1987–88 Cypriot Third Division

Cypriot Third Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Digenis Akritas Morphou FC ; (1st title)
Promoted	Digenis Akritas Morphou FC ; Chalkanoras Idaliou
Relegated	AEM Morphou ; Apollon Lympion ; Achyronas Liopetriou
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 1987–88 Cypriot Third Division was the 17th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Digenis Akritas Morphou FC won their 1st title.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Digenis Akritas Morphou FC association football club from Morphou, Cyprus

Digenis Akritas Morphou is a Cypriot sports club from Morphou, founded on April 23, 1931. The club takes its name from the medieval Greek hero Digenis Akritas, who is depicted on the club's emblem. It has a football and a basketball team.

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1987–88 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 two teams were promoted to 1988–89 Cypriot Second Division. The last three teams were relegated to the 1988–89 Cypriot Fourth Division.

The 1988–89 Cypriot Second Division was the 34th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Evagoras Paphos won their 4th title.

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Point system

Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld.	GF.	GA.	GF.	Pts.	Notes
1	Digenis Akritas Morphou FC	26	37	15	+22	39	Champions-Promoted to 1988–89 Cypriot Second Division.
2	Chalkanoras Idaliou	26	51	22	+29	37	Promoted to 1988–89 Cypriot Second Division.
3	AEZ Zakakiou	26	41	27	+14	30
4	AEK Katholiki	26	39	34	+5	26
5	Libanos Kormakiti	26	34	37	−3	26
6	Ethnikos Assia FC	26	35	25	−10	25
7	Kentro Neotitas Maroniton	26	45	42	+3	25
8	Orfeas Athienou	26	31	29	+2	25
9	OXEN Peristeronas	26	31	37	−6	24
10	ASO Ormideia	26	35	44	−9	24
11	Neos Aionas Trikomou	26	24	41	+17	24
12	AEM Morphou	26	18	20	−2	23	Relegated to 1988–89 Cypriot Fourth Division.
13	Apollon Lympion	26	18	28	−10	22
14	Achyronas Liopetriou	26	21	59	−38	14

Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for

Sources

"Ο Διγενής πρωταθλητής". Philathlos (in Greek). 1988-05-23. p. 4.
"Γ΄ κατηγορία". Phileleftheros (in Greek). 1988-06-20. p. 11.
"Πρωταθλητής ο Διγενής". Simerini (in Greek). 1988-05-23. p. 13.

Phileleftheros is the largest newspaper in Cyprus, with about 26,000 copies daily (2002). Established in 1955, it is also the oldest Greek-language daily newspaper in circulation on the island. Other daily newspapers published in Cyprus include Politis,Simerini, Haravgi, and Alithia.

For the Greek newspaper based in Patras, see Simerini (Patras)

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2017–18 clubs	Achyronas Akritas APEA APEP Digenis Morphou Elpida ENAD ENY Digenis Ypsona Ethnikos Finikas Livadiakos MEAP Nisou Olympias Onisillos Ormideia Peyia
Associated competitions	First Division Second Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup Cypriot Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup
Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup