1992–93 Alpha Ethniki

Alpha Ethniki
Season	1992–93
Champions	AEK Athens; 10th Greek title
Relegated	Pierikos; Ionikos; Korinthos
Champions League	AEK Athens
Cup Winners' Cup	Panathinaikos
UEFA Cup	Olympiacos; OFI
Matches played	306
Goals scored	821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vasilis Dimitriadis; (33 goals)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Alpha Ethniki was the 57th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 5 September 1992 and ended on 6 June 1993. AEK Athens won their second consecutive and tenth Greek title. This was the first season in which the new points system was introduced (Win: 3 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points), replacing the corresponding 2–1–0 and remained as it is since then.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

AEK Athens
Apollon A.
Athinaikos
Panathinaikos

Apollon K.
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Location of teams in 1992–93 Alpha Ethniki

Team	Manager¹	Location	Stadium
AEK Athens	Dušan Bajević	Athens	Nikos Goumas Stadium
AEL	Hristo Bonev	Larissa	Alcazar Stadium
Apollon Athens	Christos Archontidis	Athens	Rizoupoli Stadium
Apollon Kalamarias	Gerhard Prokop	Thessaloniki	Kalamaria Stadium
Aris	Georgios Firos	Thessaloniki	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Athinaikos	Stathis Stathopoulos	Athens	Vyronas National Stadium
Doxa Drama	Michalis Filippou	Drama	Doxa Drama Stadium
Edessaikos	Makis Katsavakis	Edessa	Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Ionikos	Sokratis Gemelos	Piraeus	Neapoli Stadium
Iraklis	Thijs Libregts	Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Korinthos	Giannis Stefas	Corinth	Korinthos Stadium
OFI	Eugène Gerards	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Olympiacos	Ljupko Petrović	Piraeus	Karaiskakis Stadium
Panachaiki	Andreas Michalopoulos	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Panathinaikos	Ivica Osim	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium
PAOK	Oleg Blokhin	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium
Pierikos	Jovan Kovrlija	Katerini	Katerini Municipal Stadium
Skoda Xanthi	Vasilios Daniil	Xanthi	Xanthi Ground

¹ On final match day of the season, played on 6 June 1993.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	24	6	4	78	27	51	78	Qualification for Champions League first round
2	Panathinaikos	34	24	5	5	85	21	64	77	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Olympiacos	34	20	8	6	68	31	37	68	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	19	9	6	64	32	32	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	PAOK	34	17	6	11	52	38	14	57
6	Iraklis	34	16	8	10	51	41	10	56
7	AEL	34	11	10	13	36	42	−6	43
8	Skoda Xanthi	34	11	9	14	56	66	−10	42
9	Aris	34	12	6	16	40	50	−10	42
10	Athinaikos	34	9	12	13	27	37	−10	39
11	Panachaiki	34	10	9	15	41	50	−9	39
12	Apollon Athens	34	10	7	17	27	49	−22	37
13	Doxa Drama	34	9	9	16	34	57	−23	36
14	Edessaikos	34	9	8	17	38	60	−22	35
15	Apollon Kalamarias	34	7	14	13	28	44	−16	35
16	Pierikos (R)	34	9	7	18	35	62	−27	34	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17	Ionikos (R)	34	9	6	19	33	49	−16	33
18	Korinthos (R)	34	6	9	19	28	65	−37	27

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	APA	APK	ARIS	ATH	DOX	EDE	ION	IRA	KOR	OFI	OLY	PNA	PAO	PAOK	PIE	XAN
AEK Athens		2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	7–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1
AEL	0–1		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	5–2	0–3	4–3	2–1	2–0
Apollon Athens	0–3	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Apollon Kalamarias	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–2
Aris	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	4–2
Athinaikos	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0
Doxa Drama	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–2
Edessaikos	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	1–1		3–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1
Ionikos	4–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1
Iraklis	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–2	1–0		6–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–1
Korinthos	1–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–5	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2
OFI	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	5–0
Olympiacos	1–0	2–1	5–2	5–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0		0–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	5–1
Panachaiki	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2
Panathinaikos	1–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	5–1	9–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–3	2–0		5–0	4–0	2–0
PAOK	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	4–1
Pierikos	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–2		3–2
Skoda Xanthi	3–4	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	8–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vasilis Dimitriadis	AEK Athens	33
2	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos	32
3	Marcelo Veridiano	Skoda Xanthi	21
4	Amaechi Ottiji	Panachaiki	17
5	Georgios Athanasiadis	Skoda Xanthi	15
6	Alexis Alexandris	AEK Athens	14
7	Oleh Protasov	Olympiacos	13
7	Dragan Đukanović	OFI	13
9	Christos Kostis	Iraklis	12
	Zoran Lončar	Aris
	Kostas Frantzeskos	Panathinaikos

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Stelios Manolas Nikos Nioplias	AEK Athens Panathinaikos
Foreign Player of the Season	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season	Nikos Machlas	OFI
Golden Boot	Vasilis Dimitriadis	AEK Athens
Greek Manager of the Season	Makis Katsavakis	Edessaikos
Foreign Manager of the Season	Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens