# 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

The 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki was the 43rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 September 1978 and ended on 3 June 1979. AEK Athens won their second consecutive and seventh Greek title.
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 | AEK Athens (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 56 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 45 | |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 38 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 34 | |
| 7 | OFI | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 34 | |
| 8 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 32 | |
| 9 | Kastoria | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 31 | |
| 10 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 29 | |
| 11 | Rodos | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | AEL | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 29 | |
| 13 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 28 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 14 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 28 | |
| 15 | Panachaiki | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 27 | |
| 16 | Kavala (R) | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Egaleo (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 26 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Panserraikos (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 63 | −47 | 13 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | ARIS | EGA | ETH | IRA | KAS | KAV | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | PAS | ROD |
| AEK Athens | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 5–2 |
| AEL | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Egaleo | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Iraklis | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–1 |
| Kastoria | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kavala | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| OFI | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Panachaiki | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Panserraikos | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| PAOK | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | | 5–0 | 6–1 |
| PAS Giannina | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Rodos | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
* ↑ Ethnikos vs PAOK originally finished 2-2. The match was replayed after PAOK's appeal because the referee count an irregular goal for Ethnikos

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thomas Mavros | AEK Athens | 31 |
| 2 | Manolis Kottis | Rodos | 24 |
| 2 | Dušan Bajević | AEK Athens | 24 |
| 4 | Óscar Álvarez | Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 4 | Kostas Orfanos | PAOK | 15 |
| 4 | Neto Guerino | PAOK | 15 |
| 7 | Giorgos Ananiadis | Aris | 14 |
| 8 | Takis Nikoloudis | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 8 | Giannis Pathiakakis | Panionios | 12 |
| 8 | Giorgos Orfanidis | Iraklis | 12 |
| 8 | Petros Karavitis | Olympiacos | 12 |
| 8 | Dinos Kouis | Aris | 12 |