1982–83 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1982–83
ChampionsOlympiacos
24th Greek title
RelegatedMakedonikos
Panachaiki
Rodos
Kastoria
European CupOlympiacos
UEFA CupAEL
PAOK
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
Matches played306
Goals scored729 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Anastopoulos
(29 goals)

The 1982–83 Alpha Ethniki was the 47th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1982 and ended on 26 June 1983. Olympiacos won their fourth consecutive and 24th Greek title.

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

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Location of teams in 1982–83 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 20 10 4 50 22 +28 50 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEL 34 18 9 7 54 27 +27 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 AEK Athens 34 19 7 8 54 39 +15 45 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 PAOK 34 18 6 10 49 28 +21 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Aris 34 15 11 8 35 23 +12 41
6 Panathinaikos 34 14 9 11 50 42 +8 37
7 OFI 34 14 9 11 53 48 +5 37
8 Iraklis 34 12 10 12 52 39 +13 34
9 PAS Giannina 34 10 13 11 35 34 +1 33
10 Apollon Athens 34 11 9 14 40 36 +4 31
11 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 11 13 34 38 −4 31
12 Doxa Drama 34 12 7 15 43 56 −13 31
13 Panserraikos 34 9 12 13 28 37 −9 30
14 Panionios 34 11 7 16 31 44 −13 29[a]
15 Makedonikos (R) 34 11 7 16 30 50 −20 29[a] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Panachaiki (R) 34 11 4 19 35 50 −15 26
17 Rodos (R) 34 7 7 20 25 58 −33 21
18 Kastoria (R) 34 7 6 21 31 58 −27 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. ^ a b Relegation playout: Panionios–Makedonikos 3–2.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS DOX ETH IRA KAS MAK OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK PAS ROD
AEK Athens 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 4–2 4–0
AEL 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Apollon Athens 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0
Aris 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Doxa Drama 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0
Iraklis 2–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Kastoria 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 6–2 1–1 5–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0
Makedonikos 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0
OFI 4–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 6–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1
Olympiacos 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1
Panachaiki 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–2
Panathinaikos 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 5–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0
Panionios 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Panserraikos 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–0
PAOK 5–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0
PAS Giannina 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Rodos 0–2[a] 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Rodos-AEK Athens 1–2 at 86th minute, awarded 0–2 because Rodos were left with 6 players.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos 29
2 Greece Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 19
3 Greece Thalis Tsirimokos OFI 17
4 Greece Thanasis Dimopoulos Panathinaikos 15
5 Greece Kostas Maloumidis AEL 15
6 Bulgaria Todor Barzov Doxa Drama 13
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Vučeković Doxa Drama 12
Greece Thomas Liolios Kastoria
Greece Kostas Mavridis Panathinaikos
10 Greece Daniil Papadopoulos Iraklis 11
Greece Christos Dimopoulos PAOK
Greece Giorgos Karamichalos Makedonikos