1985–86 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1985–86
ChampionsPanathinaikos
14th Greek title
RelegatedPanserraikos
Panachaiki
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOFI
Olympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
Matches240
Goals556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Anastopoulos
(19 goals)

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.

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

Teams

Promoted from
1984–85 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
1984–85 Alpha Ethniki
PAS Giannina
Panserraikos 		Egaleo
Pierikos
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 pitch. The game forfeited to AEK with 2–0.[1]
  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: RSSSF
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.

Third place play-off

AEK Athens2–0
(Awarded)		Iraklis
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese)

Iraklis showed up with ten men, who entered the pitch in pairs and thus the match started with a 10-minute delay. At the 24th and 45th minute Zifkas and Karaiskos of Iraklis were sent-off. Moreover, at the 51st minute, 54th minute Santexis and Adamou of Iraklis could not continue the match due to injuries, leaving their team with 6 players. Thus the match was awarded by 2–0 to AEK.[1]

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

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Football club Home games Average attendance
1 Panathinaikos 15 45,000
2 Olympiacos 15 42,602
3 AEK Athens 15 31,439
4 PAOK 15 13,811
5 Aris 15 11,534
6 Iraklis 15 10,744
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 15 9,200
8 AEL 15 8,630
9 Panionios 15 8,542
10 PAS Giannina 15 8,531
11 OFI 15 7,221
12 Panachaiki 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Μια ταινία παλιά που τέλος δεν έχει". sdna.gr. 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "1985–86 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
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