1986–87 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1986–87
ChampionsOlympiacos
25th Greek title
RelegatedDoxa Drama
Apollon Athens
PAS Giannina
European CupOlympiacos
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Panionios
Cup Winners' CupOFI
Matches217
Goals490 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Anastopoulos
(16 goals)

The 1986–87 Alpha Ethniki was the 51st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 7 September 1986 and ended on 7 June 1987. Olympiacos won their 25th Greek title and their first one in four years. The championship was marked by the strike declared by 12 clubs in the last three matchdays of the championship. As a result, most of the clubs did not come to the last matches of the championship and were punished by deducting 6 points. The clubs that did not joined the strike were Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, OFI and Panionios, which finished at the first four places of the standings.[1]

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

Teams

Promoted from
1985–86 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
1985–86 Alpha Ethniki
Diagoras
Veria 		Panserraikos
Panachaiki
Location of teams in 1986–87 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 54 24 +30 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panathinaikos 30 15 9 6 46 30 +16 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 OFI 30 17 4 9 44 27 +17 38 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Panionios 30 11 11 8 36 22 +14 33 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 PAOK 30 13 9 8 39 23 +16 29
6 Iraklis 30 13 5 12 34 32 +2 25
7 AEK Athens 30 10 8 12 31 26 +5 19
8 AEL 30 10 5 15 24 31 −7 19
9 Veria 30 10 5 15 30 43 −13 19
10 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 8 8 14 32 40 −8 18
11 Aris 30 10 4 16 26 30 −4 18
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 8 7 15 21 35 −14 17
13 Diagoras 30 9 4 17 29 33 −4 16
14 Doxa Drama (R) 30 6 9 15 29 36 −7 15 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15 Apollon Athens (R) 30 6 8 16 21 40 −19 14
16 PAS Giannina (R) 30 5 7 18 14 38 −24 11
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
12 clubs went on strike in the last three matchdays. All the clubs exept Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, OFI and Panionios that did not joined the strike were punished, with a deduction of -6 points because they did not show up.[1] AEK Athens had also -3 points because of a case of fixing games in the previous season.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APA APK ARIS DIA DOX ETH IRA OFI OLY PAO PAN PAOK PAS VER
AEK Athens 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0[a] 1–1 2–1 0–0[a] 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–0
AEL 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0[a] 2–0
Apollon Athens 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0[a] 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
Apollon Kalamarias 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–5 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2[b] 0–0 1–0 0–0[a]
Aris 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0[a] 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
Diagoras 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0[a] 2–3 3–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
Doxa Drama 1–1 0–0[a] 0–0 4–0 0–0[a] 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 0–0 0–0[a] 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–2[b] 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 4–1
Iraklis 1–3 5–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–3 0–2[b] 0–2 0–2[b] 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1
OFI 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0[b]
Olympiacos 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–0[b] 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Panathinaikos 1–1 2–1 2–0[b] 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–6 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1
Panionios 1–1 2–0[b] 5–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0[b] 3–0 3–1
PAOK 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0[a] 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 0–0
PAS Giannina 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2[b] 1–0 0–0 0–0[a] 3–1
Veria 0–0[a] 3–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Both clubs that went on strike, thus by decision of the HFF the final score was 0–0, but counted as a loss for each club.[1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Awarded 2–0 at the expense of the club that went on strike.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos 16
2 Greece Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos 13
Greece Giorgos Vlastos OFI
Bulgaria Misho Vulchev Doxa Drama
5 Greece Sakis Anastasiadis Iraklis 10
Greece Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Veria
7 Greece Georgios Skartados PAOK 8
Greece Christos Dimopoulos Panathinaikos
Greece Kostas Batsinilas Panathinaikos
Greece Giorgos Christofis Diagoras

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1986–87 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Team Average attendance
1 Olympiacos 32,056
2 Panathinaikos 20,508
3 AEK Athens 16,270
4 PAOK 12,779
5 Aris 8,093
6 Iraklis 7,612
7 OFI 7,262
8 AEL 6,965
9 PAS Giannina 5,296
10 Panionios 5,227
11 Ethnikos Piraeus 4,697
12 Apollon Athens 4,189
13 Diagoras 4,102
14 Veria 3,962
15 Doxa Drama 3,477
16 Apollon Kalamarias 3,143

References

  1. ^ a b c "Το ποδόσφαιρο απεργεί". contra.gr.
  2. ^ "1986–87 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986-87_Alpha_Ethniki