1970–71 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1970–71
ChampionsAEK Athens
5th Greek title
RelegatedPanserraikos
Proodeftiki
OFI
EPA Larnaca
European CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupPanionios
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Matches306
Goals690 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgios Dedes
(28 goals)

The 1970–71 Alpha Ethniki was the 35th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 20 September 1970 and ended on 13 June 1971. AEK Athens won their fifth Greek title and their first one in three years.

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

Teams

Promoted from
1969–70 Beta Ethniki
Relegated from
1969–70 Alpha Ethniki
Apollon Athens
Fostiras
Veria
Vyzas Megara
Olympiacos Volos
Olympiakos Nicosia
Panachaiki
Promoted from
1969–70 Cypriot First Division
EPA Larnaca

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 34 23 8 3 67 18 +49 88 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panionios 34 21 7 6 61 34 +27 83 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Panathinaikos 34 19 10 5 62 26 +36 82
4 Egaleo 34 15 11 8 31 24 +7 75
5 Iraklis 34 13 15 6 40 30 +10 75
6 Apollon Athens 34 12 13 9 30 27 +3 71
7 Olympiacos 34 13 11 10 44 24 +20 71 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 PAOK 34 12 10 12 38 32 +6 68
9 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 14 10 45 37 +8 68
10 Aris 34 10 13 11 45 39 +6 67
11 Kavala 34 10 11 13 25 35 −10 65
12 Fostiras 34 8 14 12 31 47 −16 64
13 Veria 34 9 12 13 28 47 −19 64
14 Pierikos 34 8 14 12 31 43 −12 64
15 Panserraikos (R) 34 9 10 15 32 38 −6 62 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Proodeftiki (R) 34 5 14 15 29 52 −23 58
17 OFI (R) 34 5 11 18 28 61 −33 55
18 EPA Larnaca[a] (R) 34 3 4 27 23 76 −53 43 Moving to Cypriot First Division
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ EPA Larnaca were deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS EGA EPA ETH FOS IRA KAV OFI OLY PAO PAN PNS PAOK PIE PRO VER
AEK Athens 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 6–0 8–2
Apollon Athens 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Aris 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Egaleo 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
EPA Larnaca 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–6 0–2[a] 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–6 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Fostiras 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–0
Iraklis 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–1 1–1
Kavala 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
OFI 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–2
Olympiacos 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 5–0
Panathinaikos 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Panionios 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Panserraikos 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–0
PAOK 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 6–3 0–0
Pierikos 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0
Proodeftiki 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Veria 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ EPA Larnaca-Fostiras 0-2 awarded.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Georgios Dedes Panionios 28
2 Greece Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 27
3 Greece Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos 20
4 Greece Nikos Gioutsos Olympiacos 15
Greece Kostas Nikolaidis AEK Athens
6 Greece Alekos Alexiadis Aris 14
Greece Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos
8 Cyprus Pamboullis Papadopoulos Olympiacos 12
Greece Dimitris Remoundos Fostiras

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1970–71 Alpha Ethniki.[1]

# Team Average attendance
1 Olympiacos 27,640
2 Panathinaikos 19,251
3 AEK Athens 19,015
4 PAOK 16,166
5 Iraklis 13,883
6 Ethnikos Piraeus 12,645
7 Aris 10,893
8 Panionios 8,983
9 Proodeftiki 8,199
10 Kavala 7,953
11 Egaleo 6,624
12 Fostiras 6,042
13 Apollon Athens 5,885
14 Panserraikos 5,214
15 OFI 4,210
16 Veria 4,187
17 Pierikos 2,925
18 EPA Larnaca 2,052

References

  1. ^ "1970–71 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.