2018–19 Super League Greece

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The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.

Super League Greece
Season2018–19
Dates25 August 2018 – 5 May 2019
ChampionsPAOK
3rd title
RelegatedPAS Giannina
Levadiakos
Apollon Smyrnis
Champions LeaguePAOK
Olympiacos
Europa LeagueAEK Athens
Atromitos
Aris
Matches played240
Goals scored549 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerEfthimis Koulouris
(19 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina
(2 September 2018)
Panetolikos 5–0 Panionios
(11 March 2019)
Aris 5–0 Apollon Smyrnis
(18 March 2019)
PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos
(21 April 2019)
Aris 7–2 Xanthi
(5 May 2019)
Biggest away winPanetolikos 0–5 Olympiacos
(7 April 2019)
Highest scoringAris 7–2 Xanthi
(5 May 2019)
Longest winning run10 matches
Olympiacos
Longest unbeaten run30 matches, the entire season
PAOK
Longest winless run13 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Longest losing run8 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Highest attendance31,250
Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos
(11 November 2018)
Lowest attendance188
Xanthi 0–1 Levadiakos
(24 February 2019)
Total attendance1,282,139
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Football League,[2] replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018–19 Football League.

PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. Also, on July 30 and before the start of the season, the EPO removed article 30 that referred to multi-ownership cases, an act which, as it turned out, was intended to cover the acquisition of Xanthi by PAOK.[3]

PAS Giannina, Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI, who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018–19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019–20 Super League. OFI won the play-offs with 3–2 on aggregate.

This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019–20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018–19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.

Teams

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Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.

Teams promoted to the Super League

The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1–0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2–0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013–14 season.

Teams relegated to the Football League

The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1–0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight.

The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2–1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.

Venues

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618
AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118
Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,200
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,442
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 9,050
Lamia Lamia Lamia Municipal Stadium 5,500
Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915
OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,088
Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115
Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618
Panetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,321
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703
PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Xanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7,244

Personnel, kits and TV channel

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Broadcast Channel
AEK Athens   Manolo Jiménez   Petros Mantalos   Capelli Pame Stoixima Nova Sports
AEL   Gianluca Festa   Vangelis Moras   Legea Thrakis Gefseis Nova Sports
Apollon Smyrnis   Lefteris Velentzas   Michalis Kyrgias   Zeus Venetis Bakery ERT
Aris   Savvas Pantelidis   Georgios Delizisis   Nike Karipidis Pallets ERT
Asteras Tripolis   Georgios Paraschos   Matías Iglesias   Macron Volton Nova Sports
Atromitos   Damir Canadi   Javier Umbides   Nike ETEKA Gas ERT
Lamia   Makis Chavos   Anestis Anastasiadis   Nike N/A ERT
Levadiakos   Nikos Karageorgiou   Savvas Tsabouris   Legea N/A Nova Sports
OFI   Jaime Vera   Anestis Nastos   Macron Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
Olympiacos   Pedro Martins   Andreas Bouchalakis   Adidas Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
Panathinaikos   Giorgos Donis   Dimitris Kourbelis   Nike Pame Stoixima ERT
Panetolikos   Traianos Dellas   Dimitris Kyriakidis   Zeus Emileon ERT
Panionios   Akis Mantzios   Panagiotis Korbos   Luanvi Tipbet.gr Nova Sports
PAOK   Răzvan Lucescu   Vieirinha   Macron Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
PAS Giannina   Giannis Petrakis   Alexios Michail   Nike Vikos Cola, Car.gr Nova Sports
Xanthi   Milan Rastavac   Konstantinos Fliskas   Joma N/A ERT

