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.
Season | 1978–79 |
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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 goals) |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | AEK Athens[a] (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 56 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Olympiacos[a] | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Aris | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 50 | |
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 | AEL | 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.
Results
editTop scorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Thomas Mavros | AEK Athens | 31 |
2 | Manolis Kottis | Rodos | 24 |
Dušan Bajević | AEK Athens | ||
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 |