2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

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Superior Division
Season2000–01
ChampionsOlympiacos
30th Greek title
RelegatedPAS Giannina
Paniliakos
Kalamata
Athinaikos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Matches played240
Goals scored717 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris
(20 goals)

The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece and under the name Superior Division (Greek: Ανώτερη Κατηγορία). The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.

Teams

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Stadia and personnel

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Location of teams in 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens North Macedonia Toni Savevski Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Aris Greece Babis Tennes Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Athinaikos Greece Tasos Chatziangelis Athens Vyronas National Stadium 4,340
Ethnikos Asteras Greece Spyros Livathinos Athens Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium 4,851
Ionikos Ukraine Oleg Blokhin Piraeus Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770
Kalamata Greece Vasilis Georgopoulos Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium 5,613
OFI Greece Ioannis Samaras Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Greece Takis Lemonis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Greece Nikos Kourbanas Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Greece Stratos Apostolakis Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,620
Paniliakos Greece Kostas Polychroniou Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium 6,750
Panionios Finland Martti Kuusela Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
PAS Giannina Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 27 May 2001.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 25 3 2 84 22 +62 78 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 61 20 +41 66 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 19 4 7 61 34 +27 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 PAOK 30 14 9 7 66 48 +18 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Iraklis 30 14 4 12 45 40 +5 46
6 Ionikos 30 12 8 10 46 46 0 44[b]
7 Aris 30 13 5 12 37 41 −4 44[b]
8 Skoda Xanthi 30 11 5 14 24 37 −13 38
9 Panionios 30 9 9 12 39 42 −3 36
10 Ethnikos Asteras 30 9 7 14 34 52 −18 34
11 Panachaiki (O) 30 9 6 15 39 56 −17 33[c] Qualification for relegation play-off
12 OFI (O) 30 8 9 13 39 49 −10 33[c]
13 PAS Giannina (R) 30 8 9 13 40 53 −13 33[c]
14 Paniliakos (R) 30 7 8 15 26 46 −20 29
15 Kalamata (R) 30 4 9 17 39 66 −27 21 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Athinaikos (R) 30 5 5 20 37 65 −28 20
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Ionikos 4, Aris 1.
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Panachaiki 10, OFI 4, PAS Giannina 2.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK ARIS ATH ETA ION IRA KAL OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PGSS PAOK PAS XAN
AEK Athens 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
Aris 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 1–0
Athinaikos 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–5 3–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–4 0–1 2–2
Ethnikos Asteras 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0
Ionikos 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Iraklis 1–2 1–2 4–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–0
Kalamata 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 3–3 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–1
OFI 3–3 2–3 5–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Olympiacos 4–1 4–1 1–0 6–0 3–3 3–1 5–2 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–0
Panachaiki 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–5 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Panathinaikos 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 3–0
Paniliakos 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Panionios 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–0
PAOK 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 7–1 4–1 2–4 5–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 3–0
PAS Giannina 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–4 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–1
Skoda Xanthi 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panachaiki 6–3 Paniliakos 2–0 2–3 2–0
OFI 3–2 PAS Giannina 1–0 0–2 2–0

Top scorers

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Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 20
2 Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis 18
3 Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 15
4 Greece Vasilios Tsiartas AEK Athens 14
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
6 Greece Ilias Solakis Panachaiki 13
Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
8 Croatia Goran Vlaović Panathinaikos 12
9 Greece Giorgos Kontopoulos Ethnikos Asteras 11
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos
Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos Olympiacos

Awards

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Annual awards

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Annual awards were announced on 8 October 2001.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Serbia Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Greece Giourkas Seitaridis Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Vangelis Pourliotopoulos Panionios
Fair Play of the Season Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Panathinaikos
Golden Boot Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos
Manager of the Season Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević PAOK

References

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  1. ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι των κορυφή του άνω". sport.gr (in Greek). 8 October 2001. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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