1985–86 Cypriot First Division

Football league season
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]

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

AEL Apollon Aris
POL EPA Alki Anorthosis
ENP
ENP
Ermis
Ermis
APOP
APOP
Olympiakos
Olympiakos
Nea Salamina1
Nea Salamina1