2014–15 Superleague Greece

Superleague Greece
Season 2014–15
Champions Olympiacos
Champions League Olympiacos
Matches played 259
Goals scored 640 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Jerónimo Barrales (17 goals)
Biggest home win 5 Panathinaikos 50 Ergotelis (Round 11)
Biggest away win 5 Kalloni 05 Olympiacos (Round 15)
Highest scoring Panetolikos 52 Skoda Xanthi (Round 9)
Atromitos 43 Asteras Tripoli (Round 10)
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All statistics correct as of 1 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Superleague Greece is the 79th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the ninth under its current title. The season began on 23 August and will end in early May 2015. Olympiacos are the defending champions, having won their 41st Greek title in the 2013–14 season.

The league comprises sixteen teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted from the 2013–14 Football League.

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2013–14 season. Apollon Smyrni and Aris will play in Football League for the 2014–15 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2013–14 Football League, champions Niki Volos and Kerkyra. Niki Volos were promoted back to the top level for the first time in 48 years.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2014–15 Superleague Greece
Club Location Venue Capacity
Asteras Tripoli Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,616
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium8,969
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,000
Kalloni Mytilene Mytilene Municipal Stadium 3,000
Kerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,191
Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 6,500
OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 8,500
Olympiacos Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,296
Niki Volos Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,307
Panathinaikos Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium 16,003
Panetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,500
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panthrakikos Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,200
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703
PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,500
Platanias Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 3,700
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,244
Veria Veria Veria Stadium 7,000

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
Asteras Tripoli Greece Staikos Vergetis Spain Fernando Usero Nike Lotto
Atromitos Greece Nikos Nioplias Brazil Eduardo Brito Macron Tzoker
Ergotelis Greece Giannis Taousianis Greece Minas Pitsos Eye Sportwear Lotto
Kalloni Greece Vangelis Vlachos Greece Giorgos Manousos Adidas Lotto
Kerkyra Greece Michalis Grigoriou Greece Tassos Venetis Joma Lotto
Levadiakos Greece Apostolos Mantzios Greece Thanasis Moulopoulos Umbro Lotto
OFI Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Greece Georgios Makris Umbro Pame Stihima
Olympiacos Portugal Vítor Pereira Greece Giannis Maniatis Puma UNICEF
Niki Volos Greece Panagiotis Tzanavaras Belgium Jonas Ivens Nike Tzoker
Panathinaikos Greece Yannis Anastasiou Portugal Zeca Adidas Pame Stihima
Panetolikos Greece Makis Chavos Greece Georgios Kousas Tempo Sport Tzoker
Panionios Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Greece Nikos Pantidos Tempo Sport Tzoker
Panthrakikos Spain José Manuel Roca Cases Turkey Deniz Baykara Nike Tzoker
PAOK Greece Georgios Georgiadis Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis Nike Pame Stihima
PAS Giannina Greece Ioannis Petrakis Greece Georgios Dasios Nike Tzoker
Platanias Greece Georgios Paraschos Greece Thomas Nazlidis Macron Tzoker
Skoda Xanthi Romania Răzvan Lucescu Greece Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stihima
Veria Greece Stefanos Gaitanos Greece Alexandros Vergonis Kappa Tzoker

