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1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

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Alpha Ethniki
Season1997–98
ChampionsOlympiacos
27th Greek title
RelegatedPanachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Cup Winners' CupPanionios
Intertoto CupIraklis
Matches played306
Goals scored843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerKrzysztof Warzycha
(32 goals)

The 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki was the 62nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 30 August 1997 and ended on 18 May 1998. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 27th Greek title.

Teams

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Stadia and personnel

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Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Greece Antonis Minou Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens Netherlands Thijs Libregts Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Athinaikos Greece Nikolaos Pantelis Athens Vyronas National Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus Greece Georgios Ioakimidis Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos Poland Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Greece Konstantinos Maloumidis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata Brazil Eduardo Amorim Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kavala Greece Nikolaos Goulis Kavala Kavala National Stadium
OFI Netherlands Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium
Panachaiki Greece Stavros Diamantopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Greece Vasilios Daniil Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos Greece Giannis Kyrastas Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios Greece Christos Emvoliadis Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
Proodeftiki Greece Nikos Karoulias Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi Greece Giannis Mantzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground
Veria Greece Stefanos Gaitanos Veria Veria Stadium
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 18 May 1998.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 29 1 4 88 27 +61 88 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 1 5 90 24 +66 85
3 AEK Athens 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 70
5 Ionikos 34 18 8 8 46 31 +15 62
6 Iraklis 34 14 9 11 49 45 +4 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7 OFI 34 15 4 15 45 53 −8 49
8 Skoda Xanthi 34 13 6 15 52 52 0 45
9 Veria 34 12 6 16 38 48 −10 42
10 Apollon Athens 34 10 6 18 37 51 −14 36
11 Panionios 34 10 6 18 41 54 −13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
12 Paniliakos 34 9 9 16 41 54 −13 36
13 Kavala 34 10 5 19 40 58 −18 35
14 Proodeftiki 34 9 7 18 35 57 −22 34
15 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 3 21 27 51 −24 33
16 Panachaiki (R) 34 9 5 20 29 62 −33 32 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Kalamata (R) 34 7 8 19 27 50 −23 29
18 Athinaikos (R) 34 6 9 19 23 55 −32 27
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

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APA ATH ETH ION IRA KAL KAV OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PGSS PAOK PRO XAN VER
AEK Athens 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2
Apollon Athens 3–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–5 2–1 2–5 2–0 0–0 4–4 1–0 1–2 0–1
Athinaikos 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 4–3 3–0 0–5 1–0 4–1 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Ionikos 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Iraklis 1–4 4–2 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–0
Kalamata 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0
Kavala 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 5–1 3–3 0–1 4–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
OFI 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Olympiacos 0–1 5–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 6–1 4–1
Panachaiki 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–1
Panathinaikos 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 0–2 6–1 7–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 4–1 2–0
Paniliakos 2–4 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 4–3 0–0
Panionios 0–1 1–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–3 4–0 1–1 3–1
PAOK 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 1–1 3–1
Proodeftiki 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 4–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 3–0
Skoda Xanthi 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 4–0
Veria 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–3 2–2 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 32
2 Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Ivić Olympiacos 26
3 Greece Georgios Georgiadis Panathinaikos 21
4 Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 19
5 Greece Kostas Frantzeskos PAOK 17
6 Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 14
Scotland Craig Brewster Ionikos
8 Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos 12
Brazil Luciano de Souza Skoda Xanthi
10 Peru Paul Cominges PAOK 11
Albania Roland Zajmi Proodeftiki
Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis
Greece Sakis Almanidis Proodeftiki

Awards

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Annual awards

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Annual awards were announced on 15 December 1998.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Greece Giorgos Karagounis
Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
Greece Paraskevas Antzas
Apollon Athens
Apollon Athens
Skoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Ilias Atmatsidis AEK Athens
Golden Boot Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
Manager of the Season Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Olympiacos

References

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  1. ^ "Kathimerini Page 19" (PDF) (in Greek). Kathimerini. 15 December 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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