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.

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

Pierikos

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	72	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Panionios^[a]	30	12	7	11	38	37	+1	60
5	Aris	30	11	8	11	42	42	0	60	Qualification 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^[b]
14	Panserraikos	30	8	9	13	29	42	−13	55^[b]
15	Panegialios (R)	30	10	5	15	27	44	−17	55^[b]	Relegation to
16	Niki Volos (R)	30	4	6	20	20	65	−45	44	Relegation to

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 AEK Athens and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
^ Jump up to: ^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	ARI	EGA	ETH	IRA	NIK	OLY	PAO	PAG	PAN	PNS	PAK	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		Olympiacos	18
5		Panathinaikos	15
6	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	13
	Giorgos Koudas	PAOK
		Panathinaikos
		Panathinaikos
		Egaleo
		PAOK

References[]

[table_note_AEK0.21880695606526-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b AEK Athens and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.

[table_hth_PRO0.21880695606526-2] Jump up to: ^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.

[table_note_AEK_PAO0.86895948549218-3] AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1-2, forfait 0-2.

[table_note_PAN_OLY0.86895948549218-4] Panionios-Olympiacos 1-1, forfait 0-2.

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European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup
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