# 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki

The 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki was the 37th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1972 and ended on 3 June 1973. Olympiacos won their 18th Greek title and their first one in six 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 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 13 | +59 | 94 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | PAOK | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 92 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 82 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Panachaiki | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 78 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 71 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 69 | |
| 7 | Panionios | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 69 | |
| 8 | Iraklis | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 69 | |
| 9 | Aris | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 69 | |
| 10 | Kavala | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 64 | |
| 11 | Egaleo | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 64 | |
| 12 | Olympiacos Volos | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 63 | |
| 13 | Fostiras | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 62 | |
| 14 | Panserraikos | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 61 | |
| 15 | Kalamata (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 60 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Atromitos (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 49 | −32 | 58 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Trikala (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 53 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Omonia (R) | 34 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 71 | −49 | 42 | Moving to Cypriot First Division |
* ↑ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.
* ↑ Omonia were deducted 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | ATR | EGA | ETH | FOS | IRA | KAL | KAV | OLY | OLV | OMO | PNC | PAO | PAN | PNS | PAOK | TRI |
| AEK Athens | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| Aris | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Atromitos | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Egaleo | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Fostiras | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Iraklis | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Kalamata | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Kavala | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 |
| Omonia | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Panachaiki | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 7–1 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Panionios | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Panserraikos | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| PAOK | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 4–0 |
| Trikala | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ Egaleo-Panathinaikos 2-0 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).
* ↑ Olympiacos-Panathinaikos suspended at 81' at 3-2, 2-0 awarded.
* ↑ Omonia-Panathinaikos suspended at halftime at 0-0, 0-2 awarded.
* ↑ Panathinaikos-PAOK 0-2 awarded without a game (Panathinaikos' penalty).

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Antonis Antoniadis | Panathinaikos | 22 |
| 2 | Stavros Sarafis | PAOK | 19 |
| 3 | Yves Triantafyllos | Olympiacos | 16 |
| 4 | Kostas Davourlis | Panachaiki | 15 |
| 4 | Koulis Apostolidis | PAOK | 15 |
| 4 | Andreas Michalopoulos | Panachaiki | 15 |
| 7 | Juan Ramón Verón | Panathinaikos | 14 |
| 7 | Giorgos Koudas | PAOK | 14 |
| 9 | Romain Argyroudis | Olympiacos | 13 |