1979–80 Alpha Ethniki

The 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki was the 44th season of the highest football league of Greece. From that season Alpha Ethniki became the professional league. The season began on 30 September 1979 and ended on 25 May 1980 with the play-off matches. Olympiacos won their 21st Greek title and their first one in five years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1979–80
ChampionsOlympiacos
21st Greek title
RelegatedIraklis
Rodos
European CupOlympiacos
UEFA CupAris
Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupKastoria
Matches played306
Goals scored708 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerDušan Bajević
(25 goals)

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

Location of teams in 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 20 7 7 49 21 +28 47[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Aris 34 19 9 6 46 20 +26 47[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Panathinaikos 34 15 15 4 38 24 +14 45[lower-alpha 2]
4 AEK Athens 34 18 9 7 64 39 +25 45[lower-alpha 2]
5 PAOK 34 17 7 10 53 33 +20 41
6 PAS Giannina 34 14 9 11 50 44 +6 37
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 13 10 11 44 31 +13 36
8 Iraklis (R) 34 13 8 13 47 36 +11 34 Relegation to Beta Ethniki[lower-alpha 3]
9 AEL 34 13 8 13 33 44 −11 34
10 Korinthos 34 13 7 14 38 47 −9 33
11 OFI 34 11 10 13 38 45 −7 32
12 Doxa Drama 34 9 11 14 31 41 −10 29
13 Panachaiki 34 7 14 13 38 51 −13 28
14 Kastoria[lower-alpha 4] 34 10 8 16 34 41 −7 27 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15 Panionios 34 9 9 16 36 48 −12 27
16 Kavala 34 10 7 17 26 46 −20 27
17 Apollon Athens 34 5 13 16 17 37 −20 23
18 Rodos (R) 34 5 9 20 26 60 −34 19 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0
  2. 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0
  3. Iraklis were relegated because were found guilty of trying to bribe Filotas Pellios before the second semi-final for the Greek Cup.[1]
  4. Kastoria were deducted 1 point.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS DOX ETH IRA KAS KAV KOR OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PAOK PAS ROD
AEK Athens 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 4–2 5–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 5–2 3–1 1–1 6–1
AEL 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0
Aris 0–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0
Doxa Drama 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 4–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–1 6–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–0
Iraklis 3–0 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 6–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Kastoria 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2
Kavala 2–4 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Korinthos 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–0
OFI 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 5–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0
Olympiacos 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 5–0
Panachaiki 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Panathinaikos 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Panionios 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–4 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1
PAOK 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 6–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–1
PAS Giannina 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 4–2
Rodos 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Apollon Athens-Kastoria 0-0, awarded 2-0, because Kastoria had illegally used a player.

Championship play-off
Olympiacos2–0Aris
 Report
Attendance: 17,200
Referee: Charalampidis

Third-place play-off
Panathinaikos1–0AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 18,350
Referee: Giorgos Ballis (Athens)

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević AEK Athens 25
2 Greece Georgios Kostikos PAOK 16
Greece Thalis Tsirimokos PAS Giannina
4 Greece Dimtris Spetzopulos Panachaiki 15
5 Greece Dimitris Seitaridis PAS Giannina 14
Greece Giorgos Kalampakas Iraklis
Greece Thomas Mavros AEK Athens
Greece Dimitris Pittas Korinthos
9 Greece Giorgos Pissas Korinthos 11
10 Greece Maik Galakos Olympiacos 10
Greece Dimitris Tsironis Kastoria
Greece Christos Yfantidis Panathinaikos
Greece Thomas Liolios Panionios / Kastoria

References
  1. gazzetta.gr Κανείς στη φυλακή
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