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

## 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 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 |
| 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 (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ 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 |
| 3 | Håkan Sandberg | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 5 | Márton Esterházy | AEK Athens | 11 |
| 5 | Dimitris Mavrikis | Panionios | 11 |
| 5 | Giorgos Skartados | PAOK | 11 |
| 8 | Michalis Ziogas | AEL | 10 |
| 8 | Vasilis Chardalias | Panachaiki | 10 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 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 |