2019–20 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division
Season	2019–20
Matches played	115
Goals scored	319 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andreas Kyprianou; Andreas Papathanasiou; (10 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Alki 9–0 Omonia P.; (2 November 2019)[2]
Biggest away win	Ypsonas 0–5 Ayia Napa; (8 December 2019)[3]
Highest scoring	Alki 9–0 Omonia P.; (2 November 2019)[2]
Longest unbeaten run	Ermis (16 games)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Cypriot Second Division is the 65th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 20 September 2019[4] and expect to end in April 2020.

Format

Sixteen teams are divided into 2 groups of 8 teams each (Groups A and B). Each plays the others from its own group twice, home and away, for a total of 14 games each, over 14 game weeks. Teams took place 1-4 of each group they qualify for Premier Group were the first two teams promoted to the First Division, and the rest for Standard Group were the last four teams relegated to the Third Division.[5]

Team changes from 2018–19

Teams promoted to 2019–20 Cypriot First Division

Teams relegated from 2018–19 Cypriot First Division

Teams promoted from 2018–19 Cypriot Third Division

Teams relegated to 2019–20 Cypriot Third Division

Stadiums and locations

AEZ

Akritas

Anagennisi

Othellos

Ayia Napa

Location of clubs in 2019–20 Cypriot Second Division

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AEZ	Zakaki, Limassol	Zakaki Community Stadium	2,000
Akritas	Chloraka, Paphos	Chloraka Municipal Stadium	3,500
Alki	Oroklini, Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca	5,500
Anagennisi	Deryneia, Famagusta	Anagennisi Football Ground	5,800
Aris	Limassol	Tsirio Stadium	13,331
ASIL	Larnaca	Grigoris Afxentiou Stadium	2,000
Ayia Napa	Ayia Napa, Famagusta	Ayia Napa Municipal Stadium	2,000
Digenis Akritas Morphou	Morphou, Nicosia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia	16,000
Ermis	Aradippou, Larnaca	Aradippou Municipal Stadium	2,500
Karmiotissa	Pano Polemidia, Limassol	Pano Polemidia Municipal Stadium	1,500
Omonia Ar.	Aradippou, Larnaca	Aradippou Municipal Stadium	2,500
Omonia Psevda	Psevdas, Larnaca	Psevdas Municipal Stadium	1,000
Onisilos	Sotira, Famagusta	Sotira Municipal Stadium	1,000
Othellos	Athienou, Larnaca	Othellos Athienou Stadium	5,000
P.O. Xylotymbou	Xylotymbou, Larnaca	Xylotymbou Municipal Stadium	1,000
Ypsonas FC	Ypsonas, Limassol	Stelios Chari Stadium	1,000

First phase

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aris Limassol	14	9	3	2	24	10	+14	30[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Premier Group
2	Karmiotissa FC	14	10	0	4	25	16	+9	30[lower-alpha 1]
3	Ayia Napa	14	8	3	3	20	12	+8	27[lower-alpha 2]
4	ASIL Lysi	14	8	3	3	24	14	+10	27[lower-alpha 2]
5	Alki Oroklini	14	4	3	7	19	14	+5	15	Qualification to Standard Group
6	Omonia Aradippou	14	3	4	7	9	14	−5	13
7	Ypsonas FC	14	3	3	8	9	21	−12	12
8	Omonia Psevda	14	2	1	11	12	41	−29	7

Source: CFA (in Greek)
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).[6]
Notes:

Head to head record: Aris 3–0 Karmiotissa, Karmiotissa 1–0 Aris.
Head to head record: Ayia Napa 0–0 ASIL, ASIL 1–2 Ayia Napa.

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	ARI	ASL	AYN	KAR	OMA	OMP	YPS
Alki Oroklini		1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	9–0	2–0
Aris Limassol	1–0		2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–0
ASIL Lysi	2–1	4–3		1–2	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Ayia Napa	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	1–2	2–2
Karmiotissa FC	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0		1–0	6–1	3–1
Omonia Aradippou	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1		3–1	2–0
Omonia Psevda	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1		0–2
Ypsonas FC	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–5	0–1	0–0	1–0

Source: CFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ermis Aradippou	14	12	2	0	31	8	+23	38	Qualification to Premier Group
2	Onisilos Sotira 2014	14	7	5	2	24	14	+10	26
3	Othellos Athienou	14	6	2	6	21	17	+4	20
4	Anagennisi Deryneia	14	4	3	7	12	13	−1	15[lower-alpha 1]
5	Digenis Akritas Morphou[lower-alpha 2]	14	5	3	6	18	20	−2	15[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Standard Group
6	Akritas Chlorakas	14	3	6	5	19	26	−7	15[lower-alpha 1]
7	P.O. Xylotymbou 2006	14	3	4	7	14	22	−8	13
8	AEZ Zakakiou	14	2	3	9	11	30	−19	9

