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STOK Elite Division

{{Short description|Football 4th tier on Cyprus}}

{{Infobox football league

| name = STOK Elite Division

| logo =

| pixels = 96

| country = {{CYP}}

| confed =

| founded = {{Start date and age|2015}}

| folded =

| divisions =

| teams = 16

| feeds =

| promotion = Cypriot Third Division

| relegation = Cypriot regional levels

| levels = 4

| domest_cup = Cypriot Cup for lower divisions

| confed_cup =

| champions = AEN Vrysoullon-Acheritou

| season = 2024–25

| most successful club =Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion

Onisilos Sotira

Kouris Erimis

Iraklis Gerolakkou

APEA Akrotiriou

Geroskipou FC

Doxa Paliometochou

AEN Vrysoullon-Acheritou (1 each)

| tv =

| website = CFA [https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/competitions/50549072]

| current = 2024–25 STOK Elite Division

}}

The STOK Elite Division is the fourth tier and the last professional football league competition in Cyprus, run by the STOK Federation of the Cypriot levels.

History

The STOK Elite Division Championship was initiated by the Cyprus Football Association and by STOK in the 2015–16 football season as the fourth level of Cypriot football in order to replace the folded Cypriot Fourth Division.

Structure

=Current format=

Sixteen clubs are competing in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 games per team. The top three clubs are promoted to the Cypriot Third Division and the bottom four are relegated to Cypriot regional levels.

Teams

The sixteen teams participating in the 2024–25 season are:

Winners

The following teams have won the STOK Elite Division:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
width="75" | Season

!width="250" | Winner

align="center" | 2015–16Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion
align="center" | 2016–17Onisilos Sotira
align="center" | 2017–18Kouris Erimis
align="center" | 2018–19Iraklis Gerolakkou
align="center" | 2019–20Interrupted
align="center" | 2020–21Interrupted
align="center" | 2021–22APEA Akrotiriou
align="center" | 2022–23Geroskipou FC
align="center" | 2023–24Doxa Paliometochou
align="center" | 2024–25AEN Vrysoullon-Acheritou

= Performance by club =

class="wikitable"
Club

! Winners

! Winning seasons

Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion12015–16
Onisilos Sotira 201412016–17
Kouris Erimis12017–18
Iraklis Gerolakkou12018–19
APEA Akrotiriou12021-22
Geroskipou FC12022-23
Doxa Paliometochou12023-24
AEN Vrysoullon-Acheritou12024-25

Number of participating, promoted and relegated teams per season

The number of the participated teams and the number of the teams that were promoted to the Cypriot Third Division and the teams that were relegated were changed many times over the years.

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Season

!{{abbr|N|Number of participated teams}}

!{{abbr|P.|Number of promoted teams}}

!{{abbr|R.|Number of relegated teams}}

align="center" | 2015–16

| 14

| 3

| 2

align="center" | 2016–17

| 14

| 4

| 4

align="center" | 2017–18

| 14

| 3

| 4

align="center" | 2018–19

| 14

| 4

| 2

align="center" | 2019–20

| 16

| 4

| 0

Participations per club

So far, 30 teams participated in the STOK Elite Division since 2015–16 (including the 2018–19 season).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyp4part.html|title= Cyprus - Participations per club at Cypriot Fourth Level|website=RSSSF|access-date=17 April 2018}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; style="font-size:85%"

width="200" | Team

!width="15" | {{abbr|Par.|Participations}}

style="background:#FFFDDF"|AEN3
style="background:#FFFDDF"|ASPIS Pylas3
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Atlas Aglandjias3
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Doxa Paliometochou3
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Finikas3
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Frenaros FC3
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Kornos FC3
style="background:#C9FFE5"|Amathus2
style="background:#C9FFE5"|APEA Akrotiriou2
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Elia Lythrodonta2

|valign="top" width=25%|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; style="font-size:85%"
width="200" | Team

!width="15" | {{abbr|Par.|Participations}}

style="background:#C9FFE5"|Elpida Astromeriti2
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Iraklis Gerolakkou2
style="background:#C9FFE5"|Kouris Erimis2
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Lenas Limassol2
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Livadiakos/Salamina Livadion2
style="background:#D8F5C9"|Onisilos Sotira2
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Orfeas Nicosia2
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Rotsidis Mammari2
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Spartakos Kitiou2
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Adonis Idaliou1

|valign="top" width=25%|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; style="font-size:85%"
width="200" | Team

!width="15" | {{abbr|Par.|Participations}}

style="background:#FFFDDF"|AEK Korakou1
style="background:#FFFDDF"|APEP FC1
style="background:#FFFDDF"|APONA Anageias1
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Elpida Xylofagou1
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Enosis Kokkinotrimithia1
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Koloni Geroskipou1
style="background:#FFFDDF"|Kormakitis1
style="background:#C9FFE5"|Omonia Psevda1
style="background:#C9FFE5"|Peyia 20141
style="background:#E5E4E2"|Poseidonas Giolou1

|}

League or status at 2018–19:

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| style="width:10px; background:#D8F5C9;"|

2018–19 Cypriot Second Division (1)
style="width:10px; background:#C9FFE5;"|2018–19 Cypriot Third Division (6)
style="width:10px; background:#FFFDDF;"|2018–19 STOK Elite Division (14)
style="width:10px; background:#E5E4E2;"|No longer affiliated with CFA (9)

References

{{reflist|2}}

{{STOK Elite Division}}

{{Football in Cyprus}}

{{UEFA fourth leagues}}

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