1955–56 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division
Season	1955–56
Champions	Aris; (2nd title)
Promoted	Aris
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Cypriot Second Division was the 3rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Aris Limassol won their 2nd title.

Format[]

Eight teams participated in the 1955–56 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split into two geographical groups, depending from which Districts of Cyprus each participated team came from. All teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season were crowned group champions. The winners of each group played against each other in the final phase of the competition and the winner were the champions of the Second Division. The champion was promoted to the 1956–57 Cypriot First Division.

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

Changes from previous season[]

Teams promoted to 1955–56 Cypriot First Division

Nea Salamis Famagusta

Teams relegated from 1954–55 Cypriot First Division

Aris Limassol

New members of CFA

Apollon Limassol

Members that withdrew from CFA

Stadiums and locations[]

Antaeus
Apollon
Aris
Panellinios

APOP

Orfeas

Alki

PAEK

Locations of the 1955–56 Cypriot Second Division teams.

Group	Team	Stadium
Limassol-Paphos	Antaeus	GSO Stadium
	Apollon	GSO Stadium
	APOP
	Aris	GSO Stadium
	Panellinios	GSO Stadium
Nicosia-Larnaca-Keryneia	Alki	GSZ Stadium
	Orfeas	GSP Stadium
	PAEK

Nicosia-Larnaca-Keryneia Group[]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orfeas Nicosia	4	4	0	10	3	+7	8	Advanced to Champions Playoff
2	Alki Larnaca	4	1	3	10	8	+2	2
3	PAEK	4	1	3	5	14	−9	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	ORF	PKK
Alki		1–2	5–0
Orfeas	2–1		3–0
PAEK	4–3	1–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Limassol-Paphos Group[]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aris Limassol (C, P)	8	6	2	0	31	9	+22	14	Advanced to Champions Playoff
2	Antaeus Limassol	8	6	1	1	21	10	+11	13
3	Panellinios Limassol	8	2	3	3	20	23	−3	7
4	APOP Paphos	8	2	2	4	21	22	−1	6
5	Apollon Limassol	8	0	0	8	10	39	−29	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	APL	APP	ARS	PNL
Antaeus		2–1	4–2	0–0	5–2
Apollon	0–5		2–6	2–6	2–6
APOP	0–2	5–0		1–3	2–2
Aris	4–1	6–2	5–1		6–1
Panellinios	1–2	3–1	4–4	1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions Playoffs[]

Aris Limassol 3 – 0 Orfeas Nicosia (GSO Stadium, June 3, 1956)
Orfeas Nicosia 2 – 1 Aris Limassol (GSP Stadium (1902), June 10, 1956)

Aris Limassol were the champions of the Second Division and they were promoted to the 1956–57 Cypriot First Division.

Sources[]

"Cyprus 1955/56". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.

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