1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

25th season of top-tier football league in Greece

Football league season

Alpha EthnikiSeason| 1960–61

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Champions| Panathinaikos
5th Greek title
Relegated| Panegialios
Thermaikos
Atromitos Piraeus
European Cup| Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup| Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup| Iraklis
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer| Kostas Nestoridis
(27 goals)
Biggest home win| AEK Athens 7–0 Atromitos
Panathinaikos 8–1 Proodeftiki
Biggest away win| Atromitos 0–4 AEK Athens
Atromitos 0–4 Ethnikos Piraeus
Proodeftiki 0–4 Panathinaikos
Fostiras 1–5 Panathinaikos
Panegialios 2–6 Fostiras
Highest scoring| Doxa Drama 6–4 Atromitos

← 1959–60

1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki was the 25th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1960 and ended on 2 July 1961 with the play-off match. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and fifth Greek title.

The point system was: Win: 3 points \- Draw: 2 points \- Loss: 1 point.

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
Thermaikos

Atromitos
Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Doxa

Panegialios

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Location of teams in 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Panathinaikos (C) | 30  | 23  | 4  | 3  | 71  | 23  | +48  | 80  | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2  | Olympiacos | 30  | 19  | 5  | 6  | 62  | 23  | +39  | 73  | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3  | Panionios | 30  | 17  | 6  | 7  | 55  | 37  | +18  | 70  |
4  | AEK Athens[a] | 30  | 17  | 6  | 7  | 64  | 32  | +32  | 69
5  | Apollon Athens | 30  | 10  | 13  | 7  | 56  | 41  | +15  | 63
6  | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30  | 11  | 10  | 9  | 33  | 29  | +4  | 62[b]
7  | Doxa Drama | 30  | 12  | 8  | 10  | 48  | 50  | −2  | 62[b]
8  | Iraklis | 30  | 12  | 7  | 11  | 35  | 31  | +4  | 61  | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9  | Fostiras | 30  | 12  | 6  | 12  | 44  | 48  | −4  | 60  |
10  | PAOK | 30  | 7  | 15  | 8  | 31  | 33  | −2  | 59
11  | Proodeftiki | 30  | 9  | 9  | 12  | 37  | 49  | −12  | 57[c]
12  | Aris | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 30  | 41  | −11  | 57[c]
13  | Apollon Kalamarias | 30  | 8  | 8  | 14  | 31  | 38  | −7  | 54
14  | Panegialios (R) | 30  | 5  | 7  | 18  | 26  | 60  | −34  | 47  | Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15  | Thermaikos (R) | 30  | 3  | 8  | 19  | 33  | 75  | −42  | 44
16  | Atromitos Piraeus[a] (R) | 30  | 2  | 7  | 21  | 19  | 65  | −46  | 40

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ a b AEK Athens and Atromitos Piraeus were deducted 1 points each.
2. ^ a b 6th place play-off: Ethnikos Piraeus–Doxa Drama 2–1.
3. ^ a b 11th place play-off: Proodeftiki–Aris 2–0.

## Results

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Home \ Away  | AEK | APA | APK | ARIS | ATR | DOX | ETH | FOS | IRA | OLY | PAO | PNG | PAN | PAOK | PRO | THE

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AEK Athens |  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 7–0  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 6–0  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 3–1
Apollon Athens | 2–4  |  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 7–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 5–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 6–2
Apollon Kalamarias | 0–3  | 4–2  |  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 4–0
Aris | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  |  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 2–5  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–1
Atromitos Piraeus | 0–4  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  |  | 1–2  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–2[a] | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 3–1
Doxa Drama | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 6–4  |  | 1–1  | 6–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–2
Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 1–1
Fostiras | 0–1  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–5  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–0
Iraklis | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  |  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–1
Olympiacos | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 7–1  | 2–1  |  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 5–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 5–1
Panathinaikos | 2–0[b] | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 5–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 4–1  | 4–2  | 2–0  | 8–1  | 4–2
Panegialios | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 2–6  | 1–3  | 1–4  | 1–3  |  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–3
Panionios | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–3  | 1–0  |  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 4–0
PAOK | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  |  | 1–3  | 1–0
Proodeftiki | 4–2[c] | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 0–4  | 2–2  |  | 2–0
Thermaikos  | 2–4  | 1–1  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–5  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 1–4  | 1–1  |

Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. ^ Atromitos Piraeus-Panathinaikos 0-1, replayed 0-2.
2. ^ Panathinaikos-AEK Athens 3-2, forfeit 2-0.
3. ^ Proodeftiki-AEK Athens 1-1, replayed 4-2.

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens  | 27
2  |  Andreas Papaemmanouil | Panathinaikos  | 23
3  |  Mimis Benardos  | Panathinaikos  | 19
4  |  Giorgos Deimezis  | Fostiras  | 18
5  |  Pavlos Grigoriadis | Doxa Drama  | 17
6  |  Thanasis Saravakos | Panionios  | 14
Giorgos Sideris | Olympiacos
8  |  Aris Papazoglou | Olympiacos  | 13
9  |  Christos Georgalas  | Fostiras  | 12
Plastiras Xylas  | Thermaikos
11  |  Dimitris Skordas  | Apollon Athens  | 11

## External links

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