2008–09 Cypriot Third Division

The 2008–09 Cypriot Third Division was the 38th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Akritas Chlorakas won their 2nd title.

Cypriot Third Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsAkritas
(2nd title)
PromotedAkritas
Frenaros
Othellos
RelegatedAnagennisi Tr.
Orfeas
Olympos
Matches played182
Goals scored519 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerMarios Thoma (17 goals)

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2008–09 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 2009–10 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2009–10 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 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division

Teams relegated from 2007–08 Cypriot Second Division

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Cypriot Fourth Division

Teams relegated to 2008–09 Cypriot Fourth Division

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Akritas Chlorakas (C, P) 26 16 6 4 46 23 +23 54 Promoted to Cypriot Second Division
2 Frenaros FC (P) 26 14 6 6 51 28 +23 48
3 Othellos Athienou (P) 26 13 7 6 34 22 +12 46
4 Digenis Oroklinis 26 10 9 7 36 32 +4 39[lower-alpha 1]
5 AEZ Zakakiou 26 11 6 9 42 35 +7 39[lower-alpha 1]
6 Kissos Kissonergas 26 11 5 10 36 38 −2 38[lower-alpha 2]
7 AEK Kouklia 26 11 5 10 33 27 +6 38[lower-alpha 2]
8 Spartakos Kitiou 26 10 7 9 48 37 +11 37
9 Adonis Idaliou 26 10 6 10 39 31 +8 36
10 Elpida Xylofagou 26 8 9 9 34 40 −6 33
11 Anagennisi Deryneia 26 8 8 10 32 35 −3 32
12 Anagennisi Trachoniou (R) 26 9 4 13 38 51 −13 31 Relegated to Cypriot Fourth Division
13 Orfeas Nicosia (R) 26 7 4 15 24 44 −20 25
14 Olympos Xylofagou (R) 26 1 4 21 26 76 −50 7
Source: League standings at CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Digenis 3p, 5–4; AEZ 3p, 4–5
  2. Kissos FC 6p; AEK 0p

Results
Home \ Away ADN AEZ AEK AKR AND ANT DGN ELP KSS OTL OLM ORF SPR FRN
Adonis 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
AEZ 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–4 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1
AEK 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–3
Akritas 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 5–3 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Anagennisi D. 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–1
Anagennisi T. 1–5 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–5 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–2
Digenis 1–0 5–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–2 4–0 3–1 1–0
Elpida 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Kissos 0–4 2–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–1
Othellos 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Olympos 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–5 0–3 0–2 2–2 3–3 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2
Orfeas 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–5
Spartakos 2–4 4–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–2 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 6–3 6–0 4–1
Frenaros FC 4–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0
Source: Results at CFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

Sources
  • "2008/09 Cypriot Third Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  • "League standings" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  • "Results" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  • "Teams" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  • "Scorers" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
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