1989–90 Alpha Ethniki

The 1989–90 Alpha Ethniki was the 54th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1989 and ended on 27 May 1990. Panathinaikos won their 15th Greek title and their first one in four years.

Alpha Ethniki

Season	1989–90
Champions	Panathinaikos 15th Greek title
Relegated	Apollon Kalamarias Olympiacos Volos Ethnikos Piraeus
European Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens Iraklis
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Matches played	306
Goals scored	738 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomas Mavros (22 goals)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Ionikos
Olympiacos

Doxa

AEL

Levadiakos

OFI

Olympiacos V.

Panserraikos

Xanthi

Location of teams in 1989–90 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	21	11	2	75	35	+40	53	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	34	20	10	4	64	18	+46	50	1-year ban from European competitions[a]
3	PAOK	34	19	8	7	49	26	+23	46	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Olympiacos	34	18	9	7	60	37	+23	45	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Iraklis	34	14	11	9	44	36	+8	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6	OFI	34	16	4	14	52	41	+11	36
7	Aris	34	11	13	10	37	40	−3	35
8	AEL	34	12	10	12	35	38	−3	34
9	Panionios	34	8	14	12	43	52	−9	30
10	Doxa Drama	34	9	11	14	36	39	−3	29
11	Xanthi	34	12	5	17	33	51	−18	29
12	Panserraikos	34	9	11	14	32	42	−10	29
13	Levadiakos[b]	34	12	8	14	34	45	−11	28
14	Ionikos	34	8	12	14	27	48	−21	28
15	Apollon Athens	34	8	12	14	33	35	−2	28
16	Apollon Kalamarias (R)	34	7	13	14	30	38	−8	27	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17	Olympiacos Volos (R)	34	10	2	22	32	63	−31	22
18	Ethnikos Piraeus (R)	34	7	6	21	20	52	−32	20

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. AEK Athens were punished with a one-year ban from all European competitions by the UEFA disciplinary committee after being charged for the eventful European Cup match against Marseille on 1 November 1989.
2. Levadiakos were deducted 4 points because of attempting to fix a game in the previous season.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	APK	ARIS	DOX	ETH	ION	IRA	LEV	OFI	OLY	OLV	PAO	PGSS	PNS	PAOK	XAN
AEK Athens		3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	7–1	4–0	2–1	8–0
AEL	1–0		2–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–1
Apollon Athens	0–0	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–0
Apollon Kalamarias	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–3	0–0
Aris	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Doxa Drama	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	4–1
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		0–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–0
Ionikos	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–0
Iraklis	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1
Levadiakos	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
OFI	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–3	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	4–1	0–0	3–0
Olympiacos	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	4–5		4–0	3–4	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–0
Olympiacos Volos	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	4–3	3–0	1–3	3–0		1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Panathinaikos	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–1	6–2	3–1	2–2	5–1		4–1	3–1	2–2	3–1
Panionios	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–0		3–0	1–3	2–5
Panserraikos	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	5–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2		0–0	3–0
PAOK	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–1
Xanthi	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	22
2	Lajos Détári	Olympiacos	20
3	Michalis Ziogas	AEL	18
4	Daniel Batista	AEK Athens	15
	Georgios Skartados	PAOK
6	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos	14
7	Kostas Antoniou	Panathinaikos	13
8	Dinos Kouis	Aris	12
9	Georgios Vlastos	OFI	11
	Thanasis Dimopoulos	Iraklis
	Marcelo Veridiano	Xanthi
	Jim Patikas	AEK Athens

External links

• Official Greek FA Site
• RSSSF
• Greek SuperLeague official Site
• SuperLeague Statistics