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

Season	1960–61
Champions	Panathinaikos 5th Greek title
Relegated	Panegialios Thermaikos Atromitos Piraeus
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Iraklis
Matches played	240
Goals scored	676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Nestoridis (27 goals)
Biggest home win	AEK Athens 7–0 Atromitos Panathinaikos 8–1 Proodeftiki
Biggest away win	Atromitos 0–4 AEK Athens Atromitos 0–4 Ethnikos Piraeus Proodeftiki 0–4 Panathinaikos Fostiras 1–5 Panathinaikos Panegialios 2–6 Fostiras
Highest scoring	Doxa Drama 6–4 Atromitos
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
Thermaikos

Atromitos
Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Doxa

Panegialios

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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^[a]	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^[b]
7	Doxa Drama	30	12	8	10	48	50	−2	62^[b]
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^[c]
12	Aris	30	10	7	13	30	41	−11	57^[c]
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^[a] (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) Champion; (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^[a]	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^[b]	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^[c]	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:^{[citation needed]}
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	Kostas Nestoridis	AEK Athens	27
2	Andreas Papaemmanouil	Panathinaikos	23
3	Mimis Benardos	Panathinaikos	19
4	Giorgos Deimezis	Fostiras	18
5	Pavlos Grigoriadis	Doxa Drama	17
6	Thanasis Saravakos	Panionios	14
	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos
8	Aristidis Papazoglou	Olympiacos	13
9	Christos Georgalas	Fostiras	12
	Plastiras Xylas	Thermaikos
11	Dimitris Skordas	Apollon Athens	11

External links

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