# 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki

The 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki was the 69th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 18 September 2004 and ended on 25 May 2005. Olympiacos won their 33rd Greek title.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Fernando Santos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | Dragan Kokotović | Thessaloniki | Kalamaria Stadium | 6,500 |
| Aris | Georgios Chatzaras | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| Chalkidona | Georgios Paraschos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 9,035 |
| Egaleo | Ilie Dumitrescu | Athens | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
| Ergotelis | Manolis Patmetzis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Ionikos | Vangelis Vlachos | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium | 4,999 |
| Iraklis | Sergio Markarián | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Kallithea | Takis Lemonis | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 |
| Kerkyra | Lakis Papaioannou | Corfu | Kerkyra Stadium | 2,685 |
| OFI | Giannis Chatzinikolaou | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Dušan Bajević | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos | Alberto Malesani | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,620 |
| Panionios | Dimitrios Barbalias | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Nikos Karageorgiou | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Ioannis Matzourakis | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,442 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 2005.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Egaleo | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 45 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Iraklis | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | Chalkidona | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Kallithea | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | Ionikos | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Panionios | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 35 | |
| 12 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | OFI | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 32 | |
| 14 | Aris (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 25 | UEFA Cup first round and relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 15 | Ergotelis (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Kerkyra (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.
* ↑ Chalkidona were merged with Atromitos and therefore were replaced by them for the next season.
* ↑ Aris had three points deducted for the incidents in the match against Iraklis in the matchday 29.
* ↑ Aris were qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as runners-up of the Greek Football Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APK | ARIS | CHA | EGA | ERG | ION | IRA | KLT | KER | OFI | OLY | PAO | PGSS | PAOK | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Aris | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Chalkidona | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Egaleo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Ergotelis | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Ionikos | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kallithea | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Kerkyra | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| OFI | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Panionios | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ The match between Aris and Iraklis was awarded to Iraklis after being suspended at 43rd minute (score: 1–2).

## Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Theofanis Gekas | Panathinaikos | 18 |
| 2 | Luciano | Skoda Xanthi | 16 |
| 3 | Michalis Konstantinou | Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 4 | Giorgos Barkoglou | Egaleo | 14 |
| 4 | Dimitris Salpingidis | PAOK | 14 |
| 6 | Nikos Machlas | OFI | 13 |
| 7 | Rivaldo | Olympiacos | 12 |
| 8 | Patrick Ogunsoto | Ergotelis | 11 |
| 8 | Alessandro Soares | AEK Athens | 11 |
| 10 | Giorgos Zacharopoulos | Chalkidona | 10 |
| 10 | Kostas Katsouranis | AEK Athens | 10 |
| 10 | Giovanni | Olympiacos | 10 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 14 November 2005.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Kostas Katsouranis | AEK Athens |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Luciano | Skoda Xanthi |
| Young Player of the Season | Panagiotis Lagos | Iraklis |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonios Nikopolidis | Olympiacos |
| Golden Boot | Theofanis Gekas | Panathinaikos |
| Manager of the Season | Fernando Santos | AEK Athens |