1985–86 Cypriot First Division

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; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yiannos Ioannou; (22 goals)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Cypriot First Division was the 47th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 13th title.

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 the 1986–87 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1986–87 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Changes from previous season

Omonia Aradippou and Evagoras Paphos were relegated from previous season and played in the 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first two teams of the 1984–85 Cypriot Second Division, Ermis Aradippou and APOP Paphos.

Stadia and locations

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^[a]	Anagennisi Football Ground & GSZ Stadium
Olympiakos	GSP Stadium
Omonia	Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos	GSZ Stadium

^ Nea Salanina used two venues. The first 7 out of 13 home games were played at Anagennisi Football Ground and the rest six at GSZ Stadium.^[2]

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 for European Cup first round
2	Omonia	26	16	8	2	62	23	+39	40	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Apollon Limassol	26	15	7	4	45	23	+22	37	Qualification for Cup 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: ^{[citation needed]}
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: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
^ Stilianou & Georgiou 1988, p. 115

Sources

"1985/86 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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.

[3] Nea Salanina used two venues. The first 7 out of 13 home games were played at Anagennisi Football Ground and the rest six at GSZ Stadium.^[2]

[first-1] "Cyprus - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2015-06-25. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

[2] Stilianou & Georgiou 1988, p. 115

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Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Akritas Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Onisilos Orfeas Othellos PAEEK Pezoporikos THOI Trust
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Domestic leagues	First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Domestic cups	Cypriot Cup Stylianakis Shield
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

v t e 1985–86 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '85 '86 England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '85 '86 Spain Sweden '85 '86 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup