The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece also known as Superior Division (Greek: Ανώτερη Κατηγορία). The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from 1999–2000 Beta EthnikiRelegated from 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki
Athinaikos PAS GianninaKavala Proodeftiki Apollon Athens Trikala

Stadiums and personnel

2000–01 Alpha Ethniki is located in Greece
Location of teams in 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK AthensNorth Macedonia Toni SavevskiAthens (Nea Filadelfeia)Nikos Goumas Stadium27,729
ArisGreece Babis TennesThessaloniki (Charilaou)Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
AthinaikosGreece Tasos ChatziangelisAthens (Vyronas)Vyronas National Stadium4,340
Ethnikos AsterasGreece Spyros LivathinosAthens (Kaisariani)Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium4,851
IonikosUkraine Oleg BlokhinPiraeus (Nikaia)Neapoli Stadium4,999
IraklisGreece Angelos AnastasiadisThessaloniki (Triandria)Kaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
KalamataGreece Vasilios GeorgopoulosKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium5,613
OFIGreece Ioannis SamarasHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
OlympiacosGreece Takis LemonisAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium69,638
PanachaikiGreece Nikos KourbanasPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
PanathinaikosGreece Stratos ApostolakisAthens (Ampelokipoi)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
PaniliakosGreece Kostas PolychroniouPyrgosPyrgos Stadium6,750
PanioniosFinland Martti KuuselaAthens (Nea Smyrni)Nea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOKBosnia and Herzegovina Dušan BajevićThessaloniki (Toumba)Toumba Stadium28,703
PAS GianninaGreece Nikos AnastopoulosIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
Skoda XanthiGreece Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 27 May 2001.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)3025328422+6278Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2Panathinaikos3020646120+4166Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3AEK Athens3019476134+2761Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4PAOK3014976648+1851Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5Iraklis30144124540+546
6Ionikos30128104646044
7Aris30135123741−444
8Skoda Xanthi30115142437−1338
9Panionios3099123942−336
10Ethnikos Asteras3097143452−1834
11Panachaiki (O)3096153956−1733Qualification for relegation play-off
12OFI (O)3089133949−1033
13PAS Giannina (R)3089134053−1333
14Paniliakos (R)3078152646−2029
15Kalamata (R)3049173966−2721Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16Athinaikos (R)3055203765−2820

Results

Home \ AwayAEKARISATHETAIONIRAKALOFIOLYPNAPAOPNLPGSSPAOKPASXAN
AEK Athens3–12–12–22–02–03–01–21–22–11–12–15–13–24–22–0
Aris0–32–02–00–00–23–22–02–20–01–01–03–24–01–01–0
Athinaikos0–32–01–32–22–03–22–31–53–10–41–12–03–40–12–2
Ethnikos Asteras0–31–02–21–02–01–31–00–13–10–31–11–03–32–11–0
Ionikos0–22–11–02–12–24–11–00–13–13–33–12–02–21–13–1
Iraklis1–21–24–24–03–21–03–02–12–00–11–04–31–12–11–0
Kalamata3–11–12–22–22–10–01–40–13–32–41–12–10–03–40–1
OFI3–32–35–32–23–11–01–11–20–10–02–21–10–01–10–1
Olympiacos4–14–11–06–03–33–15–25–03–01–02–02–01–03–14–0
Panachaiki1–04–13–11–02–31–23–22–11–51–23–01–11–22–11–1
Panathinaikos0–12–21–02–04–12–11–02–00–04–02–00–15–22–13–0
Paniliakos0–31–23–01–01–01–23–10–00–42–20–31–11–11–01–0
Panionios2–02–01–04–34–01–11–10–22–12–00–20–11–14–00–0
PAOK2–12–03–12–11–24–27–14–12–45–12–23–21–12–33–0
PAS Giannina2–22–13–10–01–13–22–01–21–51–10–43–02–21–31–1
Skoda Xanthi0–11–01–03–10–11–02–13–20–31–00–22–03–10–20–0

Relegation play-off

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Panachaiki6–3Paniliakos2–02–32–0
OFI3–2PAS Giannina1–00–22–0

Top scorers

Source:

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Greece Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos20
2Cyprus Michalis KonstantinouIraklis18
3Greece Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens15
4Greece Vasilios TsiartasAEK Athens14
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
6Greece Ilias SolakisPanachaiki13
Poland Krzysztof WarzychaPanathinaikos
8Croatia Goran VlaovićPanathinaikos12
9Greece Giorgos KontopoulosEthnikos Asteras11
Greece Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos
Greece Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 8 October 2001.

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the SeasonGreece Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos
Foreign Player of the SeasonSerbia Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
Young Player of the SeasonGreece Giourkas SeitaridisPanathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the SeasonGreece Vangelis PourliotopoulosPanionios
Fair Play of the SeasonGreece Angelos AnastasiadisPanathinaikos
Golden BootGreece Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos
Manager of the SeasonBosnia and Herzegovina Dušan BajevićPAOK

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki.

#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos11,989
2Panathinaikos6,168
3PAOK6,100
4AEK Athens5,318
5Iraklis5,316
6Aris4,150
7PAS Giannina3,858
8OFI2,902
9Ethnikos Asteras2,651
10Panachaiki1,726
11Panionios1,562
12Paniliakos1,490
13Kalamata1,429
14Skoda Xanthi1,327
15Ionikos1,086
16Athinaikos944

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