Season 1985–86 European Cup APOEL (1st round) Start date 1985 Matches played 182 | Champions APOEL
(13th title) UEFA Cup Omonia (1st round) Goals scored 484 | |
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Cup Winners' Cup Apollon (1st round; via Cypriot Cup) Top goalscorer Yiannos Ioannou
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The 1985–86 Cypriot First Division was the 47th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 13th title.
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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.
Point system
Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
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
1Nea 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.
League standings
Points system: Won=2 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differences, 3) Goal for