# 1989–90 Alpha Ethniki

The 1989–90 Alpha Ethniki was the 54th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1989 and ended on 27 May 1990. Panathinaikos won their 15th Greek title and their first one in four 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 | Panathinaikos (C) | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 53 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 50 | 1-year ban from European competitions |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Iraklis | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | OFI | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 36 | |
| 7 | Aris | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | AEL | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Panionios | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 30 | |
| 10 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 29 | |
| 11 | Xanthi | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 29 | |
| 12 | Panserraikos | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 29 | |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 28 | |
| 14 | Ionikos | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 28 | |
| 15 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 28 | |
| 16 | Apollon Kalamarias (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Olympiacos Volos (R) | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 22 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Ethnikos Piraeus (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 52 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ AEK Athens were punished with a one-year ban from all European competitions by the UEFA disciplinary committee after being charged for the eventful European Cup match against Marseille on 1 November 1989.
* ↑ Levadiakos were deducted 4 points because of attempting to fix a game in the previous season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | APK | ARIS | DOX | ETH | ION | IRA | LEV | OFI | OLY | OLV | PAO | PGSS | PNS | PAOK | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 |
| AEL | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Aris | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Ionikos | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Iraklis | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Levadiakos | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–5 | | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–5 |
| Panserraikos | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 |
| Xanthi | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thomas Mavros | Panionios | 22 |
| 2 | Lajos Détári | Olympiacos | 20 |
| 3 | Michalis Ziogas | AEL | 18 |
| 4 | Daniel Batista | AEK Athens | 15 |
| 4 | Giorgos Skartados | PAOK | 15 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 14 |
| 7 | Kostas Antoniou | Panathinaikos | 13 |
| 8 | Dinos Kouis | Aris | 12 |
| 9 | Georgios Vlastos | OFI | 11 |
| 9 | Thanasis Dimopoulos | Iraklis | 11 |
| 9 | Marcelo Veridiano | Xanthi | 11 |
| 9 | Jim Patikas | AEK Athens | 11 |