The 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki was the 25th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1960 and ended on 2 July 1961 with the play-off match. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and fifth Greek title.

The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Teams

Promoted from 1960 Beta EthnikiRelegated from 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki
Atromitos Piraeus Fostiras ThermaikosPankorinthiakos Megas Alexandros Katerinis AE Nikaia
1960–61 Alpha Ethniki is located in Greece
Location of teams in 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Panathinaikos (C)3023437123+4880Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2Olympiacos3019566223+3973Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3Panionios3017675537+1870
4AEK Athens3017676432+3269
5Apollon Athens30101375641+1563
6Ethnikos Piraeus30111093329+462
7Doxa Drama30128104850−262
8Iraklis30127113531+461Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9Fostiras30126124448−460
10PAOK3071583133−259
11Proodeftiki3099123749−1257
12Aris30107133041−1157
13Apollon Kalamarias3088143138−754
14Panegialios (R)3057182660−3447Relegation to FCA Winners' Championship
15Thermaikos (R)3038193375−4244
16Atromitos Piraeus (R)3027211965−4640

Results

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AEK Athens1–01–00–07–00–04–24–21–04–12–16–01–23–01–13–1
Apollon Athens2–43–13–03–07–10–02–22–10–11–35–11–02–02–26–2
Apollon Kalamarias0–34–20–00–01–20–11–01–00–21–20–00–11–10–04–0
Aris3–12–11–22–03–00–12–10–10–00–32–12–51–12–02–1
Atromitos Piraeus0–40–00–10–11–20–40–11–11–30–23–01–11–10–23–1
Doxa Drama1–03–01–22–16–41–16–21–11–00–11–12–22–03–12–2
Ethnikos Piraeus1–10–02–01–10–02–11–12–11–00–12–04–10–10–31–1
Fostiras0–12–23–24–03–12–01–02–01–01–51–01–20–01–03–0
Iraklis0–22–22–00–24–01–22–10–02–11–01–01–01–12–02–1
Olympiacos3–11–11–03–13–03–02–07–12–11–02–05–11–13–05–1
Panathinaikos2–01–12–01–05–12–00–05–21–01–04–14–22–08–14–2
Panegialios1–12–21–11–01–03–11–32–61–31–41–30–12–21–02–3
Panionios2–11–22–23–02–03–24–10–02–10–03–31–01–21–04–0
PAOK1–11–12–23–02–00–00–02–01–10–20–10–01–21–31–0
Proodeftiki4–22–22–11–11–02–31–22–11–11–11–31–00–42–22–0
Thermaikos2–41–11–41–12–22–21–01–01–22–51–11–20–21–41–1

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Greece Kostas NestoridisAEK Athens27
2Greece Andreas PapaemmanouilPanathinaikos23
3Greece Mimis BenardosPanathinaikos19
4Greece Giorgos DeimezisFostiras18
5Greece Pavlos GrigoriadisDoxa Drama17
6Greece Thanasis SaravakosPanionios14
Greece Giorgos SiderisOlympiacos
8Greece Aris PapazoglouOlympiacos13
9Greece Christos GeorgalasFostiras12
Greece Plastiras XylasThermaikos
11Greece Dimitris SkordasApollon Athens11

Attendances

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki.

#TeamAverage attendance
1Panathinaikos15,998
2Olympiacos14,547
3AEK Athens11,928
4Ethnikos Piraeus5,867
5Proodeftiki5,853
6Panionios4,437
7PAOK4,394
8Apollon Athens3,859
9Iraklis3,810
10Doxa Drama3,804
11Aris3,699
12Fostiras3,551
13Atromitos3,547
14Apollon Kalamarias2,959
15Panegialios2,015
16Thermaikos902

External links

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