1997–98 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:1997–98
Winners:Olympiacos
27th Greek title
Relegated:Panachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:AEK Athens
PAOK
Continentalcup3:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Panionios
Continentalcup4:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:Iraklis
League Topscorer:Krzysztof Warzycha
(32 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:843
Prevseason:1996–97
Nextseason: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

TeamManager1LocationStadium
AEK Athens Antonis MinouAthensNikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens Thijs LibregtsAthens
Athinaikos Nikolaos PantelisAthensVyronas National Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus Georgios IoakimidisPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium
Ionikos Jacek GmochPiraeusNeapoli Stadium
Iraklis Konstantinos MaloumidisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata Eduardo AmorimKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium
Kavala Nikolaos GoulisKavalaKavala National Stadium
OFI Eugène GerardsHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Dušan BajevićPiraeusAthens Olympic Stadium
Stavros DiamantopoulosPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Vasilios DaniilAthensAthens Olympic Stadium
Giannis KyrastasPyrgosPyrgos Stadium
Christos EmvoliadisNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK Angelos AnastasiadisThessalonikiToumba Stadium
Proodeftiki Nikos KarouliasPiraeusNikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi Giannis MantzourakisXanthiXanthi Ground
Veria Stefanos GaitanosVeriaVeria Stadium

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos32
2 Ilija IvićOlympiacos26
3 Georgios GeorgiadisPanathinaikos21
4 Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens19
5 Kostas FrantzeskosPAOK17
6 Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos14
Craig BrewsterIonikos
8 Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos12
Luciano de SouzaSkoda Xanthi
10 Paul ComingesPAOK11
Roland ZajmiProodeftiki
Michalis KonstantinouIraklis
Sakis AlmanidisProodeftiki

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 15 December 1998.[1]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Giorgos Karagounis
Pantelis Konstantinidis
Paraskevas Antzas
Apollon Athens
Apollon Athens
Skoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season Ilias AtmatsidisAEK Athens
Golden Boot Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos
Manager of the Season Dušan BajevićOlympiacos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kathimerini Page 19. Kathimerini. el. 15 December 1998. 20 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025712/http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/edition/1998/15-12-1998.pdf. 31 January 2012. dead.