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ergotelis Spain Juan Ferrando Mutual consent 31 August 2014 16th Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 5 September 2014
Niki Volos Netherlands Wiljan Vloet Sacked 14 September 2014 18th Belgium Sven Vandenbroeck 14 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Greece Sakis Tsiolis Mutual consent 15 September 2014 14th Greece Nikos Nentidis (caretaker) 16 September 2014
Atromitos Greece Georgios Paraschos Resigned 22 September 2014 7th Greece Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) 22 September 2014
Atromitos Greece Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 22 September 2014 7th Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto 24 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Nentidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 16 September 2014 11th Romania Răzvan Lucescu 24 September 2014
Niki Volos Belgium Sven Vandenbroeck Sacked 1 October 2014 18th Greece Panagiotis Tzanavaras 1 October 2014
Panthrakikos Greece Apostolos Mantzios Mutual consent 5 November 2014 16th Greece Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker) 6 November 2014
Panthrakikos Greece Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 10 November 2014 17th Spain José Manuel Roca Cases 10 November 2014
Panionios Greece Dimitris Terezopoulos Sacked 8 December 2014 15th Greece Marinos Ouzounidis 9 December 2014
Ergotelis Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Mutual consent 15 December 2014 17th Greece Giannis Taousianis 16 December 2014
OFI Italy Gennaro Gattuso Resigned 30 December 2014 15th Greece Nikos Anastopoulos 7 January 2015
Olympiacos Spain Míchel Sacked 6 January 2015 2nd Greece Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker) 6 January 2015
Olympiacos Greece Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 January 2015 2nd Portugal Vítor Pereira 7 January 2015
Kalloni Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Sacked 15 January 2015 10th Greece Vangelis Vlachos 16 January 2015
Atromitos Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto Resigned 5 February 2015 7th Greece Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) 5 February 2015
Atromitos Greece Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 5 February 2015 9th Greece Nikos Nioplias 9 February 2015
Levadiakos Greece Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 9 February 2015 14th Greece Apostolos Mantzios 9 February 2015
Ergotelis Greece Giannis Taousianis Sacked 12 February 2015 16th Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 12 February 2015
Ergotelis Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Resigned 25 February 2015 15th Greece Giannis Taousianis 28 February 2015
Platanias Greece Giannis Christopoulos Resigned 11 March 2015 14th Greece Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker) 11 March 2015
Platanias Greece Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 11 March 2015 15th Greece Georgios Paraschos 15 March 2015
PAOK Greece Angelos Anastasiadis Sacked 16 March 2015 3th Greece Georgios Georgiadis 16 March 2015
Veria Spain José Carlos Granero Mutual consent 20 March 2015 11th Greece Stefanos Gaitanos 20 March 2015

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C, Q) 32 23 5 4 73 22 +51 74 Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 32 20 5 7 55 29 +26 62 Qualification to Superleague Greece play-offs
3 PAOK (Q) 32 19 4 9 56 42 +14 61
4 Asteras Tripoli 32 16 7 9 50 37 +13 55
5 PAS Giannina 32 13 13 6 46 30 +16 52
6 Atromitos 32 13 11 8 39 25 +14 50
7 Skoda Xanthi 32 12 10 10 44 39 +5 46[lower-alpha 2]
8 Panetolikos 32 12 10 10 36 28 +8 46[lower-alpha 2]
9 Kalloni 32 11 10 11 33 33 0 43[lower-alpha 3]
10 Kerkyra 32 12 7 13 38 35 +3 43[lower-alpha 3]
11 Veria 32 12 7 13 45 51 6 43[lower-alpha 3]
12 Panionios 32 11 9 12 42 39 +3 42
13 Levadiakos 32 11 7 14 39 33 +6 40[lower-alpha 4]
14 Platanias 32 11 7 14 28 29 1 40[lower-alpha 4]
15 Panthrakikos 32 9 10 13 32 44 12 37 Relegation to Football League
16 Ergotelis (R) 32 8 7 17 35 58 23 31
17 OFI[lower-alpha 5] (R) 32 7 2 23 26 69 43 13
18 Niki Volos[lower-alpha 6] (R) 32 2 1 29 7 81 74 6
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2015. Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) If after applying the criteria teams in question are still tied, they are placed in alphabetical order.[4][5] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw.[6]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Skoda Xanthi ahead on head-to-head record; Panetolikos–Skoda Xanthi 5–2, Skoda Xanthi–Panetolikos 3–0.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kalloni ahead on head-to-head record; Kalloni 7 points, Kerkyra 6 points, Veria 4 points.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Levadiakos ahead on head-to-head record; Levadiakos 4 points, Platanias 1 points.
  5. OFI were deducted 10 points due to failure to pay over former players' wages.[2]
  6. Niki Volos have been disqualified from the League due to financial issues.[3]

