# 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division

The 1996–97 Cypriot Third Division was the 26th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Rotsidis Mammari 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 and the last three teams were relegated to the 1997–98 Cypriot Fourth 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 1996–97 Cypriot Second Division
* Ermis Aradippou
* Achyronas Liopetriou
* AEK Kakopetrias
Teams relegated from 1995–96 Cypriot Second Division
* Ethnikos Latsion FC
* Othellos Athienou
* Ayia Napa
Teams promoted from 1995–96 Cypriot Fourth Division
* Iraklis Gerolakkou
* ASIL Lysi
* Kinyras Empas
Teams relegated to 1996–97 Cypriot Fourth Division
* Digenis Oroklinis
* Digenis Akritas Ipsona
* Fotiakos Frenarou

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rotsidis Mammari (C, P) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 59 | Promoted to Cypriot Second Division |
| 2 | Iraklis Gerolakkou (P) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 49 | Promoted to Cypriot Second Division |
| 3 | ASIL Lysi (P) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 47 | Promoted to Cypriot Second Division |
| 4 | Ayia Napa | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | |
| 5 | Kinyras Empas | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 43 | |
| 6 | Othellos Athienou | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 39 | |
| 7 | Anagennisi Germasogeias | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 36 | |
| 8 | THOI Lakatamia | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 35 | |
| 9 | Elia Lythrodonta | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 35 | |
| 10 | Ethnikos Latsion FC | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 34 | |
| 11 | APEP Pelendriou | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 34 | |
| 12 | Orfeas Nicosia (R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 29 | Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division |
| 13 | AEK Katholiki (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 22 | Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division |
| 14 | Tsaggaris Peledriou (R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 52 | −52 | 0 | Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division |
* ↑ Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APP | ASL | ANG | ANP | THL | ELL | ETL | IRK | KIN | ORF | OTL | RTS | TSG |
| AEK | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| APEP | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| ASIL | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Anagennisi | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Ayia Napa | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| THOI | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Elia | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Ethnikos | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Iraklis | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Kinyras | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Orfeas | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–8 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Othellos | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Rotsidis | 8–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Tsaggaris | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.
* ↑ Tsaggaris Peledriou withdrew before the start of the season; all their matches were awarded 2–0 to their opponents.