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1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

26th season of top-tier football league in Greece

Field	Value
competition	Alpha Ethniki
season	1961–62
winners	Panathinaikos
6th Greek title
relegated	Panelefsiniakos
Doxa Drama
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Panathinaikos
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Olympiacos
league topscorer	Kostas Nestoridis
(29 goals)
biggest home win	AEK Athens 8–0 Egaleo
biggest away win	Ethnikos Piraeus 1–5 Panathinaikos
Panelefsiniakos 0–4 Olympiacos
highest scoring	AEK Athens 8–3 Panelefsiniakos
matches	240
total goals	691
prevseason	1960–61
nextseason	1962–63

6th Greek title Doxa Drama (29 goals) Panelefsiniakos 0–4 Olympiacos

The 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki was the 26th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 9 September 1961 and ended on 1 July 1962 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their sixth Greek title and third consecutive.

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

Teams

Promoted from
1961 Beta Ethniki	Relegated from
1960–61 Alpha Ethniki
Niki Volos
Egaleo
Panelefsiniakos	Panegialios
Thermaikos
Atromitos Piraeus

League table

Niki Volos 5pts, Apollon Kalamarias 4pts, Aris 3pts.

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club
GRE Kostas Nestoridis	AEK Athens	29
GRE Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	26
GRE Giorgos Kamaras	Apollon Athens	19
GRE Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	18
GRE Giannis Cholevas	Panathinaikos	15
GRE Giorgos Petridis	AEK Athens	13
GRE Kostas Toumpelis	Panathinaikos

Attendances

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 17,393 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 14,585 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 12,607 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ethnikos Piraeus || 6,144 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fostiras || 5,710 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Athens || 5,612 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 5,608 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Proodeftiki || 5,070 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aris || 4,047 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Niki Volos || 3,869 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panelefsiniakos || 3,806 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 3,575 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panionios || 3,566 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Doxa Drama || 2,942 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Kalamarias || 2,678 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Egaleo || 2,602 |} }}

References

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