# 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

The 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki was the 70th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last season under the name Alpha Ethniki, before then was renamed to Super League Greece. The season began on 27 August 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 34th Greek title. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA, which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto Cup qualifiers from Greece, as well as the use of Athens Olympic Stadium as the site of the 2006–07 Champions League final.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Fernando Santos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| AEL | Giorgos Donis | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
| Akratitos | Vangelis Goutis | Athens | Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium | 4,944 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | Makis Katsavakis | Thessaloniki | Kalamaria Stadium | 6,500 |
| Atromitos | Georgios Paraschos | Peristeri | Peristeri Stadium | 9,035 |
| Egaleo | Georgios Chatzaras | Athens | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
| Ionikos | Sakis Tsiolis | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium | 4,999 |
| Iraklis | Savvas Kofidis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Kallithea | Ilie Dumitrescu | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 |
| Levadiakos | Takis Lemonis | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 5,915 |
| OFI | Myron Sifakis | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
| Olympiacos | Trond Sollied | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos | Alberto Malesani | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panionios | Jozef Bubenko | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
| PAOK | Georgios Kostikos | 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 13 May 2006.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Iraklis | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 46 | Ineligible for 2006–07 European competitions |
| 7 | Atromitos | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | AEL | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 39 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Egaleo | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 33 | |
| 11 | Panionios | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 32 | |
| 12 | Ionikos | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 32 | |
| 13 | OFI | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | Levadiakos (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 31 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 15 | Kallithea (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Akratitos (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 18 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
* ↑ PAOK were not licensed to play in the UEFA Cup therefore was replaced by the 7th placed team in the league table, Atromitos.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Panionios 4, Ionikos 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): OFI 3 (+1), Levadiakos 3 (-1).
* ↑ Akratitos were demoted to the Delta Ethniki owing to financial bankruptcy.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AKR | APK | ATR | EGA | ION | IRA | KLT | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PGSS | PAOK | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Larissa | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Akratitos | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Atromitos | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Egaleo | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Ionikos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Iraklis | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Kallithea | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Levadiakos | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| OFI | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Panionios | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| PAOK | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dimitris Salpingidis | PAOK | 17 |
| 2 | Luciano de Souza | Panionios | 15 |
| 2 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 15 |
| 4 | Nikos Liberopoulos | AEK Athens | 14 |
| 4 | Theofanis Gekas | Panathinaikos | 14 |
| 6 | Joël Epalle | Iraklis | 13 |
| 7 | Oliver Makor | Ionikos | 10 |
| 7 | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | Panathinaikos | 10 |
| 7 | Michalis Konstantinou | Olympiacos | 10 |
| 10 | Cleyton | Apollon Kalamarias | 9 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 11 December 2006.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Ieroklis Stoltidis Nikos Liberopoulos | Olympiacos AEK Athens |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Rivaldo | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Panagiotis Lagos | Iraklis |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonios Nikopolidis | Olympiacos |
| Golden Boot | Dimitris Salpingidis | PAOK |
| Manager of the Season | Savvas Kofidis | Iraklis |