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.

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos

Kastoria

Kavala

Larissa

OFI

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	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 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:

AEK Athens were become the champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the playoff match.

Alpha Ethniki 1978–79 Champions
AEK Athens 7th title

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ARI	EGA	ETH	IRA	KAS	KAV	LAR	OFI	OLY	PNC	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	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	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:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Mavros	AEK Athens	31
2	Kostas Kottis	Rodos	24
2	Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens	24
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

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[table_note_AEK0.25908741879234-1] AEK Athens were become the champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the playoff match.

Top level Greek football league seasons
Panhellenic Championship	SEGAS Championship: 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 FCA Championship: 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 HFF Championship: 1927–28 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950–51 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
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1978–79 in Greek football
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
League competitions	Alpha Ethniki Beta Ethniki Gamma Ethniki
Cup competitions	Greek Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1980 (Qualification: Group 6) 1977–80 Balkan Cup Alketas Panagoulias

1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80