1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

26th season of top-tier football league in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 sixth Greek title and third consecutive.

Season1961–62
ChampionsPanathinaikos
6th Greek title
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Doxa Drama
European CupPanathinaikos
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Alpha Ethniki
Season1961–62
ChampionsPanathinaikos
6th Greek title
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Doxa Drama
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Matches240
Goals691 (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
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The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Teams

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Promoted from
1961 Beta Ethniki		 Relegated from
1960–61 Alpha Ethniki
Niki Volos
Egaleo
Panelefsiniakos		 Panegialios
Thermaikos
Atromitos Piraeus
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Location of teams in 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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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[a] 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[b]
9 Fostiras 30 10 7 13 39 45 −6 57[b]
10 Proodeftiki 30 7 10 13 35 49 −14 54
11 Niki Volos 30 5 12 13 35 54 −19 52[c]
12 Apollon Kalamarias[a] 30 5 13 12 30 51 −21 52[c]
13 Aris 30 7 8 15 30 43 −13 52[c]
14 Egaleo 30 7 7 16 26 52 −26 51
15 Panelefsiniakos (R) 30 3 13 14 36 67 −31 49[d] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Doxa Drama (R) 30 5 9 16 38 56 −18 49[d]
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Apollon Kalamarias and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
  2. [b]
    8th place play-off: Iraklis–Fostiras 3–0.
  3. [c]
    11th place play-off: 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. [d]
    15th place play-off: Panelefsiniakos–Doxa Drama 3–0.

Results

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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[a] 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[b] 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
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Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Apollon Kalamarias-Panathinaikos 1-1 when abandoned after 70 minutes, forfait 0-2.
  2. [b]
    Panionios-PAOK 0-1 abandoned at 89th minute, forfeit 0-2.

Top scorers

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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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Attendances

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki.[1]

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#TeamAverage attendance
1Panathinaikos17,393
2Olympiacos14,585
3AEK Athens12,607
4Ethnikos Piraeus6,144
5Fostiras5,710
6Apollon Athens5,612
7PAOK5,608
8Proodeftiki5,070
9Aris4,047
10Niki Volos3,869
11Panelefsiniakos3,806
12Iraklis3,575
13Panionios3,566
14Doxa Drama2,942
15Apollon Kalamarias2,678
16Egaleo2,602
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