Superleague Greece

Superleague Greece

Countries	Greece
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1959 (16 July 2006 in its current format)
Number of teams	16
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Football League^[1]
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Olympiacos (2010–11)
Most championships	Olympiacos (38 titles)
TV partners	Nova Sports, NET
Website	superleaguegreece.net
2011–12 Superleague Greece

The Superleague Greece (Greek: Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα) is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each. As of May 2011, Superleague Greece is ranked 11th in the UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.

Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in season 1927–28, only six clubs have won the title, with the "big three" of Athens (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos,and AEK Athens) dominating and only Aris, PAOK, and Larissa managing to break their dominance on a few occasions. The current champions are Olympiacos, who have won in total 38 titles.

1 History
2 Structure
3 Superleague Greece 2011–12 members
4 Champions
- 4.1 Performance by club
- 4.2 Titles By City
5 Statistics
- 5.1 Top three ranking
- 5.2 Seasons in Superleague Greece
6 All-time Super League table
7 Per geographic region
8 UEFA ranking
9 Broadcasting rights
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

History

In 2006, the Superleague Greece replaced 1st Division (Alpha Ethniki) as the highest Greek professional football league. Alpha Ethniki had held the position as the highest level of Greek football since 1959. Up to then, the highest league was the Panhellenic Championship, open only to the largest football associations of Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Patras. The title was contended between the champions of the aforementioned local associations in a play-off format.

In 1979, Alpha Ethniki, which had been an amateur and semi-amateur competition from its inception, turned professional.

Structure

At present, sixteen clubs compete in the Superleague, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom three clubs are relegated to Football League.^[1] In their place, the top three teams from Football League are promoted. The number of teams to be relegated may change, depending on a licensing procedure that takes place at the end of the regular season.

The Superleague is currently entitled to two entrants into the UEFA Champions League. The Superleague champion directly enters the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The second through fifth place teams in the Superleague enter a play-off for the second Greek entry. The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, a two-legged tie from which the winner advances to the play offs of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, as well as the runners-up of the Superleague play-off.

In the play-off for the UEFA Champions League, the 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 Superleague will start the play off with 0 points. The fifth place team’s end of season tally of points is used to calculate the sum of the points that other teams will have. The point difference of each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th team from the fifth place team is then divided by five(if the result is a decimal number it is then rounded to a full number, with .5 or more being rounded up) and the resulting number respectively for each team is the number of points with which they will start the mini-league.^[2]

Superleague Greece 2011–12 members

Club	Position in 2010–11	Stadium	Capacity
AEK	4th (3rd after regular season)	Athens Olympic Stadium	72,080
Aris	6th	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,800
Asteras Tripolis	13th	Asteras Tripolis Stadium	6,430
Atromitos Athens	11th	Peristeri Stadium	10,200
Ergotelis	8th	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
Kerkyra	12th	Kérkyras Stadium	2,685
OFI	1st in Football League Promotion Playoffs	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	8,500
Olympiacos	Champion	Karaiskakis Stadium	33,334
Panathinaikos	2nd (2nd after regular season)	Athens Olympic Stadium	72,080
Panetolikos	1st in Football League	Panetolikos Stadium	7,000
Panionios	10th	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700
PAOK	3rd (4th after regular season)	Toumba Stadium	28,701
PAS Giannina	2nd in Football League	Zosimades Stadium	7,500
Skoda Xanthi	9th	Skoda Xanthi Arena	7,361
Doxa Dramas	4th in Football League	Doxa Drama Stadium	7,000
Levadiakos	3rd in Football League	Levadia Municipal Stadium	6,500

¹ The final positions for the teams occupying rank 2 – 5 in regular season is being determined by the playoffs.^[3]

Champions

Main article: Greek football champions

1927–28 to 1958–59: Panhellenic Championship
1959–60 to 2005–06: Alpha Ethniki
2006–07 to present: Superleague Greece

Season	Champion
1927–28	Aris
1928–29	not held
1929–30	Panathinaikos
1930–31	Olympiacos
1931–32	Aris
1932–33	Olympiacos
1933–34	Olympiacos
1934–35	not held
1935–36	Olympiacos
1936–37	Olympiacos
1937–38	Olympiacos
1938–39	AEK Athens
1939–40	AEK Athens
1940–41	not finished
1941–42	not held
1942–43	not finished
1943–44	not held
1944–45	not held
1945–46	Aris
1946–47	Olympiacos
1947–48	Olympiacos
1948–49	Panathinaikos
1949–50	not finished
1950–51	Olympiacos
1951–52	not finished
1952–53	Panathinaikos
1953–54	Olympiacos
1954–55	Olympiacos
1955–56	Olympiacos
1956–57	Olympiacos
1957–58	Olympiacos
1958–59	Olympiacos

