1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 October 1976 and ended on 27 June 1977. Panathinaikos won their 12th Greek title and their first one in seven years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1976–77
ChampionsPanathinaikos
12th Greek title
RelegatedPanetolikos
Atromitos
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerThanasis Intzoglou
(22 goals)

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

Location of teams in 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 23 8 3 70 20 +50 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos 34 23 6 5 70 27 +43 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 PAOK 34 21 10 3 63 27 +36 52 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 AEK Athens 34 24 3 7 63 29 +34 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Aris 34 17 8 9 58 34 +24 42
6 OFI 34 14 5 15 57 51 +6 33
7 Kavala 34 11 10 13 34 38 −4 32
8 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 13 5 16 47 47 0 31
9 Panionios 34 10 11 13 35 35 0 31
10 Kastoria 34 12 7 15 32 45 −13 31
11 PAS Giannina 34 10 9 15 47 54 −7 29
12 Pierikos 34 11 5 18 44 61 −17 27
13 Iraklis 34 10 7 17 33 47 −14 27
14 Panserraikos 34 9 8 17 35 56 −21 26
15 Panachaiki 34 11 4 19 36 62 −26 26
16 Apollon Athens 34 9 8 17 29 54 −25 26
17 Panetolikos (R) 34 9 8 17 25 51 −26 26 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18 Atromitos[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 6 4 24 28 68 −40 13
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Atromitos were deducted 2 points.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS ATR ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PNT PAN PNS PAOK PAS PIE
AEK Athens 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 2–2
Apollon Athens 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1
Aris 0–1 4–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 5–1
Atromitos 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–6 1–1 1–3
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 6–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 5–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1
Iraklis 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1
Kastoria 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2
Kavala 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–1
OFI 1–4 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–0
Olympiacos 2–0 1–1 4–3 5–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–3 9–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Panachaiki 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 2–1
Panathinaikos 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–0
Panetolikos 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Panionios 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Panserraikos 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–1
PAOK 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 6–1
PAS Giannina 0–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–5 6–3
Pierikos 3–1 5–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Thanasis Intzoglou Ethnikos Piraeus 22
2 Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos OFI 20
3 Argentina Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 19
4 Greece Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos 18
Greece Thomas Mavros AEK Athens
6 Greece Maik Galakos Olympiacos 16
7 Greece Michalis Kritikopoulos Olympiacos 15
8 Greece Giorgos Ananiadis Aris 14
9 Brazil Neto Guerino PAOK 13
Greece Vasilis Karaiskos OFI
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