1968–69 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1968–69
Champions	Panathinaikos; 9th Greek title
Relegated	Apollon Athens; Veria; Trikala; Chalkida; AEL Limassol
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Aris; Panionios
Matches played	306
Goals scored	808 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgos Sideris; (35 goals)
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki was the 33rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 1968 and ended on 15 June 1969. Panathinaikos won their ninth Greek title and their first one in three years.

The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	26	4	4	64	16	+48	90	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	24	6	4	77	21	+56	88	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Aris	34	17	11	6	54	33	+21	79	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Panionios	34	18	7	9	55	34	+21	77	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	PAOK	34	16	10	8	58	37	+21	76
6	AEK Athens^[b]	34	17	7	10	58	33	+25	74
7	Egaleo	34	13	10	11	48	41	+7	70
8	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	12	10	12	43	45	−2	68
9	Pierikos	34	11	10	13	31	37	−6	66
10	Panserraikos	34	12	7	15	43	46	−3	65
11	Iraklis	34	12	7	15	36	39	−3	65
12	OFI	34	12	6	16	37	45	−8	64
13	Vyzas	34	12	6	16	42	53	−11	64
14	Apollon Athens (R)	34	12	5	17	40	38	+2	63	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Veria (R)	34	8	12	14	34	41	−7	62	Qualification for relegation play-off
16	Trikala (R)	34	9	5	20	30	63	−33	57	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17	Chalkida (R)	34	7	8	19	38	61	−23	56	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18	AEL Limassol (R)	34	2	1	31	20	125	−105	39	Moving to Cypriot First Division

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:

^ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1968–69 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup, losing cup finalists Olympiacos earned a spot in the first round of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
^ AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	ARIS	CHA	EGA	ETH	IRA	OFI	OLY	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PIE	TRI	VER	VYZ
AEK Athens		4–0	1–0	3–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	1–2
AEL Limassol	0–5		0–3	1–5	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–3	1–3
Apollon Athens	1–0	4–0		0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	7–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0
Aris	2–0	7–0	0–0		3–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–2	5–2
Chalkida	1–1	4–1	2–3	0–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–4	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0
Egaleo	2–3	7–0	1–1	3–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	5–3		2–1	1–0	2–4	0–6	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–1
Iraklis	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
OFI	2–0^[a]	5–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1		0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	4–1
Olympiacos	2–3	6–0	3–0	2–2	6–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	6–1
Panathinaikos	1–2	7–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	7–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Panionios	2–0	7–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–3		2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–0
Panserraikos	1–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
PAOK	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1		5–1	3–1	2–1	1–0
Pierikos	1–1	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1		2–0	0–0	2–3
Trikala	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–1		1–0	1–0
Veria	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		2–1
Vyzas	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ OFI–AEK Athens 0–2, forfeit 2–0.

Relegation play-offs
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Proodeftiki^*	1–1	Apollon Athens	1–0	0–1	0–0
Olympiakos Volos	6–5	Veria	2–1	2–3	2–1

^*Proodeftiki won on flip of a coin.

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	35
2	Georgios Dedes	Panionios	25
3	Giorgos Koudas	PAOK	20
3	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	20
5	Giorgos Gonios	Panathinaikos	18
6	Thanasis Intzoglou	Panionios	17
6	Sakis Kouvas	Vyzas	17
8	Vasilis Kyriakou	Apollon Athens	14
8	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	14
10	Michalis Kritikopoulos	Ethnikos Piraeus	13

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_CWC10.21970624719733-1] Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1968–69 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup, losing cup finalists Olympiacos earned a spot in the first round of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[table_note_AEK0.21970624719733-2] AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_1_OFI_AEK0.97209512068522-3] OFI–AEK Athens 0–2, forfeit 2–0.

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