1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

The 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki was the 36th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1971 and ended on 25 June 1972. Panathinaikos won their 11th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1971–72
ChampionsPanathinaikos
11th Greek title
RelegatedVeria
Pierikos
Apollon Athens
Olympiakos Nicosia
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonis Antoniadis
(39 goals)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 24 6 4 89 23 +66 88 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos 34 20 9 5 61 33 +28 83 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 AEK Athens 34 20 8 6 57 23 +34 82
4 Aris 34 18 11 5 52 25 +27 81
5 PAOK 34 18 10 6 53 27 +26 80 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Panachaiki 34 11 14 9 40 35 +5 70
7 Panionios 34 13 9 12 32 33 −1 69
8 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 9 15 10 39 36 +3 67
9 Iraklis 34 11 11 12 36 40 −4 67
10 Kavala 34 12 8 14 34 38 −4 66
11 Egaleo 34 11 9 14 31 46 −15 65
12 Trikala 34 9 12 13 38 43 −5 64
13 Olympiacos Volos 34 10 8 16 26 43 −17 62
14 Fostiras 34 8 12 14 37 53 −16 62
15 Veria (R) 34 7 11 16 23 56 −33 59 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Pierikos (R) 34 5 14 15 26 48 −22 58
17 Apollon Athens (R) 34 7 8 19 32 55 −23 56
18 Olympiakos Nicosia[a] (R) 34 2 7 25 14 63 −49 44 Moving to Cypriot First Division
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:
  1. ^ Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS EGA ETH FOS IRA KAV OLY OLN OLV PNC PAO PAN PAOK PIE TRI VER
AEK Athens 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–1
Apollon Athens 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 4–1 0–3 0–5 0–0 0–1 5–2 0–0 1–1
Aris 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–0
Egaleo 0–0 0–0 1–5 1–1 5–2 0–1 1–0 1–6 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1
Fostiras 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0
Iraklis 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Kavala 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
Olympiacos 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Olympiakos Nicosia 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2[a] 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Olympiacos Volos 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–5 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0
Panachaiki 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 6–1 1–3 0–0
Panathinaikos 1–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 7–2 2–0 6–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 6–0
Panionios 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1
PAOK 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 4–3 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 5–0
Pierikos 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Trikala 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 6–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Veria 1–0 3–1 0–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos 39
2   Yves Triantafyllos Olympiacos 19
3   Alekos Alexiadis Aris 15
4   Kostas Davourlis Panachaiki 14
  Kostas Eleftherakis Panathinaikos
  Vasilis Kyriakou Apollon Athens
7   Agis Panopoulos Fostiras 13
8   Koulis Apostolidis PAOK 12
  Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens
10   Thanasis Intzoglou Panionios 11
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