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Iraklis
1998–99 season
Manager	Mats Jingblad
Stadium	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	9th
Greek Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1999–2000 season was Iraklis' 18th straight season on the Greek first tier. Managing a lower league finish than the previous season, their biggest feat was reaching the domestic cup semi-final.

Players

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki		Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Ilias Stogiannis	19	0	19	0	0	0
4	DF	GRE	Giorgos Kyriazis	22	4	22	4	0	0
4	DF	MKD	Sašo Karadzov	20	1	18	0	2	1
5	DF	GRE	Lazaros Semos	26	5	24	5	2	0
5	DF	GRE	Stathis Tavlaridis	13	1	13	1	0	0
6	DF	GRE	Georgios Xenidis	24	1	22	1	2	0
7	MF	GRE	Giorgos Kostis	23	1	21	0	2	1
8	MF	GRE	Lefteris Velentzas	29	4	27	4	2	0
9	FW	GRE	Ilias Sapanis	22	2	21	2	1	0
10	FW	SCG	Ivan Jovanović	23	4	21	4	2	0
11	MF	GRE	Ieroklis Stoltidis	31	6	30	6	1	0
11	MF	CYP	Marios Christodoulou	29	6	27	6	2	0
14	DF	COD	Jean Kasimba	14	0	14	0	0	0
14	MF	GRE	Athanasios Moutsios	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	CGO	Djogani Kinonda	17	0	17	0	0	0
16	DF	GRE	Michail Berneanou	12	0	12	0	0	0
17	MF	GRE	Sotiris Konstantinidis	14	1	14	1	0	0
18	DF	GRE	Zafiris Dimitriadis	3	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	GRE	Savvas Kofidis	33	1	31	1	2	0
19	FW	CYP	Michalis Konstantinou	33	10	31	9	2	1
22	FW	GHA	Ebenezer Hagan	31	8	31	8	0	0
25	DF	CGO	Momongo Lokenze	5	0	5	0	0	0
27	MF	SWE	Babis Stefanidis	6	1	6	1	0	0
30	GK	GRE	Christos Karkamanis	17	0	15	0	2	0
31	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	11	1	11	1	0	0
?	FW	GRE	Zisis Ziagas	1	0	0	0	1	0
?	MF	GRE	Giorgos Lanaris	1	0	0	0	1	0
?	FW	SWE	Robert Andersson	7	0	7	0	0	0
?	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Dilberis	1	0	1	0	0	0

Players who left during the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki		Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
29	DF	GRE	Avraam Xanthopoulos	1	0	0	0	1	0

Managers

Kiril Dojcinovski: 1 July 1998 – 13 October 1998
Mats Jingblad: 13 October 1998 – 30 June 1999

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	8	13	54	45	+9	47	9	4	4	33	20	+13	4	4	9	21	25	−4

Last updated: 30 May 1999.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	4	2	6	6	8	9	7	8	10	12	12	8	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

First round

11 November 1998	Iraklis	4–1	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	Thessaloniki
13:00 EET	I. Sapanis 7', 55' Jovanović 65' Dimitriadis 72'	Report (page 27)	Kepentzis 59'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

Second round

17 December 1998	Ialysos	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Iraklis	Rhodes
13:00 EET	P. Kyparissis 7' Kantimoiris 118'	Report (page 30)	Christodoulou 29', 107'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio

Round of 16

13 January 1999	Poseidon Michaniona	1–2	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
13:00 EET	Prittas 73'	Report (page 34)	Konstantinou 49' (pen.) Stoltidis 90'	Stadium: Poseidon Nea Michaniona Stadium

Quarter-finals

27 January 1999 First leg	ILTEX Lykoi	1–3	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
15:15 EET	Pantelis 12'	Report (pages 36-37)	Semos 18' Andersson 84' Ignatiadis 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stelios Iliadis Stadium Attendance: 736 Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

17 February 1999 Second leg	Iraklis	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	ILTEX Lykoi	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Xenidis 49'	Report (page 37)	Klokidis 27' Katikaridis 90'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 540 Referee: Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

7 April 1999 First leg	Olympiacos	4–0	Iraklis	Marousi
16:30 EEST	Anatolakis 23' Mavrogenidis 66' Xenidis 70' (o.g.) Gogić 86'	Report (pages 40-41)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

11 April 1999 Second leg	Iraklis	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:45 EEST	Tavlaridis 47'	Report (page 41)	Gogić 29'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

5 July 1998 First leg	Iraklis	3–1	Naţional București	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Karadžov 2' Konstantinou 71' Kostis 88'	Report	Pogăcean 43'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 1,217 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

11 July 1998 Second leg	Naţional București	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Iraklis	Bucharest, Romania
	Pigulea 55' Savu 64' Liţă 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Cotroceni Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)