2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

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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 goals)

Teams

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Stadia and personnel

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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 Leoforos Alexandras 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 table

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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
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

Results

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Source: Galanis Sports Data

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
  Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos
8   Ederson Fofonka Iraklis 12
9   Rónald Gómez OFI 11
  Stelios Giannakopoulos Olympiacos

Awards

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Annual awards

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Ντέμης και ΑΕΚ οι κορυφαίοι της περιόδου 2001-2002". sport.gr (in Greek). 4 November 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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