1972–73 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1972–73
Champions	Olympiacos; 18th Greek title
Relegated	Kalamata; Atromitos; Trikala; Omonia
European Cup	Olympiacos
Cup Winners' Cup	PAOK
UEFA Cup	Panathinaikos; Panachaiki
Matches played	306
Goals scored	705 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonis Antoniadis (22)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki was the 37th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1972 and ended on 3 June 1973. Olympiacos won their 18th Greek title and their first one in six years.

League standings

AEK Athens
Atromitos
Egaleo
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	27	6	1	72	13	5.538	94	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	PAOK	34	27	4	3	75	24	3.125	92	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Panathinaikos^[b]	34	22	7	5	89	29	3.069	82	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Panachaiki	34	16	12	6	42	27	1.556	78	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	AEK Athens	34	13	11	10	39	36	1.083	71
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	10	15	9	35	32	1.094	69
7	Panionios	34	13	9	12	41	39	1.051	69
8	Iraklis	34	11	13	10	42	39	1.077	69
9	Aris	34	13	9	12	38	36	1.056	69
10	Kavala	34	8	14	12	32	38	0.842	64
11	Egaleo	34	11	8	15	30	47	0.638	64
12	Olympiacos Volos	34	10	9	15	25	42	0.595	63
13	Fostiras	34	10	8	16	23	39	0.590	62
14	Panserraikos	34	6	15	13	27	47	0.574	61
15	Kalamata (R)	34	8	10	16	30	45	0.667	60	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Atromitos (R)	34	7	10	17	17	49	0.347	58
17	Trikala (R)	34	5	9	20	26	52	0.500	53
18	Omonia^[c] (R)	34	1	7	26	22	71	0.310	42	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:

^ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.
^ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.
^ Omonia were deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	ARI	ATR	EGA	ETH	FOS	IRA	KAL	KAV	OLY	OLV	OMO	PNC	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAOK	TRI
AEK Athens		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	5–1
Aris	2–0		0–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2
Atromitos	1–0	0–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Egaleo	1–2	0–2	3–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0^[a]	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–0
Fostiras	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Iraklis	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–0		2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–3	0–0	1–3	3–0
Kalamata	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2		1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–0
Kavala	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–1
Olympiacos	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–0		3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0^[b]	4–1	6–0	1–0	5–0
Olympiacos Volos	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	2–0
Omonia	2–4	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2		1–1	0–2^[c]	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–1
Panachaiki	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–0		0–4	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1
Panathinaikos	3–1	7–1	8–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–1	6–3	4–2	5–1		1–0	4–1	0–2^[d]	3–0
Panionios	2–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–6		4–0	0–0	2–1
Panserraikos	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–3	1–2
PAOK	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–5	1–0	2–1	2–1		4–0
Trikala	0–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1

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

^ Egaleo-Panathinaikos 2-0 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).
^ Olympiacos-Panathinaikos suspended at 81' at 3-2, 2-0 awarded.
^ Omonia-Panathinaikos suspended at halftime at 0-0, 0-2 awarded.
^ Panathinaikos-PAOK 0-2 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonis Antoniadis	Panathinaikos	22
2	Stavros Sarafis	PAOK	19
3	Yves Triantafyllos	Olympiacos	16
4	Kostas Davourlis	Panachaiki	15
	Koulis Apostolidis	PAOK
	Andreas Michalopoulos	Panachaiki
7	Juan Ramón Verón	Panathinaikos	14
7	Giorgos Koudas	PAOK	14
9	Romain Argyroudis	Olympiacos	13

References

[table_note_res_CWC10.87263243592932-1] Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[table_note_PAT0.87263243592932-2] Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.

[table_note_OMO0.87263243592932-3] Omonia were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_1_EGA_PAO0.91425783602253-4] Egaleo-Panathinaikos 2-0 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

[table_note_1_OLY_PAO0.91425783602253-5] Olympiacos-Panathinaikos suspended at 81' at 3-2, 2-0 awarded.

[table_note_1_OMO_PAO0.91425783602253-6] Omonia-Panathinaikos suspended at halftime at 0-0, 0-2 awarded.

[table_note_1_PAO_PAOK0.91425783602253-7] Panathinaikos-PAOK 0-2 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

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