1972–73 Alpha Ethniki

The 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki was the 37th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1972 and ended on 3 June 1973. Olympiacos won their 18th Greek title and their first one in six years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1972–73
ChampionsOlympiacos
18th Greek title
RelegatedKalamata
Atromitos
Trikala
Omonia
European CupOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Panachaiki
Matches played306
Goals scored705 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonis Antoniadis (22)

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

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 27 6 1 72 13 +59 94 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 PAOK 34 27 4 3 75 24 +51 92 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 2] 34 22 7 5 89 29 +60 82 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Panachaiki 34 16 12 6 42 27 +15 78
5 AEK Athens 34 13 11 10 39 36 +3 71
6 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 15 9 35 32 +3 69
7 Panionios 34 13 9 12 41 39 +2 69
8 Iraklis 34 11 13 10 42 39 +3 69
9 Aris 34 13 9 12 38 36 +2 69
10 Kavala 34 8 14 12 32 38 −6 64
11 Egaleo 34 11 8 15 30 47 −17 64
12 Olympiacos Volos 34 10 9 15 25 42 −17 63
13 Fostiras 34 10 8 16 23 39 −16 62
14 Panserraikos 34 6 15 13 27 47 −20 61
15 Kalamata (R) 34 8 10 16 30 45 −15 60 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Atromitos (R) 34 7 10 17 17 49 −32 58
17 Trikala (R) 34 5 9 20 26 52 −26 53
18 Omonia[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 1 7 26 22 71 −49 42 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:
  1. Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.
  3. Omonia were deducted 1 point.

Results
Home \ Away AEK ARI ATR EGA ETH FOS IRA KAL KAV OLY OLV OMO PNC PAO PAN PNS PAK TRI
AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–5 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 5–1
Aris 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–2
Atromitos 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0
Egaleo 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–0
Fostiras 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–0
Kalamata 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–0
Kavala 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1
Olympiacos 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 4–1 6–0 1–0 5–0
Olympiacos Volos 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–5 2–0
Omonia 2–4 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2[lower-alpha 3] 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1
Panachaiki 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1
Panathinaikos 3–1 7–1 8–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 6–3 4–2 5–1 1–0 4–1 0–2[lower-alpha 4] 3–0
Panionios 2–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–6 4–0 0–0 2–1
Panserraikos 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2
PAOK 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–5 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0
Trikala 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Egaleo-Panathinaikos 2-0 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).
  2. Olympiacos-Panathinaikos suspended at 81' at 3-2, 2-0 awarded.
  3. Omonia-Panathinaikos suspended at halftime at 0-0, 0-2 awarded.
  4. Panathinaikos-PAOK 0-2 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos 22
2 Stavros Sarafis PAOK 19
3 Yves Triantafyllos Olympiacos 16
4 Kostas Davourlis Panachaiki 15
Koulis Apostolidis PAOK
Andreas Michalopoulos Panachaiki
7 Juan Ramón Verón Panathinaikos 14
Giorgos Koudas PAOK
9 Romain Argyroudis Olympiacos 13

References
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