2008–09 Superleague Greece

Super League Greece
Season 2008–09
Champions Olympiacos
37th Greek title
Relegated OFI
Panserraikos
Thrasyvoulos
UEFA Champions League Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
UEFA Europa League AEK Athens (via domestic cup)
PAOK
Larissa
Goals scored 519
Average goals/game 2.16
Top goalscorer Ismael Blanco (14)
Luciano Galletti (14)
Biggest home win Olympiacos 5–0 Iraklis
Biggest away win Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Highest scoring

Larissa 4–3 OFI
OFI 4–3 Panthrakikos
Asteras 3–4 Panionios
Ergotelis 2–5 Panionios

matches played=252

The 2008–09 Super League Greece season was the third since its establishment. It began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.

Contents

Team changes from 2007–08

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Beta Ethniki:

Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:

Overview

Location of teams in Super League Greece 2008–09
Club Manager Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Dusan Bajevic Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Aris Mazinho Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 19,300
Asteras Tripolis Nikos Kostenoglou Asteras Tripolis Stadium 4,200
Ergotelis Nikos Karageorgiou Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Iraklis Oleh Protasov Kaftanzoglio Stadium 28,028
Larissa Marinos Ouzounidis Alkazar 13,108
Levadiakos Momčilo Vukotić Levadia Municipal Stadium 8,000
OFI Ioannis Matzourakis Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Olympiacos Ernesto Valverde Karaiskákis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Henk ten Cate Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panionios Giotis Stamatopoulos Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panserraikos Hugo Broos Stadium of Serres 8,500
Panthrakikos Emilio Ferrera Komotini Stadium 4,500
PAOK Fernando Santos Toumba Stadium 28,850
Thrasyvoulos Sakis Tsiolis Fyli Stadium 3,142
Xanthi Georgios Paraschos Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,422

League table (regular season)

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 50 14 +36 71 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 18 9 3 39 16 +23 63 Super League Greece 2008–09 Playoffs
3 Panathinaikos 30 17 10 3 51 18 +33 61
4 AEK Athens 30 14 13 3 40 24 +16 55
5 Larissa 30 12 13 5 36 26 +10 49
6 Aris 30 13 8 9 30 31 −1 47
7 Skoda Xanthi 30 9 11 10 25 21 +4 38
8 Panionios 30 10 7 13 40 40 0 37
9 Ergotelis 30 9 9 12 31 39 −8 36
10 Iraklis 30 8 9 13 22 38 −16 33 IRA: 7 pts, 4–3
PTH: 6 pts, 1–0
AST: 2 pts, 2–4
11 Panthrakikos 30 9 6 15 23 37 −14 33
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 7 12 11 33 31 +2 33
13 Levadiakos 30 9 5 16 28 36 −8 32
14 OFI (R) 30 5 9 16 30 50 −20 24 Relegation to the Beta Ethniki OFI 0–0 PSE
PSE 1–2 OFI
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 5 9 16 19 45 −26 24
16 Thrasyvoulos (R) 30 3 5 22 22 53 −31 14

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

According to the official Superleague playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[1]

Results

Home \ Away1 AEK ARI AST ERG IRA AEL LEV OFI OLY PAT PIO PSE PTH PAO XAN THR
AEK Athens 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Aris 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1
Asteras Tripolis 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Ergotelis 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–5 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Iraklis 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Larissa 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–0
Levadiakos 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0
OFI 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 4–3 0–2 0–2 1–3
Olympiacos 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Panathinaikos 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
Panionios 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1
Panserraikos 1–5 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Panthrakikos 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
PAOK 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Skoda Xanthi 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Thrasyvoulos 3–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1

Source: galanissportsdata.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own amount of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the amount of bonus points.

The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

The play-off winners entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since AEK Athens have lost the final of the Greek Cup 2008–09 to Champions League-bound Olympiacos, all three Greek Europa League spots (two via league, one via domestic cup) were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.

Play-off table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
2 Panathinaikos 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 18 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 12 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 PAOK 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 9 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Larissa 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away1 AEK AEL PAT PAO
AEK Athens 3–2 0–2 3–1
Larissa 0–0 0–1 0–2
Panathinaikos 1–1 3–1 4–1
PAOK 0–1 1–0 0–1

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

14 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Source: galanissportsdata.com

Top assistants

9 assists
7 assists
6 assists

Source: galanissportsdata.com

Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)

Position Player Club Index
1 Luciano Galletti Olympiacos 0.250
2 Dudu Cearense Olympiacos 0.242
3 Fernando Belluschi Olympiacos 0.217
4 Fabián Estoyanoff Panionios 0.215
5 Vladimir Ivić PAOK 0.201
6 Diego Romano Ergotelis 0.197
7 Dimitris Salpigidis Panathinaikos 0.196
8 Leonardo Levadiakos 0.192
9 Serge Dié Iraklis 0.188
10 Dame N'Doye OFI 0.183

Source: galanissportsdata.com

Transfers

Main article: List of Greek football transfers 2008–09

Teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
Attica 5 AEK Athens, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Panionios and Thrasyvoulos
Macedonia 4 Aris, Iraklis, Panserraikos and PAOK
Crete 2 Ergotelis and OFI
Thrace 2 Panthrakikos and Skoda Xanthi
Peloponnese 1 Asteras Tripolis
Sterea Hellas 1 Levadiakos
Thessaly 1 Larissa

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)
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