The 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division was the 26th season of the Cypriot third-level football league.

Rotsidis Mammari Rotsidis Mammari is a Cypriot football club based in Mammari. Founded in 1961 in association football, 1961, was playing sometimes in Cypriot Second Division, Second and sometimes in the Cypriot Third Division, Third and Fourth Division. Ho ...

won their 1st title.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 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

1997–98 Cypriot Second Division The 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division was the 43rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Olympiakos won their 2nd title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each ot ...

and the last three teams were relegated to the

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 ...

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 Second Division The 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division was the 42nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. AEL won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twic ...

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

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 Cypri ...

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.png ...

Teams relegated from

1995–96 Cypriot Second Division The 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division was the 41st season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APOP won their 6th title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twi ...

Ethnikos Latsion FC Ethnikos Latsion ( el, Εθνικός Λατσιών) is a Cypriot association football club based in Latsia, located in the Nicosia District. Its stadium is the Latsia Municipal Stadium and its colours are blue and white. In 2009, Ethnikos Latsio ...

* Othellos Athienou *

Ayia Napa Ayia Napa ( el, Άγια Νάπα tr, Aya Napa, ), officially romanised Agia Napa, is a tourist resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus. Etymology The name Ayia Napa is derived from a Venetian-era monastery of the same ...

Teams promoted from

1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division The 1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 11th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Iraklis Gerolakkou won their 2nd title. The first 3 teams were promoted to the 1995–96 Cypriot Third Division. The last three teams were rel ...

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.

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 ...

Kinyras Empas Kinyras Empas was a Cypriot football club based in Empa. The team was playing sometimes in Second, in Third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ' ...

Teams relegated to

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 t ...

Digenis Oroklinis ''Oroklini-Troulloi FC 2020'' ( el, Ορόκλινη-Τρούλλοι FC 2020) is a Cypriot football club which is based in the village of Troulloi in Larnaca district. The club was founded in 1952 as Digenis Oroklinis. In the 2014–2015 seaso ...

Digenis Akritas Ipsona Digenis Akritas Ipsona was a Cypriot football club based in Ipsonas, Limassol. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division. In 2014 merged with Enosi Neon Ypsona to form Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona. ...

Fotiakos Frenarou Frenaros ( el, Φρέναρος; ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. In 2011, it had a population of 4,298. History Frenaros was named after Lusignan monks called Fremenors, who lived in the nearby Panagia of Hortakion monaste ...

League standings

Results

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Cypriot Third Division Cypriot Third Division seasons

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