# 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki

The 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki was the 44th season of the highest football league of Greece. From that season Alpha Ethniki became the professional league. The season began on 30 September 1979 and ended on 25 May 1980 with the play-off matches. Olympiacos won their 21st Greek title and their first one in five years.
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Aris | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 45 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 41 | |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 36 | |
| 8 | Iraklis (R) | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 34 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 9 | AEL | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 34 | |
| 10 | Korinthos | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 11 | OFI | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 29 | |
| 13 | Panachaiki | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 28 | |
| 14 | Kastoria | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 27 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 15 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 27 | |
| 16 | Kavala | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 27 | |
| 17 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 23 | |
| 18 | Rodos (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0
* 1 2 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0
* ↑ Iraklis were relegated because were found guilty of trying to bribe Filotas Pellios before the second semi-final for the Greek Cup.
* ↑ Kastoria were deducted 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | ARIS | DOX | ETH | IRA | KAS | KAV | KOR | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PAN | PAOK | PAS | ROD |
| AEK Athens | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| AEL | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Aris | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Iraklis | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Kastoria | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Kavala | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Korinthos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Olympiacos | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Panachaiki | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Panionios | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| PAOK | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| PAS Giannina | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 4–2 |
| Rodos | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | |
* ↑ Apollon Athens-Kastoria 0-0, awarded 2-0, because Kastoria had illegally used a player.

### Play-offs
#### Third-place play-off
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dušan Bajević | AEK Athens | 25 |
| 2 | Georgios Kostikos | PAOK | 16 |
| 2 | Thalis Tsirimokos | PAS Giannina | 16 |
| 4 | Dimtris Spetzopulos | Panachaiki | 15 |
| 5 | Dimitris Seitaridis | PAS Giannina | 14 |
| 5 | Giorgos Kalampakas | Iraklis | 14 |
| 5 | Thomas Mavros | AEK Athens | 14 |
| 5 | Dimitris Pittas | Korinthos | 14 |
| 9 | Giorgos Pissas | Korinthos | 11 |
| 10 | Maik Galakos | Olympiacos | 10 |
| 10 | Dimitris Tsironis | Kastoria | 10 |
| 10 | Christos Yfantidis | Panathinaikos | 10 |
| 10 | Thomas Liolios | Panionios / Kastoria | 10 |