1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1997–98
Champions	Olympiacos; 27th Greek title
Relegated	Panachaiki; Kalamata; Athinaikos
Champions League	Olympiacos; Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	AEK Athens; PAOK
Cup Winners' Cup	Panionios
Intertoto Cup	Iraklis
Matches	306
Goals	843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Krzysztof Warzycha; (32 goals)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

Season1997–98

ChampionsOlympiacos
27th Greek title

RelegatedPanachaiki
Kalamata
Athinaikos

Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos

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Team	Manager¹	Location	Stadium
AEK Athens	Antonis Minou	Athens (Nea Filadelfeia)	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens	Thijs Libregts	Athens (Rizoupoli)	Rizoupoli Stadium
Athinaikos	Nikolaos Pantelis	Athens (Vyronas)	Vyronas National Stadium
Ethnikos Piraeus	Georgios Ioakimidis	Piraeus (Neo Faliro)	Karaiskakis Stadium
Ionikos	Jacek Gmoch	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis	Konstantinos Maloumidis	Thessaloniki (Triandria)	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	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium
Panachaiki	Stavros Diamantopoulos	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos	Vasilios Daniil	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos	Giannis Kyrastas	Pyrgos	Pyrgos Stadium
Panionios	Christos Emvoliadis	Athens (Nea Smyrni)	Nea Smyrni Stadium
PAOK	Angelos Anastasiadis	Thessaloniki (Toumba)	Toumba Stadium
Proodeftiki	Nikos Karoulias	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi	Giannis Mantzourakis	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground
Veria	Stefanos Gaitanos	Veria	Veria Stadium

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	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
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	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
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	Skoda 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

Home \ Away	AEK	APA	ATH	ETH	ION	IRA	KAL	KAV	OFI	OLY	PNA	PAO	PNL	PGSS	PAOK	PRO	XAN	VER
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	2–0	1–2
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	1–2	0–1
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	4–1	1–0
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	1–0	0–1
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	1–0	1–1
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	2–0	3–0
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	1–2	1–0
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	2–0	0–1
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	2–1	3–0
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	6–1	4–1
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	4–1	2–0
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	4–3	0–0
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	1–1	3–1
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	1–1	3–1
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		0–3	3–0
Skoda 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
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

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
6	Craig Brewster	Ionikos	14
8	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos	12
8	Luciano de Souza	Skoda Xanthi	12
10	Paul Cominges	PAOK	11
	Roland Zajmi	Proodeftiki
	Michalis Konstantinou	Iraklis
	Sakis Almanidis	Proodeftiki

Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season	Giorgos Karagounis Pantelis Konstantinidis Paraskevas Antzas	Apollon Athens Apollon Athens Skoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season	Ilias Atmatsidis	AEK Athens
Golden Boot	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos
Manager of the Season	Dušan Bajević	Olympiacos

1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

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#	Team	Average attendance
1	Olympiacos	16,237
2	Panathinaikos	11,108
3	AEK Athens	11,020
4	PAOK	10,745
5	Iraklis	4,002
6	Kalamata	3,481
7	OFI	2,552
8	Veria	2,520
9	Skoda Xanthi	2,454
10	Ethnikos Piraeus	2,420
11	Panachaiki	2,315
12	Kavala	2,134
13	Panionios	2,085
14	Paniliakos	1,827
15	Proodeftiki	1,793
16	Ionikos	1,570
17	Apollon Athens	1,502
18	Athinaikos	1,398