1965–66 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1965–66
Champions	Olympiacos; 16th Greek title
Relegated	Panegialios; Niki Volos
European Cup	Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	AEK Athens
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Aris
Matches played	240
Goals scored	668 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mimis Papaioannou (24)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki was the 30th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 28 November 1965 and ended on 19 June 1966. Olympiacos won their 16th Greek title and their first in seven years.

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Location of teams in 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	23	4	3	67	18	3.722	80	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Panathinaikos	30	23	3	4	85	24	3.542	79
3	AEK Athens^[a]	30	19	5	6	58	26	2.231	72	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Panionios^[a]	30	12	7	11	38	37	1.027	60
5	Aris	30	11	8	11	42	42	1.000	60	Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	PAOK	30	10	9	11	43	49	0.878	59
7	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	12	4	14	43	42	1.024	58
8	Pierikos	30	12	3	15	40	40	1.000	57
9	Egaleo	30	9	8	13	43	54	0.796	56
10	Apollon Athens	30	9	8	13	29	37	0.784	56
11	Trikala	30	9	8	13	38	56	0.679	56
12	Iraklis	30	10	6	14	23	43	0.535	56
13	Proodeftiki	30	8	9	13	42	48	0.875	55^[b]
14	Panserraikos	30	8	9	13	29	42	0.690	55^[b]
15	Panegialios (R)	30	10	5	15	27	44	0.614	55^[b]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Niki Volos (R)	30	4	6	20	20	65	0.308	44	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:

^ ^a ^b AEK Athens and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
^ ^a ^b ^c Relegation playout: Panserraikos–Panegialios 1–0, Panegialios–Proodeftiki 1–0, Proodeftiki–Panserraikos 2–1, Panegialios were relegated due to the worst goal average.

Alpha Ethniki 1965–66 Champions
File:600px Quadrado Branco com uma figura olimpica grega.PNG Olympiacos 16th title

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ARI	EGA	ETH	IRA	NIK	OLY	PAO	PAG	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PIE	PRO	TRI
AEK Athens		0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	6–0	0–2	0–2^[a]	2–0	5–1	2–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	3–1
Apollon Athens	0–2		1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Aris	2–1	1–1		3–1	4–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	1–2	3–0	2–0
Egaleo	0–1	2–2	3–3		1–3	1–1	5–2	0–1	2–5	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–0	1–0	6–1	1–2		1–0	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	4–1
Iraklis	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1		4–1	0–2	0–5	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–0
Niki Volos	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3		1–0	0–5	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–1
Olympiacos	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	3–0		1–0	3–0	1–4	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0
Panathinaikos	2–3	2–0	4–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	5–0	1–1		6–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	4–1
Panegialios	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	0–3		1–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–2
Panionios	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2^[b]	2–1	2–2		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1
Panserraikos	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–4	0–3	3–2		2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3
PAOK	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1		3–1	2–2	4–1
Pierikos	1–0	4–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–1		0–0	5–1
Proodeftiki	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	5–0	1–0	2–4	2–3	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–4		4–1
Trikala	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1-2, forfait 0-2.
^ Panionios-Olympiacos 1-1, forfait 0-2.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	24
2	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	19
2	Takis Loukanidis	Panathinaikos	19
4	Aristides Papazoglou	Olympiacos	18
5	Stratos Sakellaridis	Panathinaikos	15
6	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	13
	Giorgos Koudas	PAOK
	Vangelis Panakis	Panathinaikos
	Kostas Papoutsakis	Panathinaikos
	Apostolos Panopoulos	Egaleo
	Onoufrios Charalambidis	PAOK

References

[table_note_AEK0.45341946764543-1] AEK Athens and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.

[table_hth_PRO0.45341946764543-2] Relegation playout: Panserraikos–Panegialios 1–0, Panegialios–Proodeftiki 1–0, Proodeftiki–Panserraikos 2–1, Panegialios were relegated due to the worst goal average.

[table_note_1_AEK_PAO0.88373608090157-3] AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1-2, forfait 0-2.

[table_note_1_PAN_OLY0.88373608090157-4] Panionios-Olympiacos 1-1, forfait 0-2.

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