2004–05 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season2004–05
ChampionsOlympiacos
33rd Greek title
RelegatedAris
Ergotelis
Kerkyra
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
Skoda Xanthi
PAOK
Aris
Intertoto CupEgaleo
Matches240
Goals557 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerTheofanis Gekas
(18 goals)

The 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki was the 69th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 18 September 2004 and ended on 25 May 2005. Olympiacos won their 33rd Greek title.

Teams

Promoted from
2003–04 Beta Ethniki 		Relegated from
2003–04 Alpha Ethniki
Kerkyra
Apollon Kalamarias
Ergotelis 		Akratitos
Paniliakos
Proodeftiki

Stadiums and personnel

Location of teams in 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Portugal Fernando Santos Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638
Apollon Kalamarias Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Kokotović Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) Kalamaria Stadium 6,500
Aris Greece Georgios Chatzaras Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Chalkidona Greece Georgios Paraschos Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Athens (Aigaleo) Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ergotelis Greece Manolis Patmetzis Heraklion (Ammoudara) Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Ionikos Greece Vangelis Vlachos Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Uruguay Sergio Markarián Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560
Kallithea Greece Takis Lemonis Athens (Kallithea) Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250
Kerkyra Greece Lakis Papaioannou Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
OFI Greece Giannis Chatzinikolaou Heraklion (Kaminia) Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Italy Alberto Malesani Athens (Ampelokipoi) Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,620
Panionios Greece Dimitrios Barbalias Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 2005.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[a] (C) 30 19 8 3 54 18 +36 65 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 19 7 4 51 18 +33 64 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 17 11 2 46 22 +24 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Skoda Xanthi 30 14 8 8 43 29 +14 50
5 PAOK 30 13 7 10 43 39 +4 46
6 Egaleo 30 11 12 7 31 26 +5 45 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
7 Iraklis 30 12 5 13 36 30 +6 41
8 Chalkidona[b] 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 38
9 Kallithea 30 9 10 11 39 44 −5 37
10 Ionikos 30 8 12 10 22 32 −10 36
11 Panionios[a] 30 8 11 11 25 32 −7 35
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 8 9 13 31 49 −18 33
13 OFI 30 8 8 14 36 44 −8 32
14 Aris[c] (R) 30 5 13 12 26 37 −11 25 UEFA Cup first round and relegation to Beta Ethniki[d]
15 Ergotelis (R) 30 5 5 20 19 50 −31 20 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Kerkyra (R) 30 3 8 19 21 49 −28 17
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 Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.
  2. ^ Chalkidona were merged with Atromitos and therefore were replaced by them for the next season.
  3. ^ Aris had three points deducted for the incidents in the match against Iraklis in the matchday 29.
  4. ^ Aris were qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as runners-up of the Greek Football Cup.

Results

Home \ Away AEK APK ARIS CHA EGA ERG ION IRA KLT KER OFI OLY PAO PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Apollon Kalamarias 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–1
Aris 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2[a] 2–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Chalkidona 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Egaleo 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Ergotelis 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–2
Ionikos 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Iraklis 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–1
Kallithea 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3
Kerkyra 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–0
OFI 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Olympiacos 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 5–1 0–0 6–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1
Panionios 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0
PAOK 1–1 5–2 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–2
Source: Worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Aris and Iraklis was awarded to Iraklis after being suspended at 43rd minute (score: 1–2).

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos 18
2 Brazil Luciano Skoda Xanthi 16
3 Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Panathinaikos 15
4 Greece Giorgos Barkoglou Egaleo 14
Greece Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK
6 Greece Nikos Machlas OFI 13
7 Brazil Rivaldo Olympiacos 12
8 Nigeria Patrick Ogunsoto Ergotelis 11
Brazil Alessandro Soares AEK Athens
10 Greece Giorgos Zacharopoulos Chalkidona 10
Greece Kostas Katsouranis AEK Athens
Brazil Giovanni Olympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 14 November 2005.[1]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Kostas Katsouranis AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Brazil Luciano Skoda Xanthi
Young Player of the Season Greece Panagiotis Lagos Iraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Olympiacos
Golden Boot Greece Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos
Manager of the Season Portugal Fernando Santos AEK Athens

Attendances

AEK Athens drew the highest average home attendance in the 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

# Team Average attendance
1 AEK Athens 27,647
2 Olympiacos 20,367
3 Ergotelis 10,080
4 Panathinaikos 8,101
5 Aris 6,376
6 PAOK 5,702
7 Iraklis 4,524
8 Skoda Xanthi 2,858
9 OFI 2,400
10 Kerkyra 1,482
11 Apollon Kalamarias 1,386
12 Kallithea 1,177
13 Ionikos 1,103
14 Panionios 1,071
15 Chalkidona 989
16 Egaleo 894

References

  1. ^ "Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ : Κατσουράνης, Λουτσιάνο και Σάντος οι κορυφαίοι". pathfinder.gr (in Greek). 14 November 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "2004–05 Alpha Ethniki". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Ethniki_2004%E2%80%9305