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Olympiacos   Christos Kontis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 May 2018 Pre season   Pedro Martins 7 May 2018
AEK Athens   Manolo Jiménez End of contract 25 May 2018   Marinos Ouzounidis 4 June 2018
Panathinaikos   Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 31 May 2018   Giorgos Donis 12 June 2018
Aris   Dimitrios Spanos Mutual consent 1 June 2018   Paco Herrera 1 July 2018
Apollon Smyrnis   Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018[4] 10th   Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) 31 August 2018
Lamia   Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018[5] 15th   Makis Chavos 5 September 2018[6]
Apollon Smyrnis   Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018[7] 15th   Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018[8]
AEL   Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018[9] 15th   Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis   Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018[10] 16th   Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018[11]
Levadiakos   Akis Mantzios 22 October 2018 15th   Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018
Aris   Paco Herrera 12 November 2018 7th   Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) 12 November 2018
Asteras Tripolis   Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 12 November 2018 15th   Georgios Paraschos 12 November 2018
Aris   Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2018 7th   Savvas Pantelidis 14 November 2018
Apollon Smyrnis   Giannis Matzourakis Sacked 26 November 2018 16th   Babis Tennes 26 November 2018
Panionios   José Anigo 2 December 2018 8th   Akis Mantzios 4 December 2018
Levadiakos   Giuseppe Sannino 21 January 2019 15th   Nikos Karageorgiou 22 January 2019
OFI   Nikos Papadopoulos 21 January 2019 12th   Jaime Vera 25 January 2019
AEK Athens   Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 5 February 2019 3rd   Manolo Jiménez 6 February 2019
Apollon Smyrnis   Babis Tennes Sacked 9 March 2019 16th   Lefteris Velentzas 9 March 2019

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[a] (C) 30 26 4 0 66 14 52 80 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 71 17 54 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens[b] 30 18 6 6 50 19 31 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 7 8 41 28 13 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Aris 30 15 4 11 46 33 13 49
6 Panionios 30 11 5 14 27 45 −18 38
7 Lamia 30 9 10 11 28 37 −9 37
8 Panathinaikos[c] 30 13 8 9 38 30 8 36[d]
9 Panetolikos 30 10 6 14 34 48 −14 36[d]
10 AEL 30 8 10 12 26 34 −8 34
11 Asteras Tripolis 30 8 9 13 25 30 −5 33
12 Xanthi 30 7 11 12 22 34 −12 32[e]
13 OFI (O) 30 7 11 12 30 42 −12 32[e] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 PAS Giannina (R) 30 7 6 17 19 38 −19 27 Relegation to Super League 2
15 Levadiakos (R) 30 5 6 19 15 45 −30 21
16 Apollon Smyrnis (R) 30 2 4 24 11 55 −44 10
Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[15]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[12]
  2. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[13]
  3. ^ Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.[14]
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Panathinaikos 6, Panetolikos 0.
  5. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Xanthi 4, OFI 1.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL APS ARIS AST ATR LAM LEV OFI OLY PAO PNE PGSS PAOK PAS XAN
AEK Athens 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
AEL 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Apollon Smyrnis 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–5 1–2 1–0
Aris 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 7–2
Asteras Tripolis 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–1
Atromitos 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Lamia 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0
Levadiakos 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2
OFI 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0
Olympiacos 4–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 5–0 4–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–3 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2
Panetolikos 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–5 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–0 0–0
Panionios 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
PAOK 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0
PAS Giannina 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0
Xanthi 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1
Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
PAOK844211111111111111111111111111
Olympiacos511153443332322222222222222222
AEK Athens232536335574444333333343333333
Atromitos355322222223233444444434444444
Aris123444687756677686555555555555
Panionios7101314119910988881091010999101010129109766
Lamia1515161514131091010101213141413121011119999888887
Panathinaikos161276655666455555556666677669108
Panetolikos9669108878999966878778776677679
AEL4891181011111111111011111199111212111212111291010910
Asteras Tripolis11141510121214141415131110910111112101012111110111212121211
Xanthi131111877754467788767887888101111111112
OFI6912131515131212131514121313121414131414151515141414131313
PAS Giannina1416107911121313141213141212141313141313131313131313141414
Levadiakos1278121314151515121415151515151515151515141414151515151515
Apollon Smyrnis101314161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round
Champions League second qualifying round
Europa League third qualifying round
Europa League second qualifying round
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2019–20 Super League Greece 2

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Summary
Platanias 2–3 OFI 0–0 2–3
Platanias0–0OFI
Report
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
OFI3–2Platanias
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

OFI won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2019–20 Super League. Platanias placed in 2019–20 Super League 2.

Season statistics

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Awards

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Annual awards

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Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020.[17]

Award Winner Club
Greek of the Season   Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season   Vieirinha PAOK
Young Player of the Season   Giannis Bouzoukis Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season   Alexandros Paschalakis PAOK
Golden Boot   Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos
Manager of the Season   Răzvan Lucescu PAOK
Team of the Season[18]
Goalkeeper   Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK)
Defence   Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos)   Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos)   Fernando Varela (PAOK)   Vieirinha (PAOK)
Midfield   Daniel Podence (Olympiacos)   Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos)   Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)   Guilherme (Olympiacos)   Georgios Masouras (Panionios/Olympiacos)
Attack   Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos)

References

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