1998–99 Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. season

Ethnikos Piraeus

1998–99 season
Manager	Panagiotis Alexopoulos
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	18th (Relegated)
Greek Cup	Second round

The 1998–99 season was Ethnikos Piraeus' 5th first-tier season in the 1990s and the 49th in total. Not managing a single league victory, the team was relegated and also exited early in the cup. It remains the last top flight appearance for Ethnikos.

Players

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Nikos Gialesakis	11	0	11	0
2	DF	GRE	Michalis Charalampopoulos	19	0	19	0
3	DF	GHA	Joseph Addo	13	0	13	0
4	MF	GRE	Georgios Papoutsis	1	0	1	0
5	DF	GRE	Manolis Papadopoulos	14	0	14	0
6	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Damiris	29	0	29	0
7	MF	ENG	Carl Smith	7	1	7	1
8	DF	GRE	Vasilis Vouzas	6	0	6	0
8	FW	ENG	Colin Carr-Lawton	5	0	5	0
9	MF	GRE	Giannis Tsiamakis	6	0	6	0
10	MF	GRE	Vasilis Stavrakakis	5	0	5	0
11	MF	BRA	Alessandro Souza	16	1	16	1
12	FW	IRL	Dominic Foley	7	3	7	3
13	MF	GRE	Andreas Dertinis	13	0	13	0
14	MF	CMR	Joël Epalle	23	0	23	0
15	GK	ALB	Armir Grimaj	2	0	2	0
16	MF	GRE	Giorgos Kaidatzis	6	0	6	0
17	MF	GRE	Pantelis Koubis	28	3	28	3
18	MF	GRE	Petros Tasioulas	21	1	21	1
19	FW	GRE	Iraklis Anastasakis	9	1	9	1
20	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Machairas	21	0	21	0
22	MF	GRE	Stavros Komiotis	22	1	22	1
23	MF	GRE	Christos Kontis	27	1	27	1
24	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Ikonomou	6	0	6	0
25	FW	GRE	Giannis Vitevis	5	0	5	0
26	MF	BRA	Sandro Castro	4	0	4	0
31	FW	GRE	Nikolaos Kakanoulias	3	0	3	0
32	MF	GRE	Kostas Tsanas	15	0	15	0
33	DF	GRE	Stamatis Syrigos	16	0	16	0
34	GK	GRE	Dionysis Chiotis	17	0	17	0
35	MF	GRE	Mattheos Platakis	13	2	13	2
37	FW	ENG	John Reed	7	0	7	0

Players who left during the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	GRE	Lysandros Georgamlis	14	0	14	0
7	DF	GRE	Michalis Kapsis	13	0	13	0
21	DF	GRE	Apostolos Dimopoulos	12	0	12	0
?	MF	ALB	Armando Cungu	7	0	7	0
?	FW	ENG	Paul Beavers	9	2	9	2

Managers

• Georgios Ioakimidis: start of season – 14 September 1998
• Vasilis Papachristou (caretaker): 14 September 1998 – 10 November 1998
• Lysandros Georgamlis (caretaker): 10 November 1998 – 3 December 1998
• Howard Kendall: 3 December 1998 – 14 September 1998
• Panagiotis Alexopoulos: 18 March 1999 – 30 June 1999

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Apollon Athens	34	9	9	16	42	62	−20	36
15	Panionios	34	9	5	20	42	58	−16	32[a]
16	Panelefsiniakos (R)	34	7	11	16	25	49	−24	32[a]	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17	Veria (R)	34	6	5	23	20	55	−35	23
18	Ethnikos Piraeus (R)	34	0	8	26	17	81	−64	8

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

Greek Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Greek Football Cup

Niki Volos v Ethnikos Piraeus

11 November 1998 First round	Niki Volos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ethnikos Piraeus	Volos
13:00 EET	Letsios 62'	Report (page 27)	Macheras 90' Vitevis 105'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

Skoda Xanthi v Ethnikos Piraeus

17 December 1998 Second round	Skoda Xanthi	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ethnikos Piraeus	Xanthi
13:00 EET	Kyparissis 92'	Report (page 30)		Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena

References

• Weltfussball