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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.^[1]

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

Teams

Promoted from 1978–79 Beta Ethniki	Relegated from 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki
Korinthos Doxa Drama	Kavala Egaleo Panserraikos

AEK Athens
Apollon
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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^[a]	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: RSSSF
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 46' Ahlström 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 61'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 18,350

Referee: Giorgos Ballis (Athens)

Top scorers

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

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki.^[3]

#	Team	Average attendance
1	Olympiacos	24,791
2	Panathinaikos	18,510
3	AEK Athens	16,423
4	PAOK	15,239
5	Aris	13,319
6	Iraklis	11,395
7	Ethnikos Piraeus	11,037
8	Korinthos	7,375
9	Panachaiki	6,601
10	Panionios	6,582
11	Apollon Athens	6,200
12	AEL	6,174
13	Doxa Drama	5,618
14	PAS Giannina	5,230
15	Kavala	4,634
16	OFI	4,188
17	Rodos	3,648
18	Kastoria	2,627

References

↑ "Κι όμως το πιο συγκλονιστικό πρωτάθλημα ήταν του 1979-'80 κι όχι η φετινή Super League". thebest.gr. 18 April 2024.
↑ "Κανείς στη φυλακή!". gazzetta.gr. 10 March 2011.
↑ "1979–80 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.

External links

[table_note_1_APA_KAS0.51815653057683-7] Apollon Athens-Kastoria 0-0, awarded 2-0, because Kastoria had illegally used a player.

[1] "Κι όμως το πιο συγκλονιστικό πρωτάθλημα ήταν του 1979-'80 κι όχι η φετινή Super League". thebest.gr. 18 April 2024.

[4] "Κανείς στη φυλακή!". gazzetta.gr. 10 March 2011.

[8] "1979–80 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.

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