# 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

The 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki was the 52nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1987 and ended on 15 May 1988. AEL won their first Greek title in its history. The season was notable as the only season where neither Panathinaikos or Olympiacos, by far the most successful and dominant clubs, finished in the top four.
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 | AEL (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 40 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | OFI | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 37 | |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Iraklis | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 34 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 32 | |
| 8 | Olympiacos | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Aris | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 27 | |
| 10 | Panionios | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 26 | |
| 11 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 24 | |
| 12 | Diagoras | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 23 | |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 23 | |
| 14 | Veria (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 15 | Panserraikos (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Panachaiki (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APK | ARIS | DIA | ETH | IRA | LEV | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 |
| AEL | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Diagoras | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Iraklis | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Levadiakos | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| OFI | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Olympiacos | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Panachaiki | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Panionios | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Panserraikos | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| PAOK | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 5–1 |
| Veria | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ Panachaiki-Panserraikos 4-2, awarded 0-2 because Panachaiki used Genas who was under yellow cards.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Henrik Nielsen | AEK Athens | 21 |
| 2 | Michalis Ziogas | AEL | 16 |
| 2 | Thomas Mavros | Panionios | 16 |
| 4 | Vasilis Dimitriadis | Aris | 12 |
| 4 | Dimos Kavouras | Levadiakos | 12 |
| 6 | Christos Dimopoulos | Panathinaikos | 11 |
| 7 | Sakis Anastasiadis | Iraklis | 10 |
| Sakis Moustakidis | Olympiacos |
| Ioannis Samaras | OFI |
| Stefanos Borbokis | PAOK |