1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1987–88
Champions	Larissa; 1st Greek title
Relegated	Veria; Panserraikos; Panachaiki
European Cup	Larissa
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens; PAOK
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Henrik Nielsen (21)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki was the 52nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1987 and ended on 15 May 1988. Larissa won their first Greek title in its history. The season was notable as the only season where neither Panathinaikos or Olympiacos, by far the most successful and dominant clubs, finished in the top four.

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

AEK Athens
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Diagoras

Larissa

Levadiakos

OFI

Panachaiki

Panserraikos

Veria

Location of teams in 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Larissa (C)	30	18	7	5	51	22	+29	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	40	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	30	17	5	8	60	27	+33	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	30	17	3	10	54	41	+13	37
5	Panathinaikos	30	15	6	9	47	34	+13	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Iraklis	30	13	8	9	42	32	+10	34
7	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	12	8	10	27	28	−1	32
8	Olympiacos	30	9	13	8	39	41	−2	31
9	Aris	30	11	5	14	39	41	−2	27
10	Panionios	30	8	10	12	32	34	−2	26
11	Apollon Kalamarias	30	7	10	13	23	39	−16	24
12	Diagoras Rodos	30	7	9	14	25	38	−13	23
13	Levadiakos	30	7	9	14	32	46	−14	23
14	Veria (R)	30	7	9	14	24	53	−29	23	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15	Panserraikos (R)	30	8	5	17	24	42	−18	21
16	Panachaiki^[a] (R)	30	7	7	16	32	53	−21	20

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:

^ Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	APK	ARI	DIA	ETH	IRA	LAR	LEV	OFI	OLY	PNC	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAK	VER
AEK Athens		2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–1
Apollon Kalamarias	2–2		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	2–0
Aris	4–1	1–1		4–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0
Diagoras Rodos	0–0	2–0	1–3		0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	1–1	3–1	4–2		1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Iraklis	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–3	1–1		1–0	1–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1
Larissa	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		3–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–0
Levadiakos	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	4–2	3–1
OFI	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0		1–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–1
Olympiacos	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–4	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Panachaiki	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1		1–2	2–1	0–2^[a]	0–2	2–2
Panathinaikos	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–5	1–1	2–0		6–2	1–0	2–1	4–0
Panionios	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Panserraikos	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0		0–1	0–0
PAOK	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	4–0	6–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–0		5–1
Veria	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–5	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1

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

^ Panachaiki-Panserraikos 4-2, awarded 0-2 because Panachaiki used D. Gkenas who was under yellow cards.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henrik Nielsen	AEK Athens	21
2	Michalis Ziogas	Larissa	16
2	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	16
4	Vasilis Dimitriadis	Aris	12
4	Dimos Kavouras	Levadiakos	12
6	Christos Dimopoulos	Panathinaikos	11
7	Sakis Anastasiadis	Iraklis	10
	Olympiacos
Ioannis Samaras	OFI
Stefanos Borbokis	PAOK

External links[]

[table_note_PCK0.082893041466779-1] Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_PNC_PNS0.3302645787272-2] Panachaiki-Panserraikos 4-2, awarded 0-2 because Panachaiki used D. Gkenas who was under yellow cards.

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