1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1988–89
Champions	AEK Athens; 8th Greek title
Relegated	Diagoras Rodos
European Cup	AEK Athens
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; Iraklis
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	566 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Imre Boda (20)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki was the 53rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 11 September 1988 and ended on 21 May 1989. AEK Athens won their eighth Greek title and their first one in ten years.

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Diagoras

Doxa

Larissa

Levadiakos

OFI

Ethn. Olympiacos V.

Location of teams in 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	30	19	6	5	45	20	+25	44	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	30	16	9	5	54	25	+29	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	30	14	9	7	45	25	+20	37	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Iraklis	30	13	10	7	43	27	+16	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	OFI	30	13	8	9	45	36	+9	34
6	Larissa	30	10	14	6	37	34	+3	34
7	Aris	30	11	11	8	31	26	+5	33
8	PAOK	30	11	10	9	34	30	+4	32
9	Doxa Drama	30	10	8	12	26	28	−2	28
10	Panionios	30	10	7	13	32	36	−4	27
11	Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos	30	6	14	10	36	45	−9	26
12	Levadiakos	30	9	7	14	33	47	−14	25
13	Apollon Athens	30	7	9	14	29	38	−9	23
14	Ethnikos Piraeus (O)	30	6	11	13	31	49	−18	23	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Diagoras Rodos (R)	30	4	12	14	21	43	−22	20
16	Apollon Kalamarias (O)	30	4	9	17	24	57	−33	17

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	APL	ARI	DIA	DOX	ETH	IRT	LAR	LEV	OFI	OLY	EOV	PAT	PIO	PAK
AEK Athens		4–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
Apollon Athens	2–1		0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	2–0		1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–2	1–4
Aris	1–0	3–1	3–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0
Diagoras Rodos	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2		0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
Doxa Drama	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	2–4	0–3	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Iraklis	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0		4–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0
Larissa	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1
Levadiakos	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1		2–1	3–4	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
OFI	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1
Olympiacos	0–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–0		7–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	4–1
Panathinaikos	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		3–2	1–0
Panionios	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–2		0–0
PAOK	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1

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

Play-off[]

5th place: OFI - Larissa 3-1
Relegation:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ethnikos Piraeus	5	5	0	0	9	2	+7	10	Qualified to Alpha Ethniki
2	Apollon Kalamarias	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	7	Qualified to Alpha Ethniki
3	PAS Giannina	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	4	Qualified to Beta Ethniki
4	Korinthos	5	1	1	3	7	9	−2	3
5	Diagoras Rodos (R)	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	3
6	Veria	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Imre Boda	Ethn. Olympiacos Volos	20
2	Lajos Détári	Olympiacos	15
3	Thanasis Dimopoulos	Iraklis	13
4	Dimos Kavouras	Levadiakos	12
4	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	12
6	Mirosław Okoński	AEK Athens	11
7	Jaime Vera	OFI	10
	Vasilis Dimitriadis	Aris
	Ioannis Samaras	OFI / Panathinaikos

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Northern Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89

1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

Contents

League table[]

Results[]

Play-off[]

Top goalscorers[]

External links[]