2016–17 Super League Greece

The 2016–17 Super League Greece was the 81st season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the eleventh under its current title. The season started on 10 September 2016 and ended in June 2017. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 Football League.

Super League Greece
Season2016–17
ChampionsOlympiacos
44th title
RelegatedIraklis
Veria
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
Europa LeaguePAOK
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Matches played240
Goals scored556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Berg (22 goals)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 6–0 Veria
(5 February 2017)
Biggest away winKerkyra 0–5 PAOK
(17 December 2016)
Asteras Tripolis 0–5 Panathinaikos
(18 February 2017)
Highest scoringOlympiacos 6–1 Veria
(11 September 2016)
PAOK 3–4 Atromitos
(28 November 2016)
Veria 4–3 Asteras Tripolis
(23 April 2017)
Highest attendance31,283
Olympiacos 3–0 Panathinaikos
(6 November 2016)
Lowest attendance245
Veria 0–4 Xanthi
(17 December 2016)
Total attendance1,006,530[1]
Average attendance4,026[1]

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2015–16 season. Panthrakikos and Kalloni will play in Football League for the 2016–17 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Football League, champions Larissa and Kerkyra.

Stadiums and locations
Location of the 2016–17 Super League Greece teams
Club Ap. Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens56AthensOlympic Stadium70,000
Asteras Tripolis10TripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,500
Atromitos16PeristeriPeristeri Stadium10,000
Iraklis53ThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,000
Kerkyra2CorfuKerkyra Stadium3,000
Larissa27LarissaAEL FC Arena16,000
Levadiakos16LivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,000
Olympiacos58PiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium32,115
Panathinaikos58AthensApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium16,620
Panetolikos7AgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,000
Panionios56Nea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium12,000
PAOK58ThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,700
PAS Giannina22IoanninaZosimades Stadium8,000
Platanias5ChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000
Veria17VeriaVeria Stadium6,500
Xanthi28XanthiXanthi F.C. Arena7,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros Mantalos Nike Pame Stihima
Larissa André Paus Boki Jovanović Legea
Asteras Tripolis Staikos Vergetis Pablo Mazza Nike Stoiximan.GR
Atromitos Ricardo Sá Pinto Eduardo Brito Nike Tzoker
Iraklis Savvas Pantelidis Lefteris Intzoglou Givova
Kerkyra Kostas Christoforakis Anastasios Venetis Macron Pame Stihima
Levadiakos Dimitris Farantos Thanasis Moulopoulos Legea Tzoker
Olympiacos Takis Lemonis Alejandro Domínguez Adidas Stoiximan.GR
Panathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Zeca Puma Pame Stihima
Panetolikos Makis Chavos Georgios Kousas Legea Pame Stihima
Panionios Vladan Milojević Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Stoiximan.GR
PAOK Vladimir Ivić Stefanos Athanasiadis Macron Sportingbet
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike Tzoker
Platanias Georgios Paraschos Fanouris Goundoulakis Macron Pame Stihima
Veria Ratko Dostanić Stelios Marangos Givova Tzoker
Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stihima

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kerkyra Alekos Vosniadis Mutual consent End of 2015–2016 season Pre-season Michalis Grigoriou 4 June 2016
AEK Athens Stelios Manolas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker End of 2015–2016 season Temur Ketsbaia 6 June 2016
AEL Sakis Tsiolis Mutual consent 2 June 2016 Angelos Anastasiadis 6 June 2016
Levadiakos Dimitris Farantos (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker End of 2015–2016 season Ratko Dostanić 6 June 2016
Olympiacos Marco Silva Resigned 23 June 2016 Víctor Sánchez 23 June 2016
Veria Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Resigned 8 July 2016 Alekos Vosniadis 9 July 2016
Olympiacos Víctor Sánchez Mutual consent 10 August 2016 Paulo Bento 10 August 2016
Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis Sacked 8 August 2016 Vladan Milojević 11 August 2016
Atromitos Traianos Dellas Resigned 19 September 2016 16th Georgios Korakakis 19 September 2016
Veria Alekos Vosniadis Mutual consent 23 September 2016 15th Thomas Grafas 24 September 2016
Asteras Tripolis Makis Chavos Mutual consent 26 September 2016 16th Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 27 September 2016
AEK Athens Temur Ketsbaia Resigned 18 October 2016 3rd José Morais 18 October 2016
Iraklis Nikos Papadopoulos Resigned 18 October 2016 16th Ioannis Amanatidis (caretaker) 19 October 2016
AEL Angelos Anastasiadis Sacked 31 October 2016 11th Sakis Tsiolis 1 November 2016
Iraklis Ioannis Amanatidis (caretaker) Resigned 30 October 2016 16th Savvas Pantelidis 1 November 2016
AEL Kostas Matzokas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 1 November 2016 11th Sakis Tsiolis 1 November 2016
Panathinaikos Andrea Stramaccioni Resigned 1 December 2016 3rd Marinos Ouzounidis 1 December 2016
Levadiakos Ratko Dostanić Resigned 12 January 2017 14th Giannis Christopoulos 12 January 2017
Panetolikos Giannis Matzourakis Mutual consent 17 January 2017 11th Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) 17 January 2017
AEK Athens José Morais Resigned 18 January 2017 6th Manolo Jiménez 19 January 2017
Panetolikos Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 19 January 2017 11th Makis Chavos 19 January 2017
Veria Thomas Grafas Mutual consent 26 January 2017 14th Apostolos Terzis 26 January 2017
Atromitos Georgios Korakakis Resigned 5 February 2017 9th Ricardo Sá Pinto 6 February 2017
Veria Apostolos Terzis Sacked 14 February 2017 16th Ratko Dostanić 14 February 2017
Asteras Tripolis Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Sacked 18 February 2017 12th Apostolos Charalampidis (caretaker) 20 February 2017
Olympiacos Paulo Bento Sacked 6 March 2017 1st Vasilis Vouzas (caretaker) 6 March 2017
Asteras Tripolis Apostolos Charalampidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 20 February 2017 13th Staikos Vergetis 3 March 2017
AEL Sakis Tsiolis Resigned 21 March 2017 12th Theodoros Voutiritsas (caretaker) 21 March 2017
Olympiacos Vasilis Vouzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 23 March 2017 1st Takis Lemonis 23 March 2017
AEL Theodoros Voutiritsas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 3 Αpril 2017 12th André Paus 3 April 2017
Levadiakos Giannis Christopoulos Sacked 7 Αpril 2017 14th Dimitris Farantos (caretaker) 7 April 2017
Kerkyra Michalis Grigoriou Sacked 11 April 2017 11th Kostas Christoforakis (caretaker) 12 April 2017

