1965–66 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Location of teams in 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki
Alpha Ethniki
Season1965–66
ChampionsOlympiacos
16th Greek title
RelegatedPanegialios
Niki Volos
European CupOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
Inter-Cities Fairs CupAris
Matches played240
Goals scored668 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerMimis Papaioannou (24)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 23 4 3 67 18 3.722 80 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panathinaikos 30 23 3 4 85 24 3.542 79
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 1] 30 19 5 6 58 26 2.231 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Panionios[lower-alpha 1] 30 12 7 11 38 37 1.027 60
5 Aris 30 11 8 11 42 42 1.000 60 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6 PAOK 30 10 9 11 43 49 0.878 59
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 4 14 43 42 1.024 58
8 Pierikos 30 12 3 15 40 40 1.000 57
9 Egaleo 30 9 8 13 43 54 0.796 56
10 Apollon Athens 30 9 8 13 29 37 0.784 56
11 Trikala 30 9 8 13 38 56 0.679 56
12 Iraklis 30 10 6 14 23 43 0.535 56
13 Proodeftiki 30 8 9 13 42 48 0.875 55[lower-alpha 2]
14 Panserraikos 30 8 9 13 29 42 0.690 55[lower-alpha 2]
15 Panegialios (R) 30 10 5 15 27 44 0.614 55[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Niki Volos (R) 30 4 6 20 20 65 0.308 44
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. AEK Athens and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
  2. 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 PAOK PIE PRO TRI
AEK Athens 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 0–2 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. AEK Athens-Panathinaikos 1-2, forfait 0-2.
  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
Takis Loukanidis Panathinaikos
4 Aristides Papazoglou Olympiacos 18
5 Stratos Sakellaridis Panathinaikos 15
6 Alekos Alexiadis Aris 13
Giorgos Koudas PAOK
Vangelis Panakis Panathinaikos
Kostas Papoutsakis Panathinaikos
Apostolos Panopoulos Egaleo
Onoufrios Charalambidis PAOK
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