2003–04 Cypriot Third Division

The 2003–04 Cypriot Third Division was the 33rd season of the Cypriot third-level football league. APOP Kinyras won their 1st title.

Cypriot Third Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsAPOP Kinyras
(1st title)
PromotedAPOP Kinyras
MEAP
Chalkanoras
RelegatedEthnikos L.
Anagennisi G.
Sourouklis
Matches played181
Goals scored592 (3.27 per match)

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2003–04 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 2004–05 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2004–05 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 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division

Teams relegated from 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division

Teams promoted from 2002–03 Cypriot Fourth Division

Teams relegated to 2003–04 Cypriot Fourth Division

Also, before the start of the season, Kinyras Empas and APOP Peyia were merged to form APOP Kinyras, which took the place of Kinyras Empas in the Cypriot Third Division.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 APOP Kinyras (C, P) 26 19 3 4 51 22 +29 60 Promoted to Cypriot Second Division
2 MEAP Nisou (P) 26 18 2 6 68 24 +44 56
3 Chalkanoras Idaliou (P) 26 15 4 7 56 27 +29 49
4 Orfeas Nicosia 26 11 6 9 44 42 +2 39
5 AEZ Zakakiou 26 11 5 10 37 33 +4 38
6 Elpida Xylofagou 26 9 7 10 34 34 0 34
7 Adonis Idaliou 26 10 4 12 45 46 −1 34
8 AEK Kythreas 26 9 7 10 36 42 −6 34
9 AEK/Achilleas Ayiou Theraponta 25 10 3 12 45 45 0 33[lower-alpha 1]
10 Iraklis Gerolakkou 26 9 6 11 42 49 −7 33
11 AEM Mesogis 26 8 8 10 42 49 −7 32
12 Ethnikos Latsion FC (R) 26 7 10 9 38 45 −7 31 Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division
13 Anagennisi Germasogeias (R) 26 5 5 16 34 53 −19 20
14 Sourouklis Troullon (R) 25 4 2 19 20 81 −61 14[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goals for.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The game Sourouklis-AEK/Achilleas abandoned at 2–1 in 80' after a fight broke out between the players; game was decided to be void with neither side awarded any points as the CFA considered the abandonment the fault of both clubs.

Results
Home \ Away ADN AEZ AEK ACH AEM ANG APK ETL ELP IRK MPN ORF SRK CHL
Adonis 2–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–4 2–1 2–1 4–3
AEZ 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0
AEK Kythreas 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–3 0–4 4–2 2–1 1–2
AEK/Achilleas 2–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 4–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–4 3–2 4–0 2–1
AEM 3–5 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–3 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0
Anagennisi 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 5–0 0–4
APOP Kinyras 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2
Ethnikos 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–4 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 9–1 1–0
Elpida 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–2
Iraklis 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–5 3–2 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–2 6–1 0–0
MEAP 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 7–0 2–3
Orfeas 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 5–0 2–1
Sourouklis 3–2 1–3 0–3 –[lower-alpha 1] 2–4 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–4 2–0 0–6
Chalkanoras 3–0 2–4 5–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Sourouklis and AEK/Achilleas was abandoned in the 80th minute at 2–1, after a fight broke out between the players; game was decided to be void with neither side awarded any points as the CFA considered the abandonment the fault of both clubs.

See also

Sources
  • "2003/04 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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