1997–98 Alpha Ethniki
Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Olympiacos 27th Greek title |
Relegated | Panachaiki Kalamata Athinaikos |
Champions League | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
UEFA Cup | AEK Athens PAOK |
Cup Winners' Cup | Panionios |
Intertoto Cup | Iraklis |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 843 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Krzysztof Warzycha (32) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
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[]
Stadia and personnel[]
Iraklis
PAOK
PAOK
Kalamata
Kavala
OFI
Panachaiki
Skoda Xanthi
Team | Manager1 | Location | Stadium |
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AEK Athens | Antonis Minou | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium |
Apollon Athens | Thijs Libregts | Athens | Rizoupoli Stadium |
Athinaikos | Nikolaos Pantelis | Athens | Vyronas National Stadium |
Ethnikos Piraeus | Georgios Ioakimidis | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium |
Ionikos | Jacek Gmoch | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium |
Iraklis | Konstantinos Maloumidis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium |
Kalamata | Eduardo Amorim | Kalamata | Kalamata Municipal Stadium |
Kavala | Nikolaos Goulis | Kavala | Kavala National Stadium |
OFI | Eugène Gerards | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium |
Olympiacos | Dušan Bajević | Piraeus | Athens Olympic Stadium |
Panachaiki | Stavros Diamantopoulos | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium |
Panathinaikos | Vassilis Daniil | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium |
Paniliakos | Giannis Kyrastas | Pyrgos | Pyrgos Stadium |
Panionios | Christos Emvoliadis | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium |
PAOK | Angelos Anastasiadis | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium |
Proodeftiki | Nikos Karoulias | Piraeus | Nikaia Municipal Stadium |
Skoda Xanthi | Giannis Matzourakis | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground |
Veria | Stefanos Gaitanos | Veria | Veria Stadium |
- 1 On final match day of the season, played on 18 May 1998.
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Results[]
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 32 |
2 | Ilija Ivić | Olympiacos | 26 |
3 | Georgios Georgiadis | Panathinaikos | 21 |
4 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 19 |
5 | Kostas Frantzeskos | PAOK | 17 |
6 | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos | 14 |
Craig Brewster | Ionikos | ||
8 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 12 |
Luciano de Souza | Xanthi | ||
10 | Paul Cominges | PAOK | 11 |
Roland Zajmi | Proodeftiki | ||
Michalis Konstantinou | Iraklis | ||
Sakis Almanidis | Proodeftiki |
External links[]
Categories:
- Alpha Ethniki seasons
- 1997–98 in European association football leagues
- 1997–98 in Greek football leagues