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1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

63rd season of top-tier football league in Greece

Field	Value
competition	Alpha Ethniki
season	1998–99
winners	Olympiacos
28th Greek title
relegated	Panelefsiniakos
Veria
Ethnikos Piraeus
continentalcup1	[Champions League](1999-2000-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Olympiacos
AEK Athens
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](1999-2000-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Panathinaikos
PAOK
Ionikos
Aris
league topscorer	Demis Nikolaidis
(22 goals)
matches	306
total goals	832
prevseason	[1997–98](1997-98-alpha-ethniki)
nextseason	[1999–2000](1999-2000-alpha-ethniki)

28th Greek title Veria Ethnikos Piraeus AEK Athens PAOK Ionikos Aris (22 goals)

The 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki was the 63rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 30 May 1999. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 28th Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from
[1997–98 Beta Ethniki](1997-98-beta-ethniki)	Relegated from
[1997–98 Alpha Ethniki](1997-98-alpha-ethniki)
Aris
Panelefsiniakos
Ethnikos Asteras	Panachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos

Stadiums and personnel

Team	Manager1	Location	Stadium
AEK Athens	UKR Oleg Blokhin	Athens (Nea Filadelfeia)	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens	GRE Andreas Michalopoulos	Athens (Rizoupoli)	Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris	GRE Alketas Panagoulias	Thessaloniki (Charilaou)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Ethnikos Asteras	GRE Spyros Livathinos	Athens (Kaisariani)	Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus	GRE Panagiotis Alexopoulos	Piraeus (Neo Faliro)	Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos	URU Sergio Markarián	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis	SWE Mats Jingblad	Thessaloniki (Triandria)	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kavala	GRE Makis Katsavakis	Kavala	Kavala National Stadium
OFI	NED Eugène Gerards	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos	BIH Dušan Bajević	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium
Panathinaikos	GRE Vasilios Daniil	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium
Panelefsiniakos	GRE Stathis Stathopoulos	Athens (Elefsina)	Municipal Stadium of Elefsina
Paniliakos	GRE Babis Tennes	Pyrgos	Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios	IRL Ronnie Whelan	Athens (Nea Smyrni)	Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK	NED Arie Haan	Thessaloniki (Toumba)	Toumba Stadium
Proodeftiki	GRE Nikos Alefantos	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi	GRE Giannis Matzourakis	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground
Veria	GRE Petros Ravousis	Veria	Veria Stadium

1 On final match day of the season, played on 30 May 1999.

League table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club
GRE Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	22
GRE Nikos Frousos	Ionikos	18
POL Leszek Pisz	Kavala	14
SEN Ismail Ba	Skoda Xanthi
GRE Nikos Liberopoulos	Panathinaikos	13
GRE Christos Maladenis	AEK Athens
BRA Paulo Andrioli	Ionikos / Aris
GRE Grigoris Georgatos	Olympiacos	12
POL Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos
GRE Apostolos Liolidis	Aris	11

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 1 December 1999.

Award	Winner	Club	Greek Player of the Season	Foreign Player of the Season	Young Player of the Season	Goalkeeper of the Season	Golden Boot	Manager of the Season
GRE Grigoris Georgatos	Olympiacos
CYP Siniša Gogić	Olympiacos
GRE Nikos Iordanidis	OFI
GRE Ilias Atmatsidis	AEK Athens
GRE Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens
BIH Dušan Bajević	Olympiacos

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 11,092 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 10,169 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 9,692 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aris || 8,584 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 8,153 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 4,172 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || OFI || 2,611 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ethnikos Asteras || 2,443 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Skoda Xanthi || 2,295 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panionios || 2,083 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kavala || 2,025 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Paniliakos || 1,825 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ionikos || 1,735 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Athens || 1,715 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panelefsiniakos || 1,679 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Proodeftiki || 1,335 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Veria || 1,282 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ethnikos Piraeus || 1,258 |} }}

References

(1 December 1999). "Καλύτερος της χρονιάς ο Γεωργάτος".
"1998–99 Alpha Ethniki".

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