# 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki

The 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki was the 55th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 1990 and ended on 2 June 1991. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and 16th Greek title.
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium |
| AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium |
| AEL | Hristo Bonev | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium |
| Apollon Athens | Konstantinos Vrettos | Athens | Rizoupoli Stadium |
| Aris | Konstantinos Tsilios | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium |
| Athinaikos | Gerhard Prokop | Athens | Vyronas National Stadium |
| Doxa Drama | Christos Archontidis | Drama | Doxa Drama Stadium |
| Ionikos | Giannis Aivatiadis | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium |
| Iraklis | Aristotelis Batakis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium |
| Levadiakos | Alketas Panagoulias | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium |
| OFI | Eugène Gerards | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium |
| Olympiacos | Oleg Blokhin | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium |
| Panachaiki | Andreas Michalopoulos | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium |
| Panathinaikos | Vasilios Daniil | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Panionios | Momčilo Vukotić | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium |
| Panserraikos | Nikos Alefantos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium |
| PAOK | Christos Terzanidis | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium |
| PAS Giannina | Petr Packert | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium |
| Xanthi | Giannis Gounaris | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 2 June 1991.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 54 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 77 | 28 | +49 | 46 | 1-year ban from European competitions |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Iraklis | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Athinaikos | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 34 | |
| 8 | OFI | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Aris | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 30 | |
| 11 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 30 | |
| 12 | AEL | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 29 | |
| 13 | Panachaiki | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 28 | |
| 14 | Panserraikos | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 28 | |
| 15 | Xanthi | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 28 | |
| 16 | Ionikos (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 27 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Levadiakos (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 27 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | PAS Giannina (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Olympiacos were deducted 2 points.
* ↑ Olympiacos were punished with a one-year ban from all European competitions by the UEFA disciplinary committee after being charged for the eventful European Cup Winners' Cup match against Sampdoria on 24 October 1990.
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | ARIS | ATH | DOX | ION | IRA | LEV | OFI | OLY | PNA | PAO | PGSS | PNS | PAOK | PAS | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 |
| AEL | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 2–5 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Aris | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Athinaikos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Ionikos | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Levadiakos | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| OFI | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 |
| Panachaiki | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 4–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 |
| Panionios | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Panserraikos | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
| Xanthi | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ AEK Athens-Olympiacos 1–2, replayed 1–0 because of heavy smoke at 84th minute.
* ↑ Olympiacos-Athinaikos 2–2, awarded with 0–2 because of pitch invasion of Olympiacos fans at 88th minute.
* ↑ Panathinaikos-PAOK 3–0, suspended at 77th minute, because the whole team of PAOK left the pitch. Original 3-0 result stood.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dimitris Saravakos | Panathinaikos | 23 |
| 2 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 18 |
| 3 | Nikos Anastopoulos | Olympiacos | 16 |
| 4 | Giorgos Vaitsis | Panachaiki | 15 |
| 5 | Daniel Batista | AEK Athens | 13 |
| 6 | Giorgos Skartados | PAOK | 12 |
| 7 | Aris Karasavvidis | Apollon Athens | 11 |
| 7 | Oleh Protasov | Olympiacos | 11 |
| 9 | Vangelis Kalogeropoulos | Ionikos | 10 |
| 9 | Stathis Pechlivanidis | Levadiakos | 10 |
| 9 | Yuri Savichev | Olympiacos | 10 |