1979–80 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1979–80
Champions	Olympiacos; 21st Greek title
Relegated	Iraklis; Rodos
European Cup	Olympiacos
UEFA Cup	Aris; Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Kastoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	708 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dušan Bajević; (25 goals)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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

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]}	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
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:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0
↑ Iraklis were relegated because were found guilty of trying to bribe Filotas Pellios before the second semi-final for the Greek Cup.^[1]
↑ 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: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

↑ Apollon Athens-Kastoria 0-0, awarded 2-0, because Kastoria had illegally used a player.

Play-offs

Championship play-off

25 May 1980

Olympiacos	2–0	Aris
Kousoulakis File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Ahlström File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report

Volos Municipal Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 17,200

Referee: Christos Charalampidis (Athens)

Third-place play-off

24 May 1980

21:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens
Oré File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 18,350

Referee: Giorgos Ballis (Athens)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens	25
2	File:Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Kostikos	PAOK	16
2	File:Flag of Greece.svg Thalis Tsirimokos	PAS Giannina	16
4	File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimtris Spetzopulos	Panachaiki	15
5	File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Seitaridis	PAS Giannina	14
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Kalampakas	Iraklis
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Thomas Mavros	AEK Athens
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Pittas	Korinthos
9	File:Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Pissas	Korinthos	11
10	File:Flag of Greece.svg Maik Galakos	Olympiacos	10
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Tsironis	Kastoria
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Christos Yfantidis	Panathinaikos
	File:Flag of Greece.svg Thomas Liolios	Panionios / Kastoria

References

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External links

[table_hth_OLY0.26085340662899-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0

[table_hth_PAO0.26085340662899-2] 2.0 ^2.1 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0

[table_note_res_R10.26085340662899-4] Iraklis were relegated because were found guilty of trying to bribe Filotas Pellios before the second semi-final for the Greek Cup.^[1]

[table_note_KAS0.26085340662899-5] Kastoria were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_1_APA_KAS0.49772739992371-6] Apollon Athens-Kastoria 0-0, awarded 2-0, because Kastoria had illegally used a player.

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