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.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2001–02
ChampionsOlympiacos
31st Greek title
RelegatedEthnikos Asteras
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
PAOK
Skoda Xanthi
Iraklis
Intertoto CupEgaleo
Matches played182
Goals scored524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris (19)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Fernando Santos Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Akratitos Giorgos Paraschos Athens Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944
Aris Bernd Krauss Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Egaleo Georgios Chatzaras Athens Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
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
OFI Ioannis Samaras Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Takis Lemonis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Nikos Anastopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio Markarián Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium 16,620
Panionios Dumitru Dumitriu Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 26 17 7 2 69 30 +39 58[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 AEK Athens 26 19 1 6 65 28 +37 58[lower-alpha 1] 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
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AKR ARI EGA ETA ION IRT OFI OLY PCK PAT PIO PAK 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

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

References
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