The 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki was the 61st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1996 and ended on 25 May 1997. Olympiacos won their 26th Greek title and their first one in ten years.
Teams
Promoted from1995–96 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1995–96 Alpha Ethniki KavalaVeriaKastoria AELPanioniosEthnikos Piraeus
Stadiums and personnel
Team Manager1 Location Stadium AEK Athens Petros Ravousis Athens Nikos Goumas Stadium Apollon Athens Babis Tennes Athens Rizoupoli Stadium Aris Georgios Firos Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Athinaikos Christos Archontidis Athens Vyronas National Stadium Edessaikos Luiz Villa Edessa Municipal Stadium of Edessa Ionikos Jacek Gmoch Piraeus Neapoli Stadium Iraklis Manolis Giovanopoulos Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium Kalamata Bo Petersson Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium Kastoria Konstantinos Tsagalidis Kastoria Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Kavala Georgios Paraschos Kavala Kavala National Stadium OFI Eugène Gerards Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Olympiacos Dušan Bajević Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium Panachaiki Andreas Michalopoulos Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium Panathinaikos Nikos Karoulias Athens Athens Olympic Stadium Paniliakos Vasilios Daniil Pyrgos Pyrgos Stadium PAOK Angelos Anastasiadis Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium Skoda Xanthi Giannis Mantzourakis Xanthi Xanthi Ground Veria Nikolaos Karydis Veria Veria Stadium
1 On final match day of the season, played on 25 May 1997.
League table
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos232 Kostas Frantzeskos OFI / PAOK223 Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos21 Christos Kostis AEK Athens5 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens196 Petros Tengelidis Skoda Xanthi157 Vasilis Andradis Edessaikos14 Giorgos Papandreou Kavala9 Igor Klejch Panachaiki11
Awards
Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 31 December 1997.
Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season Christos Kostis Demis Nikolaidis Kostas Frantzeskos AEK AthensAEK AthensPAOK Foreign Player of the Season Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos Young Player of the Season Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Olympiacos Golden Boot Alexis Alexandris Olympiacos Manager of the Season Georgios Paraschos Kavala
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1996–97 Alpha Ethniki.
References
External links Official Greek FA Site RSSSF Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics