1997–98 Kavala F.C. season

The 1997–1998 season was Kavala' 2nd straight season on the Greek first tier and their 3rd first-tier season in the 1990s. The team managed a league placement below middle, and reached the third round of the cup.

Kavala

1997–98 season
Manager	Nikos Goulis
Stadium	Anthi Karagianni Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	13th
Greek Cup	Third round
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Logaras	31	0	31	0
2	MF	GRE	Charalampos Telliadis	13	0	13	0
3	DF	BUL	Ivan Mitev	31	2	31	2
3	DF	CYP	Nikos Katsavakis	2	0	2	0
4	DF	GRE	Timos Kavakas	6	0	6	0
4	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Vakirtzis	30	0	30	0
5	DF	GRE	Kyrillos Kallimanis	29	2	29	2
6	MF	GRE	Georgios Peglis	27	0	27	0
7	MF	POL	Leszek Pisz	25	3	25	3
8	MF	GRE	Georgios Mallios	30	3	30	3
9	FW	GRE	Giorgos Papandreou	26	7	26	7
10	FW	GRE	Anestis Athanasiadis	31	7	31	7
11	MF	GRE	Anastasios Tsapanidis	21	0	21	0
11	MF	GRE	Angelos Digozis	8	0	8	0
11	MF	GRE	Ilias Michelidis	2	0	2	0
17	FW	GRE	Giorgos Nasiopoulos	14	9	14	9
18	MF	GRE	Sakis Paparadis	5	0	5	0
18	DF	GRE	Giorgos Koltsis	24	0	24	0
20	DF	GRE	Giorgos Karaisaridis	8	0	8	0
21	GK	GRE	Fotis Kipouros	3	0	3	0
22	DF	GRE	Christos Athanasiadis	18	0	18	0
24	MF	NGA	Ifeanyi Udeze	22	0	22	0
27	DF	GRE	Georgios Chatzizisis	15	0	15	0
29	MF	NGA	James Enuagwana	16	0	16	0
?	GK	GRE	Georgios Bakirtzidis	0	0	0	0
?	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Karabetakis	1	0	1	0
?	MF	GRE	Vassilis Apostolou	1	0	1	0
?	MF	BUL	Dimitar Georgiev	1	0	1	0

Players who left during the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	MF	GRE	Stavros Vakirtzis	4	0	4	0
13	MF	GRE	Nikolaos Lyratzis	5	0	5	0
17	FW	POL	Igor Sypniewski	18	7	18	7
?	MF	POL	Adam Fedoruk	1	0	1	0
?	MF	NGA	Himezi Sioma	1	0	1	0

Managers

• Grzegorz Lato: start of season – 16 September 1997
• Kostas Iosifidis: 16 September 1997 – 5 January 1998
• Stelios Katrakylakis (caretaker): 5 January 1998 – 20 January 1998
• Nikos Goulis: 20 January 1998 – end of season

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Panionios	34	10	6	18	41	54	−13	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
12	Paniliakos	34	9	9	16	41	54	−13	36
13	Kavala	34	10	5	19	40	58	−18	35
14	Proodeftiki	34	9	7	18	35	57	−22	34
15	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	10	3	21	27	51	−24	33

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

Greek Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Greek Football Cup

Kavala entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32.

Round of 32

Apollon Kalamarias v Kavala

19 November 1997 First leg	Apollon Kalamarias	3–0	Kavala	Thessaloniki
13:00 EET	Kallimanis 4' Antić 6' Samlidis 82'	Report (page 11)		Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

Kavala v Apollon Kalamarias

3 December 1997 Second leg	Kavala	3–2 (3–5 agg.)	Apollon Kalamarias	Kavala
13:00 EET	Athanasiadis 27', 79' Tsapanidis 53'	Report (page 14)	Tzoulis 47' Lioftis 82'	Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium

References

• Weltfussball

• Match data away vs PAOK is missing.

• RSSSF