Season	Champion
1959–60	Panathinaikos
1960–61	Panathinaikos
1961–62	Panathinaikos
1962–63	AEK Athens
1963–64	Panathinaikos
1964–65	Panathinaikos
1965–66	Olympiacos
1966–67	Olympiacos
1967–68	AEK Athens
1968–69	Panathinaikos
1969–70	Panathinaikos
1970–71	AEK Athens
1971–72	Panathinaikos
1972–73	Olympiacos
1973–74	Olympiacos
1974–75	Olympiacos
1975–76	PAOK
1976–77	Panathinaikos
1977–78	AEK Athens
1978–79	AEK Athens
1979–80	Olympiacos
1980–81	Olympiacos
1981–82	Olympiacos
1982–83	Olympiacos
1983–84	Panathinaikos
1984–85	PAOK
1985–86	Panathinaikos
1986–87	Olympiacos
1987–88	Larissa
1988–89	AEK Athens
1989–90	Panathinaikos
1990–91	Panathinaikos

Season	Champion
1991–92	AEK Athens
1992–93	AEK Athens
1993–94	AEK Athens
1994–95	Panathinaikos
1995–96	Panathinaikos
1996–97	Olympiacos
1997–98	Olympiacos
1998–99	Olympiacos
1999–2000	Olympiacos
2000–01	Olympiacos
2001–02	Olympiacos
2002–03	Olympiacos
2003–04	Panathinaikos
2004–05	Olympiacos
2005–06	Olympiacos
2006–07	Olympiacos
2007–08	Olympiacos
2008–09	Olympiacos
2009–10	Panathinaikos
2010–11	Olympiacos

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
Olympiacos	38	1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Panathinaikos	20	1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010
AEK	11	1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
Aris	3	1928, 1932, 1946
PAOK	2	1976, 1985
Larissa	1	1988

Titles By City

The 6 clubs that have won the championship are from a total of 4 cities

City	Number of Titles	Clubs
Piraeus	38	Olympiacos (38)
Athens	31	Panathinaikos FC (20), AEK Athens (11)
Thessaloniki	5	Aris (3), PAOK (2)
Larissa	1	Larissa (1)

Statistics

Statistics in Superleague Greece since the 1959–60 season, when the championship was established in its current form.

Top three ranking

Ranking by top three appearances in Superleague Greece.

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Top3 overall
Olympiacos	23	15	8	46
Panathinaikos	17	13	14	44
AEK	9	16	12	37
PAOK	2	3	8	13
Larissa	1	1	–	2
Aris	–	1	4	5
OFI	–	1	2	3
Panionios	–	1	1	2
Apollon Athens	–	–	1	1
Iraklis	–	–	1	1

Seasons in Superleague Greece

The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the top division until 2011–12. AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form. The teams in bold participate in the current Superleague season (2011–12).

Seasons	Clubs
53	AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK
51	Aris, Panionios, Iraklis
37	Apollon Athens, OFI
36	Ethnikos
26	Panachaiki, Larissa
24	Panserraikos, Skoda Xanthi
23	Egaleo
21	Doxa Drama
20	Apollon Kalamaria
19	Kavala
17	PAS Giannina
16	Ionikos, Pierikos
15	Proodeftiki
12	Veria
11	Atromitos, Levadiakos
10	Kastoria
9	Athinaikos, Olympiakos Volos
7	Ergotelis, Fostiras, Kalamata, Paniliakos, Trikala
6	Panegialios
5	Asteras Tripolis, Edessaikos, Korinthos, Niki Volos
4	Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Kerkyra, Rodos, Vyzas
3	Diagoras, Olympiakos Nicosia, Panelefsiniakos, Panetolikos
2	Chalkidona, Panthrakikos
1	AEL Limassol, APOEL*, Atromitos Piraeus, Chalkida, EPA Larnaca, Makedonikos, Naoussa, Olympiakos Chalkida, Omonia Nicosia, Thermaikos, Thrasyvoulos

APOEL avoided relegation in the 1973–1974 season, but were forced to play in the Cypriot A Division the following season due to the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. Hence they are the only team to have played a single season in the Greek league and not been relegated.

