1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

{{Short description|41st season of top-tier football league in Greece}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Alpha Ethniki

| season = 1976–77

| winners = Panathinaikos
12th Greek title

| relegated = Panetolikos
Atromitos

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Panathinaikos

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Olympiacos
AEK Athens

| continentalcup3 = Cup Winners' Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = PAOK

| league topscorer = Thanasis Intzoglou
(22 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 306

| total goals = 806

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| prevseason = 1975–76

| nextseason = 1977–78

}}

The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league in 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.

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

{{Location map+ |Greece |width=380 |float=right |caption=Location of teams in 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki |places=

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=37.966667 |long=23.716667 |label=AEK Athens
Apollon
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=40.65 |long=22.9 |label=Aris
Iraklis
PAOK}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=37.95 |long=23.633333 |label=Ethnikos
Olympiacos |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=40.516667 |long=21.266667 |label=Kastoria}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=40.933333 |long=24.4 |label=Kavala}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=35.333333 |long=25.133333 |label=OFI}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=38.25 |long=21.733333 |label=Panachaiki |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=38.616667 |long=21.4 |label=Panetolikos |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=41.083333 |long=23.55 |label=Panserraikos |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=39.666667 |long=20.85 |label=PAS Giannina}}

{{Location map~ |Greece |lat=40.266667 |long=22.5 |label=Pierikos |position=left}}

}}

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=League table

|show_limit = 5

|winpoints=2

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=PAO|name_PAO=Panathinaikos

|team2=OLY|name_OLY=Olympiacos

|team3=PAOK|name_PAOK=PAOK

|team4=AEK|name_AEK=AEK Athens

|team5=ARIS|name_ARIS=Aris

|team6=OFI|name_OFI=OFI

|team7=KAV|name_KAV=Kavala

|team8=ETH|name_ETH=Ethnikos Piraeus

|team9=PGSS|name_PGSS=Panionios

|team10=KAS|name_KAS=Kastoria

|team11=PAS|name_PAS=PAS Giannina

|team12=PIE|name_PIE=Pierikos

|team13=IRA|name_IRA=Iraklis

|team14=PNS|name_PNS=Panserraikos

|team15=PNA|name_PNA=Panachaiki

|team16=APA|name_APA=Apollon Athens

|team17=PNT|name_PNT=Panetolikos

|team18=ATR|name_ATR=Atromitos

|win_PAO=23|draw_PAO=8|loss_PAO=3|gf_PAO=70|ga_PAO=20|status_PAO=C

|win_OLY=23|draw_OLY=6|loss_OLY=5|gf_OLY=70|ga_OLY=27

|win_PAOK=21|draw_PAOK=10|loss_PAOK=3|gf_PAOK=63|ga_PAOK=27

|win_AEK=24|draw_AEK=3|loss_AEK=7|gf_AEK=63|ga_AEK=29

|win_ARIS=17|draw_ARIS=8|loss_ARIS=9|gf_ARIS=58|ga_ARIS=34

|win_OFI=14|draw_OFI=5|loss_OFI=15|gf_OFI=57|ga_OFI=51

|win_KAV=11|draw_KAV=10|loss_KAV=13|gf_KAV=34|ga_KAV=38

|win_PGSS=10|draw_PGSS=11|loss_PGSS=13|gf_PGSS=35|ga_PGSS=35

|win_ETH=13|draw_ETH=5|loss_ETH=16|gf_ETH=47|ga_ETH=47

|win_KAS=12|draw_KAS=7|loss_KAS=15|gf_KAS=32|ga_KAS=45

|win_PAS=10|draw_PAS=9|loss_PAS=15|gf_PAS=47|ga_PAS=54

|win_PIE=11|draw_PIE=5|loss_PIE=18|gf_PIE=44|ga_PIE=61

|win_IRA=10|draw_IRA=7|loss_IRA=17|gf_IRA=33|ga_IRA=47

|win_PNS=9|draw_PNS=8|loss_PNS=17|gf_PNS=35|ga_PNS=56

|win_PNA=11|draw_PNA=4|loss_PNA=19|gf_PNA=36|ga_PNA=62

|win_APA=9|draw_APA=8|loss_APA=17|gf_APA=29|ga_APA=54

|win_PNT=9|draw_PNT=8|loss_PNT=17|gf_PNT=25|ga_PNT=51|status_PNT=R

|win_ATR=6|draw_ATR=4|loss_ATR=24|gf_ATR=28|ga_ATR=68|status_ATR=R|adjust_points_ATR=-3

|note_ATR=Atromitos were deducted 2 points.

