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.

Alpha Ethniki

Season	1985–86
Champions	Panathinaikos 14th Greek title
Relegated	Panserraikos Panachaiki
European Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	OFI Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	AEK Athens
Matches played	240
Goals scored	556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikos Anastopoulos (19 goals)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Doxa

AEL

OFI

Panachaiki

Panserraikos

PAS Giannina

Location of teams in 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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[a]
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[b]
6	Panionios	30	14	6	10	38	33	+5	34
7	Aris	30	11	11	8	35	29	+6	33
8	AEL	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 Smyrnis	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[c] (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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. AEK Athens and Iraklis tied at third place with 36 points. Despite AEK was found guilty for bribe against Panserraikos, the HFF punished the club with three points deduction from 1986–87 season. A play-off game was scheduled to play in Volos on 23 June. Iraklis made a protest and showed up with 10 players. At the 53rd minute with the score at 0–0, the match interrupted permanently. At this minute Iraklis after two red cards and 2 injuries, stay with 6 players on the field. The game forfeited to AEK with 2–0.
2. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1985–86 Greek Football Cup, were 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.
3. Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	APK	ARIS	DOX	ETH	IRA	OFI	OLY	PNC	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PAS
AEK Athens		2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
AEL	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
Apollon Smyrnis	0–3	1–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Aris	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–2
Doxa Drama	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	0–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1
Iraklis	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
OFI	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	2–0	4–3	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Olympiacos	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	3–2	7–0	2–2	2–2	3–3		2–0	1–2	4–3	4–0	2–0	3–0
Panachaiki	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	4–3	3–0	0–2[a]	1–2	1–2		0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0
Panathinaikos	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–2		3–0	4–0	5–0	4–2
Panionios	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	2–1	2–1
Panserraikos	2–0	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–0		4–1	1–0
PAOK	2–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		4–2
PAS Giannina	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: 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 scorers

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
	Georgios Skartados	PAOK
8	Michalis Ziogas	AEL	10
	Vasilis Chardalias	Panachaiki

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[1]
1	Panathinaikos FC	15	45,000
2	Olympiacos FC	15	42,602
3	AEK FC	15	31,439
4	PAOK FC	15	13,811
5	Aris FC	15	11,534
6	Iraklis FC	15	10,744
7	Ethnikos Piraeus	15	9,200
8	AEL	15	8,630
9	Panionios FC	15	8,542
10	PAS Giannina	15	8,531
11	OFI	15	7,221
12	Panachaiki FC	15	6,809
13	Panserraikos	15	6,804
14	Doxa Drama	15	4,956
15	Apollon Kalamarias	15	4,923
16	Apollon Smyrnis	15	4,908