1995–96 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season1995–96
ChampionsPanathinaikos
18th Greek title
RelegatedAEL
Panionios
Ethnikos Piraeus
Champions LeaguePanathinaikos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupOlympiacos
Iraklis
Matches306
Goals870 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerVasilios Tsiartas
(26 goals)

The 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki was the 60th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 26 August 1995 and ended on 29 May 1996. Panathinaikos won their second consecutive and 18th Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from
1994–95 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
1994–95 Alpha Ethniki
Paniliakos
Panachaiki
Kalamata 		Doxa Drama
Levadiakos
Kavala

Stadiums and personnel

Location of teams in 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Dušan Bajević Athens (Nea Filadelfeia) Nikos Goumas Stadium
AEL Andreas Michalopoulos Larissa Alcazar Stadium
Apollon Athens Giannis Pathiakakis Athens (Rizoupoli) Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris Jozef Jarabinský Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos Babis Tennes Athens (Vyronas) Vyronas National Stadium
Edessaikos Angelos Anastasiadis Edessa Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Ethnikos Piraeus Timo Zahnleiter Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos Oleg Blokhin Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Vasilios Antoniadis Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata Bo Petersson Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium
OFI Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Takis Persias Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki Christos Archontidis Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Juan Ramón Rocha Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos Giannis Kyrastas Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios Stathis Chaitas Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK Gunder Bengtsson Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium
Skoda Xanthi Kurt Jara Xanthi Xanthi Ground
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 29 May 1996.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 26 5 3 72 22 +50 83 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 25 6 3 87 22 +65 81 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Olympiacos 34 19 8 7 66 34 +32 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Iraklis 34 17 7 10 51 39 +12 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 OFI 34 17 6 11 57 52 +5 57
6 Skoda Xanthi 34 12 11 11 53 47 +6 47
7 Aris 34 12 10 12 45 47 −2 46
8 Ionikos 34 12 10 12 44 50 −6 46
9 Edessaikos 34 12 8 14 50 59 −9 44[a]
10 Athinaikos 34 12 8 14 33 47 −14 44[a]
11 Apollon Athens 34 11 7 16 49 48 +1 40[b]
12 Paniliakos 34 10 10 14 46 51 −5 40[b]
13 Kalamata 34 9 12 13 41 46 −5 39
14 PAOK[c] 34 10 11 13 42 46 −4 38
15 Panachaiki 34 10 6 18 27 47 −20 36
16 AEL (R) 34 9 7 18 32 64 −32 34 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Panionios (R) 34 8 5 21 35 59 −24 29
18 Ethnikos Piraeus (R) 34 5 3 26 40 90 −50 18
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. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): Edessaikos 3 (+2), Athinaikos 3 (-2).
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): Apollon Athens 3 (0), Paniliakos 3 (0).
  3. ^ PAOK were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS ATH EDE ETH ION IRA KAL OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 1–0 1–0 4–0 6–0 3–0 3–1 6–0 3–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–1
AEL 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Apollon Athens 0–3 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–4 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1
Aris 2–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–2
Athinaikos 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Edessaikos 2–5 3–1 0–0 1–1 5–2 6–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–5 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–1 3–3 1–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 0–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–5 1–4 2–3 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–3 1–2
Ionikos 1–4 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Iraklis 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–0
Kalamata 2–2 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
OFI 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0
Olympiacos 1–1 3–1 0–3 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 6–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Panachaiki 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–2
Panathinaikos 1–0 6–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 5–3 2–0 2–0
Paniliakos 0–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
Panionios 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–0
PAOK 1–3[a] 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–3
Skoda Xanthi 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 6–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 2–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The game was abandoned at the 74th minute due to invasion of PAOK fans. That remained as the final score.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vasilios Tsiartas AEK Athens 26
2 Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 19
Vassilis Karapialis Olympiacos
Christos Kostis AEK Athens
5 Nikos Machlas OFI 18
6 Demis Nikolaidis Apollon Athens 16
Georgios Nasiopoulos Edessaikos
8 Temur Ketsbaia AEK Athens 16
Ilija Ivić Olympiacos
10 Paris Zoumboulis PAOK 13
Zisis Vryzas Skoda Xanthi
Nikos Mirtsekis Iraklis
Bernard Barnjak Apollon Athens

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 31 December 1996.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Georgios Donis
Vassilis Karapialis
Vasilios Tsiartas 		Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Temur Ketsbaia AEK Athens
Young Player of the Season Nikos Liberopoulos Kalamata
Golden Boot Vasilios Tsiartas AEK Athens
Manager of the Season Dušan Bajević AEK Athens

Attendances

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Team Average attendance
1 Panathinaikos 11,662
2 Olympiacos 10,295
3 AEK Athens 9,217
4 PAOK 5,903
5 Kalamata 4,686
6 Aris 3,756
7 Panachaiki 3,692
8 Paniliakos 3,571
9 Skoda Xanthi 3,441
10 OFI 3,407
11 Iraklis 3,372
12 Panionios 2,737
13 AEL 2,713
14 Apollon Athens 2,282
15 Ethnikos Piraeus 2,056
16 Ionikos 1,814
17 Athinaikos 1,771
18 Edessaikos 1,484

References

  1. ^ "Kathimerini Page 15" (PDF) (in Greek). Kathimerini. 31 December 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ "1995–96 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
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