|col_EC1=green1|text_EC1=Qualification for European Cup first round

|result1=EC1

|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

|result2=UC1|result4=UC1

|col_CWC1=yellow1|text_CWC1=Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

|note_res_CWC1=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.

|result3=CWC1

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Beta Ethniki

|result17=R|result18=R

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk77.html RSSSF]

|class_rules=1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=AEK|team2=APA|team3=ARIS|team4=ATR|team5=ETH

|team6=IRA|team7=KAS|team8=KAV|team9=OFI|team10=OLY

|team11=PNC|team12=PAO|team13=PNT|team14=PAN|team15=PNS

|team16=PAOK|team17=PAS|team18=PIE

|name_AEK=AEK Athens

|match_AEK_APA=2–1

|match_AEK_ARIS=2–0

|match_AEK_ATR=1–0

|match_AEK_ETH=4–1

|match_AEK_IRA=1–0

|match_AEK_KAS=2–1

|match_AEK_KAV=3–1

|match_AEK_OFI=4–1

|match_AEK_OLY=1–0

|match_AEK_PNC=4–2

|match_AEK_PAO=0–2

|match_AEK_PNT=4–0

|match_AEK_PAN=2–0

|match_AEK_PNS=4–1

|match_AEK_PAOK=1–0

|match_AEK_PAS=5–1

|match_AEK_PIE=2–2

|name_APA=Apollon Athens

|match_APA_AEK=0–2

|match_APA_ARIS=1–2

|match_APA_ATR=2–0

|match_APA_ETH=1–1

|match_APA_IRA=1–1

|match_APA_KAS=0–0

|match_APA_KAV=0–0

|match_APA_OFI=2–0

|match_APA_OLY=0–3

|match_APA_PNC=2–1

|match_APA_PAO=1–2

|match_APA_PNT=2–1

|match_APA_PAN=1–0

|match_APA_PNS=1–0

|match_APA_PAOK=0–0

|match_APA_PAS=3–2

|match_APA_PIE=2–1

|name_ARIS=Aris

|match_ARIS_AEK=0–1

|match_ARIS_APA=4–1

|match_ARIS_ATR=5–0

|match_ARIS_ETH=1–0

|match_ARIS_IRA=2–0

|match_ARIS_KAS=2–0

|match_ARIS_KAV=0–0

|match_ARIS_OFI=3–1

|match_ARIS_OLY=2–0

|match_ARIS_PNC=3–1

|match_ARIS_PAO=2–1

|match_ARIS_PNT=2–0

|match_ARIS_PAN=1–1

|match_ARIS_PNS=3–2

|match_ARIS_PAOK=1–2

|match_ARIS_PAS=0–0

|match_ARIS_PIE=5–1

|name_ATR=Atromitos

|match_ATR_AEK=1–2

|match_ATR_APA=0–0

|match_ATR_ARIS=2–4

|match_ATR_ETH=1–2

|match_ATR_IRA=3–0

|match_ATR_KAS=2–0

|match_ATR_KAV=0–0

|match_ATR_OFI=0–1

|match_ATR_OLY=2–4

|match_ATR_PNC=1–0

|match_ATR_PAO=1–1

|match_ATR_PNT=2–1

|match_ATR_PAN=3–0

|match_ATR_PNS=1–0

|match_ATR_PAOK=1–6

|match_ATR_PAS=1–1

|match_ATR_PIE=1–3

|name_ETH=Ethnikos Piraeus

|match_ETH_AEK=1–0

|match_ETH_APA=6–1

|match_ETH_ARIS=0–2

|match_ETH_ATR=1–0

|match_ETH_IRA=3–0

|match_ETH_KAS=1–1

|match_ETH_KAV=1–0

|match_ETH_OFI=2–0

|match_ETH_OLY=1–3

|match_ETH_PNC=5–1

|match_ETH_PAO=1–1

|match_ETH_PNT=5–0

|match_ETH_PAN=1–0

|match_ETH_PNS=1–0

|match_ETH_PAOK=1–2

|match_ETH_PAS=2–3

|match_ETH_PIE=2–1

|name_IRA=Iraklis

|match_IRA_AEK=1–0

|match_IRA_APA=1–0

|match_IRA_ARIS=0–2

|match_IRA_ATR=5–0

|match_IRA_ETH=2–1

|match_IRA_KAS=1–1

|match_IRA_KAV=3–1

|match_IRA_OFI=2–0

|match_IRA_OLY=1–3

|match_IRA_PNC=1–0

