# 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki

The 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki was the 45th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 7 September 1980 and ended on 14 June 1981. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 22nd 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 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 49 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 44 | |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | AEL | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 37 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 34 | |
| 8 | Panserraikos | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | OFI | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 32 | |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 31 | |
| 12 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 31 | |
| 13 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 30 | |
| 14 | Kastoria | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | Kavala | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 29 | |
| 16 | Korinthos | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 27 | |
| 17 | Panachaiki (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 26 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Atromitos (R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 59 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APA | ARIS | ATR | DOX | ETH | KAS | KAV | KOR | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | PAS |
| AEK Athens | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| AEL | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Aris | 1–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Atromitos | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 10–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Kastoria | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Kavala | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Korinthos | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| OFI | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Olympiacos | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Panachaiki | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Panionios | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Panserraikos | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| PAOK | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | | 1–1 |
| PAS Giannina | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dinos Kouis | Aris | 21 |
| 2 | Grigoris Charalampidis | Doxa Drama | 15 |
| 3 | Thomas Liolios | Kastoria | 13 |
| 4 | Giannis Dintsikos | Kastoria | 12 |
| 4 | Dušan Bajević | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 4 | Kostas Charalampidis | AEL | 12 |
| 7 | Takis Papadimitriou | Panionios | 11 |
| 7 | Giorgos Togias | Korinthos | 11 |
| 9 | Giorgos Ananiadis | PAS Giannina | 10 |
| 9 | Maik Galakos | Olympiacos | 10 |
| 9 | Spyros Livathinos | Panionios | 10 |
| 9 | Dimitris Seitaridis | Ethnikos Piraeus | 10 |