1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

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.

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)

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

Location of teams in 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 1] (C) 34 25 6 3 90 30 +60 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] 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 Larissa 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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. AEK Athens were become the champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the playoff match.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARI EGA ETH IRA KAS KAV LAR OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAK PAS ROD
AEK Athens 2–0 1–1 5–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 7–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 3–2 7–2 5–2
Apollon Athens 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Aris 2–1 3–2 6–1 5–0 2–1 7–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Egaleo 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 4–1
Iraklis 2–3 1–1 0–4 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 8–1
Kastoria 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Kavala 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–0
Larissa 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
OFI 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Olympiacos 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 4–3 2–1
Panachaiki 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2
Panathinaikos 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–0
Panionios 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Panserraikos 2–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
PAOK 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 6–1
PAS Giannina 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Rodos 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 3–4 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Source:
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 goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 31
2 Kostas Kottis Rodos 24
Dušan Bajević AEK Athens
4 Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 15
Kostas Orfanos PAOK
Neto Guerino PAOK
7 Giorgos Ananiadis Aris 14
8 Takis Nikoloudis AEK Athens 12
Giannis Pathiakakis Panionios
Giorgos Orfanidis Iraklis
Petros Karavitis Olympiacos
Dinos Kouis Aris

References
  1. Όταν ο ΠΑΟΚ δέχθηκε γκολ έντεκα εναντίον ενός
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