1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1960–61
ChampionsPanathinaikos
5th Greek title
RelegatedPanegialios
Thermaikos
Atromitos Piraeus
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupIraklis
Matches played240
Goals scored676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Nestoridis
(27 goals)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 7–0 Atromitos
Panathinaikos 8–1 Proodeftiki
Biggest away winAtromitos 0–4 AEK Athens
Atromitos 0–4 Ethnikos Piraeus
Proodeftiki 0–4 Panathinaikos
Fostiras 1–5 Panathinaikos
Panegialios 2–6 Fostiras
Highest scoringDoxa Drama 6–4 Atromitos

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

Location of teams in 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
7 Doxa Drama 30 12 8 10 48 50 −2 62[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
12 Aris 30 10 7 13 30 41 −11 57[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 2 7 21 19 65 −46 40
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. AEK Athens and Atromitos Piraeus were deducted 1 points each.
  2. 6th place playoff: Ethnikos Piraeus–Doxa Drama 2–1.
  3. 11th place playoff: Proodeftiki–Aris 2–0.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARIS ATR DOX ETH FOS IRA OLY PAO PNG PAN PAOK PRO THE
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 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:
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
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 27
2 Greece Andreas Papaemmanouil Panathinaikos 23
3 Greece Mimis Benardos Panathinaikos 19
4 Greece Giorgos Deimezis Fostiras 18
5 Greece Pavlos Grigoriadis Doxa Drama 17
6 Greece Thanasis Saravakos Panionios 14
Greece Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos
8 Greece Aris Papazoglou Olympiacos 13
9 Greece Christos Georgalas Fostiras 12
Greece Plastiras Xylas Thermaikos
11 Greece Dimitris Skordas Apollon Athens 11
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