# 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league in 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.
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.

## League table

| 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 |
| 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 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | Panionios | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 35 | 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 (R) | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 13 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.
* ↑ Atromitos were deducted 2 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ARIS | ATR | ETH | IRA | KAS | KAV | OFI | OLY | PNC | PAO | PNT | PAN | PNS | PAOK | 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 | |

## Top scorers

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