# 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki

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.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 16 | +48 | 90 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 21 | +56 | 88 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 79 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Panionios | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 77 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 76 | |
| 6 | AEK Athens | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 74 | |
| 7 | Egaleo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 70 | |
| 8 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 68 | |
| 9 | Pierikos | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 66 | |
| 10 | Panserraikos | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 65 | |
| 11 | Iraklis | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 65 | |
| 12 | OFI | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 64 | |
| 13 | Vyzas | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 64 | |
| 14 | Apollon Athens (R) | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 63 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 15 | Veria (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 62 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 16 | Trikala (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 57 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Chalkida (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 56 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | AEL Limassol (R) | 34 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 125 | −105 | 39 | Moving to Cypriot First Division |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ OFI–AEK Athens 0–2, forfeit 2–0.
Relegation play-offs :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
$^*$Proodeftiki won on flip of a coin.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Giorgos Sideris | Olympiacos | 35 |
| 2 | Georgios Dedes | Panionios | 25 |
| 3 | Giorgos Koudas | PAOK | 20 |
| 3 | Mimis Papaioannou | AEK Athens | 20 |
| 5 | Giorgos Gonios | Panathinaikos | 18 |
| 6 | Thanasis Intzoglou | Panionios | 17 |
| 6 | Sakis Kouvas | Vyzas | 17 |
| 8 | Vasilis Kyriakou | Apollon Athens | 14 |
| 8 | Alekos Alexiadis | Aris | 14 |
| 10 | Michalis Kritikopoulos | Ethnikos Piraeus | 13 |