The 1985–86 Cypriot First Division was the 47th season of the Cypriot top-level

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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 1986–87 Cypriot Second Division was the 32nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APEP FC won their 1st title. Format Fifteen teams participated in the 1986–87 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twi ...

. The champions ensured their participation in the

1986–87 European Cup The 1986–87 season was the 32nd season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football competition. The tournament was won by Porto, who came from behind in the final against Bayern Munich to give a Portuguese club its first title since 19 ...

and the runners-up in the

1986–87 UEFA Cup The 1986–87 UEFA Cup was the 16th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, and at ...

Changes from previous season

Omonia Aradippou Omonia Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in the Municipality of Aradippou, a settlement in the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was founded on 4 April 1929 and currently they are the Champions of the Cypr ...

and

Evagoras Paphos Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, they played in both the First and Second Divisions. They adopted their name from Evagoras Pallikarides, a poet from Paphos who was ...

were relegated from previous season and played in the

1985–86 Cypriot Second Division The 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division was the 31st season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Ethnikos Achna FC won their 1st title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against eac ...

. They were replaced by the first two teams of the

1984–85 Cypriot Second Division The 1984–85 Cypriot Second Division was the 30th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Ermis Aradippou FC won their 2nd title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 1984–85 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against ea ...

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Third Division. Ermis' greatest success ca ...

and

APOP Paphos APOP Paphos (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pafos''; "Athletic Football Club Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1953, playing between the First and Second Division. History In contrast with the o ...

Stadia and locations

League standings

Results

References

Sources

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1985–86 in Cypriot football