1969–70 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1969–70
Champions	Panathinaikos; 10th Greek title
Relegated	Vyzas; Olympiacos Volos; Olympiakos Nicosia; Panachaiki
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Aris
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	AEK Athens; PAOK
Matches played	306
Goals scored	697 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonis Antoniadis (25)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Alpha Ethniki was the 34th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 21 September 1969 and ended on 10 June 1970. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and tenth Greek title.

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

AEK Athens
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Kavala

OFI

Olympiacos V.

Panachaiki

Panserraikos

Pierikos

Vyzas

Olympiakos N.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	27	5	2	69	15	+54	93	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	34	21	9	4	55	23	+32	85	Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Olympiacos	34	21	8	5	52	21	+31	84
4	Aris	34	20	7	7	47	15	+32	81	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	PAOK	34	12	17	5	52	25	+27	75	Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Iraklis	34	14	12	8	37	31	+6	74
7	Pierikos	34	13	11	10	45	44	+1	71
8	Panserraikos	34	14	8	12	31	27	+4	70
9	Panionios	34	11	10	13	42	34	+8	66
10	Egaleo	34	10	12	12	36	35	+1	66
11	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	8	15	11	40	37	+3	65
12	Proodeftiki	34	9	13	12	36	34	+2	65
13	OFI	34	11	7	16	33	40	−7	63
14	Kavala	34	9	11	14	24	32	−8	63
15	Vyzas (R)	34	8	9	17	33	57	−24	59	Relegation to
16	Olympiacos Volos (R)	34	6	6	22	20	63	−43	52	Relegation to
17	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	34	3	3	28	20	101	−81	43	Moving to Cypriot First Division
18	Panachaiki^[a] (R)	34	4	7	23	25	63	−38	36	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:

^ Panachaiki were deducted 13 points.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	ARI	EGA	ETH	IRA	KAV	OFI	OLY	OLV	OLN	PNC	PAO	PAN	PNS	PAK	PIE	PRO	VYZ
AEK Athens		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	4–0
Aris	1–2		1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Egaleo	0–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–1	1–1	2–2		0–0	2–0	4–0	0–4	6–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Iraklis	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–0		3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Kavala	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
OFI	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2		2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–0
Olympiacos	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1		3–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Olympiacos Volos	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	2–1
Olympiakos Nicosia	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1		2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–5	0–1	1–4
Panachaiki	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	4–1		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	5–4	0–0
Panathinaikos	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	3–0		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	7–0
Panionios	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	8–0	4–0	0–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0
Panserraikos	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1
PAOK	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0		3–1	3–0	6–1
Pierikos	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–0		2–2	1–0
Proodeftiki	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	9–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–0
Vyzas	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	5–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–0

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

Match changes:

Aris-Panachaiki 0-0, forfeit 2-0 (Panachaiki tried to fix this game)

Panachaiki home matches against Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Panionios, Panserraikos, PAOK, Pierikos and away matches against AEK Athens, Egaleo, OFI, Olympiakos Nicosia and Olympiakos Volos were awarded 2-0 to the opponents

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonis Antoniadis	Panathinaikos	25
2	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	18
3	Giorgos Dedes	Panionios	17
	Stavros Sarafis	PAOK
	Nikos Gioutsos	Olympiacos
6	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	15
6	Michalis Kritikopoulos	Ethnikos Piraeus	15
8	Sakis Kouvas	Vyzas	14
8		Proodeftiki	14
10		AEK Athens	12
10	Kostas Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	12

References[]

[table_note_PCK0.90690441332148-1] Panachaiki were deducted 13 points.

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