1967–68 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1967–68
Champions	AEK Athens; 4th Greek title
Relegated	Panelefsiniakos; Proodeftiki; Olympiakos Nicosia; Olympiacos Volos
European Cup	AEK Athens
Cup Winners' Cup	Olympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Panathinaikos; Aris
Matches	306
Goals	787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thanasis Intzoglou; (24 goals)
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 Alpha Ethniki was the 32nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 8 October 1967 and ended on 10 June 1968. AEK Athens won their fourth Greek title and their first one in five years. The season was the first of several seasons in which the Cypriot champion would play in the Alpha Ethniki the following season. Olympiakos Nicosia finished second to last and were relegated back to the Cypriot First Division.

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

Teams

Promoted from 1966–67 Beta Ethniki	Relegated from 1966–67 Alpha Ethniki
Panelefsiniakos Olympiacos Volos	Trikala
Promoted from 1966–67 Cypriot First Division
Olympiakos Nicosia

AEK Athens
Apollon
Egaleo
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ethnikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Location of teams in 1967–68 Alpha Ethniki

Olympiakos N.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	22	6	6	68	24	+44	84	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	21	4	9	63	32	+31	80	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	34	17	11	6	44	19	+25	79	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Aris	34	16	9	9	61	49	+12	75	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Pierikos	34	15	5	14	42	46	−4	69
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	12	10	12	51	43	+8	68
7	Vyzas Megara	34	12	10	12	45	49	−4	68
8	Panionios	34	13	7	14	56	43	+13	67
9	PAOK	34	13	7	14	45	40	+5	67
10	Veria	34	13	7	14	32	39	−7	67
11	Egaleo	34	12	8	14	47	51	−4	66
12	Apollon Athens	34	12	8	14	35	45	−10	66
13	Iraklis	34	11	9	14	32	38	−6	65
14	Panserraikos (O)	34	12	6	16	33	40	−7	64	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Panelefsiniakos (R)	34	10	10	14	31	40	−9	64	Qualification for relegation play-off
16	Proodeftiki (R)	34	10	7	17	37	52	−15	61	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17	Olympiakos Nicosia (R)	34	6	11	17	39	76	−37	57	Moving to Cypriot First Division
18	Olympiacos Volos (R)	34	8	7	19	27	62	−35	57	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

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

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ARIS	EGA	ETH	IRA	OLY	OLV	OLN	PAO	PNE	PAN	PNS	PAOK	PIE	PRO	VER	VYZ
AEK Athens		2–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	5–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	6–1
Apollon Athens	0–3		1–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1
Aris	1–1	0–0		3–2	4–2	1–0	4–2	4–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Egaleo	1–1	1–0	3–3		1–2	5–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–3	1–1	3–3	1–2		3–0	2–2	5–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Iraklis	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–0
Olympiacos	1–4	4–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	2–0		4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–3	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
Olympiacos Volos	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–2	1–1	2–5	2–1	0–0	5–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Panathinaikos	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–1
Panelefsiniakos	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–3		1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1
Panionios	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	3–2	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–0
Panserraikos	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
PAOK	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0		0–1	3–1	1–2	4–1
Pierikos	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1		4–1	2–0	3–2
Proodeftiki	0–2	1–0	2–1	6–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0		0–0	3–0
Veria	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–2		0–0
Vyzas Megara	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panelefsiniakos	2–4	OFI	2–1	0–3
Kavala	0–2	Panserraikos	0–0	0–2

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thanasis Intzoglou	Panionios	24
2	Giorgos Sideris	Olympiacos	23
3	Sakis Kouvas	Vyzas Megara	19
3	Mimis Papaioannou	AEK Athens	19
5	Kostas Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	18
6	Vasilis Kyriakou	Apollon Athens	16
6	Alekos Alexiadis	Aris	16

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1967–68 Alpha Ethniki.^[1]

#	Team	Average attendance
1	Olympiacos	21,703
2	Panathinaikos	15,976
3	AEK Athens	14,440
4	PAOK	12,167
5	Aris	10,199
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	9,486
7	Iraklis	7,397
8	Egaleo	6,165
9	Proodeftiki	6,115
10	Panionios	5,549
11	Panserraikos	4,743
12	Apollon Athens	4,534
13	Veria	4,055
14	Olympiacos Volos	3,967
15	Olympiakos Nicosia	3,657
16	Panelefsiniakos	3,479
17	Vyzas Megara	3,106
18	Pierikos	2,869

References

^ "1967–68 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.

External links

[1] "1967–68 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.

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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '66–'67 '67–'68 Mitropa Cup