1960 Football Championship

The 1959-1960 Football Championship was a national championship organised under the auspices of the Hellenic Football Federation. It was won by Panathinaikos.

Background

The 1959-1960 season was the first season played in the format of a National league. In past years, local championships were held and the top teams (their number varied from year to year) then competed for the national title. The teams chosen to compete for the first national title were:

• The top four teams from Athens
  • AEK
  • Panathinaikos
  • Apollon Athens
  • Panionios
• The top three teams from Piraeus:
  • Olympiakos
  • Ethnikos
  • AE Nikaia
• The top three teams from Thessaloniki:
  • Aris
  • PAOK
  • Apollon Kalamaria
• The top four teams from the rest of Greece:
  • Doxa Drama
  • Panaigialios
  • Pankorinthiakos
  • Megas Alexandros
• Two teams were chosen after playoffs:
  • Iraklis who defeated Aspis Xanthi 1-0, 2-0
  • Proodeftiki who defeated Olympiakos Chalkida 2-2, 0-0, 3-0

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Total								Home					Away
		Pts	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
1	Panathinaikos	79	30	22	5	3	59	20	+39	12	3	0	37	11	10	2	3	22	9
2	AEK Athens	79	30	21	7	2	72	27	+45	14	1	0	47	11	7	6	2	25	16
3	Olympiakos	70	30	16	8	6	52	24	+28	10	2	3	31	12	6	6	3	21	12
4	Apollon Athens	66	30	13	10	7	52	33	+19	7	5	3	31	15	6	5	4	21	18
5	Panionios	64	30	14	6	10	46	31	+15	9	2	4	24	14	5	4	6	22	17
6	Doxa Drama	60	30	11	8	11	47	41	+6	8	4	3	27	19	3	4	8	20	22
7	PAOK	59	30	10	9	11	32	32	-	7	5	3	19	12	3	4	8	13	20
8	Aris	59	30	10	9	11	31	35	-4	8	2	5	18	14	2	7	6	13	21
9	Iraklis	58	30	9	10	11	29	34	-5	5	6	4	15	12	4	4	7	14	22
10	Proodeftiki	58	30	10	8	12	34	36	-2	6	7	2	21	12	4	1	10	13	24
11	Apollon Kalamaria	56	30	7	12	11	31	39	-8	4	8	3	16	12	3	4	8	15	27
12	Ethnikos Piraeus	56	30	8	10	12	34	46	-12	6	5	4	19	16	2	5	8	15	30
13	Panaigialios	55	30	9	7	14	26	43	-17	7	3	5	17	16	2	4	9	9	27
14	Pankorinthiakos	55	30	9	7	14	27	45	-18	7	5	3	15	12	2	2	11	12	33
15	Megas Alexandros	47	30	4	9	17	27	60	-33	2	6	7	15	28	2	3	10	12	32
16	AE Nikaia	39	30	2	5	23	20	73	-53	2	1	12	13	38	0	4	11	7	35

	Cup of Champions
	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

Pts = Points Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference;

Alpha Ethniki 1959-60 Champions
Panathinaikos 4th Title

Match table

Home/Away	AEN	AEK	APA	APK	ARI	DOX	ETH	IRA	MEG	OLY	PAO	PAG	PAN	PAK	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 Kalamaria	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	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
Olympiakos	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
Panaigialios	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

Match changes:

Aris-AEK Athens 2-1, replayed 2-2

Play off

1st place

Panathinaikos - AEK 2-1

7th place

PAOK - Aris 0-0

9th place

Iraklis – Proodeftiki 2-0

13th place

Panaigialios – Pankorinthiakos 2-1

• 1st place - Panathinaikos
• 7th place - PAOK (due to better goal average in regular season)
• 9th place - Iraklis
• 13th place - Panaigialios

Top Scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Kostas Nestoridis	AEK	33
2	Giorgos Kamaras	Apollon Athens	19
3	Elias Yfantis	Olympiakos	16
4	Pavlos Grigoriadis	Doxa Drama	14
5	Yiannis Cholevas	Apollon Athens	13
6	Vangelis Karafoulidis	Megas Alexandros	11
	Lakis Sofianos	Panaigialios	11
	Andreas Stamatiadis	AEK	11

Comments

AEK were three points in front of Panathinaikos with four games to go. However: AEK drew 2-2 against Proodeftiki and, in the last match of the season lost 3-2 to Panionios. Meanwhile Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 4-1, in the last game of their season, drawing even on points with AEK and forcing the playoff game.

External links

• Hellenic Football Federation
• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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