|match_IRA_PAO=1–2

|match_IRA_PNT=2–1

|match_IRA_PAN=1–1

|match_IRA_PNS=0–0

|match_IRA_PAOK=0–3

|match_IRA_PAS=2–0

|match_IRA_PIE=2–1

|name_KAS=Kastoria

|match_KAS_AEK=0–3

|match_KAS_APA=3–0

|match_KAS_ARIS=0–0

|match_KAS_ATR=1–0

|match_KAS_ETH=1–1

|match_KAS_IRA=2–1

|match_KAS_KAV=1–0

|match_KAS_OFI=2–1

|match_KAS_OLY=1–0

|match_KAS_PNC=3–2

|match_KAS_PAO=3–2

|match_KAS_PNT=1–0

|match_KAS_PAN=2–1

|match_KAS_PNS=3–1

|match_KAS_PAOK=0–2

|match_KAS_PAS=1–0

|match_KAS_PIE=1–2

|name_KAV=Kavala

|match_KAV_AEK=0–1

|match_KAV_APA=1–2

|match_KAV_ARIS=0–0

|match_KAV_ATR=1–0

|match_KAV_ETH=2–1

|match_KAV_IRA=1–0

|match_KAV_KAS=1–1

|match_KAV_OFI=3–0

|match_KAV_OLY=0–1

|match_KAV_PNC=5–1

|match_KAV_PAO=1–0

|match_KAV_PNT=2–0

|match_KAV_PAN=0–3

|match_KAV_PNS=1–0

|match_KAV_PAOK=0–0

|match_KAV_PAS=4–1

|match_KAV_PIE=1–1

|name_OFI=OFI

|match_OFI_AEK=1–4

|match_OFI_APA=4–1

|match_OFI_ARIS=1–1

|match_OFI_ATR=3–1

|match_OFI_ETH=3–0

|match_OFI_IRA=2–0

|match_OFI_KAS=1–0

|match_OFI_KAV=3–1

|match_OFI_OLY=1–1

|match_OFI_PNC=3–0

|match_OFI_PAO=2–2

|match_OFI_PNT=2–0

|match_OFI_PAN=5–0

|match_OFI_PNS=5–0

|match_OFI_PAOK=2–1

|match_OFI_PAS=1–2

|match_OFI_PIE=2–0

|name_OLY=Olympiacos

|match_OLY_AEK=2–0

|match_OLY_APA=1–1

|match_OLY_ARIS=4–3

|match_OLY_ATR=5–1

|match_OLY_ETH=2–0

|match_OLY_IRA=3–1

|match_OLY_KAS=4–1

|match_OLY_KAV=2–1

|match_OLY_OFI=4–3

|match_OLY_PNC=9–1

|match_OLY_PAO=1–1

|match_OLY_PNT=3–0

|match_OLY_PAN=1–0

|match_OLY_PNS=2–0

|match_OLY_PAOK=2–0

|match_OLY_PAS=0–0

|match_OLY_PIE=3–0

|name_PNC=Panachaiki

|match_PNC_AEK=0–2

|match_PNC_APA=0–0

|match_PNC_ARIS=1–0

|match_PNC_ATR=2–1

|match_PNC_ETH=2–1

|match_PNC_IRA=2–1

|match_PNC_KAS=3–0

|match_PNC_KAV=0–2

|match_PNC_OFI=1–0

|match_PNC_OLY=0–1

|match_PNC_PAO=0–0

|match_PNC_PNT=0–0

|match_PNC_PAN=1–0

|match_PNC_PNS=5–0

|match_PNC_PAOK=1–2

|match_PNC_PAS=3–1

|match_PNC_PIE=2–1

|name_PAO=Panathinaikos

|match_PAO_AEK=2–0

|match_PAO_APA=2–0

|match_PAO_ARIS=4–2

|match_PAO_ATR=4–1

|match_PAO_ETH=2–0

|match_PAO_IRA=2–0

|match_PAO_KAS=2–0

|match_PAO_KAV=5–0

|match_PAO_OFI=3–1

|match_PAO_OLY=2–0

|match_PAO_PNC=4–0

|match_PAO_PNT=4–1

|match_PAO_PAN=1–0

|match_PAO_PNS=4–0

|match_PAO_PAOK=0–0

|match_PAO_PAS=3–0

|match_PAO_PIE=4–0

|name_PNT=Panetolikos

|match_PNT_AEK=1–3

|match_PNT_APA=2–1

|match_PNT_ARIS=2–0

|match_PNT_ATR=1–0

|match_PNT_ETH=3–2

|match_PNT_IRA=1–1

|match_PNT_KAS=2–0

|match_PNT_KAV=0–0

|match_PNT_OFI=1–0

|match_PNT_OLY=0–0

|match_PNT_PNC=1–1

|match_PNT_PAO=0–0

|match_PNT_PAN=0–0

|match_PNT_PNS=1–0

|match_PNT_PAOK=1–2

|match_PNT_PAS=1–1

|match_PNT_PIE=1–0

|name_PAN=Panionios

|match_PAN_AEK=3–0

|match_PAN_APA=2–0

|match_PAN_ARIS=1–0

|match_PAN_ATR=2–0

|match_PAN_ETH=0–0

