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1986–87 Alpha Ethniki

51st season of top-tier football league in Greece

51st season of top-tier football league in Greece

FieldValue
competitionAlpha Ethniki
season1986–87
winnersOlympiacos
25th Greek title
relegatedDoxa Drama
Apollon Athens
PAS Giannina
continentalcup1European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiersOlympiacos
continentalcup2UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersPanathinaikos
Panionios
continentalcup3Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersOFI
league topscorerNikos Anastopoulos
(16 goals)
matches217
total goals490
prevseason1985–86
nextseason1987–88

25th Greek title Apollon Athens PAS Giannina Panionios (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.

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

Teams

Promoted from
1985–86 Beta EthnikiRelegated from
1985–86 Alpha Ethniki
Diagoras
VeriaPanserraikos
Panachaiki

League table

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. AEK Athens had also -3 points because of a case of fixing games in the previous season.

Results

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1257
GRE Nikos AnastopoulosOlympiacos16
GRE Dimitris SaravakosPanathinaikos13
GRE Giorgos VlastosOFI
BUL Misho VulchevDoxa Drama
GRE Sakis AnastasiadisIraklis10
GRE Panagiotis TsalouchidisVeria
GRE Georgios SkartadosPAOK8
GRE Christos DimopoulosPanathinaikos
GRE Kostas BatsinilasPanathinaikos
GRE Giorgos ChristofisDiagoras

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1986–87 Alpha Ethniki. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 32,056 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 20,508 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 16,270 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 12,779 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aris || 8,093 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 7,612 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || OFI || 7,262 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEL || 6,965 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAS Giannina || 5,296 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panionios || 5,227 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ethnikos Piraeus || 4,697 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Athens || 4,189 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Diagoras || 4,102 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Veria || 3,962 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Doxa Drama || 3,477 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Kalamarias || 3,143 |} }}

References

References

  1. "Το ποδόσφαιρο απεργεί".
  2. "1986–87 Alpha Ethniki".
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