1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1978–79
Champions	AEK Athens; 7th Greek title
Relegated	Kavala; Egaleo; Panserraikos
European Cup	AEK Athens
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; Aris
Cup Winners' Cup	Panionios
Matches played	306
Goals scored	792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomas Mavros (31)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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.

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Kastoria

Kavala

Larissa

OFI

Panachaiki

Panserraikos

PAS Giannina

Rodos

Location of teams in 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

League table[]

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	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
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
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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^[a]	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	4–3	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	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:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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		Rodos	24
2	Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens	24
4	Óscar Álvarez	Panathinaikos	15
	Kostas Orfanos	PAOK
	Neto Guerino	PAOK
7		Aris	14
8	Takis Nikoloudis	AEK Athens	12
	Giannis Pathiakakis	Panionios
		Iraklis
		Olympiacos
	Dinos Kouis	Aris

References[]

^ Όταν ο ΠΑΟΚ δέχθηκε γκολ έντεκα εναντίον ενός

[table_note_AEK0.81619628091166-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b AEK Athens were become the champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the playoff match.

[table_note_ETH_PAK0.6305621152886-3] 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]

[2] Όταν ο ΠΑΟΚ δέχθηκε γκολ έντεκα εναντίον ενός

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