1968–69 Alpha Ethniki

The 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki was the 33rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 1968 and ended on 15 June 1969. Panathinaikos won their ninth Greek title and their first one in three years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1968–69
ChampionsPanathinaikos
9th Greek title
RelegatedApollon Athens
Veria
Trikala
Chalkida
AEL Limassol
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupAris
Panionios
Matches played306
Goals scored808 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgos Sideris
(35 goals)

The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 26 4 4 64 16 +48 90 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos 34 24 6 4 77 21 +56 88 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aris 34 17 11 6 54 33 +21 79 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Panionios 34 18 7 9 55 34 +21 77
5 PAOK 34 16 10 8 58 37 +21 76
6 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 34 17 7 10 58 33 +25 74
7 Egaleo 34 13 10 11 48 41 +7 70
8 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 12 10 12 43 45 −2 68
9 Pierikos 34 11 10 13 31 37 −6 66
10 Panserraikos 34 12 7 15 43 46 −3 65
11 Iraklis 34 12 7 15 36 39 −3 65
12 OFI 34 12 6 16 37 45 −8 64
13 Vyzas 34 12 6 16 42 53 −11 64
14 Apollon Athens (R) 34 12 5 17 40 38 +2 63 Qualification for relegation play-off
15 Veria (R) 34 8 12 14 34 41 −7 62
16 Trikala (R) 34 9 5 20 30 63 −33 57 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Chalkida (R) 34 7 8 19 38 61 −23 56
18 AEL Limassol (R) 34 2 1 31 20 125 −105 39 Moving to Cypriot First Division
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1968–69 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup, losing cup finalists Olympiacos earned a spot in the first round of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS CHA EGA ETH IRA OFI OLY PAO PAN PNS PAOK PIE TRI VER VYZ
AEK Athens 4–0 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 1–2
AEL Limassol 0–5 0–3 1–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–3
Apollon Athens 1–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 7–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0
Aris 2–0 7–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–2 5–2
Chalkida 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Egaleo 2–3 7–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–6 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–1
Iraklis 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2
OFI 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 5–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 4–1
Olympiacos 2–3 6–0 3–0 2–2 6–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–1
Panathinaikos 1–2 7–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Panionios 2–0 7–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0
Panserraikos 1–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
PAOK 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–0
Pierikos 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3
Trikala 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Veria 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1
Vyzas 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. OFI–AEK Athens 0–2, forfeit 2–0.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
 Relegation play-offs
Proodeftiki* 1–1 Apollon Athens 1–0 0–10–0
Olympiakos Volos 6–5 Veria 2–1 2–32–1

*Proodeftiki won on flip of a coin.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 35
2 Greece Georgios Dedes Panionios 25
3 Greece Giorgos Koudas PAOK 20
Greece Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens
5 Greece Giorgos Gonios Panathinaikos 18
6 Greece Thanasis Intzoglou Panionios 17
Greece Sakis Kouvas Vyzas
8 Greece Vasilis Kyriakou Apollon Athens 14
Greece Alekos Alexiadis Aris
10 Greece Michalis Kritikopoulos Ethnikos Piraeus 13
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