The 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki was the 30th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 28 November 1965 and ended on 19 June 1966. Olympiacos won their 16th Greek title and their first in seven years.
Season | 1965–66 |
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Champions | Olympiacos 16th Greek title |
Relegated | Panegialios Niki Volos |
European Cup | Olympiacos |
Cup Winners' Cup | AEK Athens |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Aris |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 668 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mimis Papaioannou (23 goals) |
← 1964–65 1966–67 → |
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 18 | +49 | 80 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 24 | +61 | 79 | |
3 | AEK Athens[a] | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 71 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | Panionios[b] | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 60 | |
5 | Aris | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 60 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
6 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 59 | |
7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 58 | |
8 | Pierikos | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 57 | |
9 | Egaleo | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 56 | |
10 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 56 | |
11 | Trikala | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 56 | |
12 | Iraklis | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 56 | |
13 | Proodeftiki | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 55[c] | |
14 | Panserraikos | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 55[c] | |
15 | Panegialios (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 55[c] | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
16 | Niki Volos (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 65 | −45 | 44 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
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editRank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | AEK Athens | 23 | |
2 | Olympiacos | 19 | |
Panathinaikos | |||
4 | Olympiacos | 18 | |
5 | Panathinaikos | 15 | |
6 | Aris | 13 | |
PAOK | |||
Panathinaikos | |||
Panathinaikos | |||
Egaleo | |||
PAOK |