2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2005–06
ChampionsOlympiacos
34th Greek title
RelegatedLevadiakos
Kallithea
Akratitos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Iraklis
Skoda Xanthi
Atromitos
Intertoto CupAEL
Matches played240
Goals scored559 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitris Salpingidis
(17 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Portugal Fernando Santos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
AEL Greece Giorgos Donis Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108
Akratitos Greece Vangelis Goutis Athens Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944
Apollon Kalamarias Greece Makis Katsavakis Thessaloniki Kalamaria Stadium 6,500
Atromitos Greece Georgios Paraschos Peristeri Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Greece Georgios Chatzaras Athens Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ionikos Greece Sakis Tsiolis Piraeus Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Greece Savvas Kofidis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770
Kallithea Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250
Levadiakos Greece Takis Lemonis Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915
OFI Greece Myron Sifakis Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Norway Trond Sollied Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Italy Alberto Malesani Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panionios Slovakia Jozef Bubenko Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Greece Georgios Kostikos Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 23 1 6 63 23 +40 70 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 AEK Athens 30 21 4 5 42 20 +22 67[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 30 21 4 5 55 23 +32 67[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Iraklis 30 15 6 9 39 31 +8 51
5 Skoda Xanthi 30 13 8 9 31 25 +6 47
6 PAOK 30 13 7 10 44 31 +13 46 Ineligible for 2006–07 European competitions[lower-alpha 2]
7 Atromitos 30 12 6 12 36 37 −1 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8 AEL 30 10 9 11 31 37 −6 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
9 Apollon Kalamarias 30 10 8 12 32 36 −4 38
10 Egaleo 30 8 9 13 23 41 −18 33
11 Panionios 30 9 5 16 33 45 −12 32[lower-alpha 3]
12 Ionikos 30 6 14 10 36 41 −5 32[lower-alpha 3]
13 OFI 30 7 10 13 23 37 −14 31[lower-alpha 4]
14 Levadiakos (R) 30 8 7 15 24 36 −12 31[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15 Kallithea (R) 30 4 8 18 28 49 −21 20
16 Akratitos (R) 30 4 6 20 19 47 −28 18 Relegation to Delta Ethniki[lower-alpha 5]
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
  2. PAOK were not licensed to play in the UEFA Cup therefore was replaced by the 7th placed team in the league table, Atromitos.
  3. Head-to-head points: Panionios 4, Ionikos 1.
  4. Head-to-head points (goal difference): OFI 3 (+1), Levadiakos 3 (-1).
  5. Akratitos were demoted to the Delta Ethniki owing to financial bankruptcy.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL AKR APK ATR EGA ION IRA KLT LEV OFI OLY PAO PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Larissa 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–1
Akratitos 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–0
Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Atromitos 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1
Egaleo 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 3–2
Ionikos 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Iraklis 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Kallithea 1–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–1 2–1
Levadiakos 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2
OFI 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Olympiacos 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 5–0 1–2 2–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–3 4–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1
Panionios 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 0–1 0–2
PAOK 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK 17
2 Brazil Luciano Panionios 15
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
4 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens 14
Greece Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos
6 Cameroon Joël Epalle Iraklis 13
7 Liberia Oliver Makor Ionikos 10
Greece Dimitris Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Olympiacos
10 Brazil Cleyton Apollon Kalamarias 9

Awards

Annual awards

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

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Ieroklis Stoltidis
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos		 Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Brazil Rivaldo Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Greece Panagiotis Lagos Iraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Olympiacos
Golden Boot Greece Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK
Manager of the Season Greece Savvas Kofidis Iraklis

References
  1. "Greece suspended by FIFA". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. "Κορυφαίοι Λυμπερόπουλος-Στολτίδης". sport24.gr (in Greek). 11 December 2006.
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