1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 October 1976 and ended on 27 June 1977. Panathinaikos won their 12th Greek title and their first one in seven years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1976–77
ChampionsPanathinaikos
12th Greek title
RelegatedPanetolikos
Atromitos
European CupPanathinaikos
UEFA CupOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupPAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerThanasis Intzoglou
(22 goals)

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

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Panathinaikos (C)3423837020+5054Qualification for European Cup first round
2Olympiacos3423657027+4352Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3PAOK34211036327+3652Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4AEK Athens3424376329+3451Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5Aris3417895834+2442
6OFI34145155751+633
7Kavala341110133438−432
8Ethnikos Piraeus34135164747031
9Panionios341011133535031
10Kastoria34127153245−1331
11PAS Giannina34109154754−729
12Pierikos34115184461−1727
13Iraklis34107173347−1427
14Panserraikos3498173556−2126
15Panachaiki34114193662−2626
16Apollon Athens3498172954−2526
17Panetolikos (R)3498172551−2626Relegation to Beta Ethniki
18Atromitos[b] (R)3464242868−4013
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. ^ Atromitos were deducted 2 points.

Results

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AEK Athens2–12–01–04–11–02–13–14–11–04–20–24–02–04–11–05–12–2
Apollon Athens0–21–22–01–11–10–00–02–00–32–11–22–11–01–00–03–22–1
Aris0–14–15–01–02–02–00–03–12–03–12–12–01–13–21–20–05–1
Atromitos1–20–02–41–23–02–00–00–12–41–01–12–13–01–01–61–11–3
Ethnikos Piraeus1–06–10–21–03–01–11–02–01–35–11–15–01–01–01–22–32–1
Iraklis1–01–00–25–02–11–13–12–01–31–01–22–11–10–00–32–02–1
Kastoria0–33–00–01–01–12–11–02–11–03–23–21–02–13–10–21–01–2
Kavala0–11–20–01–02–11–01–13–00–15–11–02–00–31–00–04–11–1
OFI1–44–11–13–13–02–01–03–11–13–02–22–05–05–02–11–22–0
Olympiacos2–01–14–35–12–03–14–12–14–39–11–13–01–02–02–00–03–0
Panachaiki0–20–01–02–12–12–13–00–21–00–10–00–01–05–01–23–12–1
Panathinaikos2–02–04–24–12–02–02–05–03–12–04–04–11–04–00–03–04–0
Panetolikos1–32–12–01–03–21–12–00–01–00–01–10–00–01–01–21–11–0
Panionios3–02–01–02–00–03–10–04–24–10–03–01–23–01–10–00–01–1
Panserraikos1–11–01–12–01–22–11–01–11–11–32–11–23–03–03–32–01–1
PAOK0–02–02–02–12–12–02–11–11–12–12–00–02–13–03–01–16–1
PAS Giannina0–12–01–15–13–01–13–00–14–30–12–10–22–01–10–24–56–3
Pierikos3–15–21–41–02–00–02–12–00–20–10–10–21–21–04–11–22–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Thanasis IntzoglouEthnikos Piraeus22
2 Dimitrios PapadopoulosOFI20
3 Óscar ÁlvarezPanathinaikos19
4 Antonis AntoniadisPanathinaikos18
Thomas MavrosAEK Athens
6 Maik GalakosOlympiacos16
7 Michalis KritikopoulosOlympiacos15
8 Giorgos AnaniadisAris14
9 Neto GuerinoPAOK13
Vasilis KaraiskosOFI
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