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 ...
is the 65th 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. It began on 20 September 2019 and ended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Format
Sixteen teams are divided into 2 groups of 8 teams each (Groups A and B). Each plays the others from its own group twice, home and away, for a total of 14 games each, over 14 game weeks. Teams in places 1-4 of each group qualify for Premier Group where the first two teams were promoted to the First Division, and the rest for Standard Group where the last four teams would be relegated to the Third Division - however due to the pandemic, no teams were relegated this season.
Team changes from 2018–19
Teams promoted to
2019–20 Cypriot First Division
The 2019–20 Cypriot First Division was the 81st season of the Cypriot top-level football league.
On 15 May 2020, the rest of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The title was withheld, and no teams were relegated, with the ...
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Ethnikos Achna
Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional Association football, football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the ...
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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. ...
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 ...
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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 Third Division. Ermis' greatest success ca ...
Teams promoted from
2018–19 Cypriot Third Division
The 2018–19 Cypriot Third Division was the 48th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Digenis Akritas Morphou won their 2nd title.
Format
Sixteen teams participated in the 2018–19 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against ...
MEAP Nisou
MEAP Pera Choriou Nisou (; short for Μικτή Ερυθρού Αστέρα Προόδου Πέρα Χωριού Νήσου, Mikti Erithrou Astera Proodou, "Selected team of Erithros Asteras and Proodos") is a Cypriot football club from the vill ...
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 ...
Stadiums and locations
:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''
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 ...