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

Promoted from 2000–01 Beta EthnikiRelegated from 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
Egaleo AkratitosPAS Giannina Paniliakos Kalamata Athinaikos

Stadiums and personnel

2001–02 Alpha Ethniki is located in Greece
Location of teams in 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK AthensPortugal Fernando SantosAthens (Nea Filadelfeia)Nikos Goumas Stadium27,729
AkratitosGreece Georgios ParaschosAthens (Ano Liosia)Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
ArisGermany Bernd KraussThessaloniki (Charilaou)Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
EgaleoGreece Georgios ChatzarasAthens (Aigaleo)Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ethnikos AsterasGreece Spyros LivathinosAthens (Kaisariani)Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium4,851
IonikosUkraine Oleg BlokhinPiraeus (Nikaia)Neapoli Stadium4,999
IraklisGreece Angelos AnastasiadisThessaloniki (Triandria)Kaftanzoglio Stadium27,560
OFIGreece Ioannis SamarasHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
OlympiacosGreece Takis LemonisAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium69,638
PanachaikiGreece Nikos AnastopoulosPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
PanathinaikosUruguay Sergio MarkariánAthens (Ampelokipoi)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
PanioniosRomania Dumitru DumitriuAthens (Nea Smyrni)Nea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOKBosnia and Herzegovina Dušan BajevićThessaloniki (Toumba)Toumba Stadium28,703
Skoda XanthiGreece Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)2617726930+3958Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2AEK Athens2619166528+3758Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3Panathinaikos2616735325+2855Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4PAOK2614665545+1048
5Skoda Xanthi2612683426+842
6Iraklis269983235−336
7Panionios2681173733+435
8OFI2696113235−333
9Aris2678112534−929
10Egaleo2675142746−1926Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
11Akratitos2665152941−1223
12Ionikos2657142147−2622
13Panachaiki2639142655−2918
14Ethnikos Asteras (R)2645171944−2517Relegation to Beta Ethniki

Results

Home \ AwayAEKAKRARISEGAETAIONIRAOFIOLYPNAPAOPGSSPAOKXAN
AEK Athens3–04–24–01–04–03–03–02–34–12–02–16–22–0
Akratitos0–10–10–11–02–03–01–22–33–10–01–41–22–0
Aris0–30–11–04–21–01–11–01–51–10–01–12–31–1
Egaleo1–32–10–01–02–22–10–03–42–11–40–12–11–0
Ethnikos Asteras2–02–12–21–01–01–22–32–41–11–20–21–30–0
Ionikos1–22–11–01–11–01–12–10–20–20–21–11–11–1
Iraklis3–21–12–12–00–03–01–11–13–02–11–13–11–1
OFI0–11–01–22–12–04–01–01–12–20–10–04–10–1
Olympiacos4–32–20–13–06–05–03–03–04–02–22–03–21–1
Panachaiki0–11–11–05–30–00–21–11–21–30–01–13–31–3
Panathinaikos2–01–02–12–11–05–32–15–11–18–02–11–23–1
Panionios2–62–21–00–04–02–20–11–13–12–02–21–12–0
PAOK3–26–31–13–12–12–03–03–21–13–22–23–11–0
Skoda Xanthi1–13–01–04–21–01–04–12–11–22–01–23–11–0

Top scorers

Source:

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Greece Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos19
2Greece Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens17
3Greece Vasilios TsiartasAEK Athens16
4Greece Georgios GeorgiadisPAOK15
5Morocco Abderrahim OuakiliSkoda Xanthi14
6Croatia Goran VlaovićPanathinaikos13
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
8Brazil Ederson FofonkaIraklis12
9Costa Rica Rónald GómezOFI11
Greece Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the SeasonGreece Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the SeasonSerbia Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
Young Player of the SeasonGreece Spyros VallasSkoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the SeasonGreece Antonios NikopolidisPanathinaikos
Fair Play of the SeasonGreece Stelios Giannakopoulos Greece Michalis KasapisOlympiacos AEK Athens
Golden BootGreece Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos
Manager of the SeasonPortugal Fernando SantosAEK Athens

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki.

#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos20,279
2Panathinaikos10,776
3PAOK10,068
4AEK Athens8,248
5Iraklis6,790
6Panachaiki4,458
7Aris4,374
8OFI3,030
9Panionios2,960
10Skoda Xanthi2,323
11Ethnikos Asteras2,279
12Akratitos1,274
13Ionikos1,248
14Egaleo886

External links

  • Greek Wikipedia