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1996–97 Alpha Ethniki

61st season of top-tier football league in Greece

Field	Value
competition	Alpha Ethniki
season	1996–97
winners	Olympiacos
26th Greek title
relegated	Aris
Edessaikos
Kastoria
continentalcup1	[Champions League](1997-98-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Olympiacos
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	AEK Athens
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	OFI
PAOK
continentalcup4	[Intertoto Cup](1997-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup4 qualifiers	Iraklis
Panachaiki
league topscorer	Alexis Alexandris
(23 goals)
matches	306
total goals	787
prevseason	[1995–96](1995-96-alpha-ethniki)
nextseason	[1997–98](1997-98-alpha-ethniki)

26th Greek title Edessaikos Kastoria PAOK Panachaiki (23 goals)

The 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki was the 61st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1996 and ended on 25 May 1997. Olympiacos won their 26th Greek title and their first one in ten years.

Teams

Promoted from
[1995–96 Beta Ethniki](1995-96-beta-ethniki)	Relegated from
[1995–96 Alpha Ethniki](1995-96-alpha-ethniki)
Kavala
Veria
Kastoria	AEL
Panionios
Ethnikos Piraeus

Stadiums and personnel

Team	Manager1	Location	Stadium
AEK Athens	GRE Petros Ravousis	Athens (Nea Filadelfeia)	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens	GRE Babis Tennes	Athens (Rizoupoli)	Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris	GRE Georgios Firos	Thessaloniki (Charilaou)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos	GRE Christos Archontidis	Athens (Vyronas)	Vyronas National Stadium
Edessaikos	BRA Luiz Villa	Edessa	Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Ionikos	POL Jacek Gmoch	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis	GRE Manolis Giovanopoulos	Thessaloniki (Triandria)	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata	SWE Bo Petersson	Kalamata	Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kastoria	GRE Konstantinos Tsagalidis	Kastoria	Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Kavala	GRE Georgios Paraschos	Kavala	Kavala National Stadium
OFI	NED Eugène Gerards	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos	BIH Dušan Bajević	Piraeus (Neo Faliro)	Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki	GRE Andreas Michalopoulos	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos	GRE Nikos Karoulias	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos	GRE Vasilios Daniil	Pyrgos	Pyrgos Stadium
PAOK	GRE Angelos Anastasiadis	Thessaloniki (Toumba)	Toumba Stadium
Skoda Xanthi	GRE Giannis Mantzourakis	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground
Veria	GRE Nikolaos Karydis	Veria	Veria Stadium

1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 1997.

League table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club
GRE Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos	23
GRE Kostas Frantzeskos	OFI / PAOK	22
POL Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos	21
GRE Christos Kostis	AEK Athens
GRE Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	19
GRE Petros Tengelidis	Skoda Xanthi	15
GRE Vasilis Andradis	Edessaikos	14
GRE Giorgos Papandreou	Kavala
SVK Igor Klejch	Panachaiki	11

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 31 December 1997.

Award	Winner	Club	Greek Player of the Season	Foreign Player of the Season	Young Player of the Season	Golden Boot	Manager of the Season
GRE Christos Kostis
GRE Demis Nikolaidis
GRE Kostas Frantzeskos	AEK Athens
AEK Athens
PAOK
POL Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos
GRE Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Olympiacos
GRE Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos
GRE Georgios Paraschos	Kavala

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 16,935 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 13,406 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 8,535 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 7,227 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aris || 5,275 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || OFI || 3,467 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kavala || 3,442 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kalamata || 3,140 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panachaiki || 3,035 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 3,018 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Paniliakos || 2,239 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Skoda Xanthi || 2,127 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Athens || 1,953 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Edessaikos || 1,865 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Veria || 1,407 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ionikos || 1,396 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kastoria || 1,142 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Athinaikos || 805 |} }}

References

(31 December 1997). "Kathimerini Page 14".
"1996–97 Alpha Ethniki".

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