# 1981–82 Alpha Ethniki

The 1981–82 Alpha Ethniki was the 46th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1981 and ended on 30 May 1982. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 23rd 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 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 50 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 50 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Aris | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 41 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 40 | |
| 7 | Panionios | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Kastoria | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | OFI | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 33 | |
| 10 | AEL | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 31 | |
| 11 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | Rodos | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 30 | |
| 14 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 28 | |
| 15 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 27 | |
| 16 | Panserraikos | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 25 | |
| 17 | Kavala (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 18 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Korinthos (R) | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 16 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Championship play–off: Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 2–1 (see below).

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | ARIS | DOX | ETH | IRA | KAS | KAV | KOR | OFI | OLY | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | PAS | ROD |
| AEK Athens | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| AEL | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Aris | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Iraklis | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 6–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kastoria | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Kavala | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Korinthos | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| OFI | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Panionios | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Panserraikos | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Rodos | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

### Championship play–off
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Grigoris Charalampidis | Panathinaikos | 21 |
| 2 | Georgios Kostikos | PAOK | 18 |
| 3 | Thomas Mavros | AEK Athens | 17 |
| 4 | Dinos Kouis | Aris | 15 |
| 5 | Thomas Liolios | Kastoria | 14 |
| 6 | Nikos Anastopoulos | Olympiacos | 13 |
| 6 | Giorgos Zindros | Aris | 13 |
| 6 | Giorgos Kalambakas | Iraklis | 13 |
| 6 | Dimitris Saravakos | Panionios | 13 |
| 10 | Vasilis Papadimitriou | Panserraikos | 11 |