# 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki

The 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki was the 36th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1971 and ended on 25 June 1972. Panathinaikos won their 11th 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) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 23 | +66 | 88 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 83 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 82 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aris | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 81 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 80 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 70 | |
| 7 | Panionios | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 69 | |
| 8 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 67 | |
| 9 | Iraklis | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 67 | |
| 10 | Kavala | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 66 | |
| 11 | Egaleo | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 65 | |
| 12 | Trikala | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 64 | |
| 13 | Olympiacos Volos | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 62 | |
| 14 | Fostiras | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 62 | |
| 15 | Veria (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 59 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Pierikos (R) | 34 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 58 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Apollon Athens (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 56 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Olympiakos Nicosia (R) | 34 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 63 | −49 | 44 | Moving to Cypriot First Division |
* ↑ Olympiakos Nicosia were deducted 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ARIS | EGA | ETH | FOS | IRA | KAV | OLY | OLN | OLV | PNC | PAO | PAN | PAOK | PIE | TRI | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Aris | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Egaleo | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Fostiras | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Iraklis | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Kavala | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Olympiacos | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Panachaiki | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 |
| Panionios | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| PAOK | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| Pierikos | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Trikala | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 |
| Veria | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ Olympiakos Nicosia-Olympiacos 0-1 suspended at 85' at 0-1, 0-2 awarded.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Antonis Antoniadis | Panathinaikos | 39 |
| 2 | Yves Triantafyllos | Olympiacos | 19 |
| 3 | Alekos Alexiadis | Aris | 15 |
| 4 | Kostas Davourlis | Panachaiki | 14 |
| 4 | Kostas Eleftherakis | Panathinaikos | 14 |
| 4 | Vasilis Kyriakou | Apollon Athens | 14 |
| 7 | Agis Panopoulos | Fostiras | 13 |
| 8 | Koulis Apostolidis | PAOK | 12 |
| 8 | Mimis Papaioannou | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 10 | Thanasis Intzoglou | Panionios | 11 |