2009–10 Superleague Greece

Superleague Greece
Season 2009–10
Champions Panathinaikos
20th title
Relegated Levadiakos
PAS Giannina
Panthrakikos
Champions League Panathinaikos
PAOK
Europa League AEK
Aris
Olympiacos
Matches played 252
Goals scored 587 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Djibril Cissé (23)
Biggest home win Olympiacos 5–1 Levadiakos
Ergotelis 4–0 Panthrakikos
Panathinaikos 4–0 AEL
Panathinaikos 4–0 PAS Giannina
Biggest away win Asteras Tripolis 0–4 Iraklis
Highest scoring Skoda Xanthi 4–3 Iraklis
Ergotelis 4–3 Asteras Tripoli

The 2009–10 Superleague Greece season is the fourth since its establishment. The league consists of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki. On 11 April 2010, Panathinaikos defeated Iraklis 2–0 to secure their 20th Greek title and their first in six years.[1]

Changes from 2008–09

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Beta Ethniki:

Other changes

Due to Greece having ascended in the UEFA league coefficient rankings,[2] the 2009–10 champions will enter 2010–11 UEFA Champions League at the group stage instead of the third qualifying round. Every other European spot remains unchanged, meaning that the winner of the European play-off group will reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League while the runners-up and third-placed team of this group will enter 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 71,030
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Asteras Tripoli Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Stadium 6,430
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 8,939
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240
PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Iraklis Thessaloniki Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium 27,770
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500
Larissa Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108
Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915
Olympiacos Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 71,030
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panthrakikos Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,500
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,701
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361

Personnel and sponsoring

Club Manager Kit maker Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Puma Diners Club
Aris Argentina Héctor Cúper Reebok EKO
Asteras Tripoli Argentina Mario Gómez Lotto OPAP
Atromitos Greece Giorgos Donis Asics OPAP
Ergotelis Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Lotto OPAP
Iraklis Slovakia Jozef Bubenko Puma Attica bank
Kavala Netherlands Aad de Mos Puma OPAP
Larissa Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Adidas On Telecoms
Levadiakos Spain Quique Hernández Puma OPAP
Olympiacos Serbia Božidar Bandović Puma Citibank
Panathinaikos Greece Nikos Nioplias Adidas Cosmote
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios Diadora WIND
Panthrakikos Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Umbro OPAP
PAOK Portugal Fernando Santos Puma DEPA
PAS Giannina Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Umbro Zagori
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Hummel Emporiki Bank

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Panthrakikos Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Mutual consent 27 August 2009 France Albert Cartier 27 August 2009
Olympiacos Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia Sacked 14 September 2009[3] Brazil Zico 16 September 2009[4]
Skoda Xanthi Germany Wolfgang Wolf Mutual consent 15 September 2009 Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 21 September 2009[5]
Levadiakos Serbia Momčilo Vukotić Mutual consent 23 September 2009 Spain Quique Hernández 30 September 2009[6]
Asteras Tripoli Argentina Roberto Carlos Mario Gómez Mutual consent 25 October 2009[7] Greece Vangelis Vlachos 25 October 2009
Iraklis Ukraine Oleh Protasov Mutual consent 30 October 2009[8] Greece Savvas Kofidis 30 October 2009[9]
Aris Brazil Mazinho Mutual consent 2 November 2009[10] Argentina Héctor Cúper 6 November 2009[11]
Kavala Greece Giannis Papakostas Mutual consent 14 November 2009 Greece Vaggelis Goutis
PAS Giannina Greece Georgios Paraschos Mutual consent 7 December 2009 Greece Nikos Anastopoulos
Panathinaikos Netherlands Henk ten Cate Mutual consent 8 December 2009[12] Greece Nikos Nioplias 8 December 2009[13]
Panthrakikos France Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 January 2010 Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 12 January 2010
Iraklis Greece Savvas Kofidis Sacked 24 January 2010[14] Slovakia Jozef Bubenko 25 January 2010[14]
Panionios Belgium Emilio Ferrera Mutual consent 25 January 2010[15] Greece Akis Mantzios 29 January 2010[16]
Olympiacos Brazil Zico Sacked 19 January 2010[17] Serbia Božidar Bandović 19 January 2010[17]
Kavala Greece Vaggelis Goutis Mutual consent 25 January 2010 Netherlands Aad De Mos 28 January 2010
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios 3 February 2010 Greece Georgios Paraschos 3 February 2010
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 22 February 2010
Larissa Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Mutual Consent 22 February 2010 Greece Giannis Papakostas 22 February 2010

