1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

The 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki was the 63rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 30 May 1999. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 28th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1998–99
ChampionsOlympiacos
28th Greek title
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Veria
Ethnikos Piraeus
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
PAOK
Ionikos
Aris
Matches played306
Goals scored832 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerDemis Nikolaidis
(22 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Ukraine Oleg Blokhin Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens Greece Andreas Michalopoulos Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris Greece Alketas Panagoulias Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Ethnikos Asteras Greece Spyros Livathinos Athens Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus Greece Panagiotis Alexopoulos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos Uruguay Sergio Markarián Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Sweden Mats Jingblad Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kavala Greece Makis Katsavakis Kavala Kavala National Stadium
OFI Netherlands Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium
Panathinaikos Greece Vasilios Daniil Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Panelefsiniakos Greece Stathis Stathopoulos Elefsina Municipal Stadium of Elefsina
Paniliakos Greece Babis Tennes Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK Netherlands Arie Haan Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
Proodeftiki Greece Nikos Alefantos Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi Greece Giannis Matzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground
Veria Greece Petros Ravousis Veria Veria Stadium
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 30 May 1999.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 27 4 3 82 22 +60 85 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 AEK Athens 34 23 6 5 71 27 +44 75 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 34 23 5 6 66 36 +30 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 34 19 5 10 52 31 +21 62
5 Ionikos 34 17 9 8 64 36 +28 60[lower-alpha 1]
6 Aris 34 19 3 12 53 43 +10 60[lower-alpha 1]
7 Skoda Xanthi 34 16 8 10 44 33 +11 56
8 OFI 34 16 3 15 50 44 +6 51
9 Iraklis 34 13 8 13 54 45 +9 47
10 Kavala 34 12 6 16 46 62 −16 42
11 Ethnikos Asteras 34 11 7 16 40 58 −18 40
12 Proodeftiki 34 10 9 15 28 37 −9 39
13 Paniliakos 34 11 5 18 37 54 −17 38
14 Apollon Athens 34 9 9 16 42 62 −20 36
15 Panionios 34 9 5 20 42 58 −16 32[lower-alpha 2]
16 Panelefsiniakos (R) 34 7 11 16 25 49 −24 32[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Veria (R) 34 6 5 23 20 55 −35 23
18 Ethnikos Piraeus (R) 34 0 8 26 17 81 −64 8
Source: Galanis Sports Data
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. Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.
  2. Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS ETA ETH ION IRA KAV OFI OLY PAO PNE PNL PGSS PAOK PRO XAN VER
AEK Athens 3–1 6–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Apollon Athens 1–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–5 1–3 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–0
Aris 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
Ethnikos Asteras 2–3 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–4 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
Ionikos 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 1–3 4–4 3–0 1–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Iraklis 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0
Kavala 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–5 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1
OFI 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 4–2 3–0
Olympiacos 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 6–1 3–1 5–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 5–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 6–2 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Panelefsiniakos 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–0
Paniliakos 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0
Panionios 1–3 4–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–4 0–2 3–0 5–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0
PAOK 2–1 3–1 1–4 5–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Proodeftiki 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–0
Veria 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Panionios-OFI abandoned in 30' (9th Round 9/11/99) due to flood-lights problems. The remaining 60' were played in 2/12/99.
  2. PAOK-Olympiacos was abandoned in 82' at 1-2 after riots from the PAOK fans. Original score remained.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 22
2 Greece Nikos Frousos Ionikos 18
3 Poland Leszek Pisz Kavala 14
Senegal Ismail Ba Skoda Xanthi
5 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos 13
Greece Christos Maladenis AEK Athens
Brazil Paulo Andrioli Ionikos / Aris
8 Greece Grigoris Georgatos Olympiacos 12
Poland Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
10 Greece Apostolos Liolidis Aris 11

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 1 December 1999.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Grigoris Georgatos Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Cyprus Siniša Gogić Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Greece Nikos Iordanidis OFI
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Ilias Atmatsidis AEK Athens
Golden Boot Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens
Manager of the Season Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Olympiacos

References
  1. "Καλύτερος της χρονιάς ο Γεωργάτος". in.gr (in Greek). 1 December 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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