2005–06 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:2005–06
Winners:Olympiacos
34th Greek title
Relegated:Levadiakos
Kallithea
Akratitos
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Panathinaikos
Iraklis
Skoda Xanthi
Atromitos
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:AEL
League Topscorer:Dimitris Salpingidis
(17 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:559
Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

The 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki was the 70th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last season under the name Alpha Ethniki, before then was renamed to Super League Greece. The season began on 27 August 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 34th Greek title. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA,[1] which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto Cup qualifiers from Greece, as well as the use of Athens Olympic Stadium as the site of the 2006–07 Champions League final.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Fernando SantosAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
AEL Giorgos DonisLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Akratitos Vangelis GoutisAthensYiannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Makis KatsavakisThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Atromitos Georgios ParaschosPeristeriPeristeri Stadium9,035
Egaleo Georgios ChatzarasAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ionikos Sakis TsiolisPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Savvas KofidisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kallithea Ilie DumitrescuKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250
Levadiakos Takis LemonisLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,915
OFI Myron SifakisHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Trond SolliedPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,334
Panathinaikos Alberto MalesaniAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Jozef BubenkoNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Georgios KostikosThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Ioannis MatzourakisXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,442

League table

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK17
2 Luciano de SouzaPanionios15
Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
4 Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens14
Theofanis GekasPanathinaikos
6 Joël EpalleIraklis13
7 Oliver MakorIonikos10
Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanathinaikos
Michalis KonstantinouOlympiacos
10 CleytonApollon Kalamarias9

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 11 December 2006.[2]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Ieroklis Stoltidis
Nikos Liberopoulos
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season RivaldoOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Panagiotis LagosIraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisOlympiacos
Golden Boot Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK
Manager of the Season Savvas KofidisIraklis

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greece suspended by FIFA . UEFA.com . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060705005153/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind%3D64/newsId%3D433810.html . 2006-07-05 .
  2. Web site: Κορυφαίοι Λυμπερόπουλος-Στολτίδης. sport24.gr. 11 December 2006. el.