2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

70th season of top-tier football league in Greece Alpha Ethniki 2005–06 27 August 2005 – 14 May 2006 Olympiacos34th Greek title LevadiakosKallitheaAkratitos Champions League OlympiacosAEK Athens UEFA Cup PanathinaikosIraklisSkoda XanthiAtromitos Intertoto Cup AEL Dimitris Salpingidis(17 goals) 240 559 2004–05 2006–07 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,http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=64/newsId=433810.html Greece suspended by FIFA UEFA 2013-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20060705005153/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind%3D64/newsId%3D433810.html 2006-07-05 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. Teams Promoted from2004–05 Beta Ethniki Relegated from2004–05 Alpha Ethniki AELLevadiakosAkratitos ArisErgotelisKerkyra Stadiums and personnel Greece 380 right Location of teams in 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki Greece 37.966667 23.716667 AEK AthensAkratitosAtromitosEgaleoKallitheaPanathinaikosPanionios Greece 40.65 22.9 ApollonIraklisPAOK Greece 35.333333 25.133333 OFI Greece 38.433333 22.866667 Levadiakos right Greece 39.641667 22.416667 AEL left Greece 37.95 23.633333 IonikosOlympiacos left Greece 41.133333 24.883333 Skoda Xanthi left Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity AEK Athens POR Fernando Santos Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 AEL GRE Georgios Donis Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108 Akratitos GRE Vangelis Goutis Athens (Ano Liosia) Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium 4,944 Apollon Kalamarias GRE Makis Katsavakis Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) Kalamaria Stadium 6,500 Atromitos GRE Georgios Paraschos Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Stadium 9,035 Egaleo GRE Georgios Chatzaras Athens (Aigaleo) Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217 Ionikos GRE Sakis Tsiolis Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium 4,999 Iraklis GRE Savvas Kofidis Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560 Kallithea ROM Ilie Dumitrescu Athens (Kallithea) Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250 Levadiakos GRE Takis Lemonis Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915 OFI GRE Myron Sifakis Heraklion (Kaminia) Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,000 Olympiacos NOR Trond Sollied Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334 Panathinaikos ITA Alberto Malesani Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 Panionios SVK Jozef Bubenko Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756 PAOK GRE Georgios Kostikos Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703 Skoda Xanthi GRE Ioannis Matzourakis Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006. League table main WDL League table 5 QR OLY Olympiacos AEK AEK Athens PAO Panathinaikos IRA Iraklis XAN Skoda Xanthi PAOK PAOK ATR Atromitos AEL AEL APK Apollon Kalamarias EGA Egaleo PGSS Panionios ION Ionikos OFI OFI LEV Levadiakos KLT Kallithea AKR Akratitos 23 1 6 63 23 C 21 4 5 42 20 21 4 5 55 23 15 6 9 39 31 13 8 9 31 25 13 7 10 44 31 12 6 12 36 37 10 9 11 31 37 10 8 12 32 36 8 9 13 23 41 9 5 16 33 45 6 14 10 36 41 7 10 13 23 37 8 7 15 24 36 R 4 8 18 28 49 R 4 6 20 19 47 R green1 Qualification for Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 UC1 inherit Ineligible for 2006–07 European competitions PAOK were not licensed to play in the UEFA Cup therefore was replaced by the 7th placed team in the league table, Atromitos. INEC #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round IC3 red1 Relegation to Beta Ethniki R1 R1 red1 Relegation to Delta Ethniki Akratitos were demoted to the Delta Ethniki owing to financial bankruptcy. R2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2). AEK Head-to-head points: Panionios 4, Ionikos 1. PGSS Head-to-head points (goal difference): OFI 3 (+1), Levadiakos 3 (-1). OFI complete Galanis Sports Data 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). Results main FBR grey AEK AEL AKR APK ATR EGA ION IRA KLT LEV OFI OLY PAO PGSS PAOK XAN AEK Athens 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 Larissa 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 Akratitos 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 Atromitos 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 Egaleo 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 Ionikos 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 Iraklis 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Kallithea 1–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 Levadiakos 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 OFI 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 Olympiacos 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 5–0 1–2 2–0 Panathinaikos 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–3 4–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 Panionios 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 0–1 0–2 PAOK 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 Skoda Xanthi 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 complete Worldfootball.net Top scorers Source: Galanis Sports Data RankPlayerClubGoals1 GRE Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK172 BRA Luciano de Souza Panionios15 SCG Predrag Đorđević Olympiacos4 GRE Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens14 GRE Theofanis Gekas Panathinaikos6 CMR Joël Epalle Iraklis137 LBR Oliver Makor Ionikos10 GRE Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos CYP Michalis Konstantinou Olympiacos10 BRA Cleyton Apollon Kalamarias9 Awards Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 11 December 2006.https://www.sport24.gr/football/koryfaioi-lymperopoylos-stoltidis.7713810.html Κορυφαίοι Λυμπερόπουλος-Στολτίδης sport24.gr 11 December 2006 el Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season GRE Ieroklis StoltidisGRE Nikos Liberopoulos OlympiacosAEK Athens Foreign Player of the Season BRA Rivaldo Olympiacos Young Player of the Season GRE Panagiotis Lagos Iraklis Goalkeeper of the Season GRE Antonios Nikopolidis Olympiacos Golden Boot GRE Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK Manager of the Season GRE Savvas Kofidis Iraklis Attendances Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc06.htm 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk { class"wikitable sortable" ! # !! 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Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Olympiacos 21,270 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panathinaikos 16,922 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEK Athens 16,166 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AEL 6,995 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count OFI 4,715 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Iraklis 4,330 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Skoda Xanthi 3,952 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PAOK 3,909 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Atromitos 2,345 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Levadiakos 2,232 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Panionios 2,185 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kallithea 1,446 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ionikos 1,335 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Apollon Kalamarias 1,279 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Egaleo 1,212 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Akratitos 573 } References External links Official Greek FA Site Greek SuperLeague official Site Category:Alpha Ethniki seasons Greece 1