2004–05 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:2004–05
Winners:Olympiacos
33rd Greek title
Relegated:Aris
Ergotelis
Kerkyra
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:AEK Athens
Skoda Xanthi
PAOK
Aris
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Egaleo
League Topscorer:Theofanis Gekas
(18 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:557
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

The 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki was the 69th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 18 September 2004 and ended on 25 May 2005. Olympiacos won their 33rd Greek title.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Fernando SantosAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Dragan KokotovićThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Aris Georgios ChatzarasThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Chalkidona Georgios ParaschosAthensPeristeri Stadium9,035
Egaleo Ilie DumitrescuAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ergotelis Manolis PatmetzisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,400
Ionikos Vangelis VlachosPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Sergio MarkariánThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kallithea Takis LemonisKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250
Kerkyra Lakis PapaioannouCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,685
OFI Giannis ChatzinikolaouHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Dušan BajevićPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,334
Panathinaikos Alberto MalesaniAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
Dimitrios BarbaliasNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Nikos KarageorgiouThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Ioannis MatzourakisXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,442

League table

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Theofanis GekasPanathinaikos18
2 LucianoSkoda Xanthi16
3 Michalis KonstantinouPanathinaikos15
4 Giorgos BarkoglouEgaleo14
Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK
6 Nikos MachlasOFI13
7 RivaldoOlympiacos12
8 Patrick OgunsotoErgotelis11
Alessandro SoaresAEK Athens
10 Giorgos ZacharopoulosChalkidona10
Kostas KatsouranisAEK Athens
GiovanniOlympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 14 November 2005.[1]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Kostas KatsouranisAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season LucianoSkoda Xanthi
Young Player of the Season Panagiotis LagosIraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisOlympiacos
Golden Boot Theofanis GekasPanathinaikos
Manager of the Season Fernando SantosAEK Athens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ : Κατσουράνης, Λουτσιάνο και Σάντος οι κορυφαίοι. pathfinder.gr. el. 14 November 2005. 8 July 2013. https://archive.today/20130702044500/http://news.pathfinder.gr/sports/255827.html. 2 July 2013. dead.