# 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

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
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | 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 | Piraeus | 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 | Nea Smyrni | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 27 | +61 | 88 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 24 | +66 | 85 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 70 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Ionikos | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 62 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 51 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 7 | OFI | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49 | |
| 8 | Skoda Xanthi | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 | |
| 9 | Veria | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 42 | |
| 10 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 | |
| 11 | Panionios | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 12 | Paniliakos | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 36 | |
| 13 | Kavala | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Proodeftiki | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 34 | |
| 15 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 33 | |
| 16 | Panachaiki (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 32 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Kalamata (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Athinaikos (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 27 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ATH | ETH | ION | IRA | KAL | KAV | OFI | OLY | PNA | PAO | PNL | PGSS | PAOK | PRO | XAN | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Apollon Athens | 3–4 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Athinaikos | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ionikos | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kalamata | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Kavala | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| OFI | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos | 0–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Panachaiki | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Paniliakos | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| PAOK | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Proodeftiki | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 4–0 |
| Veria | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 32 |
| 2 | Ilija Ivić | Olympiacos | 26 |
| 3 | Georgios Georgiadis | Panathinaikos | 21 |
| 4 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 19 |
| 5 | Kostas Frantzeskos | PAOK | 17 |
| 6 | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos | 14 |
| 6 | Craig Brewster | Ionikos | 14 |
| 8 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 12 |
| 8 | Luciano de Souza | Skoda Xanthi | 12 |
| 10 | Paul Cominges | PAOK | 11 |
| 10 | Roland Zajmi | Proodeftiki | 11 |
| 10 | Michalis Konstantinou | Iraklis | 11 |
| 10 | Sakis Almanidis | Proodeftiki | 11 |

## 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 Athens Apollon Athens Skoda Xanthi |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Ilias Atmatsidis | AEK Athens |
| Golden Boot | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos |
| Manager of the Season | Dušan Bajević | Olympiacos |