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

Season	1961–62
Champions	Panathinaikos 6th Greek title
Relegated	Panelefsiniakos Doxa Drama
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	691 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Nestoridis (29 goals)
Biggest home win	AEK Athens 8–0 Egaleo
Biggest away win	Ethnikos Piraeus 1–5 Panathinaikos Panelefsiniakos 0–4 Olympiacos
Highest scoring	AEK Athens 8–3 Panelefsiniakos
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Egaleo
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Doxa

Niki

Panelefsiniakos

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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	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
9	Fostiras	30	10	7	13	39	45	−6	57
10	Proodeftiki	30	7	10	13	35	49	−14	54
11	Niki Volos	30	5	12	13	35	54	−19	52
12	Apollon Kalamarias	30	5	13	12	30	51	−21	52
13	Aris	30	7	8	15	30	43	−13	52
14	Egaleo	30	7	7	16	26	52	−26	51
15	Panelefsiniakos (R)	30	3	13	14	36	67	−31	49	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Doxa Drama (R)	30	5	9	16	38	56	−18	49

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:

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	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	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:

Top scorers

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

External links

• Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation