1981–82 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1981–82
Champions	Olympiacos; 23rd Greek title
Relegated	Kavala; Korinthos
European Cup	Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens; PAOK
Matches played	306
Goals scored	709 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Grigoris Charalampidis; (21 goals)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Alpha Ethniki was the 46th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1981 and ended on 30 May 1982. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 23rd Greek title.

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

AEK Athens
Apollon
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 1981–82 Alpha Ethniki

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	18	14	2	46	21	+25	50^[a]	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Panathinaikos	34	19	12	3	58	28	+30	50^[a]	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	PAOK	34	18	10	6	55	22	+33	46	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	AEK Athens	34	17	11	6	54	36	+18	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Aris	34	15	11	8	56	30	+26	41
6	Iraklis	34	15	10	9	52	38	+14	40
7	Panionios	34	14	8	12	39	31	+8	36
8	Kastoria	34	13	8	13	38	43	−5	34
9	OFI	34	11	11	12	38	36	+2	33
10	AEL	34	12	7	15	40	38	+2	31
11	Doxa Drama	34	10	11	13	38	46	−8	31
12	Rodos	34	11	9	14	37	46	−9	31
13	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	10	10	14	30	38	−8	30
14	PAS Giannina	34	9	10	15	32	48	−16	28
15	Apollon Athens	34	9	9	16	27	42	−15	27
16	Panserraikos	34	8	9	17	26	45	−19	25
17	Kavala (R)	34	5	8	21	19	58	−39	18	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18	Korinthos (R)	34	6	4	24	24	63	−39	16	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

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:

^ ^a ^b Championship play–off: Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 2–1 (see below).

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	ARIS	DOX	ETH	IRA	KAS	KAV	KOR	OFI	OLY	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PAS	ROD
AEK Athens		2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
AEL	1–2		1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	2–0	8–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Apollon Athens	0–1	2–0		1–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Aris	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	4–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
Doxa Drama	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0
Iraklis	3–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		6–2	1–0	6–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Kastoria	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0
Kavala	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Korinthos	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–1
OFI	1–0	1–2	5–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Olympiacos	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0
Panathinaikos	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1
Panionios	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0
Panserraikos	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	3–1	1–0
PAOK	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–0		2–1	5–0
PAS Giannina	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–0		3–1
Rodos	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	4–0	2–1	1–0

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

Championship play–off[edit]

29 June 1982

Olympiacos	2–1	Panathinaikos
Vicente 7' Anastopoulos 69'	Report	Ziakos 82'

Volos Municipal Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Stathis Kosmopoulos (Elis)

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Grigoris Charalampidis	Panathinaikos	21
2	Georgios Kostikos	PAOK	18
3	Thomas Mavros	AEK Athens	17
4	Dinos Kouis	Aris	15
5	Thomas Liolios	Kastoria	14
6	Nikos Anastopoulos	Olympiacos	13
	Giorgos Zindros	Aris
	Giorgos Kalambakas	Iraklis
	Dimitris Saravakos	Panionios
10	Vasilis Papadimitriou	Panserraikos	11

External links[edit]

[table_hth_OLY0.85181319566994-1] Championship play–off: Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 2–1 (see below).

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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
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