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. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 6 13 14 15 16 17 11 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 26 29 30 31 32 33 34
Olympiacos 2 5 4 1 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Panathinaikos 10 7 9 5 7 6 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
PAOK 11 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
Asteras Tripoli 13 9 10 9 8 7 5 5 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
PAS Giannina 3 6 7 11 12 10 11 11 9 8 8 9 7 7 8 8 7 7 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Atromitos 6 2 5 7 4 8 6 8 6 5 7 6 9 8 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 9 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 6 6
Skoda Xanthi 12 14 15 13 10 13 10 13 10 11 9 8 6 6 7 7 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 6 8 8 6 6 7 7
Panetolikos 17 15 16 17 16 16 13 12 8 9 10 10 10 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8
Kalloni 8 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9
Kerkyra 4 8 8 6 6 5 7 7 12 12 11 11 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
Veria 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 8 7 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11
Panionios 5 10 6 8 9 11 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 14 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Levadiakos 9 12 13 16 17 18 15 15 15 15 14 12 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 13 14 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 13
Platanias 18 18 11 14 15 12 9 10 11 10 13 14 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 12 12 14 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
Panthrakikos 16 13 14 12 13 14 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 14 13 13 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15
Ergotelis 14 16 17 15 14 15 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
OFI 7 11 12 10 11 9 12 9 13 14 12 13 15 15 15 13 13 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Niki Volos 15 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Last updated: 20 April 2015
Source: Superleague Greece

Note: The sixth round was played between the twelfth and the thirteenth rounds, the eleventh round was played between the seventeenth and the eighteenth rounds and the twenty-sixth round was played between the twenty-eighth and the twenty-ninth rounds.

Leader / 2015–16 Champions League
Qualification to Superleague Play-Offs
Relegation to 2015–16 Football League

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] AST ATR ERGKALKERLEVNVLOFIOLYPATPNTPIOPTHTSPPASPLASKOVER
Asteras Tripoli 10 21 10 21 302 61 00 11 11 20 21 30 22 10 21 20
Atromitos 43 11 00 21 10 302 303 10 20 00 20 40 11 10 20 00
Ergotelis 14 12 33 12 302 32 23 02 11 22 21 02 10 03 02 22
Kalloni 10 20 10 00 302 303 05 10 00 10 20 12 10 00 22 41
Kerkyra 10 11 31 20 00 302 41 04 12 10 21 01 20 12 00 40
Levadiakos 31 21 11 30 23 302 12 11 00 10 11 12 12 00 12 02
Niki Volos 02 01 14 20 00 032 032 032 032 032 10 032 032 032 032 032
OFI 23 10 10 11 32 02 302 03 23 10 033 01 31 033 01 01
Olympiacos 20 21 30 30 40 31 30 10 20 20 51 12 22 21 20 30
Panathinaikos 22 20 50 10 20 10 10 12 21 10 21 40 43 30 20 21
Panetolikos 20 11 40 20 01 01 31 11 01 21 31 01 00 10 52
Panionios 21 22 21 02 00 10 21 20 22 11 30 21 01 00 11 42
Panthrakikos 11 11 00 32 10 10 302 00 13 21 00 10 31 11 10 11
PAOK 00 21 10 11 21 30 40 00 12 12 32 32 11 10 21 41
PAS Giannina 31 10 00 21 04 40 30 31 00 00 13 22 30 10 22 41
Platanias 01 00 12 10 11 13 31 10 23 20 30 20 04 00 10 10
Skoda Xanthi 10 01 21 00 20 20 21 13 42 30 11 00 42 11 00 22
Veria 40 11 01 11 21 21 20 41 02 10 13 22 13 20 20 32

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015.
Source: Superleague Greece (Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2Opponents of Niki Volos awarded a 3–0 w/o win.
3Opponents of OFI awarded a 3–0 w/o win.

Playoffs

In the play-off for Champions League, 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.

Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
2 Panathinaikos 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 PAOK 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0

Updated to games played on 17 April 2015.
Source: Βαθμολογία Playoffs ΟΠΑΠ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015
Rank Player Club Goals<ref name=superleaguegreece.net"">"Super League statistics (sorted by goals)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).</ref>
1 Argentina Jerónimo Barrales Asteras Tripolis 17
2 Argentina Alejandro Domínguez Olympiacos 14
Greece Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos 14
4 Sweden Marcus Berg Panathinaikos 13
5 Greece Nikos Kaltsas Veria 12

Top assists

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015
Rank Player Club Assists[7]
1 Argentina Nicolás Martínez Panetolikos 10
Serbia Brana Ilić PAS Giannina 10
Argentina Alejandro Domínguez Olympiacos 10
4 Comoros Ben Nabouhane Veria 9
5 Argentina Martín Rolle Asteras Tripolis 8

