1960–61 Alpha Ethniki - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from 1960–61 in Greek football) 25th season of top-tier football league in Greece Football league season

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 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.

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

Panegialiosclass=notpageimage| 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	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
7	Doxa Drama	30	12	8	10	48	50	−2	62
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
12	Aris	30	10	7	13	30	41	−11	57
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 (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:

^ AEK Athens and Atromitos Piraeus were deducted 1 points each.
^ 6th place playoff: Ethnikos Piraeus–Doxa Drama 2–1.
^ 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	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	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	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:

Atromitos Piraeus-Panathinaikos 0-1, replayed 0-2.
Panathinaikos-AEK Athens 3-2, forfeit 2-0.
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
6	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	14
8	Aris Papazoglou	Olympiacos	13
9	Christos Georgalas	Fostiras	12
9	Plastiras Xylas	Thermaikos	12
11	Dimitris Skordas	Apollon Athens	11

External links

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

v t e Super League Greece seasons
SEGAS Championship	1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1910–11 1911 1912 1914
FCA Championship	1921–22 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27
EPSE Championship	1922–23
Panhellenic Championship	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
Alpha Ethniki	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Super League Greece	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

1960–61 in Greek football

« 1959–60 1961–62 »

League competitions

Cup competitions

Greek Cup (Final)

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons
Alpha Ethniki	AEK Athens Apollon Athens Apollon Kalamarias Aris Atromitos Piraeus Doxa Drama Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Iraklis Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panegialios Panionios PAOK Proodeftiki Thermaikos Salonica

v t e 1960–61 in European football (UEFA)
« 1959–60 1961–62 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '60 '61 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '60 '61 England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '60 '61 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '60 '61 Spain Sweden '60 '61 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 '61 Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 '61 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '61 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup

Categories: