The 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki was the 70th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last season under the name Alpha Ethniki, before then was renamed to Super League Greece. The season began on 27 August 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 34th Greek title. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA, which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto Cup qualifiers from Greece, as well as the use of Athens Olympic Stadium as the site of the 2006–07 Champions League final.

Teams

Promoted from 2004–05 Beta EthnikiRelegated from 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki
AEL Levadiakos AkratitosAris Ergotelis Kerkyra

Stadiums and personnel

2005–06 Alpha Ethniki is located in Greece
Location of teams in 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK AthensPortugal Fernando SantosAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium69,638
AELGreece Georgios DonisLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
AkratitosGreece Vangelis GoutisAthens (Ano Liosia)Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Apollon KalamariasGreece Makis KatsavakisThessaloniki (Kalamaria)Kalamaria Stadium6,500
AtromitosGreece Georgios ParaschosAthens (Peristeri)Peristeri Stadium9,035
EgaleoGreece Georgios ChatzarasAthens (Aigaleo)Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
IonikosGreece Sakis TsiolisPiraeus (Nikaia)Neapoli Stadium4,999
IraklisGreece Savvas KofidisThessaloniki (Triandria)Kaftanzoglio Stadium27,560
KallitheaRomania Ilie DumitrescuAthens (Kallithea)Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250
LevadiakosGreece Takis LemonisLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,915
OFIGreece Myron SifakisHeraklion (Kaminia)Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
OlympiacosNorway Trond SolliedPiraeus (Neo Faliro)Karaiskakis Stadium33,334
PanathinaikosItaly Alberto MalesaniAthens (Marousi)Athens Olympic Stadium69,638
PanioniosSlovakia Jozef BubenkoAthens (Nea Smyrni)Nea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOKGreece Georgios KostikosThessaloniki (Toumba)Toumba Stadium28,703
Skoda XanthiGreece Ioannis MatzourakisXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)3023166323+4070Qualification for Champions League group stage
2AEK Athens3021454220+2267Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3Panathinaikos3021455523+3267Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4Iraklis3015693931+851
5Skoda Xanthi3013893125+647
6PAOK30137104431+1346Ineligible for 2006–07 European competitions
7Atromitos30126123637−142Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8AEL30109113137−639Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
9Apollon Kalamarias30108123236−438
10Egaleo3089132341−1833
11Panionios3095163345−1232
12Ionikos30614103641−532
13OFI30710132337−1431
14Levadiakos (R)3087152436−1231Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15Kallithea (R)3048182849−2120
16Akratitos (R)3046201947−2818Relegation to Delta Ethniki

Results

Home \ AwayAEKAELAKRAPKATREGAIONIRAKLTLEVOFIOLYPAOPGSSPAOKXAN
AEK Athens1–02–02–12–11–12–12–02–02–02–01–33–02–02–10–0
Larissa0–12–14–12–11–10–00–02–01–01–02–10–31–02–13–1
Akratitos1–20–01–30–20–30–03–11–00–01–10–10–20–10–32–0
Apollon Kalamarias0–12–23–01–20–02–12–00–01–12–11–20–11–02–22–1
Atromitos0–00–02–01–10–03–23–22–11–04–00–11–01–32–10–1
Egaleo0–21–01–00–00–11–11–11–01–00–01–30–20–31–03–2
Ionikos0–11–13–22–03–14–11–12–12–01–10–11–10–11–10–0
Iraklis4–02–11–00–12–04–22–13–22–02–02–01–01–00–02–0
Kallithea1–42–12–00–02–31–13–30–03–20–10–32–41–21–12–1
Levadiakos0–13–01–11–01–02–11–10–11–01–03–20–03–21–00–2
OFI0–13–22–21–20–01–03–00–10–02–01–00–21–12–11–1
Olympiacos3–04–02–02–13–05–10–02–12–11–04–03–25–01–22–0
Panathinaikos1–03–01–03–04–34–01–02–22–02–03–10–23–01–02–1
Panionios0–21–12–42–12–00–13–33–01–01–11–12–32–40–10–2
PAOK2–12–22–01–22–22–06–11–02–13–12–01–20–11–01–0
Skoda Xanthi0–01–02–02–01–01–01–14–12–21–00–01–01–11–01–1

Top scorers

Source:

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Greece Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK17
2Brazil Luciano de SouzaPanionios15
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
4Greece Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens14
Greece Theofanis GekasPanathinaikos
6Cameroon Joël EpalleIraklis13
7Liberia Oliver MakorIonikos10
Greece Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanathinaikos
Cyprus Michalis KonstantinouOlympiacos
10Brazil CleytonApollon Kalamarias9

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 11 December 2006.

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the SeasonGreece Ieroklis Stoltidis Greece Nikos LiberopoulosOlympiacos AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the SeasonBrazil RivaldoOlympiacos
Young Player of the SeasonGreece Panagiotis LagosIraklis
Goalkeeper of the SeasonGreece Antonios NikopolidisOlympiacos
Golden BootGreece Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK
Manager of the SeasonGreece Savvas KofidisIraklis

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki.

#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos21,270
2Panathinaikos16,922
3AEK Athens16,166
4AEL6,995
5OFI4,715
6Iraklis4,330
7Skoda Xanthi3,952
8PAOK3,909
9Atromitos2,345
10Levadiakos2,232
11Panionios2,185
12Kallithea1,446
13Ionikos1,335
14Apollon Kalamarias1,279
15Egaleo1,212
16Akratitos573

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