1966–67 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1966–67
Champions	Olympiacos; 17th Greek title
Relegated	Trikala
European Cup	Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	PAOK
Matches played	240
Goals scored	586 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgos Sideris; (24 goals)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

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.

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Location of teams in 1966–67 Alpha Ethniki

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:

^ Pierikos were deducted 1 point.
^ ^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:

^ Pierikos-Olympiacos 0-0, forfait 0-2.
^ 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	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	24
2	Vasilis Kyriakou	Apollon Athens	21
3	Sakis Kouvas	Vyzas	15
3	Giannis Frantzis	Proodeftiki	15
5	Georgios Dedes	Panionios	14
6	Panagiotis Ventouris	AEK Athens	13
7	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	12
7	Giannis Kalaitzidis	Panathinaikos	12

External links

[table_note_PIE0.84718476135618-1] Pierikos were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_PIE0.84718476135618-2] 14th place playoff: Pierikos–Panserraikos 2–1.

[table_note_1_PIE_OLY0.0060060205897344-3] Pierikos-Olympiacos 0-0, forfait 0-2.

[table_note_1_TRI_VYZ0.0060060205897344-4] warded 2–0 for Vyzas due to illegal participation of a Trikala player and the latter were zeroed.

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