1980–81 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1980–81
Champions	Olympiacos; 22nd Greek title
Relegated	Panachaiki; Atromitos
European Cup	Olympiacos
UEFA Cup	Aris; Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	PAOK
Matches played	306
Goals scored	709 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dinos Kouis; (21 goals)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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.

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

AEK Athens
Apollon
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

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:

^ 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

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

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
7	Giorgos Togias	Korinthos	11
9	Giorgos Ananiadis	PAS Giannina	10
	Maik Galakos	Olympiacos
	Spyros Livathinos	Panionios
	Dimitris Seitaridis	Ethnikos Piraeus

External links

[table_note_res_CWC10.070247504427213-1] 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.

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