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
Matches played182
Goals scored524 (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

Stadia and personnel

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Location of teams in 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Portugal Fernando Santos Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Akratitos Greece Giorgos Paraschos Athens Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944
Aris Germany Bernd Krauss Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Egaleo Greece Georgios Chatzaras Athens Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
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
OFI Greece Ioannis Samaras Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Greece Takis Lemonis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Uruguay Sergio Markarián Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,620
Panionios Romania Dumitru Dumitriu Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Skoda Xanthi Greece 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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

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

Awards

Annual awards

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Ντέμης και ΑΕΚ οι κορυφαίοι της περιόδου 2001-2002". sport.gr (in Greek). 4 November 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2013.