1985–86 Alpha Ethniki

The 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki was the 50th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 7 September 1985 and ended on 27 April 1986. Panathinaikos won their 14th Greek title.

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
Larissa
OFI
Location of teams in 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki
Alpha Ethniki
Season1985–86
ChampionsPanathinaikos
14th Greek title
RelegatedPanserraikos
Panachaiki
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOFI
Olympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
Matches played240
Goals scored556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Anastopoulos (19)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 18 7 5 58 26 +32 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 OFI 30 16 6 8 41 31 +10 38 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 AEK Athens 30 13 10 7 42 28 +14 36
4 Iraklis 30 14 8 8 34 22 +12 36
5 Olympiacos 30 14 6 10 57 42 +15 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Panionios 30 14 6 10 38 33 +5 34
7 Aris 30 11 11 8 35 29 +6 33
8 Larissa 30 12 6 12 36 31 +5 30
9 Apollon Kalamarias 30 9 10 11 25 30 −5 28
10 PAOK 30 10 7 13 33 38 −5 27
11 Apollon Athens 30 5 14 11 19 34 −15 24
12 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 6 12 12 27 39 −12 24
13 PAS Giannina 30 8 8 14 30 42 −12 24
14 Doxa Drama 30 7 10 13 24 43 −19 24
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 8 8 14 28 45 −17 24 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Panachaiki[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 8 5 17 29 43 −14 20
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1985–86 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup, losing cup finalists Olympiacos earned a spot in the first round of the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.
 Alpha Ethniki 1985–86
Champions 

Panathinaikos
14th title

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARI DOX ETH IRA LAR OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK PAS
AEK Athens 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1
Apollon Athens 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Aris 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–2
Doxa Drama 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1
Iraklis 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Larissa 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–0
OFI 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Olympiacos 2–2 2–0 4–2 3–2 7–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 4–3 4–0 2–0 3–0
Panachaiki 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 4–3 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–0
Panathinaikos 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 4–0 5–0 4–2
Panionios 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Panserraikos 2–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0
PAOK 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–2
PAS Giannina 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Panachaiki-Iraklis 1-0, awarded 0-2 because Panachaiki used a player who was under yellow cards suspension.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos 19
2 Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos 15
3 Todor Barzov Panionios 12
Håkan Sandberg AEK Athens
5 Márton Esterházy AEK Athens 11
Dimitris Mavrikis Panionios
Giorgos Skartados PAOK
8 Michalis Ziogas Larissa 10
Vassilis Chardalias Panachaiki
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