2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season2001–02
ChampionsOlympiacos
31st Greek title
RelegatedEthnikos Asteras
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
PAOK
Skoda Xanthi
Iraklis
Intertoto CupEgaleo
Matches182
Goals524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris
(19 goals)

The 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki was the 66th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 2001 and ended on 8 May 2002. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive and 31st Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from
2000–01 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
Egaleo
Akratitos 		PAS Giannina
Paniliakos
Kalamata
Athinaikos

Stadiums and personnel

Location of teams in 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Fernando Santos Athens (Nea Filadelfeia) Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Akratitos Georgios Paraschos Athens (Ano Liosia) Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944
Aris Bernd Krauss Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Egaleo Georgios Chatzaras Athens (Aigaleo) Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ethnikos Asteras Spyros Livathinos Athens (Kaisariani) Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium 4,851
Ionikos Oleg Blokhin Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560
OFI Ioannis Samaras Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Takis Lemonis Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638
Panachaiki Nikos Anastopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio Markarián Athens (Ampelokipoi) Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,620
Panionios Dumitru Dumitriu Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 26 17 7 2 69 30 +39 58[a] Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 AEK Athens 26 19 1 6 65 28 +37 58[a] Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 26 16 7 3 53 25 +28 55 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 26 14 6 6 55 45 +10 48
5 Skoda Xanthi 26 12 6 8 34 26 +8 42
6 Iraklis 26 9 9 8 32 35 −3 36
7 Panionios 26 8 11 7 37 33 +4 35
8 OFI 26 9 6 11 32 35 −3 33
9 Aris 26 7 8 11 25 34 −9 29
10 Egaleo 26 7 5 14 27 46 −19 26 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
11 Akratitos 26 6 5 15 29 41 −12 23
12 Ionikos 26 5 7 14 21 47 −26 22
13 Panachaiki 26 3 9 14 26 55 −29 18
14 Ethnikos Asteras (R) 26 4 5 17 19 44 −25 17 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AKR ARIS EGA ETA ION IRA OFI OLY PNA PAO PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 3–0 4–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 6–2 2–0
Akratitos 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0
Aris 0–3 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1
Egaleo 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–4 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–0
Ethnikos Asteras 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–0
Ionikos 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Iraklis 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
OFI 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–1
Olympiacos 4–3 2–2 0–1 3–0 6–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–1
Panachaiki 0–1 1–1 1–0 5–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–3
Panathinaikos 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–3 2–1 5–1 1–1 8–0 2–1 1–2 3–1
Panionios 2–6 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
PAOK 3–2 6–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0
Source: Worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 19
2 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 17
3 Vasilios Tsiartas AEK Athens 16
4 Georgios Georgiadis PAOK 15
5 Abderrahim Ouakili Skoda Xanthi 14
6 Goran Vlaović Panathinaikos 13
Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
8 Ederson Fofonka Iraklis 12
9 Rónald Gómez OFI 11
Stelios Giannakopoulos Olympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Spyros Vallas Skoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios Nikopolidis Panathinaikos
Fair Play of the Season Stelios Giannakopoulos
Michalis Kasapis 		Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Golden Boot Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos
Manager of the Season Fernando Santos AEK Athens

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Team Average attendance
1 Olympiacos 20,279
2 Panathinaikos 10,776
3 PAOK 10,068
4 AEK Athens 8,248
5 Iraklis 6,790
6 Panachaiki 4,458
7 Aris 4,374
8 OFI 3,030
9 Panionios 2,960
10 Skoda Xanthi 2,323
11 Ethnikos Asteras 2,279
12 Akratitos 1,274
13 Ionikos 1,248
14 Egaleo 886

References

  1. ^ "Ντέμης και ΑΕΚ οι κορυφαίοι της περιόδου 2001-2002". sport.gr (in Greek). 4 November 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ "2001–02 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
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