# 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

The 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki was the 42nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 11 September 1977 and ended on 28 May 1978. AEK Athens won their sixth Greek title and their first one in seven 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 | AEK Athens (C) | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 53 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 25 | +38 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 38 | |
| 6 | Aris | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 32 | |
| 8 | OFI | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 32 | |
| 9 | Iraklis | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 30 | |
| 10 | Panachaiki | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 30 | |
| 11 | Egaleo | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 30 | |
| 12 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 29 | |
| 13 | Kavala | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 29 | |
| 14 | Panserraikos | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 28 | |
| 15 | Kastoria | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 28 | |
| 16 | Panionios | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 28 | |
| 17 | Pierikos (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 26 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Veria (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 18 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.
* ↑ Veria were deducted 10 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ARIS | EGA | ETH | IRA | KAS | KAV | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | PAS | PIE | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 6–2 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Egaleo | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–6 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kastoria | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Kavala | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Olympiacos | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Panachaiki | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Panserraikos | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pierikos | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| Veria | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thomas Mavros | AEK Athens | 22 |
| 2 | Óscar Álvarez | Panathinaikos | 18 |
| 3 | Achilleas Aslanidis | Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 3 | Takis Nikoloudis | AEK Athens | 15 |
| 3 | Kostas Orfanos | PAOK | 15 |
| 6 | Dimitrios Gesios | Iraklis | 13 |
| 6 | Mimis Spetzopoulos | Panachaiki | 13 |
| 8 | Alfredo Glasman | PAS Giannina | 11 |
| 8 | Giorgos Kalambakas | Pierikos | 11 |
| 8 | Thomas Liolios | Panionios | 11 |
| 8 | Ilias Chatziskoulidis | Egaleo | 11 |