# 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

The 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki was the 66th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 2001 and ended on 8 May 2002. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive and 31st Greek title.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Fernando Santos | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium | 27,729 |
| Akratitos | Giorgos Paraschos | Athens | Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium | 4,944 |
| Aris | Bernd Krauss | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| Egaleo | Georgios Chatzaras | Athens | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
| 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 |
| OFI | Ioannis Samaras | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Takis Lemonis | Piraeus | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panachaiki | Nikos Anastopoulos | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 |
| Panathinaikos | Sergio Markarián | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,620 |
| Panionios | Dumitru Dumitriu | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Dušan Bajević | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Karageorgiou | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground | 9,500 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Iraklis | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Panionios | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | OFI | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | Aris | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 29 | |
| 10 | Egaleo | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 26 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round |
| 11 | Akratitos | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ionikos | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 22 | |
| 13 | Panachaiki | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
| 14 | Ethnikos Asteras (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 17 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AKR | ARIS | EGA | ETA | ION | IRA | OFI | OLY | PNA | PAO | PGSS | PAOK | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 |
| Akratitos | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Egaleo | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Ionikos | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Iraklis | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| OFI | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Panachaiki | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 8–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Panionios | 2–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| PAOK | 3–2 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos | 19 |
| 2 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 17 |
| 3 | Vasilios Tsiartas | AEK Athens | 16 |
| 4 | Georgios Georgiadis | PAOK | 15 |
| 5 | Abderrahim Ouakili | Skoda Xanthi | 14 |
| 6 | Goran Vlaović | Panathinaikos | 13 |
| 6 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 13 |
| 8 | Ederson Fofonka | Iraklis | 12 |
| 9 | Rónald Gómez | OFI | 11 |
| 9 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Olympiacos | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Spyros Vallas | Skoda Xanthi |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonios Nikopolidis | Panathinaikos |
| Fair Play of the Season | Stelios Giannakopoulos Michalis Kasapis | Olympiacos AEK Athens |
| Golden Boot | Alexis Alexandris | Olympiacos |
| Manager of the Season | Fernando Santos | AEK Athens |