All-time Super League table

The All-time Super League table^[4] is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Super League since its inception in 1959. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2010–11 season. Points are based on 3–1–0 and no deductions are counted. Displayed teams with at least 15 appearences. More will be included

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	1	2	3	1st App	Since/Last App	Best
1	Olympiacos	52	3578	1660	1074	356	230	3262	1273	1989	23	15	8	1959–60	1959–60	1
2	Panathinaikos	52	3516	1660	1050	366	244	3260	1282	1978	17	13	14	1959–60	1959–60	1
3	AEK	52	3337	1660	986	382	293	3137	1454	1683	9	16	12	1959–60	1959–60	1
4	PAOK	52	2803	1660	787	442	431	2504	1654	850	2	3	8	1959–60	1959–60	1
5	Aris	50	2391	1596	652	435	509	1989	1726	263	–	1	4	1959–60	2006–07	2
6	Iraklis	51	2274	1626	609	447	570	2047	1940	107	–	–	1	1959–60	2010–11	3
7	Panionios	50	2070	1592	547	429	617	1913	2037	–124	–	1	1	1959–60	1997–98	2
8	OFI	36	1599	1160	444	267	449	1498	1504	–6	–	1	2	1968–69	2011–12	2
9	Apollon Athens	37	1416	1202	365	321	516	1294	1563	–269	–	–	1	1959–60	1999–2000	3
10	Ethnikos Piraeus	36	1394	1164	356	326	482	1305	1552	–247	–	–	–	1959–60	1998–99	4
11	Larissa	26	1103	836	294	221	321	948	1038	–90	1	1	–	1973–74	2010–11	1
12	Panachaiki	26	917	852	230	227	395	849	1255	–406	–	–	–	1969–70	2002–03	4
13	Skoda Xanthi	23	908	700	245	173	282	841	915	–74	–	–	–	1988–89	1988–89	4
14	Egaleo	23	846	726	225	171	330	721	1039	–318	–	–	–	1961–62	2006–07	4
15	Panserraikos	24	813	784	202	207	375	684	1075	–391	–	–	–	1965–66	2010–11	8
16	Doxa Drama	20	720	640	183	171	286	695	942	–247	–	–	–	1959–60	2011–12	6
17	Kavala	19	715	638	190	145	303	605	894	–289	–	–	–	1969–70	2010–11	6
18	Apollon Kalamaria	20	621	616	143	192	281	550	875	–325	–	–	–	1959–60	2007–08	9
19	PAS Giannina	16	601	516	155	136	225	549	706	–157	–	–	–	1974–75	2011–12	5
20	Ionikos	16	592	512	151	139	222	552	727	–175	–	–	–	1989–90	2006–07	5
21	Pierikos	16	586	516	151	133	232	581	777	–196	–	–	–	1962–93	1992–93	5
22	Proodeftiki	15	505	474	121	142	211	493	679	–186	–	–	–	1959–60	2003–04	4
23	Veria	12	415	392	105	100	187	339	538	–199	–	–	–	1966–67	2007–08	9
24	Kastoria	10	350	336	89	83	164	316	517	–201	–	–	–	1974–75	1996–97	8
25	Athinaikos	9	343	302	90	73	139	300	422	–122	–	–	–	1990–91	2000–01	6
26	Atromitos Athens	10	335	316	81	92	143	278	442	–164	–	–	–	1972–73	2009–10	7
27	Levadiakos	10	329	316	86	71	159	312	482	–170	–	–	–	1974–75	2011–12	11
28	Olympiakos Volos	9	318	298	83	69	146	270	446	–176	–	–	–	1967–68	2010–11	5
29	Paniliakos	7	249	230	66	51	113	261	358	–97	–	–	–	1995–96	2003–04	7
30	Fostiras	7	243	226	61	60	105	225	348	–123	–	–	–	1960–61	1973–74	9
31	Kalamata	7	239	234	58	65	111	235	374	–139	–	–	–	1972–73	2000–01	9
32	Trikala	7	211	226	53	52	121	238	398	–160	–	–	–	1964–65	1999–2000	11
33	Ergotelis	6	200	180	52	44	84	177	241	–64	–	–	–	2004–05	2006–07	8
34	Edessaikos	5	188	170	52	32	86	212	290	–78	–	–	–	1992–93	1996–97	9
35	Panegialios	6	186	180	48	42	90	157	278	–121	–	–	–	1959–60	1965–66	13
36	PAS Korinthos	5	174	170	46	36	88	155	264	–109	–	–	–	1979–80	1992–93	10
37	Vyzas	4	155	132	42	29	61	152	213	–61	–	–	–	1966–67	1969–70	7
38	Asteras Tripoli	4	144	120	35	39	46	111	120	–9	–	–	–	2007–08	2007–08	7
39	Niki Volos	5	141	150	34	39	77	136	249	–113	–	–	–	1961–62	1965–66	11
40	Rodos	4	136	136	36	28	72	138	228	–90	–	–	–	1978–79	1982–83	11
41	Ethnikos Asteras	4	132	124	36	24	64	126	204	–78	–	–	–	1998–99	2001–02	10
42	Kallithea	4	110	120	24	38	58	133	181	–48	–	–	–	2002–03	2005–06	9
43	Panelefsiniakos	3	94	98	20	34	44	92	156	–64	–	–	–	1961–62	1998–99	15
44	Akratitos	4	90	116	22	24	70	112	219	–107	–	–	–	2001–02	2005–06	11

