2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

The 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki was the 70th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last season under the name Alpha Ethniki, before then was renamed to Super League Greece. The season began on 27 August 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 34th Greek title. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA,[1] which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto Cup qualifiers from Greece, as well as the use of Athens Olympic Stadium as the site of the 2006–07 Champions League final.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2005–06
ChampionsOlympiacos
34th Greek title
RelegatedLevadiakos
Kallithea
Akratitos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
Iraklis
Skoda Xanthi
Atromitos
Intertoto CupAEL
Matches played240
Goals scored559 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitris Salpingidis
(17 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Fernando SantosAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
AEL Giorgos DonisLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Akratitos Vangelis GoutisAthensYiannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Apollon Kalamarias Makis KatsavakisThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Atromitos Georgios ParaschosPeristeriPeristeri Stadium9,035
Egaleo Georgios ChatzarasAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ionikos Sakis TsiolisPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Savvas KofidisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kallithea Ilie DumitrescuKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250
Levadiakos Takis LemonisLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,915
OFI Myron SifakisHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Trond SolliedPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,334
Panathinaikos Alberto MalesaniAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Panionios Jozef BubenkoNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Georgios KostikosThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Ioannis MatzourakisXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)3023166323+4070Qualification for Champions League group stage
2AEK Athens3021454220+2267[a]Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3Panathinaikos3021455523+3267[a]Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4Iraklis3015693931+851
5Skoda Xanthi3013893125+647
6PAOK30137104431+1346Ineligible for 2006–07 European competitions[b]
7Atromitos30126123637−142Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8AEL30109113137−639Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
9Apollon Kalamarias30108123236−438
10Egaleo3089132341−1833
11Panionios3095163345−1232[c]
12Ionikos30614103641−532[c]
13OFI30710132337−1431[d]
14Levadiakos (R)3087152436−1231[d]Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15Kallithea (R)3048182849−2120
16Akratitos (R)3046201947−2818Relegation to Delta Ethniki[e]
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAEKAELAKRAPKATREGAIONIRAKLTLEVOFIOLYPAOPGSSPAOKXAN
AEK Athens1–02–02–12–11–12–12–02–02–02–01–33–02–02–10–0
Larissa0–12–14–12–11–10–00–02–01–01–02–10–31–02–13–1
Akratitos1–20–01–30–20–30–03–11–00–01–10–10–20–10–32–0
Apollon Kalamarias0–12–23–01–20–02–12–00–01–12–11–20–11–02–22–1
Atromitos0–00–02–01–10–03–23–22–11–04–00–11–01–32–10–1
Egaleo0–21–01–00–00–11–11–11–01–00–01–30–20–31–03–2
Ionikos0–11–13–22–03–14–11–12–12–01–10–11–10–11–10–0
Iraklis4–02–11–00–12–04–22–13–22–02–02–01–01–00–02–0
Kallithea1–42–12–00–02–31–13–30–03–20–10–32–41–21–12–1
Levadiakos0–13–01–11–01–02–11–10–11–01–03–20–03–21–00–2
OFI0–13–22–21–20–01–03–00–10–02–01–00–21–12–11–1
Olympiacos3–04–02–02–13–05–10–02–12–11–04–03–25–01–22–0
Panathinaikos1–03–01–03–04–34–01–02–22–02–03–10–23–01–02–1
Panionios0–21–12–42–12–00–13–33–01–01–11–12–32–40–10–2
PAOK2–12–22–01–22–22–06–11–02–13–12–01–20–11–01–0
Skoda Xanthi0–01–02–02–01–01–01–14–12–21–00–01–01–11–01–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK17
2 Luciano de SouzaPanionios15
Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
4 Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens14
Theofanis GekasPanathinaikos
6 Joël EpalleIraklis13
7 Oliver MakorIonikos10
Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanathinaikos
Michalis KonstantinouOlympiacos
10 CleytonApollon Kalamarias9

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 11 December 2006.[2]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Ieroklis Stoltidis
Nikos Liberopoulos
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season RivaldoOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Panagiotis LagosIraklis
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisOlympiacos
Golden Boot Dimitris SalpingidisPAOK
Manager of the Season Savvas KofidisIraklis

References

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