1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

The 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki was the 26th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 9 September 1961 and ended on 1 July 1962 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their third consecutive and sixth Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1961–62
ChampionsPanathinaikos
6th Greek title
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Doxa Drama
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Matches played240
Goals scored691 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Nestoridis
(29 goals)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 8–0 Egaleo
Biggest away winEthnikos Piraeus 1–5 Panathinaikos
Panelefsiniakos 0–4 Olympiacos
Highest scoringAEK Athens 8–3 Panelefsiniakos

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

Location of teams in 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 23 5 2 88 32 +56 81 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Olympiacos 30 22 4 4 65 23 +42 78 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3 Apollon Athens 30 19 6 5 55 26 +29 74
4 AEK Athens 30 19 5 6 73 31 +42 73
5 Panionios[lower-alpha 1] 30 12 8 10 43 40 +3 61
6 PAOK 30 12 6 12 32 43 −11 60
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 8 12 10 27 32 −5 58
8 Iraklis 30 9 9 12 40 48 −8 57[lower-alpha 2]
9 Fostiras 30 10 7 13 39 45 −6 57[lower-alpha 2]
10 Proodeftiki 30 7 10 13 35 49 −14 54
11 Niki Volos 30 5 12 13 35 54 −19 52[lower-alpha 3]
12 Apollon Kalamarias[lower-alpha 1] 30 5 13 12 30 51 −21 52[lower-alpha 3]
13 Aris 30 7 8 15 30 43 −13 52[lower-alpha 3]
14 Egaleo 30 7 7 16 26 52 −26 51
15 Panelefsiniakos (R) 30 3 13 14 36 67 −31 49[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Doxa Drama (R) 30 5 9 16 38 56 −18 49[lower-alpha 4]
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. Apollon Kalamarias and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
  2. 8th place playoff: Iraklis–Fostiras 3–0.
  3. 11th place playoff: Niki Volos–Apollon Kalamarias 3–2, Apollon Kalamarias–Aris 4–2, Niki Volos–Aris 0–0,
    Niki Volos 5pts, Apollon Kalamarias 4pts, Aris 3pts.
  4. 15th place playoff: Panelefsiniakos–Doxa Drama 3–0.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARIS DOX EGA ETH FOS IRA NIK OLY PAO PNE PAN PAOK PRO
AEK Athens 0–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 8–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 8–3 4–1 6–2 1–1
Apollon Athens 2–0 3–2 3–1 8–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Apollon Kalamarias 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Aris 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–5 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2
Doxa Drama 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Egaleo 0–2 1–3 4–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–4
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0
Fostiras 0–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2
Iraklis 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0
Niki Volos 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–1
Olympiacos 0–0 1–2 6–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 6–0 2–1
Panathinaikos 3–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 6–3 3–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 6–2 2–1 3–1 5–0
Panelefsiniakos 3–6 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–5 2–1 1–1 1–1
Panionios 0–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–2[lower-alpha 2] 2–0
PAOK 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–4 2–0
Proodeftiki 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–5 2–2 1–2 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Apollon Kalamarias-Panathinaikos 1-1, forfait 0-2.
  2. Panionios-PAOK 1-0, forfait 0-2.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 29
2 Greece Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 26
3 Greece Giorgos Kamaras Apollon Athens 19
4 Greece Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos 18
5 Greece Giannis Cholevas Panathinaikos 15
6 Greece Giorgos Petridis AEK Athens 13
Greece Kostas Toumpelis Panathinaikos
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