1972–73 Alpha Ethniki

37th season of top-tier football league in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki was the 37th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1972 and ended on 3 June 1973. Olympiacos won their 18th Greek title and their first one in six years.

Season1972–73
ChampionsOlympiacos
18th Greek title
RelegatedKalamata
Atromitos
Trikala
Omonia
European CupOlympiacos
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Alpha Ethniki
Season1972–73
ChampionsOlympiacos
18th Greek title
RelegatedKalamata
Atromitos
Trikala
Omonia
European CupOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Panachaiki
Matches306
Goals705 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonis Antoniadis
(22 goals)
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The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Teams

More information Promoted from 1971–72 Beta Ethniki, Relegated from 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki ...
Promoted from
1971–72 Beta Ethniki		 Relegated from
1971–72 Alpha Ethniki
Kalamata
Atromitos
Panserraikos		 Veria
Pierikos
Apollon Athens
Olympiakos Nicosia
Promoted from
1971–72 Cypriot First Division
Omonia
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Location of teams in 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 27 6 1 72 13 +59 94 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 PAOK 34 27 4 3 75 24 +51 92 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Panathinaikos[b] 34 22 7 5 89 29 +60 82 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Panachaiki 34 16 12 6 42 27 +15 78
5 AEK Athens 34 13 11 10 39 36 +3 71
6 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 15 9 35 32 +3 69
7 Panionios 34 13 9 12 41 39 +2 69
8 Iraklis 34 11 13 10 42 39 +3 69
9 Aris 34 13 9 12 38 36 +2 69
10 Kavala 34 8 14 12 32 38 −6 64
11 Egaleo 34 11 8 15 30 47 −17 64
12 Olympiacos Volos 34 10 9 15 25 42 −17 63
13 Fostiras 34 10 8 16 23 39 −16 62
14 Panserraikos 34 6 15 13 27 47 −20 61
15 Kalamata (R) 34 8 10 16 30 45 −15 60 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Atromitos (R) 34 7 10 17 17 49 −32 58
17 Trikala (R) 34 5 9 20 26 52 −26 53
18 Omonia[c] (R) 34 1 7 26 22 71 −49 42 Moving to Cypriot First Division
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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]
    Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. [b]
    Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.
  3. [c]
    Omonia were deducted 1 point.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...
Home \ Away AEK ARIS ATR EGA ETH FOS IRA KAL KAV OLY OLV OMO PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK TRI
AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–5 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 5–1
Aris 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–2
Atromitos 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0
Egaleo 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0[a] 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–0
Fostiras 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–0
Kalamata 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–0
Kavala 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1
Olympiacos 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0[b] 4–1 6–0 1–0 5–0
Olympiacos Volos 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–5 2–0
Omonia 2–4 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2[c] 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1
Panachaiki 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1
Panathinaikos 3–1 7–1 8–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 6–3 4–2 5–1 1–0 4–1 0–2[d] 3–0
Panionios 2–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–6 4–0 0–0 2–1
Panserraikos 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2
PAOK 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–5 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0
Trikala 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
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Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Egaleo-Panathinaikos 2-0 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).
  2. [b]
    Olympiacos-Panathinaikos suspended at 81' at 3-2, 2-0 awarded.
  3. [c]
    Omonia-Panathinaikos suspended at halftime at 0-0, 0-2 awarded.
  4. [d]
    Panathinaikos-PAOK 0-2 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos 22
2 Greece Stavros Sarafis PAOK 19
3 France Yves Triantafyllos Olympiacos 16
4 Greece Kostas Davourlis Panachaiki 15
Greece Koulis Apostolidis PAOK
Greece Andreas Michalopoulos Panachaiki
7 Argentina Juan Ramón Verón Panathinaikos 14
Greece Giorgos Koudas PAOK
9 France Romain Argyroudis Olympiacos 13
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Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki.[1]

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#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos36,817
2PAOK23,902
3Panathinaikos22,725
4AEK Athens16,802
5Ethnikos Piraeus10,616
6Aris10,032
7Iraklis9,982
8Panionios8,793
9Panachaiki7,569
10Omonia7,153
11Kavala6,534
12Egaleo5,588
13Kalamata5,570
14Olympiacos Volos5,264
15Panserraikos5,116
16Atromitos4,804
17Fostiras4,416
18Trikala3,954
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