1966–67 Alpha Ethniki

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Alpha Ethniki
Season1966–67
ChampionsOlympiacos
17th Greek title
RelegatedTrikala
European CupOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupPanathinaikos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupPAOK
Matches played240
Goals scored586 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgos Sideris
(24 goals)

The 1966–67 Alpha Ethniki was the 31st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 October 1966 and ended on 18 June 1967. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 17th Greek title.

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 59 17 +42 79 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 30 18 10 2 52 21 +31 76
3 Panathinaikos 30 17 7 6 42 24 +18 71 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 PAOK 30 13 11 6 36 20 +16 67 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 Aris 30 14 5 11 38 30 +8 63
6 Panionios 30 11 9 10 38 36 +2 61
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 11 7 12 42 38 +4 59
8 Proodeftiki 30 8 11 11 37 41 −4 57
9 Iraklis 30 7 12 11 25 39 −14 56
10 Vyzas 30 11 4 15 31 50 −19 56
11 Egaleo 30 9 7 14 36 47 −11 55
12 Apollon Athens 30 8 8 14 33 35 −2 54
13 Veria 30 7 9 14 23 37 −14 53
14 Pierikos[a] 30 8 7 15 36 51 −15 52[b]
15 Panserraikos 30 7 8 15 29 46 −17 52[b]
16 Trikala (R) 30 6 6 18 29 54 −25 48 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
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. ^ Pierikos were deducted 1 point.
  2. ^ a b 14th place playoff: Pierikos–Panserraikos 2–1.

Results

Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS EGA ETH IRA OLY PAO PAN PNS PAOK PIE PRO TRI VER VYZ
AEK Athens 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 3–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 2–0
Apollon Athens 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1
Aris 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–1
Egaleo 0–2 2–6 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–3 1–1 4–3 1–0 2–0
Iraklis 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Olympiacos 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1
Panathinaikos 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0
Panionios 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1
Panserraikos 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 3–1
PAOK 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 6–0 3–1 5–2
Pierikos 4–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2[a] 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 4–1
Proodeftiki 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–5 2–2 0–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 6–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Trikala 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2[b]
Veria 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Vyzas 0–4 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Pierikos-Olympiacos 0-0, forfait 0-2.
  2. ^ awarded 2–0 for Vyzas due to illegal participation of a Trikala player and the latter were zeroed.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 24
2 Greece Vasilis Kyriakou Apollon Athens 21
3 Greece Sakis Kouvas Vyzas 15
Greece Giannis Frantzis Proodeftiki
5 Greece Georgios Dedes Panionios 14
6 Greece Panagiotis Ventouris AEK Athens 13
7 Greece Alekos Alexiadis Aris 12
Greece Giannis Kalaitzidis Panathinaikos