2016–17 in Cypriot football

Football in Cyprus
Season2016–17
Men's football
First DivisionAPOEL
Second DivisionAlki Oroklini
Third DivisionP.O. Xylotymbou
STOK Elite DivisionOnisilos
CupApollon
Super CupApollon
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The following article is a summary of the 2016–17 football season in Cyprus, which is the 75th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2016 to May 2017.

League tables

Cypriot First Division

Regular season

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 19 5 2 62 16 +46 62 Qualification for the championship round
2 AEK Larnaca 26 17 7 2 54 19 +35 58
3 Apollon Limassol 26 17 6 3 56 19 +37 57
4 AEL Limassol 26 15 6 5 40 22 +18 51
5 Omonia 26 15 5 6 56 37 +19 50
6 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 10 9 7 39 27 +12 39
7 Ermis Aradippou 26 10 5 11 35 41 −6 35 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 8 7 11 22 33 −11 31
9 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 6 12 42 46 −4 30
10 Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion 26 7 6 13 30 53 −23 27
11 Aris Limassol 26 6 6 14 30 52 −22 24
12 Doxa Katokopias 26 5 5 16 20 38 −18 20
13 Anagennisi Deryneia (R) 26 0 7 19 18 58 −40 7 Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division
14 AEZ Zakakiou[a] (R) 26 1 8 17 20 63 −43 5
Source: CFA (in Greek), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ AEZ Zakakiou were deducted six points for suspicious betting activity.[1][2]

Play-offs

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL (C) 36 24 8 4 77 24 +53 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 AEK Larnaca 36 22 10 4 66 28 +38 76 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Apollon Limassol 36 21 10 5 71 30 +41 73 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 AEL Limassol 36 19 9 8 53 36 +17 66 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Omonia 36 17 6 13 68 57 +11 57
6 Anorthosis Famagusta 36 12 11 13 48 41 +7 47
Source: CFA (in Greek), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Nea Salamis Famagusta 36 12 9 15 33 44 −11 45
8 Ethnikos Achna 36 11 10 15 57 66 −9 43
9 Ermis Aradippou[a] 36 14 6 16 51 61 −10 42
10 Aris Limassol 36 11 8 17 47 65 −18 41
11 Doxa Katokopias 36 10 7 19 40 52 −12 37[b]
12 Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion (R) 36 10 7 19 47 71 −24 37[b] Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division
Source: CFA, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ermis Aradippou were deducted six points for suspicious betting activity.[5]
  2. ^ a b Head to head record: Doxa: 6 points (GD: +2), Karmiotissa: 6 points (GD: –2)

Cypriot Second Division

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alki Oroklini (C, P) 26 21 3 2 60 15 +45 66 Promotion to the Cypriot First Division
2 Pafos (P) 26 17 6 3 51 24 +27 57
3 Olympiakos Nicosia (P) 26 16 6 4 44 23 +21 54
4 Othellos Athienou 26 15 4 7 53 33 +20 49
5 Ayia Napa 26 13 7 6 51 29 +22 46
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 12 8 6 41 32 +9 44
7 ENTHOI Lakatamia 26 9 6 11 32 33 −1 33
8 ASIL Lysi 26 8 6 12 27 33 −6 30
9 PAEEK 26 6 8 12 26 37 −11 26
10 Omonia Aradippou 26 5 7 14 16 30 −14 22[a]
11 Ethnikos Assia 26 6 4 16 23 52 −29 22[a]
12 Akritas Chlorakas (R) 26 5 4 17 24 45 −21 19[b] Relegation to the Cypriot Third Division
13 ENAD Polis Chrysochous (R) 26 4 7 15 26 52 −26 19[b]
14 Enosis Neon Parekklisia[c] (R) 26 4 6 16 27 64 −37 15
Source: CFA (in Greek), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Omonia 1–1 Ethnikos Assia, Ethnikos Assia 1–2 Omonia.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Akritas 3–0 ENAD Polis Chrysochous, ENAD Polis Chrysochous 2–1 Akritas.
  3. ^ Enosis Neon Parekklisia were deducted three points.

