# 1964–65 Alpha Ethniki

The 1964–65 Alpha Ethniki was the 29th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1964 and ended on 7 November 1965 after the playing of the last relegation play-off match (last round of regular season were played on 27 June, replay of the Niki Volos-Panathinaikos match was played on 19 September and the relegation play-off was played in October-November). Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and eighth 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) | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 79 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 76 | |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 71 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Proodeftiki | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 64 | |
| 5 | Pierikos | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 62 | |
| 6 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 58 | |
| 7 | Aris | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 58 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 8 | PAOK | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 58 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 9 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 58 | |
| 10 | Panionios | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 56 | |
| 11 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 56 | |
| 12 | Trikala | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 54 | |
| 13 | Niki Volos | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 53 | |
| 14 | Panegialios | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 53 | |
| 15 | Apollon Kalamarias (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 53 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Doxa Drama (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 51 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 3 Relegation playout: Niki Volos–Apollon Kalamarias 1–0, Panegialios–Apollon Kalamarias 2–1, Niki Volos–Panegialios 2–1, Niki Volos 6pts, Panegialios 4pts, Apollon Kalamarias 2pts.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | APK | ARIS | DOX | ETH | IRA | NIK | OLY | PAO | PNE | PAN | PAOK | PIE | PRO | TRI |
| AEK Athens | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 1–7 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Iraklis | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Niki Volos | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Panegialios | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Panionios | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 7–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Pierikos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 5–2 |
| Proodeftiki | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 1–0 |
| Trikala | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Doxa Drama-Proodeftiki 2-1, replayed 2-1.
* ↑ Niki Volos–Panathinaikos 1–0, replayed 0–0.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Giorgos Sideris | Olympiacos | 29 |
| 2 | Takis Loukanidis | Panathinaikos | 21 |
| 3 | Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens | 17 |
| 3 | Giannis Frantzis | Proodeftiki | 17 |
| 5 | Kostas Papageorgiou | AEK Athens | 15 |
| 6 | Makis Charitidis | Trikala | 14 |
| 7 | Mimis Papaioannou | AEK Athens | 13 |
| 7 | Savvas Tsokataridis | Doxa Drama | 13 |