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1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

62nd season of top-tier football league in Greece

62nd season of top-tier football league in Greece

FieldValue
competitionAlpha Ethniki
season1997–98
winnersOlympiacos
27th Greek title
relegatedPanachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos
continentalcup1[Champions League](1998-99-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
continentalcup2[UEFA Cup](1998-99-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersAEK Athens
PAOK
continentalcup3[Cup Winners' Cup](1998-99-uefa-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiersPanionios
continentalcup4[Intertoto Cup](1998-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup4 qualifiersIraklis
league topscorerKrzysztof Warzycha
(32 goals)
matches306
total goals843
prevseason[1996–97](1996-97-alpha-ethniki)
nextseason[1998–99](1998-99-alpha-ethniki)

27th Greek title Kalamata Athinaikos Panathinaikos PAOK (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

Promoted from
[1996–97 Beta Ethniki](1996-97-beta-ethniki)Relegated from
[1996–97 Alpha Ethniki](1996-97-alpha-ethniki)
Panionios
Proodeftiki
Ethnikos PiraeusAris
Edessaikos
Kastoria

Stadiums and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadium
AEK AthensGRE Antonis MinouAthens (Nea Filadelfeia)Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon AthensNED Thijs LibregtsAthens (Rizoupoli)Rizoupoli Stadium
AthinaikosGRE Nikolaos PantelisAthens (Vyronas)Vyronas National Stadium
Ethnikos PiraeusGRE Georgios IoakimidisPiraeus (Neo Faliro)Karaiskakis Stadium
IonikosPOL Jacek GmochPiraeus (Nikaia)Neapoli Stadium
IraklisGRE Konstantinos MaloumidisThessaloniki (Triandria)Kaftanzoglio Stadium
KalamataBRA Eduardo AmorimKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium
KavalaGRE Nikolaos GoulisKavalaKavala National Stadium
OFINED Eugène GerardsHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
OlympiacosBIH Dušan BajevićAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium
PanachaikiGRE Stavros DiamantopoulosPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium
PanathinaikosGRE Vasilios DaniilAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium
PaniliakosGRE Giannis KyrastasPyrgosPyrgos Stadium
PanioniosGRE Christos EmvoliadisAthens (Nea Smyrni)Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOKGRE Angelos AnastasiadisThessaloniki (Toumba)Toumba Stadium
ProodeftikiGRE Nikos KarouliasPiraeus (Nikaia)Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda XanthiGRE Giannis MantzourakisXanthiXanthi Ground
VeriaGRE Stefanos GaitanosVeriaVeria Stadium
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 18 May 1998.

League table

Results

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals123456810
POL Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos32
SCG Ilija IvićOlympiacos26
GRE Georgios GeorgiadisPanathinaikos21
GRE Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens19
GRE Kostas FrantzeskosPAOK17
GRE Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos14
SCO Craig BrewsterIonikos
SCG Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos12
BRA Luciano de SouzaSkoda Xanthi
PER Paul ComingesPAOK11
ALB Roland ZajmiProodeftiki
CYP Michalis KonstantinouIraklis
GRE Sakis AlmanidisProodeftiki

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 15 December 1998.

AwardWinnerClubGreek Player of the SeasonForeign Player of the SeasonYoung Player of the SeasonGoalkeeper of the SeasonGolden BootManager of the Season
GRE Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
POL Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos
GRE Giorgos Karagounis
GRE Pantelis Konstantinidis
GRE Paraskevas AntzasApollon Athens
Apollon Athens
Skoda Xanthi
GRE Ilias AtmatsidisAEK Athens
POL Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos
BIH Dušan BajevićOlympiacos

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 16,237 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 11,108 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 11,020 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 10,745 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 4,002 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kalamata || 3,481 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || OFI || 2,552 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Veria || 2,520 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Skoda Xanthi || 2,454 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ethnikos Piraeus || 2,420 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panachaiki || 2,315 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kavala || 2,134 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panionios || 2,085 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Paniliakos || 1,827 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Proodeftiki || 1,793 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ionikos || 1,570 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Athens || 1,502 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Athinaikos || 1,398 |} }}

References

References

  1. (15 December 1998). "Kathimerini Page 19". [[Kathimerini]].
  2. "1997–98 Alpha Ethniki".
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