusta.
After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, ASIL became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Larnaca. The club plays in ...
Teams relegated from
1996–97 Cypriot Second Division
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Achyronas Liopetriou
Achyronas Liopetriou is a Cypriot football club based in Liopetri. Founded in 1956, the club has played in the Cypriot Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions.
Current squad
''For recent transfers, see List of Cy ...
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AEZ Zakakiou
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AEK Kakopetrias
AEK Kakopetrias was a Cypriot football club based in Kakopetria. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division.
Honours
* Cypriot Fourth Division:
** Champions (2): 1991, 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.p ...
Teams promoted from
1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division
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 tw ...
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Adonis Idaliou
Adonis Idaliou was a Cypriot football club based in Dali. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division.
Honours
* Cypriot Third Division:
** Champions (2): 1978, 1984
* Cypriot Fourth Division:
** Champi ...
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Achilleas Ayiou Theraponta
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Enosis Kokkinotrimithia
Enosis Kokkinotrimithia is a Cypriot football club based in Kokkinotrimithia. Founded in 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Pr ...
Teams relegated to
1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division
The 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 13th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. SEK won their 1st title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twi ...
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Orfeas Nicosia
Orfeas Nicosia () is a football club from the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. It was founded in 1948. The club colors are yellow and green. It has participated in the Cypriot First Division four times, from 1959 until 1963. The club's highest achie ...
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AEK Katholiki
AEK Katholiki is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol. The team was playing sometimes in Cypriot Third Division
The Cypriot Third Division ( Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier football league compe ...
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Tsaggaris Peledriou
Tsaggaris Peledriou is a Cypriot football club based in Pelendri, Cyprus. Founded in 1957 as Sotirios Pelendriou, changed their name to Apollon Pelendriou after they were expelled from the CFA on the category of match-fixing (with ENAZ Agia ...
League standings
Results
See also
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Cypriot Third Division
The Cypriot Third Division ( Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league are promoted to ...
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1997–98 Cypriot First Division
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1997–98 Cypriot Cup
The 1997–98 Cypriot Cup was the 56th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 50 clubs entered the competition. It began on 12 November 1997 with the preliminary round and concluded on 15 May 1998 with the final which was held at Makario Stadium. ...
Sources
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Cypriot Third Division seasons
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
1997–98 in Cypriot football