1996–97 Alpha Ethniki

The 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki was the 61st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1996 and ended on 25 May 1997. Olympiacos won their 26th Greek title and their first one in ten years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1996–97
ChampionsOlympiacos
26th Greek title
RelegatedAris
Edessaikos
Kastoria
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupOFI
PAOK
Intertoto CupIraklis
Panachaiki
Matches played306
Goals scored787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris
(23 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Greece Petros Ravousis Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens Greece Babis Tennes Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris Greece Giorgos Foiros Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos Greece Christos Archontidis Athens Vyronas National Stadium
Edessaikos Brazil Luiz Villa Edessa Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Ionikos Poland Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Greece Manolis Giovanopoulos Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata Sweden Bo Petersson Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kastoria Greece Konstantinos Tsagalidis Kastoria Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Kavala Greece Georgios Paraschos Kavala Kavala National Stadium
OFI Netherlands Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki Greece Andreas Michalopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Greece Nikos Karoulias2 Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos Greece Vasilios Daniil Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
PAOK Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
Skoda Xanthi Greece Giannis Matzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground
Veria Greece Nikolaos Karydis Veria Veria Stadium
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 1997.
  • 2 Velimir Zajec was leaved the Panathinaikos spot before the last round, so Karoulias took their place for the last match.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 26 6 2 72 14 +58 84 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75 28 +47 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 OFI 34 20 6 8 51 28 +23 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 66
5 Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60 25 +35 64
6 Kavala 34 16 7 11 42 43 −1 55
7 Paniliakos 34 13 6 15 39 49 −10 45
8 Ionikos 34 12 8 14 40 47 −7 44
9 Apollon Athens 34 12 6 16 39 42 −3 42
10 Veria 34 11 8 15 33 33 0 41
11 Kalamata 34 10 11 13 34 50 −16 41
12 Athinaikos 34 11 7 16 41 59 −18 40
13 Iraklis 34 11 6 17 41 54 −13 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
14 Skoda Xanthi 34 10 9 15 53 59 −6 39
15 Panachaiki 34 9 12 13 31 38 −7 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
16 Aris[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 9 11 14 32 48 −16 35 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Edessaikos (R) 34 7 7 20 38 61 −23 28
18 Kastoria (R) 34 1 5 28 13 81 −68 8
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Aris were deducted 3 points.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS ATH EDE ION IRA KAL KAS KAV OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PAOK XAN VER
AEK Athens 2–1 5–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 6–1 6–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1
Apollon Athens 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2
Aris 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0
Athinaikos 0–7 3–2 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 5–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 2–1
Edessaikos 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–4 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0
Ionikos 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
Iraklis 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–5 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Kalamata 0–3 2–2 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0
Kastoria 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2
Kavala 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–3 5–2 1–0
OFI 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Olympiacos 2–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 6–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Panachaiki 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Panathinaikos 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–2 1–0
Paniliakos 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0
PAOK 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–2 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–4 0–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 3–5 4–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–2
Veria 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Athinaikos-Aris awarded 2-0, Aris forgot to present the registration ID's and health certificates of the players to the referee.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 23
2 Greece Kostas Frantzeskos OFI / PAOK 22
3 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 21
Greece Christos Kostis AEK Athens
5 Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 19
6 Greece Petros Teggelidis Skoda Xanthi 15
7 Greece Vasilis Andradis Edessaikos 14
Greece Giorgos Papandreou Kavala
9 Slovakia Igor Klejch Panachaiki 11

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 31 December 1997.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Christos Kostis
Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Greece Kostas Frantzeskos		 AEK Athens
AEK Athens
PAOK
Foreign Player of the Season Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Greece Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Olympiacos
Golden Boot Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos
Manager of the Season Greece Georgios Paraschos Kavala

References
  1. "Kathimerini Page 14" (PDF) (in Greek). Kathimerini. 31 December 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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