2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	2000–01
Champions	Olympiacos; 30th Greek title
Relegated	PAS Giannina; Paniliakos; Kalamata; Athinaikos
Champions League	Olympiacos; Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens; PAOK
Matches played	240
Goals scored	717 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexis Alexandris; (20 goals)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.

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Teams

Stadia and personnel

AEK Athens
Athinaikos
E. Asteras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

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Team	Manager¹	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Toni Savevski	Athens	Nikos Goumas Stadium	27,729
Aris	Babis Tennes	Thessaloniki	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	23,220
Athinaikos	Tasos Chatziangelis	Athens	Vyronas National Stadium	4,340
Ethnikos Asteras	Spyros Livathinos	Athens	Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium	4,851
Ionikos	Oleg Blokhin	Piraeus	Neapoli Stadium	4,999
Iraklis	Angelos Anastasiadis	Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,770
Kalamata	Vasilis Georgopoulos	Kalamata	Kalamata Municipal Stadium	5,613
OFI	Ioannis Samaras	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,000
Olympiacos	Takis Lemonis	Piraeus	Athens Olympic Stadium	71,030
Panachaiki	Nikos Kourbanas	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium	11,321
Panathinaikos	Stratos Apostolakis	Athens	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium	16,620
Paniliakos	Kostas Polychroniou	Pyrgos	Pyrgos Stadium	6,750
Panionios	Martti Kuusela	Nea Smyrni	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,756
PAOK	Dušan Bajević	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,803
PAS Giannina	Nikos Anastopoulos	Ioannina	Zosimades Stadium	7,652
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Karageorgiou	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground	9,500

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¹ On final match day of the season, played on 27 May 2001.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	25	3	2	84	22	+62	78	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	20	6	4	61	20	+41	66	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	30	19	4	7	61	34	+27	61	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	PAOK	30	14	9	7	66	48	+18	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Iraklis	30	14	4	12	45	40	+5	46
6	Ionikos	30	12	8	10	46	46	0	44^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Aris	30	13	5	12	37	41	−4	44^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Skoda Xanthi	30	11	5	14	24	37	−13	38
9	Panionios	30	9	9	12	39	42	−3	36
10	Ethnikos Asteras	30	9	7	14	34	52	−18	34
11	Panachaiki (O)	30	9	6	15	39	56	−17	33^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Qualification for relegation play-off
12	OFI (O)	30	8	9	13	39	49	−10	33^{[lower-alpha 3]}
13	PAS Giannina (R)	30	8	9	13	40	53	−13	33^{[lower-alpha 3]}
14	Paniliakos (R)	30	7	8	15	26	46	−20	29
15	Kalamata (R)	30	4	9	17	39	66	−27	21	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16	Athinaikos (R)	30	5	5	20	37	65	−28	20	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

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Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.
Head-to-head points: Ionikos 4, Aris 1.
Head-to-head points: Panachaiki 10, OFI 4, PAS Giannina 2.

Results

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Home \ Away	AEK	ARIS	ATH	ETA	ION	IRA	KAL	OFI	OLY	PNA	PAO	PNL	PGSS	PAOK	PAS	XAN
AEK Athens		3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0
Aris	0–3		2–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–0	1–0
Athinaikos	0–3	2–0		1–3	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–5	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	3–4	0–1	2–2
Ethnikos Asteras	0–3	1–0	2–2		1–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–0
Ionikos	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1		2–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1
Iraklis	1–2	1–2	4–2	4–0	3–2		1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–0
Kalamata	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–0		1–4	0–1	3–3	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–1
OFI	3–3	2–3	5–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1		1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Olympiacos	4–1	4–1	1–0	6–0	3–3	3–1	5–2	5–0		3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–0
Panachaiki	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–5		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Panathinaikos	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0		2–0	0–1	5–2	2–1	3–0
Paniliakos	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–4	2–2	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Panionios	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	4–0	0–0
PAOK	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	7–1	4–1	2–4	5–1	2–2	3–2	1–1		2–3	3–0
PAS Giannina	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	0–4	3–0	2–2	1–3		1–1
Skoda Xanthi	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Panachaiki	6–3	Paniliakos	2–0	2–3	2–0
OFI	3–2	PAS Giannina	1–0	0–2	2–0

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Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos	20
2	Michalis Konstantinou	Iraklis	18
3	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	15
4	Vasilios Tsiartas	AEK Athens	14
4	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos	14
6	Ilias Solakis	Panachaiki	13
6	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos	13
8	Goran Vlaović	Panathinaikos	12
9	Giorgos Kontopoulos	Ethnikos Asteras	11
	Nikos Liberopoulos	Panathinaikos
	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Olympiacos

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Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 8 October 2001.^[1]

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Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season	Giourkas Seitaridis	Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season	Vangelis Pourliotopoulos	Panionios
Fair Play of the Season	Angelos Anastasiadis	Panathinaikos
Golden Boot	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos
Manager of the Season	Dušan Bajević	PAOK

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References

[1]
"Οι κορυφαίοι των κορυφή του άνω". sport.gr (in Greek). 8 October 2001. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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[table_note_res_UC10.97864008181665-1] PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.

[table_hth_ION0.97864008181665-2] Head-to-head points: Ionikos 4, Aris 1.

[table_hth_PNA0.97864008181665-3] Head-to-head points: Panachaiki 10, OFI 4, PAS Giannina 2.

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"Οι κορυφαίοι των κορυφή του άνω". sport.gr (in Greek). 8 October 2001. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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