1983–84 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1983–84
Champions	Panathinaikos; 13th Greek title
Relegated	PAS Giannina; Panserraikos
European Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	AEL
Matches played	240
Goals scored	529 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikos Anastopoulos; (18 goals)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Alpha Ethniki was the 48th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 4 September 1983 and ended on 6 May 1984. Panathinaikos won their 13th Greek title and their first one in seven years.

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Location of teams in 1983–84 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	19	8	3	46	14	+32	46	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	30	19	5	6	49	22	+27	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Iraklis	30	16	10	4	47	20	+27	42
4	Aris	30	16	7	7	39	23	+16	39
5	PAOK	30	11	13	6	33	29	+4	35
6	AEL	30	13	6	11	28	29	−1	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
7	AEK Athens	30	12	6	12	40	31	+9	30
8	OFI	30	11	5	14	31	39	−8	27
9	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	9	8	13	38	43	−5	26
10	Apollon Athens	30	6	12	12	20	29	−9	24
11	Doxa Drama	30	7	10	13	26	38	−12	24
12	Apollon Kalamarias	30	8	8	14	28	44	−16	24
13	Egaleo	30	9	6	15	25	47	−22	24
14	Panionios	30	9	5	16	29	36	−7	23^[b]
15	PAS Giannina (R)	30	8	7	15	25	36	−11	23^[b]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Panserraikos (R)	30	6	6	18	25	49	−24	18	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:

^ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1983–84 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup, losing cup finalists AEL earned a spot in the first round of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup.
^ ^a ^b Relegation playout: Panionios–PAS Giannina 2–0.

Results edit

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	APK	ARIS	DOX	EGA	ETH	IRA	OFI	OLY	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PAS
AEK Athens		1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0
AEL	2–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Apollon Athens	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
Apollon Kalamarias	1–0	1–0	3–3		0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–0
Aris	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–0		3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–1
Doxa Drama	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Egaleo	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	5–1		2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–2
Iraklis	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1		3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0
OFI	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	0–4		0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0
Olympiacos	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	5–1
Panathinaikos	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0		2–0	5–0	0–0	3–1
Panionios	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2		2–0	2–2	4–0
Panserraikos	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1		0–1	3–1
PAOK	1–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–2		0–0
PAS Giannina	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0

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

Top scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikos Anastopoulos	Olympiacos	18
2	Grigoris Charalampidis	Panathinaikos	17
3	Thomas Mavros	AEK Athens	13
4	Vasilis Hatzipanagis	Iraklis	12
5	Dinos Kouis	Aris	11
6	Dimitris Saravakos	Panionios	10
7	Dimitris Alexiou	OFI	9
	Thanasis Liolios	Ethnikos Piraeus
	Christos Dimopoulos	PAOK
	Kostas Batsinilas	Ethnikos Piraeus

External links edit

[table_note_res_CWC10.49227676749801-1] Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1983–84 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup, losing cup finalists AEL earned a spot in the first round of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[table_hth_PGSS0.49227676749801-2] Relegation playout: Panionios–PAS Giannina 2–0.

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