# 1973–74 Alpha Ethniki

The 1973–74 Alpha Ethniki was the 38th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 September 1973 and ended on 22 June 1974. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 19th Greek title. That was the last season in which Cypriot teams took part, while this season a new point system was introduced (Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points), replacing the corresponding 3–2–1.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 102 | 14 | +88 | 59 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 54 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 43 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 40 | |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 38 | |
| 7 | Iraklis | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 33 | |
| 8 | Panionios | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | AEL | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 | |
| 10 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 31 | |
| 11 | Egaleo | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 29 | |
| 12 | Kavala | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 28 | |
| 13 | APOEL (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 27 | Moving to Cypriot First Division |
| 14 | Panserraikos | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 27 | |
| 15 | Olympiacos Volos | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 27 | |
| 16 | Fostiras (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 23 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Apollon Athens (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Apollon Kalamarias (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 59 | −42 | 18 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ APOEL qualified to remain in the league, but were later withdrawn from the Greek league due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
* 1 2 3 13th–15th place playoff: Panserraikos–Olympiacos Volos 1–0, APOEL–Panserraikos 5–1, APOEL–Olympiacos Volos 1–2.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APO | APA | APK | ARIS | EGA | ETH | FOS | IRA | KAV | OLY | OLV | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK |
| AEK Athens | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| AEL | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| APOEL | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Aris | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Egaleo | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Fostiras | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Kavala | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 11–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Panachaiki | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 6–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Panionios | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Panserraikos | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–4 |
| PAOK | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Antonis Antoniadis | Panathinaikos | 26 |
| 2 | Yves Triantafyllos | Olympiacos | 23 |
| 3 | Michalis Kritikopoulos | Olympiacos | 19 |
| 4 | Alekos Alexiadis | Aris | 17 |
| 5 | Achilleas Aslanidis | PAOK | 15 |
| 6 | Tasos Konstantinou | AEK Athens | 14 |
| 7 | Stamatis Vourdamis | Panionios | 12 |
| 7 | Stavros Sarafis | PAOK | 12 |
| 7 | Dimitris Gesios | Iraklis | 12 |
| 7 | Vasilis Karaiskos | Olympiacos Volos | 12 |