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 4 5 57 16 +41 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] 30 20 4 6 52 19 +33 61 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 16 9 5 45 19 +26 57
4 AEK Athens 30 14 11 5 54 23 +31 53
5 Panionios 30 15 7 8 35 23 +12 52
6 Xanthi 30 13 9 8 34 25 +9 48
7 Platanias 30 11 9 10 34 38 −4 42
8 Atromitos 30 11 6 13 29 38 −9 39
9 PAS Giannina 30 8 12 10 30 37 −7 36
10 Kerkyra 30 8 8 14 22 43 −21 32
11 Panetolikos 30 8 7 15 29 40 −11 31
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 6 10 14 34 49 −15 28[lower-alpha 2]
13 Larissa 30 6 10 14 23 42 −19 28[lower-alpha 2]
14 Levadiakos 30 6 8 16 27 49 −22 26
15 Iraklis[lower-alpha 3] (R) 30 6 11 13 28 39 −11 29 Relegation to the Football League
16 Veria (R) 30 5 7 18 23 56 −33 22
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup.[2]
  2. Asteras Tripolis ahead of Larissa on head-to-head record; Asteras Tripolis–Larissa 1–1, Larissa–Asteras Tripolis 1–4.
  3. Iraklis relegated due financial problems.[3]

Postponement

The Greek Super League was originally scheduled for 20 August 2016 but Greece's Sports minister Stavros Kontonis decided it would be postponed due to fears of violence.[4]

The first match was then postponed and scheduled to be played on 10 September 2016 between Kerkyra and Platanias.[5]

The match was a success and went ahead with no issues with Platanias winning 1–0.[6]

On 9 November refereeing chief Giorgos Bikas was the victim of an arson attack, this led to Greek football of all divisions to be suspended.[7]

Results
Home \ Away AEK AST ATR IRT KER LAR LEV OLY PNA PNE PIO TSP PAS PLA VER XAN
AEK Athens — 2–0 2–2 0–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 6–0 4–1
Asteras Tripolis 3–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–5 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Atromitos 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1
Iraklis 2–2 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Kerkyra 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 — 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–5 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Larissa 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Levadiakos 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1
Olympiacos 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 — 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 6–1 2–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 5–0 1–2
Panetolikos 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 — 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–3
Panionios 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0
PAOK 1–0 3–2 3–4 1–0 5–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–0
PAS Giannina 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 2–0 1–1
Platanias 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 — 1–0 0–1
Veria 0–2 4–3 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 — 0–4
Xanthi 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 —
Source: Superleague 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

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
Olympiacos114211111111111111111111111111
PAOK9667574691198689653333333332222
Panathinaikos321122223223344345544444443433
AEK Athens232533554535565766665565555544
Panionios445345645754422422222222224355
Xanthi11141515118897642233234456656766666
Platanias653471091013121310997888777777677777
Atromitos1516131296786477878999999888899888
PAS Giannina589684332366756577888999988999
Kerkyra13911131512131111101111111212121212121111111110101010111010
Panetolikos107796910710989101011111111101010101011111111101111
Asteras Tripolis141316161415141212131213131110101010111212121312131312121412
Larissa711881013111414141414121313131313131313131213121213141313
Levadiakos1612101012111213881012141414151514141414141414141414151514
Iraklis81014141616161616161616161616161615151515151515151515131215
Veria121512111314151515151515151515141416161616161616161616161616
Leader / 2017–18 Champions League
Qualification to UEFA Play-Offs
Relegation to 2017-18 Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: Superleague Greece

Play-offs

In the play-offs for Champions League and Europa League berths, the four qualified teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with 0 points. The fifth placed team's end of season tally of points is subtracted from the sum of the points that other teams have. This number is then divided by five.

