The STOK Elite Division is the fourth tier and the last professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league competition in
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 geo ...
, run by the STOK Federation of the Cypriot levels.
History
The STOK Elite Division Championship was initiated by the
Cyprus Football Association
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the footb ...
and by STOK in the
2015–16 football season as the fourth level of Cypriot football in order to replace the folded
Cypriot Fourth Division
The Cypriot Fourth Division ( el, Τέταρτη Κατηγορία) was the fourth tier association football, football league competition in Cyprus, ran by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league were prom ...
.
Structure
Current format
Sixteen clubs are competing in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 games per team. The top four clubs are promoted to the
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 th ...
and the bottom four are relegated to Cypriot regional levels.
Teams
The twenty four teams participating in the
2021–22 season are:
Winners
The following teams have won the STOK Elite Division:
Performance by club
Number of participating, promoted and relegated teams per season
The number of the participated teams and the number of the teams that were promoted to the
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 th ...
and the teams that were relegated were changed many times over the years.
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So far, 30 teams participated in the STOK Elite Division since 2015–16 (including the
2018–19 season).
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ASPIS Pylas
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Atlas Aglandjias
Atlas Aglandjias is a Cypriot association football club based in Aglandjia, located in the Nicosia District. Its stadium is the Anagennisi Lythrodonta Ground and its colours are red and blue. It has 1 participation in Cypriot Fourth Division. Pr ...
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Doxa Paliometochou
Palaiometocho ( el, Παλαιομέτοχο ), officially Palaiometocho ( ), is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Its name derives from the Greek ''palaio'' (old) and ''metochio'' (inn). It was probably given to it because it used to ...
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Finikas, , 3
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Kornos FC, , 3
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Amathus
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APEA Akrotiriou, , 2
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Elia Lythrodonta
Elia Lythrodonta ( el, Εληά Λυθροδόντα) is a Cypriot football club which is based in Lythrodontas in Nicosia. The club was founded in 1919 and the football team at 1939. The team was playing sometimes in Cypriot Third Division an ...
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Elpida Astromeriti
Astromeritis ( el, Αστρομερίτης, tr, Astromerit) is a large village in the Morphou Department of the Nicosia District of Cyprus. It is located from the capital Nicosia. By the 2001 census it had a total population of 2,361.
Green ...
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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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Kouris Erimis
Kourris Erimis is a Cypriot football club based in Erimi, Cyprus. Founded in 1966 was playing 1 season in Second
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Lenas Limassol
Lenas Limassol is a Cypriot association football club based in Agios Ioannis area of Limassol. It has 2 participations in Cypriot Fourth Division
The Cypriot Fourth Division ( el, Τέταρτη Κατηγορία) was the fourth tier football l ...
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Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion, , 2
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Onisilos Sotira
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, , 2
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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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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
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Spartakos Kitiou
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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:
** Champio ...
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APEP FC
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APONA Anageias
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Elpida Xylofagou
Elpida Xylofagou is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Xylofagou in Larnaca district. The club, which was established in 1959, currently competes in the Cypriot Second Division, after a successful campaign in the Cypriot Third Divi ...
, , 1
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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 ...
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Koloni Geroskipou, , 1
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Kormakitis
Kormakitis (Cypriot Arabic: ; el, Κορμακίτης, ''Kormakítis''; tr, Kormacit or ) is a small village in Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cy ...
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Omonia Psevda
Omonia Psevda ( el, Ομόνοια Ψευδά) is a Cypriot football team based in Psevdas, Larnaca.
History
Omonia Psevda FD was founded in 1969 and is the one of the two departments of AC Omonia Psevda.
Until 2017 competed in the Larnaka Di ...
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Peyia 2014
Peyia 2014 ( el, Πέγεια 2014) is Cypriot football club based in Peyia of the Paphos District
Paphos District ( el, Επαρχία Πάφου, tr, Baf kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western pa ...
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Poseidonas Giolou, , 1
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League or status at 2018–19:
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2018–19 Cypriot Second Division
The 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division is the 64th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 15 September 2018 and expect to end in April 2019.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2018–19 Cypriot Second Division. A ...
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2018–19 Cypriot Third Division (6)
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2018–19 STOK Elite Division
The 2018–19 STOK Elite Division is the 4th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2018–19 STOK Elite Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. ...
(14)
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References
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