# 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki

The 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki was the 26th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 9 September 1961 and ended on 1 July 1962 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their third consecutive and sixth 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 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 81 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 74 | |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 73 | |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 61 | |
| 6 | PAOK | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 60 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 58 | |
| 8 | Iraklis | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 57 | |
| 9 | Fostiras | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 57 | |
| 10 | Proodeftiki | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 54 | |
| 11 | Niki Volos | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 52 | |
| 12 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 52 | |
| 13 | Aris | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 52 | |
| 14 | Egaleo | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 51 | |
| 15 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 30 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 49 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Doxa Drama (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 49 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Apollon Kalamarias and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.
* 1 2 8th place playoff: Iraklis–Fostiras 3–0.
* 1 2 3 11th place playoff: Niki Volos–Apollon Kalamarias 3–2, Apollon Kalamarias–Aris 4–2, Niki Volos–Aris 0–0, Niki Volos 5pts, Apollon Kalamarias 4pts, Aris 3pts.
* 1 2 15th place playoff: Panelefsiniakos–Doxa Drama 3–0.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | APK | ARIS | DOX | EGA | ETH | FOS | IRA | NIK | OLY | PAO | PNE | PAN | PAOK | PRO |
| AEK Athens | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 8–3 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Aris | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Doxa Drama | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Egaleo | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Fostiras | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Iraklis | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Niki Volos | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Olympiacos | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 3–6 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–5 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| PAOK | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | | 2–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ Apollon Kalamarias-Panathinaikos 1-1 when abandoned after 70 minutes, forfait 0-2.
* ↑ Panionios-PAOK 0-1 abandoned at 89th minute, forfeit 0-2.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens | 29 |
| 2 | Giorgos Sideris | Olympiacos | 26 |
| 3 | Giorgos Kamaras | Apollon Athens | 19 |
| 4 | Mimis Domazos | Panathinaikos | 18 |
| 5 | Giannis Cholevas | Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 6 | Giorgos Petridis | AEK Athens | 13 |
| 6 | Kostas Toumpelis | Panathinaikos | 13 |