1964–65 Alpha Ethniki

The 1964–65 Alpha Ethniki was the 29th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1964 and ended on 7 November 1965 after the playing of the last relegation play-off match (last round of regular season were played on 27 June, replay of the Niki Volos-Panathinaikos match was played on 19 September and the relegation play-off was played in October-November). Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and eighth Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1964–65
ChampionsPanathinaikos
8th Greek title
RelegatedApollon Kalamarias
Doxa Drama
European CupPanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupAris
PAOK
Matches played240
Goals scored674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgos Sideris
(24 goals)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 20 9 1 76 19 +57 79 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 AEK Athens 30 18 10 2 64 22 +42 76
3 Olympiacos 30 18 5 7 73 40 +33 71 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Proodeftiki 30 11 12 7 39 32 +7 64
5 Pierikos 30 12 8 10 39 39 0 62
6 Apollon Athens 30 11 6 13 45 42 +3 58
7 Aris 30 8 12 10 38 38 0 58 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8 PAOK 30 9 10 11 29 33 −4 58
9 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 11 6 13 39 52 −13 58
10 Panionios 30 9 8 13 39 44 −5 56
11 Iraklis 30 8 10 12 37 45 −8 56
12 Trikala 30 9 6 15 38 55 −17 54
13 Niki Volos 30 9 5 16 23 48 −25 53[a]
14 Panegialios 30 7 9 14 34 55 −21 53[a]
15 Apollon Kalamarias (R) 30 7 9 14 32 49 −17 53[a] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Doxa Drama (R) 30 7 7 16 30 62 −32 51
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Relegation playout: Niki Volos–Apollon Kalamarias 1–0, Panegialios–Apollon Kalamarias 2–1, Niki Volos–Panegialios 2–1,
    Niki Volos 6pts, Panegialios 4pts, Apollon Kalamarias 2pts.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARIS DOX ETH IRA NIK OLY PAO PNE PAN PAOK PIE PRO TRI
AEK Athens 2–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 3–3 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0
Apollon Athens 1–7 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–2
Apollon Kalamarias 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–0
Aris 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Doxa Drama 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1[a] 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–2 2–1
Iraklis 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–1
Niki Volos 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0[b] 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Olympiacos 1–2 2–4 5–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 3–2 0–3 4–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 3–2 5–1 4–0 5–0 6–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 6–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 5–0 3–0
Panegialios 2–3 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–4
Panionios 0–4 1–3 3–3 4–3 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 7–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1
PAOK 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
Pierikos 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–2
Proodeftiki 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 6–1 1–0
Trikala 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Doxa Drama-Proodeftiki 2-1, replayed 2-1.
  2. ^ Niki Volos–Panathinaikos 1–0, replayed 0–0.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 29
2   Takis Loukanidis Panathinaikos 21
3   Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 17
  Giannis Frantzis Proodeftiki
5   Kostas Papageorgiou AEK Athens 15
6   Makis Charitidis Trikala 14
7   Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 13
  Savvas Tsokataridis Doxa Drama
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