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.

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
Thermaikos
Location of teams in 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki
Alpha Ethniki
Season1960–61
ChampionsPanathinaikos
5th Greek title
RelegatedPanegialios
Thermaikos
Atromitos Piraeus
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupIraklis
Matches played240
Goals scored676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Nestoridis (27)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 23 4 3 71 23 3.087 80 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Olympiacos 30 19 5 6 62 23 2.696 73 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Panionios 30 17 6 7 55 37 1.486 70
4 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 1] 30 17 6 7 64 32 2.000 69
5 Apollon Athens 30 10 13 7 56 41 1.366 63
6 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 11 10 9 33 29 1.138 62[lower-alpha 2]
7 Doxa Drama 30 12 8 10 48 50 0.960 62[lower-alpha 2]
8 Iraklis 30 12 7 11 35 31 1.129 61 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9 Fostiras 30 12 6 12 44 48 0.917 60
10 PAOK 30 7 15 8 31 33 0.939 59
11 Proodeftiki 30 9 9 12 37 49 0.755 57[lower-alpha 3]
12 Aris 30 10 7 13 30 41 0.732 57[lower-alpha 3]
13 Apollon Kalamarias 30 8 8 14 31 38 0.816 54
14 Panegialios (R) 30 5 7 18 26 60 0.433 47 Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15 Thermaikos (R) 30 3 8 19 33 75 0.440 44
16 Atromitos Piraeus[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 2 7 21 19 65 0.292 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.
 Alpha Ethniki 1960–61
Champions 

Panathinaikos
5th title

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARI ATR DOX ETH FOS IRA OLY PAO PAG 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 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:
Colours: 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 goalscorers
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 Aristides Papazoglou Olympiacos 13
9 Christos Georgalas Fostiras 12
Plastiras Xylas Thermaikos
11 Dimitris Skordas Apollon Athens 11
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