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, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
league.
Ethnikos Achna FC
Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot professional football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Ethn ...
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
The 1986–87 Cypriot First Division was the 48th season of the Cypriot top-level Association football, football league. AC Omonia, Omonia won their 15th title.
Format
Sixteen teams participated in the 1986–87 Cypriot First Division. All teams p ...
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Changes from previous season
Teams promoted to
1985–86 Cypriot First Division
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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 Third Division. Ermis' greatest success cam ...
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APOP Paphos FC
Teams relegated from
1984–85 Cypriot First Division
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Omonia Aradippou
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Evagoras Paphos
Teams promoted from
1984–85 Cypriot Third Division
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Orfeas Athienou
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Othellos Athienou FC
Othellos Athienou () is a Cypriot football club based in Athienou, Larnaca and competes in the Cypriot first Division. The football department is the only activity of the club at the moment, which participated for the second time in the Cypri ...
Teams relegated to
1985–86 Cypriot Third Division
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Chalkanoras Idaliou
Chalkanoras Idaliou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in 1948 and is based in the village of Dali, Cyprus, Dali in Nicosia District, Nicosia district. The club has p ...
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Digenis Akritas Ipsona
League standings
See also
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Cypriot Second Division
The Cypriot Second Division () is the second highest association football, football division of the Cypriot football league system.
Administered by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with the top three teams being Prom ...
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1985–86 Cypriot First Division
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1985–86 Cypriot Cup
References
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Cypriot Second Division seasons
Cyprus
Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...
1985–86 in Cypriot football