1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1971–72
Champions	Panathinaikos; 11th Greek title
Relegated	Veria; Pierikos; Apollon Athens; Olympiakos Nicosia
European Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; AEK Athens
Cup Winners' Cup	PAOK
Matches played	306
Goals scored	720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonis Antoniadis; (39 goals)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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

Olympiakos N. is located in Cyprus

Olympiakos N.

League table

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	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
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^{[lower-alpha 1]} (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:

↑ Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

Results

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}		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:

↑ Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

Top scorers

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

External links

[table_note_OLN0.35779527125777-1] Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_1_OLN_OLY0.15213377780846-2] Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

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