# 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

The 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki was the 25th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1960 and ended on 2 July 1961 with the play-off match. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and fifth Greek title.
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 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 23 | +48 | 80 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 73 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panionios | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 70 | |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 69 | |
| 5 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 63 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 62 | |
| 7 | Doxa Drama | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 62 | |
| 8 | Iraklis | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 61 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 9 | Fostiras | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 60 | |
| 10 | PAOK | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 59 | |
| 11 | Proodeftiki | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 57 | |
| 12 | Aris | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 57 | |
| 13 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 54 | |
| 14 | Panegialios (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 47 | Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship |
| 15 | Thermaikos (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 75 | −42 | 44 | Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship |
| 16 | Atromitos Piraeus (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 65 | −46 | 40 | Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship |
* 1 2 AEK Athens and Atromitos Piraeus were deducted 1 points each.
* 1 2 6th place playoff: Ethnikos Piraeus–Doxa Drama 2–1.
* 1 2 11th place playoff: Proodeftiki–Aris 2–0.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | APK | ARIS | ATR | DOX | ETH | FOS | IRA | OLY | PAO | PNG | PAN | PAOK | PRO | THE |
| AEK Athens | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 2–4 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0–3 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Aris | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Atromitos Piraeus | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–4 | | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Fostiras | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Iraklis | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 4–2 |
| Panegialios | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Panionios | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| Thermaikos | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Atromitos Piraeus-Panathinaikos 0-1, replayed 0-2.
* ↑ Panathinaikos-AEK Athens 3-2, forfeit 2-0.
* ↑ Proodeftiki-AEK Athens 1-1, replayed 4-2.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens | 27 |
| 2 | Andreas Papaemmanouil | Panathinaikos | 23 |
| 3 | Mimis Benardos | Panathinaikos | 19 |
| 4 | Giorgos Deimezis | Fostiras | 18 |
| 5 | Pavlos Grigoriadis | Doxa Drama | 17 |
| 6 | Thanasis Saravakos | Panionios | 14 |
| 6 | Giorgos Sideris | Olympiacos | 14 |
| 8 | Aris Papazoglou | Olympiacos | 13 |
| 9 | Christos Georgalas | Fostiras | 12 |
| 9 | Plastiras Xylas | Thermaikos | 12 |
| 11 | Dimitris Skordas | Apollon Athens | 11 |