1959–60 Alpha Ethniki

24th season of top-tier football league in Greece Alpha Ethniki 1959–60 Panathinaikos4th Greek title PankorinthiakosMegas Alexandros KaterinisAE Nikaia European Cup Panathinaikos Kostas Nestoridis(33 goals) Olympiacos 8–1 Panegialios AE Nikaia 2–7 Ethnikos Piraeus Olympiacos 8–1 PanegialiosAE Nikaia 2–7 Ethnikos Piraeus 240 619 1958–59(Panhellenic Championship) 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. The 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 South Group:The first 2 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Panegialios and Pankorinthiakos) Regional Championship North Group:The first 2 teams of the 1958–59 season. (Doxa Drama and Megas Alexandros Katerinis) 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 Chalkida or OFI and Aspida Xanthi) The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point. Greece 380 right Location of teams in 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki Greece 37.966667 23.716667 AEK AthensApollon A.PanathinaikosPanionios Greece 40.65 22.9 Apollon K.ArisIraklisPAOK Greece 37.95 23.633333 AE NikaiaEthnikosOlympiacosProodeftiki left Greece 41.15 24.133333 Doxa Greece 40.266667 22.5 M. Alexandros Katerinis left Greece 38.25 22.083333 Panegialios left Greece 37.933333 22.933333 Pankorinthiakos left Qualification round Initially 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. South Group 2nd-place play-offs Play-off Olympiacos Chalkida 4–3 OFI 2–1 1–2 1–0 |} Olympiacos Chalkida qualifies to the promotional Play-offs. Promotion play-offs Play-off |+South Olympiacos Chalkida 2–5 Proodeftiki 2–2 0–0 0–3 |} |+North Iraklis 3–0 Aspida Xanthi 1–0 2–0 |} League table main WDL League table 5 3 2 1 QR PAO Panathinaikos AEK AEK Athens OLY Olympiacos APA Apollon Athens PGSS Panionios DOX Doxa Drama PAOK PAOK ARIS Aris IRA Iraklis PRO Proodeftiki APK Apollon Kalamarias ETH Ethnikos Piraeus PNG Panegialios PANK Pankorinthiakos MEG Megas Alexandros Katerinis AEN AE Nikaia 22 5 3 59 20 C 21 7 2 72 27 16 8 6 52 24 13 10 7 52 33 14 6 10 46 31 11 8 11 47 41 10 9 11 32 32 10 9 11 31 35 9 10 11 29 34 10 8 12 34 36 7 12 11 31 39 8 10 12 34 46 9 7 14 26 43 9 7 14 27 45 R 4 9 17 27 60 R 2 5 23 20 73 R Championship Play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below). PAO 7th place play-off: PAOK–Aris 0–0, PAOK were placed ahead Aris due to the better goal average in regular season. PAOK 9th place play-off: Iraklis–Proodeftiki 2–0. IRA Relegation play-out: Panegialios–Pankorinthiakos 2–1. PNG green1 Qualification for European Cup EC1 red1 Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship R R R complete RSSSF 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference. Results main FBR grey 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 0–1 0–2 0–5 3–0 1–1 0–1 AEK Athens 2–0 5–2 6–2 3–0 4–3 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 Apollon Athens 6–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 6–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–0 Apollon Kalamarias 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 Aris 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 Doxa Drama 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 Iraklis 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 Megas Alexandros Katerinis 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–0 1–2 Olympiacos 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–4 8–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 Panathinaikos 6–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 4–2 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 0–1 0–0 1–1 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 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 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 PAOK 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 Proodeftiki 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2. complete RSSSF Championship play-off 31 July 1960 17:00 EET Panathinaikos 2–1 https://www.aek365.org/a-410225/istorikh-autoktonia-me-polle-skie.htm AEK Athens Panakis 35 Papaemmanouil 48 Ampos 14 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 20,923 Daniel Mele (Switzerland) Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 GRE old Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens332 GRE old Giorgos Kamaras Apollon Athens193 GRE old Elias Yfantis Olympiacos164 GRE old Pavlos Grigoriadis Doxa Drama145 GRE old Giannis Cholevas Apollon Athens136 GRE old Vangelis Karafoulidis Megas Alexandros Katerinis11 GRE old Lakis Sofianos Panegialios GRE old Andreas Stamatiadis AEK Athens Attendances Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc60.htm 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk { class"wikitable sortable" ! # !! 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Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panathinaikos 13,394 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEK Athens 11,426 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympiacos 11,101 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Apollon Athens 6,865 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PAOK 6,043 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Proodeftiki 5,195 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aris 5,069 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ethnikos Piraeus 4,223 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panionios 3,833 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Iraklis 3,830 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Doxa Drama 3,335 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panegialios 2,934 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Pankorinthiakos 2,807 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Apollon Kalamarias 2,441 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AE Nikaia 2,318 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Megas Alexandros Katerinis 2,179 } References External links Hellenic Football Federation el Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Category:Alpha Ethniki seasons Greece 1