The 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division was the 43rd season of the Cypriot second-level
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
league.
Olympiakos won their 2nd title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot Second Division. Each team played against every other team twice, once at home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season was crowned champions. The top three teams were promoted to
1998–99 Cypriot First Division
The 1998–99 Cypriot First Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 10th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1998–99 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other ...
and the bottom three teams were relegated to the
1998–99 Cypriot Third Division.
Changes from previous season
Teams promoted to
1997–98 Cypriot First Division
The 1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level Association football, football league. Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis won their 9th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot First Di ...
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AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team.
AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...
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Evagoras Paphos
Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, they played in both the First and Second Divisions. They adopted their name from Evagoras Pallikarides, a poet from Paphos who was ...
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Ethnikos Assia
Ethnikos Assia Football Club () is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in Assia, Famagusta, but since the Turkish invasion of 1974, Ethnikos became a refugee team. The club is now ...
Teams relegated from
1996–97 Cypriot First Division
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Aris Limassol
Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...
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Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...
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APEP
Apophis (; ), also known as Apep () or Aphoph (, ) Erman, Adolf, and Hermann Grapow, eds. 1926–1953. ''Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien''. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buchhandlungen. (Re ...
Teams promoted from
1996–97 Cypriot Third 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
Events Janua ...
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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 () 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 the .
History
The c ...
Teams relegated to
1997–98 Cypriot Third Division
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Achyronas Liopetriou
Achyronas Liopetriou was a Cypriot football club based in Liopetri. Founded in 1956, the club played in the Cypriot Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions.
On 23 June 2022, the club merged with Onisilos Sotira 2014 to form Achyronas-Onisilos ...
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AEZ Zakakiou
Athletic Union of Zakaki () is a Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play at Zakaki Municipal Stadium, but are currently playing a ...
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AEK Kakopetrias
League standings
Results
See also
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Cypriot Second Division
The Cypriot Second Division () is the second highest association football, football division of the Cypriot football league system.
Administered by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with the top three teams being Prom ...
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1997–98 Cypriot First Division
The 1997–98 Cypriot First Division was the 59th season of the Cypriot top-level Association football, football league. Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis won their 9th title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1997–98 Cypriot First Di ...
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1997–98 Cypriot Cup
Sources
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Cypriot Second Division seasons
Cyprus
Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...
1997–98 in Cypriot football