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.

Alpha Ethniki

Season	1964–65
Champions	Panathinaikos 8th Greek title
Relegated	Apollon Kalamarias Doxa Drama
European Cup	Panathinaikos
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Aris PAOK
Matches played	240
Goals scored	674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgos Sideris (24 goals)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

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

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Doxa

Niki

Panegialios

Pierikos

Trikala

Location of teams in 1964–65 Alpha Ethniki

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
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[a]
14	Panegialios	30	7	9	14	34	55	−21	53[a]
15	Apollon Kalamarias (R)	30	7	9	14	32	49	−17	53[a]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Doxa Drama (R)	30	7	7	16	30	62	−32	51

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Relegation play-out: 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[a]	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[b]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Doxa Drama-Proodeftiki 2-1, replayed 2-1.
2. 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
	Giannis Frantzis	Proodeftiki
5	Kostas Papageorgiou	AEK Athens	15
6	Makis Charitidis	Trikala	14
7	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	13
	Savvas Tsokataridis	Doxa Drama

External links

• Greek Wikipedia
• Official Greek FA Site
• Greek SuperLeague official Site
• SuperLeague Statistics