1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1987–88
ChampionsAEL
1st Greek title
RelegatedVeria
Panserraikos
Panachaiki
European CupAEL
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Cup Winners' CupPanathinaikos
Matches played240
Goals scored602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerHenrik Nielsen
(21 goals)

The 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki was the 52nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1987 and ended on 15 May 1988. AEL won their first Greek title in its history. The season was notable as the only season where neither Panathinaikos or Olympiacos, by far the most successful and dominant clubs, finished in the top four.

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

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Location of teams in 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL (C) 30 18 7 5 51 22 +29 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 30 15 10 5 51 31 +20 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 PAOK 30 17 5 8 60 27 +33 39
4 OFI 30 17 3 10 54 41 +13 37
5 Panathinaikos 30 15 6 9 47 34 +13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Iraklis 30 13 8 9 42 32 +10 34
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 8 10 27 28 −1 32
8 Olympiacos 30 9 13 8 39 41 −2 31
9 Aris 30 11 5 14 39 41 −2 27
10 Panionios 30 8 10 12 32 34 −2 26
11 Apollon Kalamarias 30 7 10 13 23 39 −16 24
12 Diagoras 30 7 9 14 25 38 −13 23
13 Levadiakos 30 7 9 14 32 46 −14 23
14 Veria (R) 30 7 9 14 24 53 −29 23 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 8 5 17 24 42 −18 21
16 Panachaiki[a] (R) 30 7 7 16 32 53 −21 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. ^ Panachaiki were deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APK ARIS DIA ETH IRA LEV OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK VER
AEK Athens 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 7–1
AEL 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–0
Apollon Kalamarias 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–0
Aris 4–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Diagoras 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–1
Levadiakos 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 4–2 3–1
OFI 3–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1
Olympiacos 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0
Panachaiki 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2[a] 0–2 2–2
Panathinaikos 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–5 1–1 2–0 6–2 1–0 2–1 4–0
Panionios 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Panserraikos 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0
PAOK 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 4–0 6–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 5–1
Veria 1–0 2–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Panachaiki-Panserraikos 4-2, awarded 0-2 because Panachaiki used Genas who was under yellow cards.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Henrik Nielsen AEK Athens 21
2 Greece Michalis Ziogas AEL 16
Greece Thomas Mavros Panionios
4 Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis Aris 12
Greece Dimos Kavouras Levadiakos
6 Greece Christos Dimopoulos Panathinaikos 11
7 Greece Sakis Anastasiadis Iraklis 10
Greece Sakis Moustakidis Olympiacos
Greece Ioannis Samaras OFI
Greece Stefanos Borbokis PAOK