So, both AEK and Panionios will begin the play-offs pointless. PAOK will enter the play-offs with two points, while Panathinaikos will have one point.[8]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 AEK Athens 6 4 0 2 5 3 +2 12 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 8 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
4 PAOK[lower-alpha 3] 6 3 0 3 7 5 +2 5
5 Panionios 6 1 1 4 3 6 −3 4 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.[11]
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against PAOK.[9]
  2. PAOK qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
  3. PAOK were deducted 6 points due to fan behavior against AEK in Greek Cup final.[10]

Results
Home \ Away AEK PNA PIO TSP
AEK Athens — 1–0 0–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 — 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Panionios 1–2 1–1 — 0–1
PAOK 0–1 2–3 1–0 —
Source: Superleague 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.
Notes:
  1. Match abandoned in the 54th minute with the score at 1–0. It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for PAOK.

Season statistics

Best goal and MVP awards winners
MD MVP award[14] Best goal award[14]
1 Dimitris Kyriakidis (Panetolikos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
2 Alexandros Paschalakis (PAS Giannina) Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos)
3 Hugo Almeida (AEK) Hugo Almeida (AEK)
4 Efthymis Koulouris (PAOK) Efthymis Koulouris (PAOK)
5 Dimitris Kyriakidis (Panetolikos) Javier Umbides (Atromitos)
6 André Martins (Olympiacos) Brown Ideye (Olympiacos)
7 Vangelis Platellas (AEK) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Xanthi)
8 Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos) Evripidis Giakos (PAS Giannina)
9 Christopher Maboulou (PAS Giannina) Thomas Nazlidis (AEL)
10 Alberto Botía (Olympiacos) Patito Rodríguez (AEK)
11 Vasilis Barkas (AEK) Kristijan Miljević (Veria)
12 Javier Umbides (Atromitos) Chrysovalantis Kozoronis (PAS Giannina)
13 Fotis Koutzavasilis (Kerkyra) Dimitris Limnios (Atromitos)
14 Léo Matos (PAOK) André Simões (AEK)
15 Hamza Younés (Xanthi) Diego Biseswar (PAOK)
16 Grigoris Makos (Panetolikos) Léo Matos (PAOK)
17 Spyros Risvanis (Panionios) Spyros Risvanis (Panionios)
18 Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina)
19 Panagiotis Korbos (Panionios) Panagiotis Korbos (Panionios)
20 Živko Živković (Xanthi) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina)
21 Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) Dimitris Pelkas (PAOK)
22 Vangelis Oikonomou (Panionios) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Xanthi)
23 Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina)
24 Sergio Araujo (AEK) Sergio Araujo (AEK)
25 Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
26 Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Giorgos Masouras (Panionios)
27 Michalis Manias (Asteras Tripolis) Diego Biseswar (PAOK)
28 Christos Donis (Iraklis) Michalis Bastakos (Iraklis)
29 Michalis Bastakos (Iraklis) Alberto de la Bella (Olympiacos)
30 Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos) Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis)

Attendances

Average attendances counted officially without games played behind closed gates from Superleague.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Olympiacos 270,663 31,283 9,032 18,044 −13.9%†
2 PAOK 178,744 26,379 2,906 11,916 0.0%†
3 AEK Athens 133,628 28,046 3,755 8,909 −20.1%†
4 Panathinaikos 88,189 13,666 1,398 5,879 −23.1%†
5 Larissa 37,345 5,507 1,266 2,490 n/a1
6 Panetolikos 35,233 4,179 1,727 2,349 +0.2%†
7 PAS Giannina 33,648 4,009 1,502 2,243 +5.4%†
8 Panionios 26,401 4,979 525 1,760 +24.8%†
9 Platanias 25,448 2,463 1,324 1,697 −10.3%†
10 Iraklis 21,749 3,864 330 1,450 −53.1%†
11 Asteras Tripolis 21,418 1,960 828 1,428 −15.0%†
12 Kerkyra 16,645 2,042 728 1,110 n/a1
13 Levadiakos 15,453 2,446 385 1,030 +20.0%†
14 Xanthi 15,218 1,959 515 1,015 −19.8%†
15 Veria 14,780 3,583 245 985 −18.0%†
16 Atromitos 9,237 1,553 294 711 −25.9%2
League total 943,799 31,283 245 3,939 −1.4%†

Updated to games played on 30 April 2017
Source: Superleague
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Atromitos game was played behind closed gates

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