1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:1999–2000
Winners:Olympiacos
29th Greek title
Relegated:Kavala
Proodeftiki
Apollon Athens
Trikala
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:AEK Athens
OFI
PAOK
Iraklis
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Kalamata
League Topscorer:Dimitris Nalitzis
(24 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:885
Prevseason:1998–99
Nextseason: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

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Giannis PathiakakisAthensNikos Goumas Stadium27,729
Apollon Athens Andreas MichalopoulosAthens14,856
Aris Giannis MichalitsiosThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Ethnikos Asteras Spyros LivathinosAthensMichalis Kritikopoulos Stadium4,851
Ionikos Oleg BlokhinPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Angelos AnastasiadisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kalamata Vasilis GeorgopoulosKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium5,613
Kavala Georgios ParaschosKavalaKavala National Stadium12,500
OFI Eugène GerardsHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Giannis MatzourakisPiraeusAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Christos ArchontidisPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
Panathinaikos Ioannis KyrastasAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Arie HaanPyrgosPyrgos Stadium6,750
Christos EmvoliadisNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Dušan BajevićThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Proodeftiki Soulis PapadopoulosPiraeusNikaia Municipal Stadium5,000
Skoda Xanthi Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500
Trikala Zoran BabovićTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000

League table

UEFA Cup Places

AEK Athens 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 Play-off

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

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Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dimitris NalitzisPAOK24
2 Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos23
3 Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens22
Michalis KonstantinouIraklis
5 Rónald GómezOFI19
6 Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos15
7 Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos12
8 Nikos FrousosPAOK11
Saša JovanovićTrikala
Paraschos ZouboulisSkoda Xanthi

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 19 December 2000.[1]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos
Foreign Player of the Season GiovanniOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Christos Patsatzoglou
Kostas Katsouranis
Skoda Xanthi
Panachaiki
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisPanathinaikos
Golden Boot Dimitris NalitzisPAOK
Manager of the Season Ioannis KyrastasPanathinaikos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Γιορτή με σκιές.... tanea.gr. el. 19 December 2000.