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1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

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Alpha Ethniki
Season1978–79
ChampionsAEK Athens
7th Greek title
RelegatedKavala
Egaleo
Panserraikos
European CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupOlympiacos
Aris
Cup Winners' CupPanionios
Matches played306
Goals scored792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerThomas Mavros
(31 goals)

The 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki was the 43rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 September 1978 and ended on 3 June 1979. AEK Athens won their second consecutive and seventh Greek title.

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[a] (C) 34 25 6 3 90 30 +60 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 26 4 4 63 27 +36 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Aris 34 22 6 6 63 26 +37 50
4 PAOK 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 45
5 Panathinaikos 34 14 10 10 46 37 +9 38
6 Iraklis 34 12 10 12 51 46 +5 34
7 OFI 34 14 6 14 37 42 −5 34
8 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 14 4 16 36 50 −14 32
9 Kastoria 34 10 11 13 31 42 −11 31
10 Apollon Athens 34 10 9 15 37 42 −5 29
11 Rodos 34 13 3 18 50 62 −12 29
12 AEL 34 12 5 17 32 53 −21 29
13 Panionios 34 9 10 15 31 44 −13 28 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 PAS Giannina 34 9 10 15 38 51 −13 28
15 Panachaiki 34 9 9 16 27 37 −10 27
16 Kavala (R) 34 12 3 19 34 56 −22 27 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Egaleo (R) 34 10 6 18 33 57 −24 26
18 Panserraikos (R) 34 4 5 25 16 63 −47 13
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. ^ a b AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS EGA ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK PAS ROD
AEK Athens 4–2 2–0 1–1 5–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 3–2 7–2 5–2
AEL 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Apollon Athens 1–3 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Aris 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 5–0 2–1 7–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Egaleo 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1[a] 0–0 4–1
Iraklis 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–4 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 8–1
Kastoria 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Kavala 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–0
OFI 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Olympiacos 0–1 4–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Panachaiki 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2
Panathinaikos 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–0
Panionios 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Panserraikos 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
PAOK 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 6–1
PAS Giannina 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Rodos 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 3–4 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ethnikos vs PAOK originally finished 2-2. The match was replayed after PAOK's appeal because the referee count an irregular goal for Ethnikos[1]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 31
2 Greece Manolis Kottis Rodos 24
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević AEK Athens
4 Argentina Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 15
Greece Kostas Orfanos PAOK
Brazil Neto Guerino PAOK
7 Greece Giorgos Ananiadis Aris 14
8 Greece Takis Nikoloudis AEK Athens 12
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis Panionios
Greece Giorgos Orfanidis Iraklis
Greece Petros Karavitis Olympiacos
Greece Dinos Kouis Aris

References

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