The 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division was the 31st season of the Cypriot second-level
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league.
Ethnikos Achna FC
Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club currentl ...
won their 1st title.
Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1985–86 Cypriot Second 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. The first two teams were promoted to
1986–87 Cypriot First Division.
Changes from previous season
Teams promoted to
1985–86 Cypriot First Division
*
Ermis Aradippou FC
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 Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...
*
APOP Paphos FC
Teams relegated from
1984–85 Cypriot First Division
*
Omonia Aradippou
Omonia Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was founded on 4 April 1929 and currently, they compete in the Cypriot Second Division. They have co ...
*
Evagoras Paphos
Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, was playing sometimes in First and sometimes in the Second Division. It has adopted its name from Evagoras Pallikarides, who was a h ...
Teams promoted from
1984–85 Cypriot Third Division
The 1984–85 Cypriot Third Division was the 14th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Orfeas Athienou won their 1st title.
Format
Sixteen teams participated in the 1984–85 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each ot ...
*
Orfeas Athienou
Orfeas Athienou is a Cypriot football club based in Athienou. Founded in 1948, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division.
Honours
* Cypriot Third Division:
** Champions (1): 1985
The year 1985 was designated a ...
*
Othellos Athienou FC
Othellos Athienou ( el, Οθέλλος Αθηαίνου) is a football club based in Athienou, Larnaca, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot Second Division. The football department is the only activity of the club at the moment, which participated ...
Teams relegated to
1985–86 Cypriot Third Division
*
Chalkanoras Idaliou
Chalkanoras Idaliou ( el, Χαλκάνορας Ιδαλίου) is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in 1948 and is based in the village of Dali in Nicosia district. The club has pl ...
*
Digenis Akritas Ipsona
Digenis Akritas Ipsona was a Cypriot football club based in Ipsonas, Limassol. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second, in Third and in Fourth Division. In 2014 merged with Enosi Neon Ypsona to form Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis Ipsona ...
League standings
See also
*
Cypriot Second Division
The Cypriot Second Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας) is the second highest football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administrated by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with th ...
*
1985–86 Cypriot First Division
*
1985–86 Cypriot Cup
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Cypriot Second Division
Cypriot Second Division seasons
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
1985–86 in Cypriot football