1985–86 Cypriot First Division

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

Participants

Fourteen teams participated in the championship. All teams competed against each other twice, once at home and once away.

Champions

APOEL won the championship for the 13th time in their history.

Top scorer

The top scorer of the season was not specified in any of the sources.

European qualification

The league champions ensured their participation in the 1986–87 European Champion Teams Cup. The team that finished in second place also qualified for a European competition, but the specific tournament is not mentioned.

Relegation

Although two teams were originally scheduled to be relegated to Category II for the 1986-87 season (APO and Mercury), due to an irregular transfer of George Gavasiadis from Panionios to Apollo, the Cypriot Football Association decided not to apply the relegation after the completion of the championship.

Teams

The teams that participated in the 1985–86 Cypriot First Division were:

(Note: The list of teams is not provided in any of the sources. However, based on the information from Source 2, we can infer that APO and Mercury were among the participating teams.)

References

This article incorporates material from the following sources:
* [Source 1] (TR)
* [Source 2] (EL)
* [Source 3] (DE)
* [Source 4] (RU)
* [Source 5] (IT)
* [Source 6] (EN)
* [Source 7] (AR)
* [Source 8] (BG)
* [Source 9] (FR)