1980–81 Alpha Ethniki

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The 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki was the 45th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 7 September 1980 and ended on 14 June 1981. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 22nd Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1980–81
ChampionsOlympiacos
22nd Greek title
RelegatedPanachaiki
Atromitos
European CupOlympiacos
UEFA CupAris
Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored709 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerDinos Kouis
(21 goals)

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
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 20 9 5 47 18 +29 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 34 17 10 7 63 42 +21 44
3 Aris 34 16 11 7 57 33 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 34 15 12 7 52 31 +21 42 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5 Panathinaikos 34 13 13 8 44 21 +23 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 AEL 34 14 9 11 42 40 +2 37
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 11 12 11 45 32 +13 34
8 Panserraikos 34 10 14 10 42 41 +1 34
9 Doxa Drama 34 10 13 11 38 42 −4 33
10 OFI 34 11 10 13 33 37 −4 32
11 PAS Giannina 34 11 9 14 43 47 −4 31
12 Apollon Athens 34 12 7 15 31 47 −16 31
13 Panionios 34 9 12 13 45 49 −4 30
14 Kastoria 34 12 6 16 43 56 −13 30
15 Kavala 34 10 9 15 28 47 −19 29
16 Korinthos 34 9 9 16 27 42 −15 27
17 Panachaiki (R) 34 9 8 17 21 36 −15 26 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18 Atromitos (R) 34 4 13 17 19 59 −40 21
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:
  1. ^ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS ATR DOX ETH KAS KAV KOR OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK PAS
AEK Athens 1–1 3–0 4–4 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 5–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–2
AEL 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 6–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Aris 1–1 3–4 6–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 4–1
Atromitos 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0
Doxa Drama 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 4–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 10–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Kastoria 2–3 1–0 4–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 6–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Kavala 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Korinthos 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–2
OFI 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0
Olympiacos 6–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Panachaiki 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 4–0
Panionios 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 1–0
Panserraikos 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2
PAOK 1–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 3–3 1–1
PAS Giannina 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–4 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Dinos Kouis Aris 21
2   Grigoris Charalampidis Doxa Drama 15
3   Thomas Liolios Kastoria 13
4   Giannis Dintsikos Kastoria 12
  Dušan Bajević AEK Athens
  Kostas Charalampidis AEL
7   Takis Papadimitriou Panionios 11
  Giorgos Togias Korinthos
9   Giorgos Ananiadis PAS Giannina 10
  Maik Galakos Olympiacos
  Spyros Livathinos Panionios
  Dimitris Seitaridis Ethnikos Piraeus
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