|match_PAN_IRA=3–1

|match_PAN_KAS=0–0

|match_PAN_KAV=4–2

|match_PAN_OFI=4–1

|match_PAN_OLY=0–0

|match_PAN_PNC=3–0

|match_PAN_PAO=1–2

|match_PAN_PNT=3–0

|match_PAN_PNS=1–1

|match_PAN_PAOK=0–0

|match_PAN_PAS=0–0

|match_PAN_PIE=1–1

|name_PNS=Panserraikos

|match_PNS_AEK=1–1

|match_PNS_APA=1–0

|match_PNS_ARIS=1–1

|match_PNS_ATR=2–0

|match_PNS_ETH=1–2

|match_PNS_IRA=2–1

|match_PNS_KAS=1–0

|match_PNS_KAV=1–1

|match_PNS_OFI=1–1

|match_PNS_OLY=1–3

|match_PNS_PNC=2–1

|match_PNS_PAO=1–2

|match_PNS_PNT=3–0

|match_PNS_PAN=3–0

|match_PNS_PAOK=3–3

|match_PNS_PAS=2–0

|match_PNS_PIE=1–1

|name_PAOK=PAOK

|match_PAOK_AEK=0–0

|match_PAOK_APA=2–0

|match_PAOK_ARIS=2–0

|match_PAOK_ATR=2–1

|match_PAOK_ETH=2–1

|match_PAOK_IRA=2–0

|match_PAOK_KAS=2–1

|match_PAOK_KAV=1–1

|match_PAOK_OFI=1–1

|match_PAOK_OLY=2–1

|match_PAOK_PNC=2–0

|match_PAOK_PAO=0–0

|match_PAOK_PNT=2–1

|match_PAOK_PAN=3–0

|match_PAOK_PNS=3–0

|match_PAOK_PAS=1–1

|match_PAOK_PIE=6–1

|name_PAS=PAS Giannina

|match_PAS_AEK=0–1

|match_PAS_APA=2–0

|match_PAS_ARIS=1–1

|match_PAS_ATR=5–1

|match_PAS_ETH=3–0

|match_PAS_IRA=1–1

|match_PAS_KAS=3–0

|match_PAS_KAV=0–1

|match_PAS_OFI=4–3

|match_PAS_OLY=0–1

|match_PAS_PNC=2–1

|match_PAS_PAO=0–2

|match_PAS_PNT=2–0

|match_PAS_PAN=1–1

|match_PAS_PNS=0–2

|match_PAS_PAOK=4–5

|match_PAS_PIE=6–3

|name_PIE=Pierikos

|match_PIE_AEK=3–1

|match_PIE_APA=5–2

|match_PIE_ARIS=1–4

|match_PIE_ATR=1–0

|match_PIE_ETH=2–0

|match_PIE_IRA=0–0

|match_PIE_KAS=2–1

|match_PIE_KAV=2–0

|match_PIE_OFI=0–2

|match_PIE_OLY=0–1

|match_PIE_PNC=0–1

|match_PIE_PAO=0–2

|match_PIE_PNT=1–2

|match_PIE_PAN=1–0

|match_PIE_PNS=4–1

|match_PIE_PAOK=1–2

|match_PIE_PAS=2–0

|update=complete|source=

}}

Top scorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Thanasis Intzoglou

|align="left"| Ethnikos Piraeus

|22

2

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Dimitrios Papadopoulos

|align="left"| OFI

|20

3

|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Óscar Álvarez

|align="left"| Panathinaikos

|19

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Antonis Antoniadis

|align="left"| Panathinaikos

|rowspan="2"|18

align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Thomas Mavros

|align="left"| AEK Athens

6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Maik Galakos

|align="left"| Olympiacos

|16

7

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Michalis Kritikopoulos

|align="left"| Olympiacos

|15

8

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Giorgos Ananiadis

|align="left"| Aris

|14

rowspan="2"|9

|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Neto Guerino

|align="left"| PAOK

|rowspan="2"|13

align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Vasilis Karaiskos

|align="left"| OFI