1985–86 Cypriot First Division

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

Cypriot First Division
Season1985–86
ChampionsAPOEL
(13th title)
European CupAPOEL (1st round)
UEFA CupOmonia (1st round)
Cup Winners' CupApollon (1st round; via Cypriot Cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerYiannos Ioannou
(22 goals)[1]

Format

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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

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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

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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[a] Anagennisi Football Ground & GSZ Stadium
Olympiakos GSP Stadium
Omonia Makario Stadium
Pezoporikos GSZ Stadium
  1. ^ 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

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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

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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.

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.
  2. ^ Stilianou & Georgiou 1988, p. 115

Sources

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