1959–60 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
M. Alexandros
Pankorinthiakos
Location of teams in 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki
Alpha Ethniki
Season1959–60
ChampionsPanathinaikos
4th Greek title
RelegatedPagkorinthiakos
Megas Alexandros
AE Nikaia
European CupPanathinaikos
Matches played240
Goals scored619 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Nestoridis (33)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 5 3 59 20 2.950 79[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 30 21 7 2 72 27 2.667 79[lower-alpha 1]
3 Olympiacos 30 16 8 6 52 24 2.167 70
4 Apollon Athens 30 13 10 7 52 33 1.576 66
5 Panionios 30 14 6 10 46 31 1.484 64
6 Doxa Drama 30 11 8 11 47 41 1.146 60
7 PAOK 30 10 9 11 32 32 1.000 59[lower-alpha 2]
8 Aris 30 10 9 11 31 35 0.886 59[lower-alpha 2]
9 Iraklis 30 9 10 11 29 34 0.853 58[lower-alpha 3]
10 Proodeftiki 30 10 8 12 34 36 0.944 58[lower-alpha 3]
11 Apollon Kalamarias 30 7 12 11 31 39 0.795 56
12 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 8 10 12 34 46 0.739 56
13 Panegialios 30 9 7 14 26 43 0.605 55[lower-alpha 4]
14 Pagkorinthiakos (R) 30 9 7 14 27 45 0.600 55[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15 Megas Alexandros (R) 30 4 9 17 27 60 0.450 47
16 AE Nikaia (R) 30 2 5 23 20 73 0.274 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:
  1. Championship playoff: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).
  2. 7th place playoff: PAOK–Aris 0–0, PAOK were placed ahead Aris due to the better goal average in regular season.
  3. 9th place playoff: Iraklis–Proodeftiki 2–0.
  4. Relegation playout: Panegialios–Pagkorinthiakos 2–1.
 Alpha Ethniki 1959–60
Champions 

Panathinaikos
4th title

Results
Home \ Away AEN AEK APA APK ARI DOX ETH IRA MEG OLY PAK PAO PAG PAN 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[lower-alpha 1] 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
Pagkorinthiakos 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2.

Championship playoff
Panathinaikos2 – 1AEK Athens
Panakis  35'
Papaemmanouil  48'		 Ampos  14'
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 Yiannis Cholevas Apollon Athens 13
6 Vangelis Karafoulidis Megas Alexandros 11
Lakis Sofianos Panegialios
Andreas Stamatiadis AEK Athens
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