# 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Toni Savevski | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium | 27,729 |
| Aris | Babis Tennes | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| Athinaikos | Tasos Chatziangelis | Athens | Vyronas National Stadium | 4,340 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | Spyros Livathinos | Athens | Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium | 4,851 |
| Ionikos | Oleg Blokhin | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium | 4,999 |
| Iraklis | Angelos Anastasiadis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Kalamata | Vasilis Georgopoulos | Kalamata | Kalamata Municipal Stadium | 5,613 |
| OFI | Ioannis Samaras | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Takis Lemonis | Piraeus | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panachaiki | Nikos Kourbanas | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 |
| Panathinaikos | Stratos Apostolakis | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,620 |
| Paniliakos | Kostas Polychroniou | Pyrgos | Pyrgos Stadium | 6,750 |
| Panionios | Martti Kuusela | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Dušan Bajević | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
| PAS Giannina | Nikos Anastopoulos | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Karageorgiou | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground | 9,500 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 27 May 2001.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 22 | +62 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Iraklis | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
| 6 | Ionikos | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 44 | |
| 7 | Aris | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 44 | |
| 8 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 38 | |
| 9 | Panionios | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 36 | |
| 10 | Ethnikos Asteras | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 34 | |
| 11 | Panachaiki (O) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 12 | OFI (O) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 13 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 14 | Paniliakos (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 29 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 15 | Kalamata (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Athinaikos (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Ionikos 4, Aris 1.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Panachaiki 10, OFI 4, PAS Giannina 2.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | ATH | ETA | ION | IRA | KAL | OFI | OLY | PNA | PAO | PNL | PGSS | PAOK | PAS | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Athinaikos | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ionikos | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Iraklis | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kalamata | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| OFI | 3–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Panachaiki | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Paniliakos | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Panionios | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| PAOK | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 1–1 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |

## Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Panachaiki | 6–3 | Paniliakos | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| OFI | 3–2 | PAS Giannina | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |

## Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos | 20 |
| 2 | Michalis Konstantinou | Iraklis | 18 |
| 3 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 15 |
| 4 | Vasilios Tsiartas | AEK Athens | 14 |
| 4 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 14 |
| 6 | Ilias Solakis | Panachaiki | 13 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Warzycha | Panathinaikos | 13 |
| 8 | Goran Vlaović | Panathinaikos | 12 |
| 9 | Giorgos Kontopoulos | Ethnikos Asteras | 11 |
| 9 | Nikos Liberopoulos | Panathinaikos | 11 |
| 9 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Olympiacos | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 8 October 2001.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Giourkas Seitaridis | Panathinaikos |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | Panionios |
| Fair Play of the Season | Angelos Anastasiadis | Panathinaikos |
| Golden Boot | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos |
| Manager of the Season | Dušan Bajević | PAOK |