1959–60 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:1959–60
Winners:Panathinaikos
4th Greek title
Relegated:Pankorinthiakos
Megas Alexandros Katerinis
AE Nikaia
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Panathinaikos
League Topscorer:Kostas Nestoridis
(33 goals)
Highest Scoring:
Matches:240
Total Goals:619
Prevseason:1958–59
(Panhellenic Championship)
Nextseason:1960–61

The 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki was the 24th season of the highest football league of Greece and the first season of the nationwide league after the league replaced the Panhellenic Championship. The season began on 25 October 1959 and ended on 31 July 1960 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their fourth Greek title and their first in seven years.

The 16 teams that formed the first national championship were resulted as follows:

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

Qualification round

Initially there were going to be 18 teams in the first division, however, the delay of 6 weeks in the start of the event due to the financial negotiations between the involved parties General Secretary of Sport, OPAP, HFF and in some places FCAs, put its serious completion in a timely manner. The HFF took the decision to reduce the number of teams to 16 and as a consequence a promotional play-off round was formed to decide the last two places of the championship.

South Group 2nd-place play-offs

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Olympiacos Chalkida qualifies to the promotional Play-offs.

Promotion play-offs

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League table

Results

Championship play-off

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Kostas NestoridisAEK Athens33
2 Giorgos KamarasApollon Athens19
3 Elias YfantisOlympiacos16
4 Pavlos GrigoriadisDoxa Drama14
5 Giannis CholevasApollon Athens13
6 Vangelis KarafoulidisMegas Alexandros Katerinis11
Lakis SofianosPanegialios
Andreas StamatiadisAEK Athens

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