1985–86 Cypriot First Division

The1985–86 Cypriot First Divisionwas the 47th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootballleague.APOELwon their 13th title.

Cypriot First Division

Season	1985–86
Champions	APOEL (13th title)
European Cup	APOEL(1st round)
UEFA Cup	Omonia(1st round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Apollon(1st round; viaCypriot Cup)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yiannos Ioannou (22 goals)
←1984–85 1986–87→

Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 1985–86 Cypriot First 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. No team was relegated to the1986–87 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the1986–87 European Cupand the runners-up in the1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Changes from previous season

Omonia AradippouandEvagoras Paphoswere relegated from previous season and played in the1985–86 Cypriot Second Division.They were replaced by the first two teams of the1984–85 Cypriot Second Division,Ermis AradippouandAPOP Paphos.

Stadia and locations

• APOEL
• Omonia

• AEL
• Apollon
• Aris

• POL
• EPA
• Alki
• Anorthosis

ENP

Ermis

APOP

Olympiakos

Nea Salamina¹

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1985–86 Cypriot First Division

Club	Venue
AEL	Tsirion Stadium
Alki	GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis	GSZ Stadium
APOEL	Makario Stadium
Apollon	Tsirion Stadium
APOP	Pafiako Stadium
Aris	Tsirion Stadium
Enosis	Paralimni Stadium
EPA	GSZ Stadium
Ermis	Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Nea Salamina	Anagennisi Football Ground&GSZ Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos	GSZ Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL(C)	26	22	3	1	61	12	+49	47	Qualification forEuropean Cup first round
2	Omonia	26	16	8	2	62	23	+39	40	Qualification forUEFA Cup first round
3	Apollon Limassol	26	15	7	4	45	23	+22	37	Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	13	6	7	36	27	+9	32
5	Nea Salamis	26	7	11	8	26	26	0	25
6	AEL Limassol	26	9	6	11	27	26	+1	24
7	Pezoporikos Larnaca	26	7	10	9	32	32	0	24
8	Enosis Neon Paralimni	26	8	7	11	33	35	−2	23
9	EPA Larnaca	26	6	10	10	27	35	−8	22
10	Alki Larnaca	26	5	12	9	22	31	−9	22
11	Olympiakos Nicosia	26	7	8	11	34	51	−17	22
12	APOP Paphos	26	6	9	11	26	44	−18	21
13	Aris Limassol	26	5	9	12	32	42	−10	19
14	Ermis Aradippou	26	0	6	20	21	77	−56	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for. Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points.
(C)Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AEL	ALK	ANR	APN	APL	APP	ARS	ENP	EPA	ERM	NSL	OLY	OMO	POL
AEL		1–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–2
Alkí	0–4		0–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0
Anorthosis	0–2	2–2		1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0
APOEL	1–0	2–0	3–1		4–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	5–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	3–0
Apollon	1–0	3–0	2–3	1–0		3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0
APOP	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–0		2–4	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–4	1–1	3–2
Aris	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–3	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–1
ENP	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	4–2		1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
EPA	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	5–3		3–0	1–0	1–1	0–6	0–1
Ermis	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	4–4	0–3	0–1		1–1	3–3	0–3	3–4
Nea Salamis	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		0–0	1–2	2–1
Olympiakos	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–2		1–4	1–1
Omonia	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	7–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	9–0	4–2	3–0		2–1
Pezoporikos	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	4–2	2–2

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

See also

• Cypriot First Division
• 1985–86 Cypriot Cup
• List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season
• Cypriot football clubs in European competitions

Sources

• "1985/86 Cypriot First Division".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.2016-01-14.Retrieved2016-01-14.
• Stilianou, Pampos; Georgiou, Neofitos (1988).Νέα Σαλαμίνα, 40 χρόνια πρωτοπόρας αθλητικής πορείας[Nea Salamina, 40 years pioneering sports history] (in Greek). Cyprus:Nea Salamina Famagusta.