1968–69 Alpha Ethniki

33rd season of top-tier football league in Greece Alpha Ethniki 1968–69 Panathinaikos9th Greek title Apollon AthensVeriaTrikalaChalkidaAEL Limassol European Cup Panathinaikos Cup Winners' Cup Olympiacos Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ArisPanionios Giorgos Sideris(35 goals) 306 808 1967–68 1969–70 The 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki was the 33rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 1968 and ended on 15 June 1969. Panathinaikos won their ninth Greek title and their first one in three years. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point. Teams Promoted from1967–68 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1967–68 Alpha Ethniki ChalkidaTrikalaOFI PanelefsiniakosProodeftikiOlympiakos NicosiaOlympiacos Volos Promoted from1967–68 Cypriot First Division AEL Limassol Greece 380 CENTER Location of teams in 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki Greece 37.966667 23.716667 AEK AthensApollonEgaleoPanathinaikosPanionios Greece 40.65 22.9 ArisIraklisPAOK Greece 37.95 23.633333 EthnikosOlympiacos left Greece 38.466667 23.6 Chalkida left Greece 35.333333 25.133333 OFI Greece 41.083333 23.55 Panserraikos Greece 40.266667 22.5 Pierikos left Greece 39.55 21.766667 Trikala left Greece 40.516667 22.2 Veria left Greece 38 23.333333 Vyzas left Cyprus 120 right 34.666667 33.033333 AEL Limassol League table main WDL League table 5 3 2 1 QR PAO Panathinaikos OLY Olympiacos ARIS Aris PGSS Panionios PAOK PAOK AEK AEK Athens EGA Egaleo ETH Ethnikos Piraeus PIE Pierikos PNS Panserraikos IRA Iraklis OFI OFI VYZ Vyzas Megara APA Apollon Athens VER Veria TRI Trikala CHA Chalkida AEL AEL Limassol 26 4 4 64 16 C 24 6 4 77 21 17 11 6 54 33 18 7 9 55 34 16 10 8 58 37 17 7 10 58 33 -1 AEK Athens were deducted 1 point. 13 10 11 48 41 12 10 12 43 45 11 10 13 31 37 12 7 15 43 46 12 7 15 36 39 12 6 16 37 45 12 6 16 42 53 12 5 17 40 38 R 8 12 14 34 41 R 9 5 20 30 63 R 7 8 19 38 61 R 2 1 31 20 125 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1968–69 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup, losing cup finalists Olympiacos earned a spot in the first round of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup. CWC1 blue1 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round ICFC1 ICFC1 red2 Qualification for relegation play-off RP RP red1 Relegation to Beta Ethniki R1 R1 red1 Moving to Cypriot First Division R2 complete RSSSF 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference. Results main FBR grey AEK AEL APA ARIS CHA EGA ETH IRA OFI OLY PAO PAN PNS PAOK PIE TRI VER VYZ AEK Athens 4–0 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 1–2 AEL Limassol 0–5 0–3 1–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 Apollon Athens 1–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 7–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 Aris 2–0 7–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–2 5–2 Chalkida 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 Egaleo 2–3 7–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–6 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 Iraklis 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 OFI 2–0 OFI–AEK Athens 0–2, forfeit 2–0. 5–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 4–1 Olympiacos 2–3 6–0 3–0 2–2 6–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–1 Panathinaikos 1–2 7–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 Panionios 2–0 7–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 Panserraikos 1–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 PAOK 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 Pierikos 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 Trikala 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 Veria 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 Vyzas Megara 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 complete RSSSF Play-off |+Relegation play-offs Proodeftiki* 1–1 Apollon Athens 1–0 0–1 0–0 Olympiakos Volos 6–5 Veria 2–1 2–3 2–1 |} *Proodeftiki won on flip of a coin. Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 GRE old Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos352 GRE old Georgios Dedes Panionios253 GRE old Giorgos Koudas PAOK20 GRE old Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens5 GRE old Giorgos Gonios Panathinaikos186 GRE old Thanasis Intzoglou Panionios17 GRE old Sakis Kouvas Vyzas Megara8 GRE old Vasilis Kyriakou Apollon Athens14 GRE old Alekos Alexiadis Aris10 GRE old Michalis Kritikopoulos Ethnikos Piraeus13 Attendances Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc69.htm 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk { class"wikitable sortable" ! # !! Team !! Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympiacos 23,329 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panathinaikos 19,943 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEK Athens 17,567 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PAOK 14,805 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aris 9,876 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ethnikos Piraeus 9,306 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Iraklis 8,808 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Egaleo 6,091 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panionios 6,049 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count OFI 5,866 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Apollon Athens 5,635 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chalkida 4,501 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panserraikos 4,363 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Trikala 4,202 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Veria 4,001 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Vyzas Megara 3,105 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Pierikos 2,541 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEL Limassol 1,942 } References External links Greek Wikipedia Official Greek FA Site Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics Category:Alpha Ethniki seasons Greece 1