Cypriot Third Division

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 P.O. Xylotymbou (C, P) 30 22 4 4 54 22 +32 70 Promotion to the Cypriot Second Division
2 Digenis Oroklinis (P) 30 16 9 5 57 35 +22 57
3 Chalkanoras Idaliou (P) 30 16 8 6 52 39 +13 56
4 Ethnikos Latsion 30 15 9 6 59 25 +34 54
5 Olympias Lympion 30 13 7 10 42 47 −5 46
6 Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona 30 12 7 11 42 45 −3 43
7 Digenis Akritas Morphou 30 12 6 12 48 48 0 42
8 Achyronas Liopetriou 30 11 6 13 38 38 0 39
9 Peyia 2014 30 10 8 12 41 38 +3 38
10 MEAP Nisou 30 9 9 12 34 44 −10 36
11 Ormideia FC 30 10 5 15 30 34 −4 35[a]
12 APEP FC 30 8 11 11 32 40 −8 35[a]
13 Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion 30 9 7 14 44 48 −4 34
14 Iraklis Gerolakkou (R) 30 8 8 14 41 48 −7 32 Relegation to the STOK Elite Division
15 Elpida Xylofagou (R) 30 8 5 17 36 54 −18 29
16 AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou (R) 30 5 3 22 27 71 −44 18
Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Heaf to head record: Ormideia 3–1 APEP, APEP 1–0.

STOK Elite Division

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Onisilos Sotira 2014 (C, P) 26 19 5 2 58 19 +39 62 Promotion to Cypriot Third Division
2 APEA Akrotiriou (P) 26 15 5 6 40 27 +13 50
3 Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrysochous (P) 26 14 4 8 38 31 +7 46
4 Elpida Astromeriti (P) 26 12 3 11 38 31 +7 39[a]
5 Frenaros FC 2000 26 11 6 9 45 49 −4 39[a]
6 Amathus Ayiou Tychona[b] 26 11 9 6 43 31 +12 39[a]
7 Kouris Erimis 26 11 5 10 39 37 +2 38[c]
8 Atlas Aglandjias 26 11 5 10 48 39 +9 38[c]
9 Doxa Paliometochou 26 11 4 11 47 45 +2 37
10 Kornos FC 2013 26 10 6 10 44 47 −3 36[d]
11 ASPIS Pylas (R) 26 11 3 12 38 40 −2 36[d] Relegation to the regional leagues
12 Koloni Geroskipou FC (R) 26 7 7 12 37 43 −6 28
13 Lenas Lemesou (R) 26 3 5 18 32 62 −30 14
14 Spartakos Kitiou (R) 26 0 5 21 25 64 −39 5
Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head: Elpida 7 points, Frenaros 6 points, Amathus 4 points.
  2. ^ Amathus were deducted three points as their fans stopped the home match against Elpida Astromeriti at the 79th minute, and the score was 2–0 for the away team.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Kouris 1–0 Atlas, Atlas 1–1 Kouris.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Kornos FC 2013 2–0 ASPIS, ASPIS 1–0 Kornos FC 2013.

National team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Cyprus  v  Belgium
6 September 2016 Cyprus  0–3  Belgium GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:45 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Lukaku 13', 61'
Carrasco 81'		 Attendance: 12,029
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Greece  v  Cyprus
7 October 2016 Greece  2–0  Cyprus Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens
21:45 UTC+3 Mitroglou 12'
Mantalos 42'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Attendance: 16,512
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Cyprus
10 October 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–0  Cyprus Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
20:45 UTC+2 Džeko 70', 81' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
Cyprus  v  Gibraltar
13 November 2016 Cyprus  3–1  Gibraltar GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 UTC+2 Laifis 29'
Sotiriou 65'
Sielis 88'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Casciaro 51' Attendance: 3,151
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Cyprus  v  Estonia
25 March 2017 Cyprus  0–0  Estonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 UTC+2 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Attendance: 3,864
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Gibraltar  v  Cyprus
9 June 2017 Gibraltar  1–2  Cyprus Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
19:45 UTC+1 Hernandez 30' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 R. Chipolina 10' (o.g.)
Sotiriou 87'		 Attendance: 488
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

References

  1. ^ "Αποφάσεις Δικαστικής Επιτροπής" [Decisions Judiciary Committee]. Cyprus Football Association. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Το σκεπτικό για την ποινή της ΑΕΖ" [The rationale for the sentence of AEZ]. Cyprus Football Association. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "1. Division 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "1. Division 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Αποφάσεις Δικαστικής Επιτροπής" [Decisions Judiciary Committee]. Cyprus Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ^ "1. Division 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ^ "2. Division 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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