Source: CFA (in Greek)
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]
Notes:

Head to head points: Anagennisi: 7, Digenis: 5, Akritas: 4.
Digenis Akritas Morphou were deducted three points for suspicious betting activity.[7]

Results

Home \ Away	AEZ	AKR	ANA	DMO	ERM	ONI	OTH	POX
AEZ Zakakiou		1–1	1–0	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1
Akritas Chlorakas	3–1		2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–2
Anagennisi Deryneia	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Digenis Akritas Morphou	1–0	1–0	0–2		0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1
Ermis Aradippou	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–2		3–0	1–0	2–0
Onisilos Sotira 2014	4–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	3–0
Othellos Athienou	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1		4–1
P.O. Xylotymbou 2006	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–2

Source: CFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Premier Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ermis Aradippou (P)	18	15	3	0	38	12	+26	29	Promotion to Cypriot First Division
2	Karmiotissa FC (P)	18	13	0	5	33	20	+13	24	Promotion to Cypriot First Division
3	Aris Limassol	18	11	2	5	29	14	+15	21
4	Ayia Napa	18	10	4	4	23	14	+9	21
5	Onisilos Sotira 2014	18	9	6	3	28	16	+12	20
6	ASIL Lysi	18	9	4	5	27	18	+9	18
7	Othellos Athienou	18	6	3	9	25	24	+1	11
8	Anagennisi Deryneia	18	4	3	11	15	23	−8	8

Source: CFA (in Greek)
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).[9]
(P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	ANA	ARI	ASL	AYN	ERM	ONI	OTH
Anagennisi Deryneia					0–1
Aris Limassol							1–0
ASIL Lysi					0–1		1–0
Ayia Napa						0–1
Ermis Aradippou
Karmiotissa FC	3–1	2–0
Onisilos Sotira 2014			1–1
Othellos Athienou				0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2020. Source: CFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standard Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alki Oroklini	18	7	3	8	28	16	+12	17
2	P.O. Xylotymbou 2006	18	6	5	7	20	24	−4	17
3	AEZ Zakakiou	18	5	4	9	15	30	−15	15
4	Digenis Akritas Morphou	18	7	3	8	22	25	−3	14
5	Omonia Aradippou	18	4	6	8	14	18	−4	12	Relegation to Cypriot Third Division
6	Akritas Chlorakas	18	4	7	7	21	30	−9	12
7	Ypsonas FC	18	3	4	11	12	31	−19	7
8	Omonia Psevda	18	2	1	15	15	50	−35	4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2020. Source: CFA (in Greek)
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).[10]

Results

Home \ Away	AEZ	AKR	DMO	OMA	OMP	POX	YPS
AEZ Zakakiou			2–0
Akritas Chlorakas					2–1
Alki Oroklini	0–1			1–0
Digenis Akritas Morphou
Omonia Aradippou						1–1
Omonia Psevda			1–2
P.O. Xylotymbou 2006							1–0
Ypsonas FC		0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2020. Source: CFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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"2. Division 2019/2020 - Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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[table_hth_ARI0.70280009913389-6] Head to head record: Aris 3–0 Karmiotissa, Karmiotissa 1–0 Aris.

[table_hth_AYN0.70280009913389-7] Head to head record: Ayia Napa 0–0 ASIL, ASIL 1–2 Ayia Napa.

[table_hth_ANA0.23158927645143-9] Head to head points: Anagennisi: 7, Digenis: 5, Akritas: 4.

[table_note_DMO0.23158927645143-11] Digenis Akritas Morphou were deducted three points for suspicious betting activity.[7]

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[YPSONAS_Vs_AYIA_NAPA-3] "DIGENIS YPSONAS VS. AYIA NAPA 0 – 5". www.soccerway.com. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[Opening-4] "Αναγέννηση Δερύνειας – Ονήσιλλος Σωτήρας 0-0". www.cfa.com.cy. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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[12] "2. Division 2019/2020 Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[13] "2. Division 2019/2020 - Promotion Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[14] "2. Division 2019/2020 - Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

Cypriot Second Division
2019–20 clubs	AEZ Akritas Alki Anagennisi Ayia Napa Aris ASIL Digenis Morphou Ermis Karmiotissa Omonia Ar. Omonia Ps. Onisilos Othellos P.O. Xylotymbou Ypsonas
Associated competitions	First Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup
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