1967–68 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1967–68
ChampionsAEK Athens
4th Greek title
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Proodeftiki
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Volos
European CupAEK Athens
Cup Winners' CupOlympiacos
Inter-Cities Fairs CupPanathinaikos
Aris
Matches played306
Goals scored787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerThanasis Intzoglou
(24 goals)

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
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
5 Pierikos 34 15 5 14 42 46 −4 69
6 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 12 10 12 51 43 +8 68
7 Vyzas 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
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 head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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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 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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation play-offs
Panelefsiniakos 2–4 OFI 2–1 0–3
Kavala 0–2 Panserraikos 0–0 0–2

Top scorers

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