Best goal and MVP awards winners

MD MVP award Best goal award
1 Greece Apostolos Giannou (Panionios) Albania Vasil Shkurti (Niki Volos)
2 Greece Giannis Skondras (PAOK) Greece Nikos Kaltsas (Kalloni)
3 Brazil Leozinho (Kalloni) Italy Nicolao Dumitru (Veria)
4 Switzerland Pajtim Kasami (Olympiacos) Greece Panagiotis Zorbas (AOK Kerkyra)
5 Romania Răzvan Raț (PAOK) Colombia Erik Moreno (Panetolikos)
6 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) Argentina Facundo Pereyra (PAOK)
7 Greece Giorgos Makris (OFI) Georgia (country) Giorgi Merebashvili (OFI)
8 Romania Răzvan Raț (PAOK) Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)
9 Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) Argentina Javier Cámpora (Veria)
10 Malta Andrew Hogg (Kalloni) Italy Stefano Napoleoni (Atromitos)
11 Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Greece Nikos Kaltsas (Veria)
12 Argentina Cristian Chávez (PAS Giannina) Argentina Javier Umbides (Atromitos)
13 Greece Georgios Kantimiris (Veria) Greece Evripidis Giakos (PAS Giannina)
14 Albania Ergys Kaçe (PAOK) Greece Dimitris Kolovos (Panionios)
15 Albania Andi Lila (PAS Giannina) Romania Dorin Goian (Asteras Tripoli)
16 Argentina Ariel Ibagaza (Panionios) Greece Diamantis Chouchoumis (Panathinaikos)
17 Greece Giorgos Athanasiadis (Panthrakikos) Greece Nikos Kaltsas (Veria)
18 Greece Nikos Korovesis (PAS Giannina) Croatia Mladen Petrić (Panathinaikos)
19 Comoros Ben Nabouhane (Veria) Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)
20 Greece Marcos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Argentina Jerónimo Barrales (Asteras Tripoli)
21 Brazil André Alves (Panetolikos) Greece Viktor Klonaridis (Panathinaikos)
22 Greece Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI) Greece Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios)
23 Greece Stavros Tsoukalas (PAS Giannina) Georgia (country) Giorgi Merebashvili (OFI)
24 Argentina Nicolás Martínez (Panetolikos) Greece Manolis Moniakis (OFI)
25 Greece Evangelos Ikonomou (Panionios) Ecuador Christian Noboa (PAOK)
26 Argentina Pitu Garcia (Atromitos) Greece Pantelis Kapetanos (Skoda Xanthi)
27 Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Greece Pantelis Kapetanos (Skoda Xanthi)
28 Greece Marcos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Brazil Marcelinho (Atromitos)
29 Greece Petros Giakoumakis (Levadiakos) France Nicolas Diguiny (Panthrakikos)
30 Serbia Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina) Greece Michalis Manias (PAS Giannina)
31 Comoros Ben Nabouhane (Veria) Albania Ergys Kaçe (PAOK)
32 Argentina Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos) Greece Bruno Chalkiadakis (Ergotelis)

Tickets

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015, as published on superleaguegreece.net.<ref name=superleaguegreece.net"">"Super League Schedule". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).</ref> Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
Rank Team Games Tickets Average
1 Olympiacos 15 261,411 17,427
2 PAOK 13 142,000 10,923
3 Panathinaikos 13 102,427 7,879
4 OFI 11 41,867 3,806
5 Panetolikos 14 36,553 2,611
6 Asteras Tripolis 14 23,814 1,701
7 PAS Giannina 15 25,267 1,685
8 Skoda Xanthi 16 25,261 1,579
9 Ergotelis 14 21,747 1,553
10 Platanias 15 20,250 1,350
11 Veria 15 19,558 1,304
12 Atromitos 13 16,364 1,259
13 Panthrakikos 14 16,013 1,144
14 Kalloni 12 13,446 1,121
15 Niki Volos 6 6,699 1,117
16 Levadiakos 14 14,718 1,051
17 Panionios 15 14,044 936
18 Kerkyra 14 12,058 861

References

  1. "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. "6 points deduction from OFI FC". Superleague Greece. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. Wood, Graham (23 January 2015). "Cash-strapped Niki Volou relegated from top Greek league". Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraphs 5 (Greek)
  5. "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 6 (Greek)
  6. "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 16a (Greek)
  7. "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).

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