League or status at 2011–12 in Greek football:

	2011–12 Super League
	2011–12 Football League
	2011–12 Football League 2
	2011–12 Delta Ethniki
	2011–12 Local Championships
	To be determined
	Club disappeared

Per geographic region

All the geographic regions of Greece have been represented by at least one club in the first national division. Attica has had the strongest presence with 21 clubs overall, followed by Macedonia and the Peloponnese. The regions of Epirus and the Ionian islands have been represented by only one club each.

Regions	Τotal	Teams
Attica	21	AEK Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos, Panionios, Apollon Athens, Ethnikos Piraeus, Egaleo, Ionikos, Proodeftiki, Athinaikos, Atromitos, Fostiras, Vyzas, Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Panelefsiniakos, Chalkidon Near East, Thrasyvoulos, A.E. Nikaia, Atromitos Piraeus
Macedonia	15	PAOK, Iraklis, Aris, Panserraikos, Doxa Drama, Kavala, Pierikos, Veria, Kastoria, Edessaikos F.C., Megas Alexandros Katerini, Naoussa F.C., Apollon Kalamaria, Thermaikos, Makedonikos
Peloponnese	7	Panachaiki, Kalamata, Paniliakos, Panegialios, Korinthos, Asteras Tripoli, Pankorinthiakos
Cyprus	5	Olympiakos Nicosia, AEL Limassol, EPA Larnaca, APOEL, Omonia Nicosia
Thessalia	4	Larisa, Olympiakos Volos, Trikala, Niki Volos
Sterea Ellada	4	Levadiakos, Panetolikos, Chalkida, Olympiakos Chalkida
Crete	2	OFI, Ergotelis
Thrace	2	Skoda Xanthi, Panthrakikos
Aegean	2	Rodos, Diagoras
Epirus	1	PAS Giannina
Ionian Islands	1	Kerkyra

UEFA ranking

At of 16 September 2010, The Greek Superleague ranks 10th in the UEFA coefficient Database, with 30.366 points.^[5]

Current national league ranking

Broadcasting rights

Nova Sports (premium channel) have taken the broadcasting rights for 15 of the 16 teams of the Superleague Greece for €176 million until 2014.^[6], also NET (Greek public broadcaster) have the broadcasting rights of Skoda Xanthi home games.

A new agreement between Nova Sports (premium channel) and the Superleague clubs was finalised in the summer of 2011 for €168 million until 2015^[7]^[8]

References

External links

Superleague Greece 2011–12 clubs

AEK Athens · Aris · Asteras Tripolis · Atromitos · Doxa Drama · Ergotelis · Kerkyra · Levadiakos · OFI · Olympiacos · Panathinaikos · Panetolikos · Panionios · PAS Giannina · PAOK · Skoda Xanthi

Panhellenic Championship, Alpha Ethniki and Superleague Greece seasons

Panhellenic Championship	1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1942–43 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1950–51 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59

Alpha Ethniki	1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06

Superleague Greece	2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

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