1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

The 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki was the 64th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1999 and ended on 28 May 2000. Olympiacos won their fourth consecutive and 29th Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season1999–2000
ChampionsOlympiacos
29th Greek title
RelegatedKavala
Proodeftiki
Apollon Smyrnis
Trikala
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA CupAEK Athens
OFI
PAOK
Iraklis
Intertoto CupKalamata
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitris Nalitzis (24)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Giannis Pathiakakis Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,729
Apollon Smyrnis Andreas Michalopoulos Athens Rizoupoli Stadium 14,856
Aris Giannis Michalitsios Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
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
Kavala Georgios Paraschos Kavala Kavala National Stadium 12,500
OFI Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Giannis Matzourakis Piraeus Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panachaiki Christos Archontidis Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos Ioannis Kyrastas Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Paniliakos Arie Haan Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium 6,750
Panionios Christos Emvoliadis Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Dušan Bajević Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Proodeftiki Soulis Papadopoulos Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium 5,000
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500
Trikala Zoran Babović Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 28 May 2000.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 30 2 2 86 18 +68 92 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 4 2 92 24 +68 88 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 34 20 6 8 69 39 +30 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 OFI 34 18 9 7 60 44 +16 63
5 PAOK 34 15 10 9 64 44 +20 55
6 Iraklis 34 15 5 14 58 58 0 50[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off
7 Aris 34 14 8 12 50 46 +4 50[lower-alpha 1]
8 Panionios 34 14 3 17 50 63 −13 45
9 Kalamata 34 12 8 14 41 57 −16 44 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
10 Ionikos 34 10 11 13 40 50 −10 41[lower-alpha 2]
11 Ethnikos Asteras 34 12 5 17 33 50 −17 41[lower-alpha 2]
12 Skoda Xanthi 34 11 8 15 36 43 −7 41[lower-alpha 2]
13 Paniliakos 34 12 4 18 44 48 −4 40
14 Panachaiki 34 9 12 13 37 47 −10 39
15 Kavala (R) 34 8 6 20 33 66 −33 30 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Proodeftiki (R) 34 7 7 20 27 55 −28 28
17 Apollon Smyrnis (R) 34 6 6 22 30 59 −29 24
18 Trikala (R) 34 5 6 23 35 74 −39 21
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: Iraklis–Aris 2–0, Aris–Iraklis 2–1.
  2. Head-to-head record: Ionikos: 9 pts, Ethnikos Asteras: 4 pts, Xanthi: 4 pts. Ethnikos Asteras ahead of Xanthi on head-to-head goal difference.

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

UEFA Cup Places

AEK qualified through the Cup, the 3rd league UEFA Cup place is decided between the teams within 5 points from 6th to 8th place.

UEFA Cup Playoff

Iraklis with two Home-matches, Aris one, Panionios none

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dimitris Nalitzis Panionios / PAOK 24
2 Nikos Liberopoulos Panathinaikos 23
3 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 22
Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis
5 Rónald Gómez OFI 19
6 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos 15
7 Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos 12
8 Nikos Frousos PAOK 11
Saša Jovanović Trikala
10 Paris Zoumboulis Skoda Xanthi 11
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