1965–66 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1965–66
ChampionsOlympiacos
16th Greek title
RelegatedPanegialios
Niki Volos
European CupOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
Inter-Cities Fairs CupAris
Matches played240
Goals scored668 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerMimis Papaioannou
(23 goals)

The 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki was the 30th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 28 November 1965 and ended on 19 June 1966. Olympiacos won their 16th Greek title and their first in seven years.

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 Olympiacos (C) 30 23 4 3 67 18 +49 80 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panathinaikos 30 23 3 4 85 24 +61 79
3 AEK Athens[a] 30 19 5 6 58 26 +32 71 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Panionios[b] 30 12 7 11 38 37 +1 60
5 Aris 30 11 8 11 42 42 0 60 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6 PAOK 30 10 9 11 43 49 −6 59
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 4 14 43 42 +1 58
8 Pierikos 30 12 3 15 40 40 0 57
9 Egaleo 30 9 8 13 43 54 −11 56
10 Apollon Athens 30 9 8 13 29 37 −8 56
11 Trikala 30 9 8 13 38 56 −18 56
12 Iraklis 30 10 6 14 23 43 −20 56
13 Proodeftiki 30 8 9 13 42 48 −6 55[c]
14 Panserraikos 30 8 9 13 29 42 −13 55[c]
15 Panegialios (R) 30 10 5 15 27 44 −17 55[c] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Niki Volos (R) 30 4 6 20 20 65 −45 44
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. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 2 points.
  2. ^ Panionios were deducted 1 point.
  3. ^ a b c Relegation playout: Panserraikos–Panegialios 1–0, Panegialios–Proodeftiki 1–0, Proodeftiki–Panserraikos 2–1, Panegialios were relegated due to the worst goal average.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS EGA ETH IRA NIK OLY PAO PNE PAN PNS PAOK PIE PRO TRI
AEK Athens 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 0–2 0–2[a] 2–0 5–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 3–1
Apollon Athens 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Aris 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 1–2 3–0 2–0
Egaleo 0–1 2–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 5–2 0–1 2–5 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 4–1
Iraklis 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–5 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0
Niki Volos 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–5 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 0–1
Olympiacos 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 2–3 2–0 4–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 4–1
Panegialios 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–2
Panionios 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2[b] 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1
Panserraikos 2–0[c] 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–3
PAOK 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 4–1
Pierikos 1–0 4–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 5–1
Proodeftiki 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–4 2–3 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–4 4–1
Trikala 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1–2, forfeit 0–2.
  2. ^ Panionios-Olympiacos 1–1, forfeit 0–2.
  3. ^ AEK Athens did not show up. Awarded to Panserraikos.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 23
2 Greece Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 19
Greece Takis Loukanidis Panathinaikos
4 Greece Aris Papazoglou Olympiacos 18
5 Greece Stratos Sakellaridis Panathinaikos 15
6 Greece Alekos Alexiadis Aris 13
Greece Giorgos Koudas PAOK
Greece Vangelis Panakis Panathinaikos
Greece Kostas Papoutsakis Panathinaikos
Greece Apostolos Panopoulos Egaleo
Greece Onoufrios Charalampidis PAOK
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