2003–04 Alpha Ethniki

The 2003–04 Alpha Ethniki was the 68th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 23 August 2003 and ended on 22 May 2004. Panathinaikos won their 19th Greek title and their first one in eight years.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2003–04
ChampionsPanathinaikos
19th Greek title
RelegatedAkratitos
Paniliakos
Proodeftiki
Champions LeaguePanathinaikos
Olympiacos
PAOK
UEFA CupAEK Athens
Egaleo
Panionios
Matches played240
Goals scored557 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerGiovanni
(21 goals)

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Location of teams in 2003–04 Alpha Ethniki
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Athens Various2
Akratitos Greece Babis Tennes Athens Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944
Aris Greece Makis Katsavakis Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Chalkidona Greece Georgios Paraschos Athens Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Greece Georgios Chatzaras Athens Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ionikos Greece Vangelis Vlachos Piraeus Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Netherlands Eugène Gerards Thessaloniki Makedonikos Stadium 8,100
Kallithea Greece Takis Lemonis Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250
OFI Greece Giorgos Foiros Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000
Olympiacos Ukraine Oleh Protasov Piraeus Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,856
Panathinaikos Israel Itzhak Shum Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium 16,620
Paniliakos Greece Sakis Tsiolis Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium 6,750
Panionios Slovakia Jozef Bubenko Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Proodeftiki Greece Soulis Papadopoulos Piraeus Nikaia Municipal Stadium 5,000
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Xanthi Xanthi Ground 9,500

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 24 5 1 62 18 +44 77 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 70 19 +51 75
3 PAOK 30 18 6 6 47 27 +20 60 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
4 AEK Athens 30 16 7 7 57 32 +25 55 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Egaleo 30 15 7 8 37 26 +11 52
6 Panionios 30 12 11 7 40 29 +11 47
7 Chalkidona 30 13 6 11 40 39 +1 45
8 Iraklis 30 12 6 12 40 39 +1 42
9 Ionikos 30 9 6 15 33 43 −10 33
10 Skoda Xanthi 30 8 6 16 28 42 −14 30
11 OFI 30 7 8 15 27 44 −17 29
12 Kallithea 30 5 12 13 37 42 −5 27[lower-alpha 1]
13 Aris 30 7 6 17 24 46 −22 27[lower-alpha 1]
14 Akratitos (R) 30 5 8 17 31 69 −38 23 Qualification for Relegation play-off
15 Paniliakos (R) 30 4 9 17 28 56 −28 21 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
16 Proodeftiki (R) 30 4 8 18 26 56 −30 20
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. Head-to-head record: Kallithea–Aris 4–0, Aris–Kallithea 0–1.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AKR ARIS CHA EGA ION IRA KLT OFI OLY PAO PNL PGSS PAOK PRO XAN
AEK Athens 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–0
Akratitos 2–7 1–0 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–5 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3
Aris 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2
Chalkidona 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0
Egaleo 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–1
Ionikos 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Iraklis 2–2 2–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0
Kallithea 1–3 2–2 4–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 3–1
OFI 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2
Olympiacos 0–1 7–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 4–1
Panathinaikos 2–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–0
Paniliakos 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–5 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–4 4–1 1–0
Panionios 2–2 6–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
PAOK 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Proodeftiki 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–1
Skoda Xanthi 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Played at a neutral venue (Makedonikos Stadium, Thessaloniki), between the 14th-place team in the Alpha Ethniki and the 3rd-place team in the Beta Ethniki.

Ergotelis1–0Akratitos
  • Sylla 90+1'
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Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Ergotelis were promoted to 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki. Akratitos were relegated to 2004–05 Beta Ethniki.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Giovanni Olympiacos 21
2 Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos 17
3 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK 16
4 Greece Giorgos Zacharopoulos Chalkidona 13
Greece Theofanis Gekas Kallithea
6 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens 12
Greece Nikos Skarmoutsos Kallithea
8 Greece Nikos Machlas OFI 11
Greece Vasilios Lakis AEK Athens
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 9 November 2004."Τιμήθηκαν οι κορυφαίοι του ποδοσφαίρου". patris.gr (in Greek). 9 November 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref>

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
Foreign Player of the Season Brazil Giovanni
Germany Markus Münch		 Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Greece Alexandros Tziolis Panionios
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Panathinaikos
Golden Boot Brazil Giovanni Olympiacos
Manager of the Season Greece Angelos Anastasiadis PAOK

References
  1. "Ο Εργοτέλης "γκρέμισε" τον Ακράτητο από την Α' Εθνική (Greek)". skai.gr. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
  2. "Η... πτήση είχε... καθυστέρηση ΜΕ ΓΚΟΛ-ΠΟΙΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΛΑ ΣΤΟ 91' Ο ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ "ΠΕΤΑΞΕ" ΣΤΗΝ Α' ΕΘΝΙΚΗ (Greek)". patris.gr. 2 June 2004.
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