2018–19 Super League Greece

The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons,[3] 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 Thessaloniki
Matches played240
Goals scored549 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerEfthymis Koulouris
(19 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina
(2 September 2018)
Panetolikos 5–0 Panionios
(11 March 2019)
Aris Thessaloniki 5–0 Apollon Smyrnis
(18 March 2019)
PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos
(21 April 2019)
Aris Thessaloniki 7–2 Xanthi
(5 May 2019)
Biggest away winPanetolikos 0–5 Olympiacos
(7 April 2019)
Highest scoringAris Thessaloniki 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[1]
Average attendance5,433[2]
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris Thessaloniki joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Football League,[4] 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. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963–64.

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

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 will play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

The second and final club to be promoted was Aris Thessaloniki, after beating 2–0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris Thessaloniki will 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
Locations of the 2018–19 Super League Greece teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AEK AthensAthensOlympic Stadium69,618
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,118
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,200
Aris ThessalonikiThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800
Asteras TripolisTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,442
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium9,050
LamiaLamiaLamia Municipal Stadium5,500
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,915
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,088
OlympiacosPiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium32,115
PanathinaikosAthensOlympic Stadium69,618
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,321
PanioniosAthensNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
XanthiXanthiXanthi FC Arena7,244

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

Managerial changes
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 Thessaloniki Dimitrios Spanos Mutual consent 1 June 2018 Paco Herrera 1 July 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018[5] 10th Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) 31 August 2018
Lamia Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018[6] 15th Makis Chavos 5 September 2018[7]
Apollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018[8] 15th Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018[9]
AEL Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018[10] 15th Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018[11] 16th Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018[12]
Levadiakos Akis Mantzios 22 October 2018 15th Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018
Aris Thessaloniki 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 Thessaloniki 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] (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[lower-alpha 2] 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 Thessaloniki 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[lower-alpha 3] 30 13 8 9 38 30 +8 36[lower-alpha 4]
9 Panetolikos 30 10 6 14 34 48 −14 36[lower-alpha 4]
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[lower-alpha 5]
13 OFI (O) 30 7 11 12 30 42 −12 32[lower-alpha 5] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 PAS Giannina (R) 30 7 6 17 19 38 −19 27 Relegation to the 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: Superleague 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).[16]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[13]
  2. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[14]
  3. Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.[15]
  4. Head-to-head points: Panathinaikos 6, Panetolikos 0.
  5. Head-to-head points: Xanthi 4, OFI 1.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL APS ARI AST ATR LAM LEV OFI OLY PTH PTL PNN PAK 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 Thessaloniki 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: 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
PAOK844211111111111111111111111111
Olympiacos511153443332322222222222222222
AEK Athens232536335574444333333343333333
Atromitos355322222223233444444434444444
Aris Thessaloniki123444687756677686555555555555
Panionios7101314119910988881091010999101010129109766
Lamia1515161514131091010101213141413121011119999888887
Panathinaikos161276655666455555556666677669108
Panetolikos9669108878999966878778776677679
AEL4891181011111111111011111199111212111212111291010910
Asteras Tripolis11141510121214141415131110910111112101012111110111212121211
Xanthi131111877754467788767887888101111111112
OFI6912131515131212131514121313121414131414151515141414131313
PAS Giannina1416107911121313141213141212141313141313131313131313141414
Levadiakos1278121314151515121415151515151515151515141414151515151515
Apollon Smyrnis101314161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: Superleague Greece

Relegation play-offs
Platanias0–0OFI
Report
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Thanasis Tzilos
OFI3–2Platanias
Neira  11'
Giakoumakis  70'
Nabi  90+6'		 Report Tsamouris  42'
Papanikolaou  90+2'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Georgios Kominis

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


Average attendances

Average ticket sales (not total attendances) counted officially without games played behind closed doors from Super League.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Olympiacos 316,095 31,250 12,012 21,073 +10.3%†
2 PAOK 279,590 26,007 10,837 18,639 +10.1%†
3 AEK Athens 125,077 27,419 1,594 9,621 −38.4%2
4 Aris Thessaloniki 133,782 16,434 4,501 8,919 n/a1
5 Panathinaikos 109,286 24,731 1,475 8,407 +21.0%3
6 OFI 54,875 5,867 2,344 3,658 n/a1
7 PAS Giannina 40,154 3,630 2,058 2,677 +16.1%†
8 AEL 37,534 4,082 1,349 2,502 −35.3%†
9 Panetolikos 35,881 3,541 1,647 2,392 −1.2%†
10 Asteras Tripolis 30,466 5,011 787 2,031 +10.3%†
11 Lamia 28,269 3,315 888 1,885 −2.9%†
12 Panionios 25,492 4,414 806 1,699 −0.9%†
13 Xanthi 22,354 6,558 188 1,490 −4.3%†
14 Levadiakos 19,718 2,115 569 1,315 +13.8%†
15 Apollon Smyrnis 11,798 3,002 219 787 −56.1%†
16 Atromitos 11,768 1,673 292 785 −10.7%†
League total 1,282,139 31,250 188 5,433 +28.2%†

Updated to games played on 5 May 2019
Source: Superleague
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Games played behind closed doors AEK Athens 2 games
3: Games played behind closed doors Panathinaikos 2 games

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