1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

The 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki was the 64th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1999 and ended on 28 May 2000. Olympiacos won their fourth consecutive and 29th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1999–2000
ChampionsOlympiacos
29th Greek title
RelegatedKavala
Proodeftiki
Apollon Smyrnis
Trikala
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
OFI
PAOK
Iraklis
Intertoto CupKalamata
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitris Nalitzis
(24 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Greece Giannis Pathiakakis Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Andreas Michalopoulos Athens Rizoupoli Stadium 14,856
Aris Greece Giannis Michalitsios Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
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
Kavala Greece Georgios Paraschos Kavala Kavala National Stadium 12,500
OFI Netherlands Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Greece Giannis Matzourakis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Greece Christos Archontidis Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Greece Ioannis Kyrastas Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Paniliakos Netherlands Arie Haan Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium 6,750
Panionios Greece Christos Emvoliadis Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Proodeftiki Greece Soulis Papadopoulos Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium 5,000
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
Trikala Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Babović Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 28 May 2000.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 30 2 2 86 18 +68 92 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 4 2 92 24 +68 88 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 34 20 6 8 69 39 +30 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 OFI 34 18 9 7 60 44 +16 63
5 PAOK 34 15 10 9 64 44 +20 55
6 Iraklis 34 15 5 14 58 58 0 50[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off
7 Aris 34 14 8 12 50 46 +4 50[lower-alpha 1]
8 Panionios 34 14 3 17 50 63 −13 45
9 Kalamata 34 12 8 14 41 57 −16 44 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
10 Ionikos 34 10 11 13 40 50 −10 41[lower-alpha 2]
11 Skoda Xanthi 34 11 8 15 36 43 −7 41[lower-alpha 2]
12 Ethnikos Asteras 34 12 5 17 33 50 −17 41[lower-alpha 2]
13 Paniliakos 34 12 4 18 44 48 −4 40
14 Panachaiki 34 9 12 13 37 47 −10 39
15 Kavala (R) 34 8 6 20 33 66 −33 30 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Proodeftiki (R) 34 7 7 20 27 55 −28 28
17 Apollon Smyrnis (R) 34 6 6 22 30 59 −29 24
18 Trikala (R) 34 5 6 23 35 74 −39 21
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): Iraklis 3 (+1), Aris 3 (-1).
  2. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ionikos 9 (+4), Xanthi 4 (-1), Ethnikos Asteras 4 (-3).

Results
Home \ Away AEK APS ARIS ETA ION IRA KAL KAV OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PGSS PAOK PRO XAN TRI
AEK Athens 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–2 6–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–1
Apollon Smyrnis 3–2 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 3–4 0–2 0–0 5–2
Aris 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–3
Ethnikos Asteras 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Ionikos 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1
Iraklis 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–4 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 4–1
Kalamata 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1
Kavala 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–4 2–1 3–7 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–1
OFI 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–4 3–2 0–2 2–0 4–3 2–1 2–0
Olympiacos 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 5–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 4–1 4–0 3–2 3–1
Panachaiki 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 7–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0
Paniliakos 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 4–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–4 4–0 2–0 1–3
Panionios 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–1
PAOK 4–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–2 5–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–0
Proodeftiki 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–1 3–0
Trikala 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–5 0–0 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup Places

AEK Athens qualified through the Cup, the 3rd league UEFA Cup place is decided between the teams within 5 points from 6th to 8th place.

UEFA Cup Play-off

Iraklis with two Home-matches, Aris one, Panionios none

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Iraklis 2–2 Panionios
Aris 3–2 Panionios
Iraklis 2–0 Aris

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraklis 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
2 Aris 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3 Panionios 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Dimitris Nalitzis PAOK 24
2 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos 23
3 Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 22
Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis
5 Costa Rica Rónald Gómez OFI 19
6 Greece Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 15
7 Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos 12
8 Greece Nikos Frousos PAOK 11
Serbia and Montenegro Saša Jovanović Trikala
Greece Paraschos Zouboulis Skoda Xanthi

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 19 December 2000.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos
Foreign Player of the Season Brazil Giovanni Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Greece Christos Patsatzoglou
Greece Kostas Katsouranis		 Skoda Xanthi
Panachaiki
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Panathinaikos
Golden Boot Greece Dimitris Nalitzis PAOK
Manager of the Season Greece Ioannis Kyrastas Panathinaikos

References
  1. "Γιορτή με σκιές..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 December 2000.
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