1986–87 Cypriot First Division

The 1986–87 Cypriot First Division was the 48th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 15th title.

Cypriot First Division
Season1986–87
ChampionsOmonia
(15th title)
Relegated
European CupOmonia (1st round)
UEFA CupEPA (1st round)
Cup Winners' CupAEL (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored677 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerSpas Dzhevizov
(32 goals)[1]

Format

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Sixteen teams participated in the 1986–87 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. The last two teams were relegated to the 1987–88 Cypriot Second Division.

The champions ensured their participation in the 1987–88 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

Changes from previous season

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No team was relegated from the previous season. The first two teams of the 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division, Ethnikos Achna and Omonia Aradippou were promoted and added to the First Division.

Stadia and locations

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Club Venue
AEL Tsirion Stadium
Alki GSZ Stadium
Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
APOEL Makario Stadium
Apollon Tsirion Stadium
APOP Pafiako Stadium
Aris Tsirion Stadium
Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium
Enosis Paralimni Municipal Stadium
EPA GSZ Stadium
Ermis Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Nea Salamis GSZ Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia Ar. Aradippou Municipal Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos GSZ Stadium

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Omonia (C) 30 26 0 4 86 28 +58 52 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 APOEL[a] 30 19 9 2 58 11 +47 47
3 EPA[a] 30 18 7 5 45 20 +25 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 AEL 30 14 8 8 62 34 +28 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Aris 30 12 11 7 53 35 +18 35
6 Apollon 30 13 8 9 52 34 +18 34
7 Olympiakos 30 12 10 8 47 46 +1 34
8 Anorthosis 30 9 15 6 35 30 +5 33
9 APOP 30 8 11 11 39 44 −5 27
10 Enosis Neon Paralimni 30 9 8 13 34 53 −19 26
11 Pezoporikos 30 4 16 10 25 28 −3 24
12 Alki 30 5 14 11 30 39 −9 24
13 Nea Salamis 30 7 10 13 45 54 −9 24
14 Ethnikos 30 5 12 13 27 50 −23 22
15 Omonia Aradippou (R) 30 2 9 19 21 64 −43 13 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
16 Ermis (R) 30 1 4 25 19 108 −89 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b In 1986 APOEL was drawn against Besiktas J.K. for the second round of the 1986–87 European Cup. This was the first time that a Cypriot team faced a Turkish team in a European football competition (see Cyprus dispute). The Cypriot government prohibited APOEL from playing against the Turkish team, so APOEL was punished with one year disqualification from any UEFA competition. So, the third team of the table, EPA, took APOEL place in 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away AEL ALK ANR APN APL APP ARS ETH ENP EPA ERM NSL OLY OMA OMN POL
AEL 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 7–0 4–2 5–1 2–0 3–1 2–0
Alki 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–4 0–2
Anorthosis 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
APOEL 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 0–1 4–0 4–0 0–0 6–0 1–0 1–0
Apollon 2–2 0–1 5–0 0–2 1–0 3–4 5–1 5–2 1–4 6–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–3 1–1
APOP 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 4–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1
Aris 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–0
Ethnikos 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–0
ENP 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2
EPA 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Ermis 0–7 0–3 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–6 2–5 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–6 1–1
Nea Salamis 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 5–0 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–1
Olympiakos 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 5–3 1–1 3–2 0–5 1–0
Omonia Ar. 2–5 2–5 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–6 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–6 1–4 0–0
Omonia N. 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 5–1 4–3 6–4 2–0 1–0
Pezoporikos 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 6–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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  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.

Sources

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