1990–91 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1990–91
ChampionsPanathinaikos
16th Greek title
RelegatedIonikos
Levadiakos
PAS Giannina
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Cup Winners' CupAthinaikos
Matches played306
Goals scored772 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitris Saravakos
(23 goals)

The 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki was the 55th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 1990 and ended on 2 June 1991. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and 16th Greek title.

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

Teams

Stadia and personnel

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Location of teams in 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
AEL Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Larissa Alcazar Stadium
Apollon Athens Greece Konstantinos Vrettos Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris Greece Konstantinos Tsilios Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos Germany Gerhard Prokop Athens Vyronas National Stadium
Doxa Drama Greece Christos Archontidis Drama Doxa Drama Stadium
Ionikos Greece Giannis Aivatiadis Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Greece Aristotelis Batakis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Levadiakos Greece Alketas Panagoulias Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium
OFI Netherlands Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Soviet Union Oleg Blokhin Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki Greece Andreas Michalopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Greece Vasilios Daniil Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Panionios Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Momčilo Vukotić Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium
Panserraikos Greece Nikos Alefantos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium
PAOK Greece Christos Terzanidis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
PAS Giannina Czech Republic Petr Packert Ioannina Zosimades Stadium
Xanthi Greece Giannis Gounaris Xanthi Xanthi Ground
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 2 June 1991.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 23 8 3 77 22 +55 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 19 10 5 77 28 +49 46 1-year ban from European competitions[b]
3 AEK Athens 34 18 6 10 59 33 +26 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK[c] 34 16 9 9 56 39 +17 38
5 Iraklis 34 14 9 11 40 36 +4 37
6 Athinaikos 34 16 5 13 40 33 +7 37 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Doxa Drama 34 14 6 14 42 45 −3 34
8 OFI 34 11 12 11 37 38 −1 34
9 Aris 34 11 11 12 34 38 −4 33
10 Panionios 34 9 12 13 38 54 −16 30
11 Apollon Athens 34 10 10 14 41 62 −21 30
12 AEL 34 10 9 15 38 46 −8 29
13 Panachaiki 34 9 10 15 36 48 −12 28
14 Panserraikos 34 9 10 15 30 42 −12 28
15 Xanthi 34 9 10 15 35 53 −18 28
16 Ionikos (R) 34 9 9 16 37 50 −13 27 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Levadiakos (R) 34 10 7 17 35 51 −16 27
18 PAS Giannina (R) 34 8 9 17 20 54 −34 25
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. ^ Olympiacos were deducted 2 points.
  2. ^ Olympiacos were punished with a one-year ban from all European competitions by the UEFA disciplinary committee after being charged for the eventful European Cup Winners' Cup match against Sampdoria on 24 October 1990.
  3. ^ PAOK were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS ATH DOX ION IRA LEV OFI OLY PNA PAO PGSS PNS PAOK PAS XAN
AEK Athens 5–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–0[a] 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 6–0
AEL 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 2–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 2–1
Aris 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–0
Athinaikos 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 6–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–5 1–2 2–0
Doxa Drama 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Ionikos 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Iraklis 0–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0
Levadiakos 0–3 0–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0
OFI 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 5–3 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Olympiacos 3–1 2–0 7–1 5–1 0–2[b] 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 8–1
Panachaiki 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 5–1
Panathinaikos 4–0 3–3 5–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 6–1 2–0 3–0[c] 3–0 6–2
Panionios 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–6 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1
Panserraikos 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
PAOK 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0
PAS Giannina 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
Xanthi 2–0 6–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ AEK Athens-Olympiacos 1–2, replayed 1–0 because of heavy smoke at 84th minute.
  2. ^ Olympiacos-Athinaikos 2–2, awarded with 0–2 because of pitch invasion of Olympiacos fans at 88th minute.
  3. ^ Panathinaikos-PAOK 3–0, suspended at 77th minute, because the whole team of PAOK left the pitch. Original 3-0 result stood.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos 23
2 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 18
3 Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos 16
4 Greece Giorgos Vaitsis Panachaiki 15
5 Cape Verde Daniel Batista AEK Athens 13
6 Greece Giorgos Skartados PAOK 12
7 Greece Aris Karasavvidis Apollon Athens 11
Soviet Union Oleh Protasov Olympiacos
9 Greece Vangelis Kalogeropoulos Ionikos 10
Greece Stathis Pechlivanidis Levadiakos
Soviet Union Yuri Savichev Olympiacos