2012–13 Cypriot Second Division

The 2012–13 Cypriot Second Division was the 58th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 15 September 2012[1] and ended on 11 May 2013.[2] The defending champions were Doxa Katokopias. Aris Limassol and AEK Kouklia finished equal on points but Aris Limassol won the championship because they had a better goal difference than AEK Kouklia in the matches played between the two teams.

Cypriot Second Division
Season2012–13
ChampionsAris
(5th title)
Promoted
  • Aris
  • AEK Kouklia
  • Ermis
Relegated
Matches played194
Goals scored534 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerStamatis Pantos
(16 goals)

Team Changes from 2011–12

Teams promoted to 2012–13 Cypriot First Division

  • Doxa Katokopias
  • Ayia Napa
  • AEP Paphos

Teams relegated from 2011–12 Cypriot First Division

  • Aris Limassol
  • Anagennisi Deryneia
  • Ermis Aradippou

Teams promoted from 2011–12 Cypriot Third Division

Teams relegated to 2012–13 Cypriot Third Division

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aris Limassol 26 16 7 3 64 21 +43 55 Qualification for promotion group
2 Ermis Aradippou 26 15 7 4 41 23 +18 52
3 AEK Kouklia 26 16 2 8 55 28 +27 50
4 Anagennisi Deryneia 26 12 7 7 28 23 +5 43
5 APEP 26 12 6 8 35 25 +10 42
6 Nikos & Sokratis Erimis 26 12 5 9 37 33 +4 41
7 Omonia Aradippou 26 9 8 9 40 40 0 35
8 Othellos Athienou 26 9 7 10 28 35 −7 34
9 PAEEK (R) 26 9 6 11 35 37 −2 33 Relegated to Cypriot B2 Division
10 AEZ Zakakiou (R) 26 10 2 14 34 45 −11 32
11 Onisilos Sotira[lower-alpha 1] (R) 26 8 8 10 21 32 −11 29
12 Chalkanoras Idaliou (R) 26 8 5 13 34 42 −8 29
13 Akritas Chlorakas[lower-alpha 2] (R) 26 4 5 17 23 42 −19 14 Relegated to Cypriot Third Division
14 Ethnikos Assia (R) 26 3 3 20 25 74 −49 12
Source: CFA
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Onisilos Sotira started the league with three points deduction because they did not met the financial criteria.
  2. On 28 November 2012, Akritas Chlorakas were deducted three points because they did not met the financial criteria.

Promotion group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aris Limassol (C, P) 32 19 8 5 75 29 +46 65[lower-alpha 1] Promoted to Cypriot First Division
2 AEK Kouklia (P) 32 21 2 9 69 37 +32 65[lower-alpha 1]
3 Ermis Aradippou (P) 32 17 7 8 47 34 +13 58
4 Anagennisi Deryneia 32 13 8 11 31 29 +2 47 Qualification for promotion play-offs
Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ARIS: 6 pts (GD: +3) ; AEK: 6 pts (GD: -3)

Results
Home \ Away AEK/K DER ARI ERM
AEK Kouklia 2–1 2–1 3–1
Anagennisi Deryneia 1–2 0–0 0–1
Aris Limassol 3–4 1–0 3–1
Ermis Aradippou 2–1 0–1 1–3
Source: CFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 11 May 2013; Source: CFA

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Stamatis Pantos AEK Kouklia 16
2 Giorgos Kavazis AEZ Zakakiou 13
Wender Aris Limassol 13
4 Marco Tagbajumi APEP 12
Ângelo AEK Kouklia 12
6 Demos Demosthenous Othellos Athienou 11
Andreas Kyprianou Aris Limassol 11
8 Wesllem Anagennisi Deryneia 10
Pedro Alves Aris Limassol 10
Hardy Pinto Omonia Aradippou 10
Panagiotis Linardos AEZ Zakakiou 10
Constantinos Mintikkis Omonia Aradippou 10

Sources
  • "2012/13 Cypriot Second Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" Πρόγραμμα Β’ Κατηγορίας (in Greek). CFA. 2012-07-02. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy" Ημερολογιακό πρόγραμμα β’ φάσης (in Greek). CFA. 2012-07-03. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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