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 from1985–86 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1985–86 Alpha Ethniki DiagorasVeria PanserraikosPanachaiki
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos162 Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos13 Giorgos Vlastos OFI Misho Vulchev Doxa Drama5 Sakis Anastasiadis Iraklis10 Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Veria7 Georgios Skartados PAOK8 Christos Dimopoulos Panathinaikos Kostas Batsinilas Panathinaikos Giorgos Christofis Diagoras
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1986–87 Alpha Ethniki.
References
External links Official Greek FA Site RSSSF Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics