1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

The 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki was the 42nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 11 September 1977 and ended on 28 May 1978. AEK Athens won their sixth Greek title and their first one in seven years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1977–78
ChampionsAEK Athens
6th Greek title
RelegatedPierikos
Veria
European CupAEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Olympiacos
Matches played306
Goals scored733 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerThomas Mavros (22)

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

Location of teams in 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 34 21 11 2 74 27 +47 53 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 PAOK 34 16 14 4 48 24 +24 46 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Panathinaikos 34 19 7 8 63 25 +38 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Olympiacos 34 17 10 7 46 20 +26 44
5 PAS Giannina 34 14 10 10 45 39 +6 38
6 Aris 34 12 12 10 39 35 +4 36
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 11 10 13 36 45 −9 32
8 OFI 34 9 14 11 32 47 −15 32
9 Iraklis 34 9 12 13 46 50 −4 30
10 Panachaiki 34 8 14 12 38 50 −12 30
11 Egaleo 34 13 4 17 32 51 −19 30
12 Apollon Athens 34 10 9 15 31 40 −9 29
13 Kavala 34 11 7 16 31 50 −19 29
14 Panserraikos 34 11 6 17 31 38 −7 28
15 Kastoria 34 10 8 16 33 42 −9 28
16 Panionios 34 8 12 14 29 42 −13 28
17 Pierikos (R) 34 10 6 18 46 56 −10 26 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18 Veria[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 10 8 16 33 52 −19 18
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:
  1. Since AEK Athens, winners of 1977–78 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Veria were deducted 10 points.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARI EGA ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAK PAS PIE VER
AEK Athens 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 5–2 6–2
Apollon Athens 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0
Aris 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Egaleo 2–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–6 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–1
Iraklis 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 5–1 1–1 1–2
Kastoria 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–0
Kavala 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
OFI 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–2
Olympiacos 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Panachaiki 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0
Panathinaikos 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 6–0 5–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 6–1
Panionios 0–1 4–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–0
Panserraikos 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
PAOK 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
PAS Giannina 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Pierikos 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0
Veria 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 22
2 Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 18
3 Achilleas Aslanidis Panathinaikos 15
Takis Nikoloudis AEK Athens
Kostas Orfanos PAOK
6 Dimitris Gkesios Iraklis 13
Mimis Spetzopoulos Panachaiki
8 Alfredo Glasman PAS Giannina 11
Giorgos Kalambakas Pierikos
Thomas Liolios Panionios
Ilias Chatziskoulidis Egaleo

References
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