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; (23 goals)
	← 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.

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

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Location of teams in 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	23	4	3	67	18	+49	80	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Panathinaikos	30	23	3	4	85	24	+61	79
3	AEK Athens^[a]	30	19	5	6	58	26	+32	71	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Panionios^[b]	30	12	7	11	38	37	+1	60
5	Aris	30	11	8	11	42	42	0	60	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	PAOK	30	10	9	11	43	49	−6	59
7	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	12	4	14	43	42	+1	58
8	Pierikos	30	12	3	15	40	40	0	57
9	Egaleo	30	9	8	13	43	54	−11	56
10	Apollon Athens	30	9	8	13	29	37	−8	56
11	Trikala	30	9	8	13	38	56	−18	56
12	Iraklis	30	10	6	14	23	43	−20	56
13	Proodeftiki	30	8	9	13	42	48	−6	55^[c]
14	Panserraikos	30	8	9	13	29	42	−13	55^[c]
15	Panegialios (R)	30	10	5	15	27	44	−17	55^[c]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Niki Volos (R)	30	4	6	20	20	65	−45	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:

^ AEK Athens were deducted 2 points.
^ Panionios were deducted 1 point.
^ ^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.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ARIS	EGA	ETH	IRA	NIK	OLY	PAO	PNE	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^[c]	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, forfeit 0–2.
^ Panionios-Olympiacos 1–1, forfeit 0–2.
^ AEK Athens did not show up. Awarded to Panserraikos.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	23
2	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	19
2	Takis Loukanidis	Panathinaikos	19
4	Aris 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 Charalampidis	PAOK

External links

[table_note_AEK0.52144002752446-1] AEK Athens were deducted 2 points.

[table_note_PGSS0.52144002752446-2] Panionios were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_PRO0.52144002752446-3] 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_PAO0.19470469616107-4] AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1–2, forfeit 0–2.

[table_note_1_PAN_OLY0.19470469616107-5] Panionios-Olympiacos 1–1, forfeit 0–2.

[table_note_1_PNS_AEK0.19470469616107-6] AEK Athens did not show up. Awarded to Panserraikos.

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