1970–71 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1970–71
ChampionsAEK Athens
5th Greek title
RelegatedPanserraikos
Proodeftiki
OFI
EPA Larnaca
European CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupPanionios
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Matches played306
Goals scored690 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgios Dedes
(28 goals)

The 1970–71 Alpha Ethniki was the 35th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 20 September 1970 and ended on 13 June 1971. AEK Athens won their fifth Greek title and their first one in three years.

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 34 23 8 3 67 18 +49 88 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panionios 34 21 7 6 61 34 +27 83 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Panathinaikos 34 19 10 5 62 26 +36 82
4 Egaleo 34 15 11 8 31 24 +7 75
5 Iraklis 34 13 15 6 40 30 +10 75
6 Apollon Athens 34 12 13 9 30 27 +3 71
7 Olympiacos 34 13 11 10 44 24 +20 71 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 PAOK 34 12 10 12 38 32 +6 68
9 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 14 10 45 37 +8 68
10 Aris 34 10 13 11 45 39 +6 67
11 Kavala 34 10 11 13 25 35 −10 65
12 Fostiras 34 8 14 12 31 47 −16 64
13 Veria 34 9 12 13 28 47 −19 64
14 Pierikos 34 8 14 12 31 43 −12 64
15 Panserraikos (R) 34 9 10 15 32 38 −6 62 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Proodeftiki (R) 34 5 14 15 29 52 −23 58
17 OFI (R) 34 5 11 18 28 61 −33 55
18 EPA Larnaca[a] (R) 34 3 4 27 23 76 −53 43 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ EPA Larnaca were deducted 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS EGA EPA ETH FOS IRA KAV OFI OLY PAO PAN PNS PAOK PIE PRO VER
AEK Athens 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 6–0 8–2
Apollon Athens 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Aris 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Egaleo 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
EPA Larnaca 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–6 0–2[a] 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–6 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Fostiras 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–0
Iraklis 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–1 1–1
Kavala 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
OFI 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–2
Olympiacos 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 5–0
Panathinaikos 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Panionios 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Panserraikos 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–0
PAOK 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 6–3 0–0
Pierikos 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0
Proodeftiki 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Veria 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ EPA Larnaca-Fostiras 0-2 awarded.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Georgios Dedes Panionios 28
2 Greece Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 27
3 Greece Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos 20
4 Greece Nikos Gioutsos Olympiacos 15
Greece Kostas Nikolaidis AEK Athens
6 Greece Alekos Alexiadis Aris 14
Greece Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos
8 Cyprus Pamboullis Papadopoulos Olympiacos 12
Greece Dimitris Remoundos Fostiras