1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1988–89
Champions	AEK Athens; 8th Greek title
Relegated	Diagoras
European Cup	AEK Athens
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; Iraklis
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	566 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Imre Boda; (20 goals)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki was the 53rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 11 September 1988 and ended on 21 May 1989. AEK Athens won their eighth Greek title and their first one in ten years. The championship was decided on the penultimate matchday in an informal final when AEK defeated the host Olympiakos at the Olympic Stadium by 1–0 with a goal by Takis Karagiozopoulos.^[1] This match, which essentially decided the title, was met by the very serious incidents between police forces and fans, with dozens injured, more than 7,000 seats broken and damages of 30 million drachmas.^[2]

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Location of teams in 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	30	19	6	5	45	20	+25	44	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	30	16	9	5	54	25	+29	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	30	14	9	7	45	25	+20	37	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Iraklis	30	13	10	7	43	27	+16	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	OFI	30	13	8	9	45	36	+9	34
6	AEL	30	10	14	6	37	34	+3	34
7	Aris	30	11	11	8	31	26	+5	33
8	PAOK	30	11	10	9	34	30	+4	32
9	Doxa Drama	30	10	8	12	26	28	−2	28
10	Panionios	30	10	7	13	32	36	−4	27
11	Olympiacos Volos	30	6	14	10	36	45	−9	26
12	Levadiakos	30	9	7	14	33	47	−14	25
13	Apollon Athens	30	7	9	14	29	38	−9	23
14	Ethnikos Piraeus (O)	30	6	11	13	31	49	−18	23	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Diagoras (R)	30	4	12	14	21	43	−22	20
16	Apollon Kalamarias (O)	30	4	9	17	24	57	−33	17

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	APK	ARIS	DIA	DOX	ETH	IRA	LEV	OFI	OLY	OLV	PAO	PGSS	PAOK
AEK Athens		3–3	4–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
AEL	0–1		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1
Apollon Athens	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–2	1–4
Aris	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0
Diagoras	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–2		0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
Doxa Drama	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	2–4	0–3	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Iraklis	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0
Levadiakos	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–2		2–1	3–4	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
OFI	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1
Olympiacos	0–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0		7–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
Olympiacos Volos	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	4–1
Panathinaikos	0–1	4–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		3–2	1–0
Panionios	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–2		0–0
PAOK	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off

5th place Play-Off
Team 1	Score	Team 2
OFI	3–1	AEL

Relegation:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ethnikos Piraeus	5	5	0	0	9	2	+7	10	Qualified to Alpha Ethniki
2	Apollon Kalamarias	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	7	Qualified to Alpha Ethniki
3	PAS Giannina	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	4	Qualified to Beta Ethniki
4	Korinthos	5	1	1	3	7	9	−2	3
5	Diagoras (R)	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	3
6	Veria	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	3

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Imre Boda	Olympiacos Volos	20
2	Lajos Détári	Olympiacos	15
3	Thanasis Dimopoulos	Iraklis	13
4	Dimos Kavouras	Levadiakos	12
4	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	12
6	Mirosław Okoński	AEK Athens	11
7	Jaime Vera	OFI	10
	Vasilis Dimitriadis	Aris
	Ioannis Samaras	OFI / Panathinaikos

References

^ "Τριάντα χρόνια από το γκολ του Καραγκιοζόπουλου που «σφράγισε» τον τίτλο της ΑΕΚ". gazzetta.gr.
^ "Μια ενδεκάδα αξέχαστα Ολυμπιακός – ΑΕΚ". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

[1] "Τριάντα χρόνια από το γκολ του Καραγκιοζόπουλου που «σφράγισε» τον τίτλο της ΑΕΚ". gazzetta.gr.

[2] "Μια ενδεκάδα αξέχαστα Ολυμπιακός – ΑΕΚ". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

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v t e 1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
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League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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