1962–63 Alpha Ethniki

The 1962–63 Alpha Ethniki was the 27th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 September 1962 and ended on 30 June 1963 with the play-off match. AEK Athens won their third Greek title and their first in 23 years.

Alpha Ethniki

Season	1962–63
Champions	AEK Athens 3rd Greek title
Relegated	Proodeftiki Fostiras
European Cup	AEK Athens
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Iraklis
Matches played	240
Goals scored	602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Nestoridis (23 goals)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

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

Niki

Panegialios

Pierikos

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Location of teams in 1962–63 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	30	20	7	3	66	21	+45	77^[a]	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Panathinaikos	30	19	9	2	75	28	+47	77^[a]
3	Olympiacos	30	19	7	4	62	39	+23	75	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	PAOK	30	13	8	9	44	34	+10	64
5	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	12	9	9	47	41	+6	63
6	Iraklis	30	11	10	9	35	38	−3	62	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Panionios	30	10	11	9	33	38	−5	61
8	Apollon Athens	30	8	12	10	35	34	+1	58
9	Pierikos	30	9	7	14	36	37	−1	55^[b]
10	Egaleo^[c]	30	10	6	14	27	44	−17	55^[b]
11	Niki Volos	30	8	8	14	24	39	−15	54
12	Apollon Kalamarias	30	6	11	13	18	32	−14	53^[d]
13	Panegialios	30	8	7	15	25	37	−12	53^[d]
14	Aris	30	9	5	16	22	44	−22	53^[d]
15	Proodeftiki (R)	30	7	9	14	26	43	−17	53^[d]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Fostiras (R)	30	6	4	20	27	53	−26	46

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Championship play-off: AEK Athens–Panathinaikos 3–3, AEK Athens become the champions due to the better total goal ratio. (see below).
2. 9th place play-off: Pierikos–Egaleo 3–1.
3. Egaleo were deducted 1 point.
4. Relegation playout: Aris–Proodeftiki 3–1, Apollon Kalamarias–Panegialios 1–1, Panegialios–Aris 0–0, Apollon Kalamarias–Proodeftiki 1–1, Panegialios–Proodeftiki 1–0, Apollon Kalamarias–Aris 3–1,
   Apollon Kalamarias 7pts, Panegialios 7pts, Aris 6pts, Proodeftiki 4pts.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	APK	ARIS	EGA	ETH	FOS	IRA	NIK	OLY	PAO	PNE	PAN	PAOK	PIE	PRO
AEK Athens		4–3	1–0	3–1	7–2	4–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	0–0
Apollon Athens	0–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Apollon Kalamarias	0–3	2–2		1–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Aris	0–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2^[a]	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0
Egaleo	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–0		0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–5	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Fostiras	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	3–1	0–1	3–4	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3	2–0
Iraklis	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
Niki Volos	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2
Olympiacos	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–3	2–2	4–1		3–2	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	5–2
Panathinaikos	1–1	2–2	6–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–0	5–0	2–0		2–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	3–0
Panegialios	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Panionios	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–4	0–0		3–2	2–1	0–2
PAOK	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	3–0
Pierikos	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0		2–1
Proodeftiki	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Aris–Panegialios 1–1, replayed 3–2.

Championship play-off

23 June 1963

17:30 EET

AEK Athens	3–3	Panathinaikos
Papaioannou   24', 27' Nestoridis   39'	Report	Panagiotidis   9' Linoxilakis   65' Toumpelis   66'

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Andries Van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

AEK Athens won due to the better total goal ratio.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kostas Nestoridis	AEK Athens	23
2	Vangelis Panakis	Panathinaikos	21
3	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	18
4	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	17
5	Andreas Papaemmanouil	Panathinaikos	15
6	Andreas Antonatos	Ethnikos Piraeus	14
	Stelios Psychos	Olympiacos

External links

• (in Greek)
• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation