# 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

The 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki was the 64th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 19 September 1999 and ended on 28 May 2000. Olympiacos won their fourth consecutive and 29th Greek title.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Giannis Pathiakakis | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium | 27,729 |
| Apollon Athens | Andreas Michalopoulos | Athens | Rizoupoli Stadium | 14,856 |
| Aris | Giannis Michalitsios | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| 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 |
| Kavala | Georgios Paraschos | Kavala | Kavala National Stadium | 12,500 |
| OFI | Eugène Gerards | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Giannis Matzourakis | Piraeus | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panachaiki | Christos Archontidis | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 |
| Panathinaikos | Ioannis Kyrastas | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Paniliakos | Arie Haan | Pyrgos | Pyrgos Stadium | 6,750 |
| Panionios | Christos Emvoliadis | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Dušan Bajević | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
| Proodeftiki | Soulis Papadopoulos | Piraeus | Nikaia Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Karageorgiou | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground | 9,500 |
| Trikala | Zoran Babović | Trikala | Trikala Municipal Stadium | 15,000 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 28 May 2000.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 18 | +68 | 92 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 92 | 24 | +68 | 88 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 66 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | OFI | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off |
| 7 | Aris | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off |
| 8 | Panionios | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off |
| 9 | Kalamata | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 44 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Ionikos | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 41 | |
| 11 | Skoda Xanthi | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 41 | |
| 12 | Ethnikos Asteras | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 41 | |
| 13 | Paniliakos | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 40 | |
| 14 | Panachaiki | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 39 | |
| 15 | Kavala (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 30 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Proodeftiki (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 28 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Apollon Athens (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 18 | Trikala (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 35 | 74 | −39 | 21 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): Iraklis 3 (+1), Aris 3 (-1).
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ionikos 9 (+4), Xanthi 4 (-1), Ethnikos Asteras 4 (-3).

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APA | ARIS | ETA | ION | IRA | KAL | KAV | OFI | OLY | PNA | PAO | PNL | PGSS | PAOK | PRO | XAN | TRI |
| AEK Athens | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Apollon Athens | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 |
| Aris | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ionikos | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Iraklis | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Kalamata | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Kavala | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| OFI | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Panachaiki | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Paniliakos | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Panionios | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| PAOK | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Trikala | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## UEFA Cup Places

AEK Athens qualified through the Cup, the 3rd league UEFA Cup place is decided between the teams within 5 points from 6th to 8th place.
UEFA Cup Play-off
Iraklis with two Home-matches, Aris one, Panionios none
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Iraklis | 2–2 | Panionios |
| Aris | 3–2 | Panionios |
| Iraklis | 2–0 | Aris |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraklis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 2 | Aris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Panionios | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dimitris Nalitzis | PAOK | 24 |
| 2 | Nikos Liberopoulos | Panathinaikos | 23 |
| 3 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 22 |
| 3 | Michalis Konstantinou | Iraklis | 22 |
| 5 | Rónald Gómez | OFI | 19 |
| 6 | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos | 15 |
| 7 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 12 |
| 8 | Nikos Frousos | PAOK | 11 |
| 8 | Saša Jovanović | Trikala | 11 |
| 8 | Paraschos Zouboulis | Skoda Xanthi | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 19 December 2000.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Nikos Liberopoulos | Panathinaikos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Giovanni | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Christos Patsatzoglou Kostas Katsouranis | Skoda Xanthi Panachaiki |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonios Nikopolidis | Panathinaikos |
| Golden Boot | Dimitris Nalitzis | PAOK |
| Manager of the Season | Ioannis Kyrastas | Panathinaikos |