2001–02 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:2001–02
Winners:Olympiacos
31st Greek title
Relegated:Ethnikos Asteras
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Panathinaikos
PAOK
Skoda Xanthi
Iraklis
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Egaleo
League Topscorer:Alexis Alexandris
(19 goals)
Matches:182
Total Goals:524
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki was the 66th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 2001 and ended on 8 May 2002. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive and 31st Greek title.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Fernando SantosAthensNikos Goumas Stadium27,729
Akratitos Giorgos ParaschosAthensYiannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Aris Bernd KraussThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Egaleo Georgios ChatzarasAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ethnikos Asteras Spyros LivathinosAthensMichalis Kritikopoulos Stadium4,851
Ionikos Oleg BlokhinPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Angelos AnastasiadisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
OFI Ioannis SamarasHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Takis LemonisPiraeusAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Nikos AnastopoulosPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio MarkariánAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
Dumitru DumitriuNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Dušan BajevićThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500

League table

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos19
2 Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens17
3 Vasilios TsiartasAEK Athens16
4 Georgios GeorgiadisPAOK15
5 Abderrahim OuakiliSkoda Xanthi14
6 Goran VlaovićPanathinaikos13
Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
8 Ederson FofonkaIraklis12
9 Rónald GómezOFI11
Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.[1]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Spyros VallasSkoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisPanathinaikos
Fair Play of the Season Stelios Giannakopoulos
Michalis Kasapis
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Golden Boot Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos
Manager of the Season Fernando SantosAEK Athens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ντέμης και ΑΕΚ οι κορυφαίοι της περιόδου 2001-2002. sport.gr. el. 4 November 2002. 7 July 2013.