The 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki was the 62nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 30 August 1997 and ended on 18 May 1998. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 27th Greek title.
Teams
Promoted from1996–97 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1996–97 Alpha Ethniki PanioniosProodeftikiEthnikos Piraeus ArisEdessaikosKastoria
Stadiums and personnel
Team Manager1 Location Stadium AEK Athens Antonis Minou Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium Apollon Athens Thijs Libregts Athens Rizoupoli Stadium Athinaikos Nikolaos Pantelis Athens Vyronas National Stadium Ethnikos Piraeus Georgios Ioakimidis Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium Ionikos Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium Iraklis Konstantinos Maloumidis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium Kalamata Eduardo Amorim Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium Kavala Nikolaos Goulis Kavala Kavala National Stadium OFI Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Olympiacos Dušan Bajević Athens Athens Olympic Stadium Panachaiki Stavros Diamantopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium Panathinaikos Vasilios Daniil Athens Athens Olympic Stadium Paniliakos Giannis Kyrastas Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium Panionios Christos Emvoliadis Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium PAOK Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium Proodeftiki Nikos Karoulias Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium Skoda Xanthi Giannis Mantzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground Veria Stefanos Gaitanos Veria Veria Stadium
1 On final match day of the season, played on 18 May 1998.
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos322 Ilija Ivić Olympiacos263 Georgios Georgiadis Panathinaikos214 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens195 Kostas Frantzeskos PAOK176 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos14 Craig Brewster Ionikos8 Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos12 Luciano de Souza Skoda Xanthi10 Paul Cominges PAOK11 Roland Zajmi Proodeftiki Michalis Konstantinou Iraklis Sakis Almanidis Proodeftiki
Awards
Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 15 December 1998.
Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens Foreign Player of the Season Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos Young Player of the Season Giorgos Karagounis Pantelis Konstantinidis Paraskevas Antzas Apollon AthensApollon AthensSkoda Xanthi Goalkeeper of the Season Ilias Atmatsidis AEK Athens Golden Boot Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos Manager of the Season Dušan Bajević Olympiacos
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki.
References
External links Official Greek FA Site RSSSF Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics