2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2000–01
ChampionsOlympiacos
30th Greek title
RelegatedPAS Giannina
Paniliakos
Kalamata
Athinaikos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
PAOK
Matches played240
Goals scored717 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris (20)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Toni Savevski Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Aris Babis Tennes Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Athinaikos Tasos Chatziangelis Athens Vyronas National Stadium 4,340
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
Kalamata Vasilis Georgopoulos Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium 5,613
OFI Ioannis Samaras Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Takis Lemonis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Nikos Kourbanas Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Stratos Apostolakis Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium 16,620
Paniliakos Kostas Polychroniou Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium 6,750
Panionios Martti Kuusela Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
PAS Giannina Nikos Anastopoulos Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 27 May 2001.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 25 3 2 84 22 +62 78 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 61 20 +41 66 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 19 4 7 61 34 +27 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 PAOK 30 14 9 7 66 48 +18 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Iraklis 30 14 4 12 45 40 +5 46
6 Ionikos 30 12 8 10 46 46 0 44[lower-alpha 2]
7 Aris 30 13 5 12 37 41 −4 44[lower-alpha 2]
8 Skoda Xanthi 30 11 5 14 24 37 −13 38
9 Panionios 30 9 9 12 39 42 −3 36
10 Ethnikos Asteras 30 9 7 14 34 52 −18 34
11 Panachaiki (O) 30 9 6 15 39 56 −17 33[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for relegation play-off
12 OFI (O) 30 8 9 13 39 49 −10 33[lower-alpha 3]
13 PAS Giannina (R) 30 8 9 13 40 53 −13 33[lower-alpha 3]
14 Paniliakos (R) 30 7 8 15 26 46 −20 29
15 Kalamata (R) 30 4 9 17 39 66 −27 21 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Athinaikos (R) 30 5 5 20 37 65 −28 20
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; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.
  2. Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 0–0, Ionikos–Aris 2–1.
  3. Head-to-head record: Panachaiki: 9 pts, OFI: 4 pts, PAS Giannina: 2 pts.

Results
Home \ Away AEK ARI ATH ETA ION IRT KAL OFI OLY PCK PAT PNL PIO PAK PAS XAN
AEK Athens 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
Aris 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 1–0
Athinaikos 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–5 3–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–4 0–1 2–2
Ethnikos Asteras 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0
Ionikos 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Iraklis 1–2 1–2 4–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–0
Kalamata 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 3–3 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–1
OFI 3–3 2–3 5–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Olympiacos 4–1 4–1 1–0 6–0 3–3 3–1 5–2 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–0
Panachaiki 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–5 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Panathinaikos 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 3–0
Paniliakos 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Panionios 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–0
PAOK 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 7–1 4–1 2–4 5–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 3–0
PAS Giannina 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–4 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–1
Skoda Xanthi 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Play-Off

Top goalscorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 20
2 Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis 18
3 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 15
4 Vassilis Tsartas AEK Athens 14
Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
6 Ilias Solakis Panachaiki 13
Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
8 Goran Vlaović Panathinaikos 12
9 Giorgos Kontopoulos Ethnikos Asteras 11
Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos
Stelios Giannakopoulos Olympiacos
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