# 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.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Athens | Various$^2$ | |
| Akratitos | Babis Tennes | Athens | Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium | 4,944 |
| Aris | Makis Katsavakis | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| Chalkidona | Georgios Paraschos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 9,035 |
| Egaleo | Georgios Chatzaras | Athens | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
| Ionikos | Vangelis Vlachos | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium | 4,999 |
| Iraklis | Eugène Gerards | Thessaloniki | Makedonikos Stadium | 8,100 |
| Kallithea | Takis Lemonis | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 |
| OFI | Giorgos Foiros | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Oleh Protasov | Piraeus | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,856 |
| Panathinaikos | Itzhak Shum | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,620 |
| Paniliakos | Sakis Tsiolis | Pyrgos | Pyrgos Stadium | 6,750 |
| Panionios | Jozef Bubenko | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Angelos Anastasiadis | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
| Proodeftiki | Soulis Papadopoulos | Piraeus | Nikaia Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Karageorgiou | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground | 9,500 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 22 May 2004.
* $^2$ AEK Athens were played the home matches at the various stadiums in Attica due to the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium and the renovation of Athens Olympic Stadium.

## 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 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | |
| 13 | Aris | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 27 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 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 | |

## Relegation play-off

Played at a neutral venue between the 14th-place team in the Alpha Ethniki and the 3rd-place team in the Beta Ethniki.
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 | Giovanni | Olympiacos | 21 |
| 2 | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | Panathinaikos | 17 |
| 3 | Dimitris Salpingidis | PAOK | 16 |
| 4 | Giorgos Zacharopoulos | Chalkidona | 13 |
| 4 | Theofanis Gekas | Kallithea | 13 |
| 6 | Nikos Liberopoulos | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 6 | Nikos Skarmoutsos | Kallithea | 12 |
| 8 | Nikos Machlas | OFI | 11 |
| 8 | Vasilios Lakis | AEK Athens | 11 |
| 8 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 9 November 2004.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | Panathinaikos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Giovanni Markus Münch | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
| Young Player of the Season | Alexandros Tziolis | Panionios |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonios Nikopolidis | Panathinaikos |
| Golden Boot | Giovanni | Olympiacos |
| Manager of the Season | Angelos Anastasiadis | PAOK |