1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 October 1976 and ended on 27 June 1977. Panathinaikos won their 12th Greek title and their first one in seven years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1976–77
ChampionsPanathinaikos
12th Greek title
RelegatedPanetolikos
Atromitos
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerThanasis Intzoglou (22)

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

Location of teams in 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 23 8 3 70 20 +50 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos 34 23 6 5 70 27 +43 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 PAOK 34 21 10 3 63 27 +36 52 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 AEK Athens 34 24 3 7 63 29 +34 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Aris 34 17 8 9 58 34 +24 42
6 OFI 34 14 5 15 57 51 +6 33
7 Kavala 34 11 10 13 34 38 −4 32
8 Panionios 34 10 11 13 35 35 0 31
9 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 13 5 16 47 47 0 31
10 Kastoria 34 12 7 15 32 45 −13 31
11 PAS Giannina 34 10 9 15 47 54 −7 29
12 Pierikos 34 11 5 18 44 61 −17 27
13 Iraklis 34 10 7 17 33 47 −14 27
14 Panserraikos 34 9 8 17 35 56 −21 26
15 Panachaiki 34 11 4 19 36 62 −26 26
16 Apollon Athens 34 9 8 17 29 54 −25 26
17 Panetolikos (R) 34 9 8 17 25 51 −26 26 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18 Atromitos[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 6 4 24 28 68 −40 13
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Atromitos were deducted 2 points.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARI ATR ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PNT PAN PNS PAK PAS PIE
AEK Athens 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 2–2
Apollon Athens 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1
Aris 0–1 4–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 5–1
Atromitos 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–6 1–1 1–3
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 6–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 5–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1
Iraklis 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1
Kastoria 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2
Kavala 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–1
OFI 1–4 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–0
Olympiacos 2–0 1–1 4–3 5–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–3 9–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Panachaiki 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 2–1
Panathinaikos 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–0
Panetolikos 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Panionios 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Panserraikos 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–1
PAOK 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 6–1
PAS Giannina 0–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–5 6–3
Pierikos 3–1 5–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Thanasis Intzoglou Ethnikos Piraeus 22
2 Dimitris Papadopoulos OFI Crete 20
3 Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 19
4 Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos 18
Thomas Mavros AEK Athens
6 Maik Galakos Olympiacos 16
7 Michalis Kritikopoulos Olympiacos 15
8 Giorgos Ananiadis Aris 14
9 Neto Guerino PAOK 13
Vasilis Karaiskos OFI Crete

References
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