1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1971–72
Champions	Panathinaikos; 11th Greek title
Relegated	Veria; Pierikos; Apollon Athens; Olympiakos Nicosia
European Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; AEK Athens
Cup Winners' Cup	PAOK
Matches played	306
Goals scored	720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonis Antoniadis (39)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki was the 36th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1971 and ended on 25 June 1972. Panathinaikos won their 11th Greek title.

League standings

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Fostiras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Pierikos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	24	6	4	89	23	3.870	88	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	20	9	5	61	33	1.848	83	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	8	6	57	23	2.478	82	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Aris	34	18	11	5	52	25	2.080	81
5	PAOK	34	18	10	6	53	27	1.963	80	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Panachaiki	34	11	14	9	40	35	1.143	70
7	Panionios	34	13	9	12	32	33	0.970	69
8	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	9	15	10	39	36	1.083	67
9	Iraklis	34	11	11	12	36	40	0.900	67
10	Kavala	34	12	8	14	34	38	0.895	66
11	Egaleo	34	11	9	14	31	46	0.674	65
12	Trikala	34	9	12	13	38	43	0.884	64
13	Olympiacos Volos	34	10	8	16	26	43	0.605	62
14	Fostiras	34	8	12	14	37	53	0.698	62
15	Veria (R)	34	7	11	16	23	56	0.411	59	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Pierikos (R)	34	5	14	15	26	48	0.542	58
17	Apollon Athens (R)	34	7	8	19	32	55	0.582	56
18	Olympiakos Nicosia[lower-alpha 1] (R)	34	2	7	25	14	63	0.222	44	Moving to Cypriot First Division

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:

Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

Alpha Ethniki 1971–72 Champions
Panathinaikos 11th title

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ARI	EGA	ETH	FOS	IRA	KAV	OLY	OLV	OLN	PNC	PAO	PAN	PAOK	PIE	TRI	VER
AEK Athens		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	3–1
Apollon Athens	0–2		1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	4–1	0–2	0–3	0–5	0–0	0–1	5–2	0–0	1–1
Aris	3–2	1–0		3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0
Egaleo	0–0	0–0	1–5		1–1	5–2	0–1	1–0	1–6	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1		4–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Fostiras	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		2–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–0
Iraklis	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	2–0		3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
Kavala	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Olympiacos	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1		2–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Olympiacos Volos	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–5	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2[lower-alpha 1]	1–2		0–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1
Panachaiki	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	2–1	1–1	6–1	1–3	0–0
Panathinaikos	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	7–2	2–0	6–0	3–2	5–0	2–0	2–0		4–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	6–0
Panionios	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–2		0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1
PAOK	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–0	5–1	3–2	1–0	1–0		3–0	2–2	5–0
Pierikos	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0		0–0	1–0
Trikala	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	6–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2		1–1
Veria	1–0	3–1	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonis Antoniadis	Panathinaikos	39
2	Yves Triantafyllos	Olympiacos	19
3	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	15
4	Kostas Davourlis	Panachaiki	14
	Kostas Eleftherakis	Panathinaikos
	Vasilis Kyriakou	Apollon Athens
7	Agis Panopoulos	Fostiras	13
8	Koulis Apostolidis	PAOK	12
8	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	12
10	Thanasis Intzoglou	Panionios	11

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References

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[table_note_OLN0.2877619207314-1] Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_OLN_OLY0.54272646994457-2] Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

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1971–72 in Greek football
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League competitions	Alpha Ethniki Beta Ethniki Gamma Ethniki
Cup competitions	Greek Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1972 (Qualification: Group 3) Billy Bingham

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72