2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

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.

Season2001–02

ChampionsOlympiacos
31st Greek title

RelegatedEthnikos Asteras

Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

Alpha Ethniki
Season	2001–02
Champions	Olympiacos 31st Greek title
Relegated	Ethnikos Asteras
Champions League	Olympiacos AEK Athens
UEFA Cup	Panathinaikos PAOK Skoda Xanthi Iraklis
Intertoto Cup	Egaleo
Matches	182
Goals	524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexis Alexandris (19 goals)
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Teams

More information Promoted from 2000–01 Beta Ethniki, Relegated from 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki ...

Promoted from 2000–01 Beta Ethniki	Relegated from 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
Egaleo Akratitos	PAS Giannina Paniliakos Kalamata Athinaikos

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Stadiums and personnel

AEK Athens
Akratitos
Egaleo
E. Asteras
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

More information Team, Manager1 ...

Team	Manager¹	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Fernando Santos	Athens (Nea Filadelfeia)	Nikos Goumas Stadium	27,729
Akratitos	Georgios Paraschos	Athens (Ano Liosia)	Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium	4,944
Aris	Bernd Krauss	Thessaloniki (Charilaou)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	23,220
Egaleo	Georgios Chatzaras	Athens (Aigaleo)	Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium	8,217
Ethnikos Asteras	Spyros Livathinos	Athens (Kaisariani)	Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium	4,851
Ionikos	Oleg Blokhin	Piraeus (Nikaia)	Neapoli Stadium	4,999
Iraklis	Angelos Anastasiadis	Thessaloniki (Triandria)	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,560
OFI	Ioannis Samaras	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,000
Olympiacos	Takis Lemonis	Athens (Marousi)	Athens Olympic Stadium	69,638
Panachaiki	Nikos Anastopoulos	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium	11,321
Panathinaikos	Sergio Markarián	Athens (Ampelokipoi)	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium	16,620
Panionios	Dumitru Dumitriu	Athens (Nea Smyrni)	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,756
PAOK	Dušan Bajević	Thessaloniki (Toumba)	Toumba Stadium	28,703
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Karageorgiou	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground	9,500

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¹ On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58^[a]	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	26	19	1	6	65	28	+37	58^[a]	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	26	16	7	3	53	25	+28	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	26	14	6	6	55	45	+10	48
5	Skoda Xanthi	26	12	6	8	34	26	+8	42
6	Iraklis	26	9	9	8	32	35	−3	36
7	Panionios	26	8	11	7	37	33	+4	35
8	OFI	26	9	6	11	32	35	−3	33
9	Aris	26	7	8	11	25	34	−9	29
10	Egaleo	26	7	5	14	27	46	−19	26	Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
11	Akratitos	26	6	5	15	29	41	−12	23
12	Ionikos	26	5	7	14	21	47	−26	22
13	Panachaiki	26	3	9	14	26	55	−29	18
14	Ethnikos Asteras (R)	26	4	5	17	19	44	−25	17	Relegation to Beta Ethniki

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Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...

Home \ Away	AEK	AKR	ARIS	EGA	ETA	ION	IRA	OFI	OLY	PNA	PAO	PGSS	PAOK	XAN
AEK Athens		3–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	6–2	2–0
Akratitos	0–1		0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	2–0
Aris	0–3	0–1		1–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–5	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1
Egaleo	1–3	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–4	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–0
Ethnikos Asteras	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–3	2–4	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–0
Ionikos	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
Iraklis	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
OFI	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–1
Olympiacos	4–3	2–2	0–1	3–0	6–0	5–0	3–0	3–0		4–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	1–1
Panachaiki	0–1	1–1	1–0	5–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–3		0–0	1–1	3–3	1–3
Panathinaikos	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–3	2–1	5–1	1–1	8–0		2–1	1–2	3–1
Panionios	2–6	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	2–0
PAOK	3–2	6–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–1		1–0
Skoda Xanthi	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0

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Source: Worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos	19
2	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	17
3	Vasilios Tsiartas	AEK Athens	16
4	Georgios Georgiadis	PAOK	15
5	Abderrahim Ouakili	Skoda Xanthi	14
6	Goran Vlaović	Panathinaikos	13
6	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos	13
8	Ederson Fofonka	Iraklis	12
9	Rónald Gómez	OFI	11
9	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Olympiacos	11

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Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.^[1]

More information Award, Winner ...

Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season	Predrag Đorđević	Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season	Spyros Vallas	Skoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season	Antonios Nikopolidis	Panathinaikos
Fair Play of the Season	Stelios Giannakopoulos Michalis Kasapis	Olympiacos AEK Athens
Golden Boot	Alexis Alexandris	Olympiacos
Manager of the Season	Fernando Santos	AEK Athens

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Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki.^[2]

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#	Team	Average attendance
1	Olympiacos	20,279
2	Panathinaikos	10,776
3	PAOK	10,068
4	AEK Athens	8,248
5	Iraklis	6,790
6	Panachaiki	4,458
7	Aris	4,374
8	OFI	3,030
9	Panionios	2,960
10	Skoda Xanthi	2,323
11	Ethnikos Asteras	2,279
12	Akratitos	1,274
13	Ionikos	1,248
14	Egaleo	886

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2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

Teams

Stadiums and personnel

League table

Results

Top scorers

Awards

Annual awards

Attendances

References

External links

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