2004–05 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season2004–05
ChampionsOlympiacos
33rd Greek title
RelegatedAris
Ergotelis
Kerkyra
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
Skoda Xanthi
PAOK
Aris
Intertoto CupEgaleo
Matches240
Goals557 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerTheofanis Gekas
(18 goals)

The 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki was the 69th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 18 September 2004 and ended on 25 May 2005. Olympiacos won their 33rd Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from
2003–04 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
2003–04 Alpha Ethniki
Kerkyra
Apollon Kalamarias
Ergotelis 		Akratitos
Paniliakos
Proodeftiki

Stadiums and personnel

Location of teams in 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Fernando Santos Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638
Apollon Kalamarias Dragan Kokotović Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) Kalamaria Stadium 6,500
Aris Georgios Chatzaras Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Chalkidona Georgios Paraschos Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Ilie Dumitrescu Athens (Aigaleo) Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ergotelis Manolis Patmetzis Heraklion (Ammoudara) Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Ionikos Vangelis Vlachos Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Sergio Markarián Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560
Kallithea Takis Lemonis Athens (Kallithea) Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250
Kerkyra Lakis Papaioannou Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
OFI Giannis Chatzinikolaou Heraklion (Kaminia) Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Dušan Bajević Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Alberto Malesani Athens (Ampelokipoi) Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,620
Panionios Dimitrios Barbalias Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Nikos Karageorgiou Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703
Skoda Xanthi Ioannis Matzourakis Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 2005.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[a] (C) 30 19 8 3 54 18 +36 65 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 19 7 4 51 18 +33 64 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 17 11 2 46 22 +24 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Skoda Xanthi 30 14 8 8 43 29 +14 50
5 PAOK 30 13 7 10 43 39 +4 46
6 Egaleo 30 11 12 7 31 26 +5 45 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
7 Iraklis 30 12 5 13 36 30 +6 41
8 Chalkidona[b] 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 38
9 Kallithea 30 9 10 11 39 44 −5 37
10 Ionikos 30 8 12 10 22 32 −10 36
11 Panionios[a] 30 8 11 11 25 32 −7 35
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 8 9 13 31 49 −18 33
13 OFI 30 8 8 14 36 44 −8 32
14 Aris[c] (R) 30 5 13 12 26 37 −11 25 UEFA Cup first round and relegation to Beta Ethniki[d]
15 Ergotelis (R) 30 5 5 20 19 50 −31 20 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Kerkyra (R) 30 3 8 19 21 49 −28 17
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 Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.
  2. ^ Chalkidona were merged with Atromitos and therefore were replaced by them for the next season.
  3. ^ Aris had three points deducted for the incidents in the match against Iraklis in the matchday 29.
  4. ^ Aris were qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as runners-up of the Greek Football Cup.

Results

Home \ Away AEK APK ARIS CHA EGA ERG ION IRA KLT KER OFI OLY PAO PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Apollon Kalamarias 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–1
Aris 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2[a] 2–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Chalkidona 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Egaleo 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Ergotelis 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–2
Ionikos 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Iraklis 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–1
Kallithea 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3
Kerkyra 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–0
OFI 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Olympiacos 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 5–1 0–0 6–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1
Panionios 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0
PAOK 1–1 5–2 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–2
Source: Worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Aris and Iraklis was awarded to Iraklis after being suspended at 43rd minute (score: 1–2).

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos 18
2 Luciano Skoda Xanthi 16
3 Michalis Konstantinou Panathinaikos 15
4 Giorgos Barkoglou Egaleo 14
Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK
6 Nikos Machlas OFI 13
7 Rivaldo Olympiacos 12
8 Patrick Ogunsoto Ergotelis 11
Alessandro Soares AEK Athens
10 Giorgos Zacharopoulos Chalkidona 10
Kostas Katsouranis AEK Athens
Giovanni Olympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 14 November 2005.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Kostas Katsouranis AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Luciano Skoda Xanthi
Young Player of the Season Panagiotis Lagos Iraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios Nikopolidis Olympiacos
Golden Boot Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos
Manager of the Season Fernando Santos AEK Athens

Attendances

AEK Athens drew the highest average home attendance in the 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Team Average attendance
1 AEK Athens 27,647
2 Olympiacos 20,367
3 Ergotelis 10,080
4 Panathinaikos 8,101
5 Aris 6,376
6 PAOK 5,702
7 Iraklis 4,524
8 Skoda Xanthi 2,858
9 OFI 2,400
10 Kerkyra 1,482
11 Apollon Kalamarias 1,386
12 Kallithea 1,177
13 Ionikos 1,103
14 Panionios 1,071
15 Chalkidona 989
16 Egaleo 894

References

  1. ^ "Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ : Κατσουράνης, Λουτσιάνο και Σάντος οι κορυφαίοι". pathfinder.gr (in Greek). 14 November 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "2004–05 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
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