1996–97 Alpha Ethniki

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The 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki was the 61st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1996 and ended on 25 May 1997. Olympiacos won their 26th Greek title and their first one in ten years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1996–97
ChampionsOlympiacos
26th Greek title
RelegatedAris
Edessaikos
Kastoria
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Cup Winners' CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupOFI
PAOK
Intertoto CupIraklis
Panachaiki
Matches played306
Goals scored787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris
(23 goals)

Teams

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Stadia and personnel

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Team Manager1 Location Stadium
AEK Athens   Petros Ravousis Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium
Apollon Athens   Babis Tennes Athens Rizoupoli Stadium
Aris   Georgios Firos Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos   Christos Archontidis Athens Vyronas National Stadium
Edessaikos   Luiz Villa Edessa Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Ionikos   Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis   Manolis Giovanopoulos Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Kalamata   Bo Petersson Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kastoria   Konstantinos Tsagalidis Kastoria Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Kavala   Georgios Paraschos Kavala Kavala National Stadium
OFI   Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos   Dušan Bajević Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki   Andreas Michalopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos   Nikos Karoulias2 Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Paniliakos   Vasilios Daniil Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium
PAOK   Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium
Skoda Xanthi   Giannis Mantzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground
Veria   Nikolaos Karydis Veria Veria Stadium
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 1997.
  • 2 Velimir Zajec was leaved the Panathinaikos spot before the last round, so Karoulias took their place for the last match.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 26 6 2 72 14 +58 84 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75 28 +47 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 OFI 34 20 6 8 51 28 +23 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 66
5 Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60 25 +35 64
6 Kavala 34 16 7 11 42 43 −1 55
7 Paniliakos 34 13 6 15 39 49 −10 45
8 Ionikos 34 12 8 14 40 47 −7 44
9 Apollon Athens 34 12 6 16 39 42 −3 42
10 Veria 34 11 8 15 33 33 0 41
11 Kalamata 34 10 11 13 34 50 −16 41
12 Athinaikos 34 11 7 16 41 59 −18 40
13 Iraklis 34 11 6 17 41 54 −13 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
14 Skoda Xanthi 34 10 9 15 53 59 −6 39
15 Panachaiki 34 9 12 13 31 38 −7 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
16 Aris[a] (R) 34 9 11 14 32 48 −16 35 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Edessaikos (R) 34 7 7 20 38 61 −23 28
18 Kastoria (R) 34 1 5 28 13 81 −68 8
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Aris were deducted 3 points.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APA ARIS ATH EDE ION IRA KAL KAS KAV OFI OLY PNA PAO PNL PAOK XAN VER
AEK Athens 2–1 5–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 6–1 6–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1
Apollon Athens 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2
Aris 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0
Athinaikos 0–7 3–2 2–0[a] 5–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 2–1
Edessaikos 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–4 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0
Ionikos 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
Iraklis 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–5 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Kalamata 0–3 2–2 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0
Kastoria 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2
Kavala 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–3 5–2 1–0
OFI 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Olympiacos 2–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 6–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Panachaiki 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Panathinaikos 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–2 1–0
Paniliakos 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0
PAOK 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–2 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–4 0–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 3–5 4–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–2
Veria 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Athinaikos-Aris awarded 2–0, Aris forgot to present the registration ID's and health certificates of the players to the referee.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 23
2   Kostas Frantzeskos OFI / PAOK 22
3   Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos 21
  Christos Kostis AEK Athens
5   Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 19
6   Petros Tengelidis Skoda Xanthi 15
7   Vasilis Andradis Edessaikos 14
  Giorgos Papandreou Kavala
9   Igor Klejch Panachaiki 11

Awards

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Annual awards

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Annual awards were announced on 31 December 1997.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season   Christos Kostis
  Demis Nikolaidis
  Kostas Frantzeskos
AEK Athens
AEK Athens
PAOK
Foreign Player of the Season   Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season   Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Olympiacos
Golden Boot   Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos
Manager of the Season   Georgios Paraschos Kavala

References

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  1. ^ "Kathimerini Page 14" (PDF). Kathimerini (in Greek). 31 December 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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