1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

42nd season of top-tier football league in Greece Alpha Ethniki 1977–78 AEK Athens6th Greek title PierikosVeria European Cup AEK Athens Cup Winners' Cup PAOK UEFA Cup PanathinaikosOlympiacos Thomas Mavros(22 goals) 306 733 1976–77 1978–79 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. The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point. Teams Promoted from1976–77 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1976–77 Alpha Ethniki EgaleoVeria PanetolikosAtromitos Greece 380 right Location of teams in 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki Greece 37.966667 23.716667 AEK AthensApollonEgaleoPanathinaikosPanionios Greece 40.65 22.9 ArisIraklisPAOK Greece 37.95 23.633333 EthnikosOlympiacos left Greece 40.516667 21.266667 Kastoria left Greece 40.933333 24.4 Kavala Greece 35.333333 25.133333 OFI Greece 38.25 21.733333 Panachaiki left Greece 41.083333 23.55 Panserraikos left Greece 39.666667 20.85 PAS Giannina bottom Greece 40.266667 22.5 Pierikos left Greece 40.516667 22.2 Veria top League table main WDL League table 5 2 QR AEK AEK Athens PAOK PAOK PAO Panathinaikos OLY Olympiacos PAS PAS Giannina ARIS Aris ETH Ethnikos Piraeus OFI OFI IRA Iraklis PNA Panachaiki EGA Egaleo APA Apollon Athens KAV Kavala PNS Panserraikos KAS Kastoria PGSS Panionios PIE Pierikos VER Veria 21 11 2 74 27 C 16 14 4 48 24 19 7 8 63 25 17 10 7 46 20 14 10 10 45 39 12 12 10 39 35 11 10 13 36 45 9 14 11 32 47 9 12 13 46 50 8 14 12 38 50 13 4 17 32 51 10 9 15 31 40 11 7 16 31 50 11 6 17 31 38 10 8 16 33 42 8 12 14 29 42 10 6 18 46 56 R 10 8 16 33 52 R -10 Veria were deducted 10 points. green1 Qualification for European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and were qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup runners-up, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round. CWC1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to Beta Ethniki R R complete RSSSF 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference. Results main FBR grey AEK APA ARIS EGA ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK 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 complete RSSSF Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 GRE old Thomas Mavros AEK Athens222 ARG Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos183 GRE old Achilleas Aslanidis Panathinaikos15 GRE old Takis Nikoloudis AEK Athens GRE old Kostas Orfanos PAOK6 GRE old Dimitrios Gesios Iraklis13 GRE old Mimis Spetzopoulos Panachaiki8 ARG Alfredo Glasman PAS Giannina11 GRE old Giorgos Kalambakas Pierikos GRE old Thomas Liolios Panionios GRE old Ilias Chatziskoulidis Egaleo Attendances AEK Athens drew the highest average home attendance in the 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc78.htm 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk { class"wikitable sortable" ! # !! 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Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEK Athens 15,572 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympiacos 15,092 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PAOK 11,404 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panathinaikos 10,558 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Iraklis 8,942 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ethnikos Piraeus 7,932 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aris 7,241 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panachaiki 5,096 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panionios 4,950 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count OFI 4,352 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kavala 4,155 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Apollon Athens 4,034 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Veria 4,017 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Egaleo 3,885 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PAS Giannina 3,850 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Pierikos 2,676 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panserraikos 2,540 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kastoria 2,370 } References External links Greek Wikipedia Official Greek FA Site Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics Category:Alpha Ethniki seasons Greece 1