# 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

The 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki was the 63rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 30 May 1999. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 28th Greek title.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium |
| AEK Athens | Oleg Blokhin | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium |
| Apollon Athens | Andreas Michalopoulos | Athens | Rizoupoli Stadium |
| Aris | Alketas Panagoulias | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium |
| Ethnikos Asteras | Spyros Livathinos | Athens | Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | Panagiotis Alexopoulos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium |
| Ionikos | Sergio Markarián | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium |
| Iraklis | Mats Jingblad | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium |
| Kavala | Makis Katsavakis | Kavala | Kavala National Stadium |
| OFI | Eugène Gerards | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium |
| Olympiacos | Dušan Bajević | Piraeus | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Panathinaikos | Vasilios Daniil | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Panelefsiniakos | Stathis Stathopoulos | Elefsina | Municipal Stadium of Elefsina |
| Paniliakos | Babis Tennes | Pyrgos | Pyrgos Stadium |
| Panionios | Ronnie Whelan | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium |
| PAOK | Arie Haan | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium |
| Proodeftiki | Nikos Alefantos | Piraeus | Nikaia Municipal Stadium |
| Skoda Xanthi | Giannis Matzourakis | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground |
| Veria | Petros Ravousis | Veria | Veria Stadium |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 30 May 1999.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 22 | +60 | 85 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 75 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Ionikos | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Aris | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Skoda Xanthi | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 56 | |
| 8 | OFI | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 51 | |
| 9 | Iraklis | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 47 | |
| 10 | Kavala | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 42 | |
| 11 | Ethnikos Asteras | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 40 | |
| 12 | Proodeftiki | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 39 | |
| 13 | Paniliakos | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 38 | |
| 14 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 36 | |
| 15 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 32 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Veria (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 23 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Ethnikos Piraeus (R) | 34 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 81 | −64 | 8 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ARIS | ETA | ETH | ION | IRA | KAV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PNE | PNL | PGSS | PAOK | PRO | XAN | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ionikos | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Iraklis | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Kavala | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| OFI | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Paniliakos | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Panionios | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| PAOK | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 |
| Veria | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Panionios-OFI abandoned in 30' (9th Round 9/11/99) due to flood-lights problems. The remaining 60' were played in 2/12/99.
* ↑ PAOK-Olympiacos was abandoned in 82' at 1-2 after riots from the PAOK fans. Original score remained.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 22 |
| 2 | Nikos Frousos | Ionikos | 18 |
| 3 | Leszek Pisz | Kavala | 14 |
| 3 | Ismail Ba | Skoda Xanthi | 14 |
| 5 | Nikos Liberopoulos | Panathinaikos | 13 |
| 5 | Christos Maladenis | AEK Athens | 13 |
| 5 | Paulo Andrioli | Ionikos / Aris | 13 |
| 8 | Grigoris Georgatos | Olympiacos | 12 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 12 |
| 10 | Apostolos Liolidis | Aris | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 1 December 1999.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Grigoris Georgatos | Olympiacos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Siniša Gogić | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Nikos Iordanidis | OFI |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Ilias Atmatsidis | AEK Athens |
| Golden Boot | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens |
| Manager of the Season | Dušan Bajević | Olympiacos |