1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Olympiacos; 29th Greek title
Relegated	Kavala; Proodeftiki; Apollon Smyrnis; Trikala
Champions League	Olympiacos; Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens; OFI; PAOK; Iraklis
Intertoto Cup	Kalamata
Matches played	306
Goals scored	885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitris Nalitzis (24)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki was the 64th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1999 and ended on 28 May 2000. Olympiacos won their fourth consecutive and 29th Greek title.

Teams[]

Stadia and personnel[]

AEK Athens
Apollon
E. Asteras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Ionikos
Olympiacos
Proodeftiki

Kalamata

Kavala

OFI

Panachaiki

Paniliakos

Skoda Xanthi

Trikala

Location of teams in 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

Team	Manager¹	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Giannis Pathiakakis	Athens	Nikos Goumas Stadium	27,729
Apollon Smyrnis	Andreas Michalopoulos	Athens	Rizoupoli Stadium	14,856
Aris		Thessaloniki	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	23,220
Ethnikos Asteras	Spyros Livathinos	Athens	Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium	4,851
Ionikos	Oleg Blokhin	Piraeus	Neapoli Stadium	4,999
Iraklis	Angelos Anastasiadis	Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,770
Kalamata	Vasilis Georgopoulos	Kalamata	Kalamata Municipal Stadium	5,613
Kavala	Georgios Paraschos	Kavala	Kavala National Stadium	12,500
OFI	Eugène Gerards	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,000
Olympiacos	Giannis Matzourakis	Piraeus	Athens Olympic Stadium	71,030
Panachaiki	Christos Archontidis	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium	11,321
Panathinaikos	Ioannis Kyrastas	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium	71,030
Paniliakos	Arie Haan	Pyrgos	Pyrgos Stadium	6,750
Panionios		Nea Smyrni	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,756
PAOK	Dušan Bajević	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,803
Proodeftiki	Soulis Papadopoulos	Piraeus	Nikaia Municipal Stadium	5,000
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Karageorgiou	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground	9,500
Trikala	Zoran Babović	Trikala	Trikala Municipal Stadium	15,000

¹ On final match day of the season, played on 28 May 2000.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	4	2	92	24	+68	88	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	18	9	7	60	44	+16	63
5	PAOK	34	15	10	9	64	44	+20	55
6	Iraklis	34	15	5	14	58	58	0	50^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off
7	Aris	34	14	8	12	50	46	+4	50^[a]
8	Panionios	34	14	3	17	50	63	−13	45
9	Kalamata	34	12	8	14	41	57	−16	44	Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
10	Ionikos	34	10	11	13	40	50	−10	41^[b]
11	Ethnikos Asteras	34	12	5	17	33	50	−17	41^[b]
12	Skoda Xanthi	34	11	8	15	36	43	−7	41^[b]
13	Paniliakos	34	12	4	18	44	48	−4	40
14	Panachaiki	34	9	12	13	37	47	−10	39
15	Kavala (R)	34	8	6	20	33	66	−33	30	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Proodeftiki (R)	34	7	7	20	27	55	−28	28
17	Apollon Smyrnis (R)	34	6	6	22	30	59	−29	24
18	Trikala (R)	34	5	6	23	35	74	−39	21

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Iraklis–Aris 2–0, Aris–Iraklis 2–1.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Ionikos: 9 pts, Ethnikos Asteras: 4 pts, Xanthi: 4 pts. Ethnikos Asteras ahead of Xanthi on head-to-head goal difference.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AEK	APS	ARI	ETA	ION	IRT	KAL	KAV	OFI	OLY	PCK	PAT	PNL	PIO	PAK	PRO	XAN	TRI
AEK Athens		3–0	2–0	2–1	5–1	3–2	6–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1
Apollon Smyrnis	3–2		3–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	3–4	0–2	0–0	5–2
Aris	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–3
Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	3–1	1–0		1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Ionikos	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–1
Iraklis	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2		2–1	2–1	0–3	3–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–1
Kalamata	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	2–2		3–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1
Kavala	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–1		0–1	0–5	0–0	1–4	2–1	3–7	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1
OFI	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–2		2–1	2–2	3–4	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–0
Olympiacos	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	5–0	2–0		5–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	4–1	4–0	3–2	3–1
Panachaiki	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	0–2		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–0
Panathinaikos	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	7–1		3–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Paniliakos	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	4–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–1		3–0	0–4	4–0	2–0	1–3
Panionios	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–4	1–2		1–1	2–1	4–0	4–1
PAOK	4–4	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	4–2	5–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0		1–0	5–0	2–0
Proodeftiki	1–4	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0
Skoda Xanthi	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	5–0	1–2	2–1		3–0
Trikala	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	3–5	0–0	2–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup Places[]

AEK qualified through the Cup, the 3rd league UEFA Cup place is decided between the teams within 5 points from 6th to 8th place.

UEFA Cup Playoff

Iraklis with two Home-matches, Aris one, Panionios none

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iraklis	2–2	Panionios
Aris	3–2	Panionios
Iraklis	2–0	Aris

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Iraklis	4
2	Aris	3
3	Panionios	1

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dimitris Nalitzis	Panionios / PAOK	24
2	Nikos Liberopoulos	Panathinaikos	23
3	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	22
3	Michalis Konstantinou	Iraklis	22
5	Rónald Gómez	OFI	19
6	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos	15
7	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos	12
8	Nikos Frousos	PAOK	11
8	Saša Jovanović	Trikala	11
10		Skoda Xanthi	11

External links[]

[table_hth_IRT0.49229832342467-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Iraklis–Aris 2–0, Aris–Iraklis 2–1.

[table_hth_ION0.49229832342467-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Ionikos: 9 pts, Ethnikos Asteras: 4 pts, Xanthi: 4 pts. Ethnikos Asteras ahead of Xanthi on head-to-head goal difference.

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