1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

The 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki was the 62nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 30 August 1997 and ended on 18 May 1998. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 27th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1997–98
ChampionsOlympiacos
27th Greek title
RelegatedPanachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Cup Winners' CupPanionios
Intertoto CupIraklis
Matches played306
Goals scored843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerKrzysztof Warzycha (32)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens Antonis Minou Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens Thijs Libregts Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Athinaikos Nikolaos Pantelis Athens Vyronas National Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus Georgios Ioakimidis Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis Konstantinos Maloumidis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata Eduardo Amorim Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kavala Nikolaos Goulis Kavala Kavala National Stadium
OFI Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos Dušan Bajević Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium
Panachaiki Stavros Diamantopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos Vassilis Daniil Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos Giannis Kyrastas Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios Christos Emvoliadis Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
Proodeftiki Nikos Karoulias Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Veria Stefanos Gaitanos Veria Veria Stadium
Xanthi Giannis Matzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 18 May 1998.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 29 1 4 88 27 +61 88 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 1 5 90 24 +66 85
3 AEK Athens 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 70
5 Ionikos 34 18 8 8 46 31 +15 62
6 Iraklis 34 14 9 11 49 45 +4 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7 OFI 34 15 4 15 45 53 −8 49
8 Xanthi 34 13 6 15 52 52 0 45
9 Veria 34 12 6 16 38 48 −10 42
10 Apollon Athens 34 10 6 18 37 51 −14 36
11 Panionios 34 10 6 18 41 54 −13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
12 Paniliakos 34 9 9 16 41 54 −13 36
13 Kavala 34 10 5 19 40 58 −18 35
14 Proodeftiki 34 9 7 18 35 57 −22 34
15 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 10 3 21 27 51 −24 33
16 Panachaiki (R) 34 9 5 20 29 62 −33 32 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Kalamata (R) 34 7 8 19 27 50 −23 29
18 Athinaikos (R) 34 6 9 19 23 55 −32 27
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
 Alpha Ethniki 1997–98
Champions 

Olympiacos
27th Title

Results
Home \ Away AEK APA ATH ETH ION IRT KAL KAV OFI OLY PCK PAT PNL PIO PAOK PRO VER XAN
AEK Athens 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0
Apollon Athens 3–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–5 2–1 2–5 2–0 0–0 4–4 1–0 0–1 1–2
Athinaikos 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 4–3 3–0 0–5 1–0 1–0 4–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Ionikos 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0
Iraklis 1–4 4–2 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–0
Kalamata 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2
Kavala 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 5–1 3–3 0–1 4–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0
OFI 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1
Olympiacos 0–1 5–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 6–1
Panachaiki 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–1
Panathinaikos 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 0–2 6–1 7–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 4–1
Paniliakos 2–4 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–3
Panionios 0–1 1–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–3 4–0 3–1 1–1
PAOK 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 3–1 1–1
Proodeftiki 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 4–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–3
Veria 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–3 2–2 2–1
Xanthi 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 4–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 32
2 Ilija Ivić Olympiacos 26
3 Georgios Georgiadis Panathinaikos 21
4 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 19
5 Kostas Frantzeskos PAOK 17
6 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 14
Craig Brewster Ionikos
8 Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos 12
Luciano de Souza Xanthi
10 Paul Cominges PAOK 11
Roland Zajmi Proodeftiki
Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis
Sakis Almanidis Proodeftiki
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