1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1971–72
ChampionsPanathinaikos
11th Greek title
RelegatedVeria
Pierikos
Apollon Athens
Olympiakos Nicosia
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches306
Goals720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonis Antoniadis
(39 goals)

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.

Teams

Promoted from
1970–71 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
1970–71 Alpha Ethniki
Panachaiki
Trikala
Olympiacos Volos 		Panserraikos
Proodeftiki
OFI
EPA Larnaca
Promoted from
1970–71 Cypriot First Division
Olympiakos Nicosia
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Location of teams in 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

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
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[a] (R) 34 2 7 25 14 63 −49 44 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. ^ 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[a] 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: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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
Greece Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens
10 Greece Thanasis Intzoglou Panionios 11

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki.[1]

# Team Average attendance
1 Olympiacos 32,471
2 Panathinaikos 24,215
3 PAOK 19,796
4 AEK Athens 18,028
5 Ethnikos Piraeus 10,646
6 Iraklis 10,616
7 Aris 10,118
8 Panachaiki 8,876
9 Panionios 7,793
10 Kavala 7,662
11 Egaleo 6,821
12 Trikala 6,710
13 Apollon Athens 6,104
14 Olympiacos Volos 6,033
15 Fostiras 4,341
16 Pierikos 3,665
17 Veria 3,565
18 Olympiakos Nicosia 2,579

References

  1. ^ "1971–72 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971-72_Alpha_Ethniki