1962–63 Alpha Ethniki

The 1962–63 Alpha Ethniki was the 27th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 September 1962 and ended on 30 June 1963 with the play-off match. AEK Athens won their third Greek title and their first in 23 years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1962–63
ChampionsAEK Athens
3rd Greek title
RelegatedProodeftiki
Fostiras
European CupAEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupIraklis
Matches played240
Goals scored602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Nestoridis (23)

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

Location of teams in 1962–63 Alpha Ethniki

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 20 7 3 66 21 +45 77[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Panathinaikos 30 19 9 2 75 28 +47 77[lower-alpha 1]
3 Olympiacos 30 19 7 4 62 39 +23 75 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 PAOK 30 13 8 9 44 34 +10 64
5 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 9 9 47 41 +6 63
6 Iraklis 30 11 10 9 35 38 −3 62 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Panionios 30 10 11 9 33 38 −5 61
8 Apollon Athens 30 8 12 10 35 34 +1 58
9 Pierikos 30 9 7 14 36 37 −1 55[lower-alpha 2]
10 Egaleo[lower-alpha 3] 30 10 6 14 27 44 −17 55[lower-alpha 2]
11 Niki Volos 30 8 8 14 24 39 −15 54
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 6 11 13 18 32 −14 53[lower-alpha 4]
13 Panegialios 30 8 7 15 25 37 −12 53[lower-alpha 4]
14 Aris 30 9 5 16 22 44 −22 53[lower-alpha 4]
15 Proodeftiki (R) 30 7 9 14 26 43 −17 53[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Fostiras (R) 30 6 4 20 27 53 −26 46
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Championship playoff: AEK Athens–Panathinaikos 3–3, AEK Athens become the champions due to the better total goal average. (see below).
  2. 9th place playoff: Pierikos–Egaleo 3–1.
  3. Egaleo were deducted 1 point.
  4. Relegation playout: Aris–Proodeftiki 3–1, Apollon Kalamarias–Panegialios 1–1, Panegialios–Aris 0–0, Apollon Kalamarias–Proodeftiki 1–1, Panegialios–Proodeftiki 1–0, Apollon Kalamarias–Aris 3–1,
    Apollon Kalamarias 7pts, Panegialios 7pts, Aris 6pts, Proodeftiki 4pts.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA APK ARI EGA ETH FOS IRA NIK OLY PAO PAG PAN PAK PIE PRO
AEK Athens 4–3 1–0 3–1 7–2 4–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 0–0
Apollon Athens 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Apollon Kalamarias 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Aris 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0
Egaleo 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–5 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Fostiras 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–0
Iraklis 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Niki Volos 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2
Olympiacos 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–3 2–2 4–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 5–2
Panathinaikos 1–1 2–2 6–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
Panegialios 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Panionios 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1[lower-alpha 2] 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–4 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2
PAOK 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Pierikos 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Proodeftiki 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Aris-Panegialios 1-1, replayed 3-2.
  2. Panionios-Egaleo 1-1, forfeit 2-0.

Championship playoff
AEK Athens3 – 3Panathinaikos
Papaioannou  24', 27'
Nestoridis  39'		 Report Panagiotidis  9'
Linoxilakis  65'
Toumpelis  66'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andries Van Leeuwen (NED)

AEK Athens become the champions due to the better total goal average.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 23
2 Vangelis Panakis Panathinaikos 21
3 Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos 18
4 Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 17
5 Andreas Papaemmanouil Panathinaikos 15
6 Andreas Antonatos Ethnikos Piraeus 14
Stelios Psychos Olympiacos
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