1953–54 Cypriot Second Division

Cypriot Second Division
Season	1953–54
Champions	Aris Limassol FC; (1st title)
Promoted	Aris Limassol FC
	1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Cypriot Second Division was the first season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Aris Limassol FC won their 1st title.^[1]

Format

Nine teams participated in the 1953–54 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split to two geographical groups, depending from Districts of Cyprus each participated team came from. All teams of a 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 crowned group champions. The winners of each group were playing 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 1954–55 Cypriot First Division.

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

Stadiums and locations

Amathus
Aris
Doğan Türk
Panellinios

APOP

Nea Salamis
Mağusa Türk

Demi Spor

Gençlik Gücü

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Locations of the 1953–54 Cypriot Second Division teams.

Group	Team	Stadium
Limassol-Paphos	Antaeus Limassol	GSO Stadium
	APOP Paphos FC	GSK Stadium
	Aris Limassol FC	GSO Stadium
	Doğan Türk Birliği	GSO Stadium
	Panellinios Limassol	GSO Stadium
Nicosia-Famagusta-Larnaca	Gençlik Gücü S.K.	GSP Stadium (1902)
	Nea Salamis Famagusta FC	GSE Stadium
	Demi Spor Larnaca	GSZ Stadium (1928)
	Mağusa Türk Gücü S.K.	GSE Stadium

Nicosia-Famagusta-Larnaca Group

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gençler Birliği SK	6	5	1	0	31	8	+23	11	Group Champions – Champions Playoff
2	Nea Salamis Famagusta FC	6	4	1	1	23	11	+12	9
3	Gençlik Gücü S.K.	6	2	0	4	13	23	−10	4
4	Mağusa Türk Gücü S.K.	6	0	0	6	5	30	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for. Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points.

Results

Home \ Away	GNL	NSL	DML	MGS
Gençlik Gücü		1–6	2–0
Nea Salamis	5–1		2–2	5–2
Demi Spor Larnaca	8–2	5–3
Mağusa Türk		0–2

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

Limassol-Paphos Group

Aris Limassol FC was the champions.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	APP	ARS	PNL	DGN
Antaeus		6–1	1–1	1–0	2–0
APOP	4–3		3–0
Aris	1–0			3–1	4–0
Panellinios			0–4
Doğan Türk		0–0	1–1

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

Champions Playoffs

Aris 3–2 Demi Spor Larnaca
Demi Spor Larnaca 3–3 Aris

Aris Limassol were the champions of the Second Division. Aris Limassol promoted to 1954–55 Cypriot First Division.

References

^ Xaris Xarilaou. "Cyprus – List of Second Level Champions". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 July 2017.