# 1970–71 Alpha Ethniki

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 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | OFI (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 55 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | EPA Larnaca (R) | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 76 | −53 | 43 | Moving to Cypriot First Division |
* ↑ 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ EPA Larnaca-Fostiras 0-2 awarded.

## Top scorers

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