The 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division was the 46th season of the Cypriot third-level

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league. P.O. Xylotymbous won their 1st title.

Format

Sixteen teams participated in the 2016–17 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

2016–17 Cypriot Second Division The 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division was the 62nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 16 September 2016 and ended on 25 March 2017. Alki Oroklini won their first title. Team changes from 2015–16 Teams promoted to ...

and the last three teams were relegated to the 2016–17 STOK Elite Division. However, after the end of the season

Nikos & Sokratis Erimis Nicos & Socratis Erimis () is a Cypriot football club based in Erimi, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Since 2013 the club competes in the Cypriot Second Division. The club colors are yellow and black. History In 2009, the club won its ...

withdrew from the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division, and so the 14th-placed team remained to Third 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

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas () is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971 and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play their home games at the Chloraka M ...

Alki Oroklini Alki Oroklini was a Cypriot professional football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as ''Omonia Oroklinis'' in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when bu ...

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

2015–16 Cypriot Second Division The 2015–16 Cypriot Second Division was the 61st season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 18 September 2015 and ended on 26 March 2016. Karmiotissa won their first title. Team changes from 2014–15 Teams promoted to 201 ...

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 ...

Digenis Oroklinis Oroklini-Troulloi 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 season the team competed in the Cypriot Second Divisio ...

Teams promoted from

2015–16 STOK Elite Division The 2015–16 STOK Elite Division was the 1st season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 2015–16 STOK Elite Division. All teams played against ...

Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion Livadia ( []) is a municipality and suburb of Larnaca. It has been a settlement since the Middle Bronze Age.According to chart on the wall in exhibit room number 1 at the Larnaca District Archaeological Museum, Larnaca District Museum. Referenc ...

Peyia 2014 Peyia 2014 () is a Cypriot football club based in Peyia of the Paphos District The Paphos District, or simply Paphos (also Pafos), is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and ca ...

AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou is a Cypriot football club based in Ayios Georgios Vrysoullon, Cyprus. The team has played once in the Third Division and four times in the Fourth Divion/STOK Elite Division. It participated once in th ...

Teams relegated to 2016–17 STOK Elite Division *

Kouris Erimis Kourris Erimis is a Cypriot football club based in Erimi, Cyprus. Founded in 1966 was playing 1 season in Second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and ...

Amathus Ayiou Tychona Agios Tychonas () is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located east of Limassol. The ancient ruins of Amathus Amathus or Amathous () was an ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its r ...

Stadia and locations

League standings

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''Including matches played on 30 April 2017; Source
Cyprus Football Association
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Sources

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References

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