1959–60 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1959–60
Champions	Panathinaikos; 4th Greek title
Relegated	Pagkorinthiakos; Megas Alexandros; AE Nikaia
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	619 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Nestoridis (33)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki was the 24th season of the highest football league of Greece and the first season of the nationwide league after the league replaced the Panhellenic Championship. The season began on 25 October 1959 and ended on 31 July 1960 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their fourth Greek title and their first in seven years.

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

AE Nikaia
Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Location of teams in 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	22	5	3	59	20	2.950	79^[a]	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	21	7	2	72	27	2.667	79^[a]
3	Olympiacos	30	16	8	6	52	24	2.167	70
4	Apollon Athens	30	13	10	7	52	33	1.576	66
5	Panionios	30	14	6	10	46	31	1.484	64
6	Doxa Drama	30	11	8	11	47	41	1.146	60
7	PAOK	30	10	9	11	32	32	1.000	59^[b]
8	Aris	30	10	9	11	31	35	0.886	59^[b]
9	Iraklis	30	9	10	11	29	34	0.853	58^[c]
10	Proodeftiki	30	10	8	12	34	36	0.944	58^[c]
11	Apollon Kalamarias	30	7	12	11	31	39	0.795	56
12	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	8	10	12	34	46	0.739	56
13	Panegialios	30	9	7	14	26	43	0.605	55^[d]
14	Pagkorinthiakos (R)	30	9	7	14	27	45	0.600	55^[d]	Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15	Megas Alexandros (R)	30	4	9	17	27	60	0.450	47
16	AE Nikaia (R)	30	2	5	23	20	73	0.274	39

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 Championship playoff: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).
^ ^a ^b 7th place playoff: PAOK–Aris 0–0, PAOK were placed ahead Aris due to the better goal average in regular season.
^ ^a ^b 9th place playoff: Iraklis–Proodeftiki 2–0.
^ ^a ^b Relegation playout: Panegialios–Pagkorinthiakos 2–1.

Alpha Ethniki 1959–60 Champions
Panathinaikos 4th title

Results

Home \ Away	AEN	AEK	APA	APK	ARI	DOX	ETH	IRA	MEG	OLY	PAK	PAO	PAG	PAN	PAOK	PRO
AE Nikaia		0–3	0–2	0–2	2–3	0–3	2–7	1–2	3–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	0–1
AEK Athens	2–0		5–2	6–2	3–0	4–3	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	4–2
Apollon Athens	6–0	0–0		4–1	0–0	3–2	6–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–0
Apollon Kalamarias	2–2	1–1	0–2		1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Aris	2–1	2–2^[a]	2–3	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Doxa Drama	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–2		1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–4
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–2		1–1	2–0	3–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0
Iraklis	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Megas Alexandros	1–0	2–4	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	0–1	2–3		0–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–2
Olympiacos	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0		1–0	1–4	8–1	1–0	1–2	3–1
Pagkorinthiakos	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
Panathinaikos	6–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	4–2		2–1	4–3	1–0	2–1
Panegialios	1–0	1–4	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–3	0–0
Panionios	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–0
PAOK	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0		2–1
Proodeftiki	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1

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

^ Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2.

Championship playoff

31 July 1960

Panathinaikos	2 – 1	AEK Athens
Panakis 35' Papaemmanouil 48'		Ampos 14'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee: Daniel Mele (SUI)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kostas Nestoridis	AEK Athens	33
2	Giorgos Kamaras	Apollon Athens	19
3	Elias Yfantis	Olympiacos	16
4	Pavlos Grigoriadis	Doxa Drama	14
5	Yiannis Cholevas	Apollon Athens	13
6	Vangelis Karafoulidis	Megas Alexandros	11
	Lakis Sofianos	Panegialios
	Andreas Stamatiadis	AEK Athens

External links

Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[table_hth_PAT0.34479248213805-1] Championship playoff: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).

[table_hth_PAOK0.34479248213805-2] 7th place playoff: PAOK–Aris 0–0, PAOK were placed ahead Aris due to the better goal average in regular season.

[table_hth_IRT0.34479248213805-3] 9th place playoff: Iraklis–Proodeftiki 2–0.

[table_hth_PNG0.34479248213805-4] Relegation playout: Panegialios–Pagkorinthiakos 2–1.

[table_note_1_ARI_AEK0.55843651600109-5] Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2.

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