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)
Biggest home win	Olympiakos vs Panegialios 8–1
Biggest away win	AE Nikaia vs Ethnikos Piraeus 2–7
Highest scoring	Olympiakos vs Panegialios 8–1; AE Nikaia vs Ethnikos Piraeus 2–7
	← 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.

Τhe 16 teams that formed the first national championship were resulted as follows:

Panathenian Championship: The first 4 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Panathinaikos, Panionios, AEK Athens and Apollon Athens)
Piraeus' Championship: The first 3 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Olympiacos, Ethnikos Piraeus and AE Nikaia)
Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Aris, PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias)
Regional Championship Southern Group:The first 2 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Panegialios and Pagkorinthiakos)
Regional Championship Northern Group:The first 2 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Doxa Drama and Megas Alexandros)
The 2 final places were secured after a play-off matches by the 4th teams Piraeus' and Macedonian Championship against the 2nd teams of the South and North group respectively. (Proodeftiki and Iraklis against Olympiacos Chalkidas/OFI Crete and Aspida Xanthi)

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

Qualification Round[]

Innitialy there were going to be 18 teams in the first division, however, the delay of 6 weeks in the start of the event due to the financial negotiations between the involved parties General Secretary of Sport, OPAP, HFF and in some places FCAs, put its serious completion in a timely manner. The HFF took the decision to reduce the number of teams to 16 and as a consequence a promotional play-off round was formed to decide the last two places of the championship.

Southern Group 2nd Place Play-Offs[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Olympiacos Chalkidas	3–2	OFI Crete	2–1	1–2	1–0

Olympiacos Chalkidas qualifies to the promotional Play-Offs.

Promotional Play-Offs[]

South
Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos Chalkidas	2–5	Proodeftiki	2–2	0–3

North
Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iraklis	3–0	Aspida Xanthi	1–0	2–0

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

AE Nikaia
Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Doxa

M. Alexandros

Panegialios

Pankorinthiakos

Location of teams in 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	22	5	3	59	20	+39	79^[a]	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	21	7	2	72	27	+45	79^[a]
3	Olympiacos	30	16	8	6	52	24	+28	70
4	Apollon Athens	30	13	10	7	52	33	+19	66
5	Panionios	30	14	6	10	46	31	+15	64
6	Doxa Drama	30	11	8	11	47	41	+6	60
7	PAOK	30	10	9	11	32	32	0	59^[b]
8	Aris	30	10	9	11	31	35	−4	59^[b]
9	Iraklis	30	9	10	11	29	34	−5	58^[c]
10	Proodeftiki	30	10	8	12	34	36	−2	58^[c]
11	Apollon Kalamarias	30	7	12	11	31	39	−8	56
12	Ethnikos Piraeus	30	8	10	12	34	46	−12	56
13	Panegialios	30	9	7	14	26	43	−17	55^[d]
14	Pagkorinthiakos (R)	30	9	7	14	27	45	−18	55^[d]	Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15	Megas Alexandros (R)	30	4	9	17	27	60	−33	47
16	AE Nikaia (R)	30	2	5	23	20	73	−53	39

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEN	AEK	APA	APK	ARIS	DOX	ETH	IRA	MEG	OLY	PANK	PAO	PNG	PGSS	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
Pankorinthiakos	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 Play-off[]

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		Apollon Athens	13
6		Megas Alexandros	11
		Panegialios
	Andreas Stamatiadis	AEK Athens

External links[]

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

[table_hth_PAO0.93097203687344-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Championship playoff: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).

[table_hth_PAOK0.93097203687344-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b 7th place playoff: PAOK–Aris 0–0, PAOK were placed ahead Aris due to the better goal average in regular season.

[table_hth_IRA0.93097203687344-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b 9th place playoff: Iraklis–Proodeftiki 2–0.

[table_hth_PNG0.93097203687344-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Relegation playout: Panegialios–Pagkorinthiakos 2–1.

[table_note_ARIS_AEK0.90270806797906-5] Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2.

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