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 4 4 54 17+37 70 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Olympiacos 30 19 7 4 47 18+29 64 Playoffs
3 PAOK 30 19 5 6 41 16+25 62
4 AEK Athens 30 15 8 7 43 31+12 53
5 Aris 30 12 10 8 35 28+7 46
6 Kavala 30 10 9 11 31 321 39
7 Atromitos 30 10 8 12 34 362 38
8 Larissa 30 10 7 13 31 4211 37 AEL: 7 pts, 8–5
PIO: 5 pts, 4–5
IRA: 4 pts, 3–5
9 Panionios 30 9 10 11 34 351 37
10 Iraklis Thessaloniki 30 10 7 13 39 412 37
11 Ergotelis 30 9 9 12 37 414 36 AST 2–4 ERG
ERG 4–3 AST
12 Asteras Tripoli 30 10 6 14 29 367 36
13 Xanthi 30 10 5 15 27 369 35
14 Levadiakos (R) 30 9 7 14 31 4413 34 Relegation to 2010–11 Football League
15 PAS Giannina (R) 30 7 7 16 27 4619 28
16 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 3 24 21 6241 12

Source: Super League Greece
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; (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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK ARI ASTATRERGIRTKAVLARLEVOLYPATPIOPTHPAOKPASXAN
AEK Athens 10 20 33 10 10 30 31 32 12 01 11 32 10 31 31
Aris 11 01 10 21 42 00 20 10 10 00 11 02 20 10 10
Asteras Tripoli 20 21 12 24 04 10 00 21 13 01 20 31 11 30 00
Atromitos 01 03 00 00 21 20 21 30 01 03 10 31 00 21 10
Ergotelis 22 00 43 11 13 10 00 10 11 03 00 40 02 31 10
Iraklis Thessaloniki 11 22 10 22 02 10 21 11 10 01 02 31 11 20 24
Kavala 21 11 01 21 13 10 33 22 00 22 11 30 00 10 21
Larissa 10 22 10 22 10 21 10 12 02 03 22 02 21 00 20
Levadiakos 00 02 10 11 22 10 01 30 03 02 10 20 02 41 21
Olympiacos 12 21 30 20 21 11 00 21 51 20 10 30 01 22 00
Panathinaikos 11 21 11 31 41 20 02 40 30 01 21 20 21 40 10
Panionios 31 11 13 21 11 00 12 03 22 01 02 31 00 31 30
Panthrakikos 12 11 00 03 32 12 13 13 02 02 01 01 12 12 11
PAOK 01 41 10 10 41 10 10 10 30 12 21 10 30 20 10
PAS Giannina 11 01 10 10 10 23 21 20 11 22 01 23 20 01 00
Xanthi 10 21 20 21 10 43 21 01 10 01 12 12 10 03 11

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

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 18 April 2010; Source: Galanis Sports Data


23 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

Play-offs

In the play-off for 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 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 to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.

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

Play-off table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
2 PAOK 6 4 1 1 7 3+4 16 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 8 7+1 9 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Aris 6 2 2 2 8 91 8 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ARI 2–0 OLY
OLY 0–0 ARI
5 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 3 74 8 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Source: http://www.superleaguegreece.net/standings/#playoff
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
Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK ARI OLYPAOK
AEK Athens 42 21 00
Aris 11 20 32
Olympiacos 21 00 01
PAOK 10 20 10

Source: http://www.superleaguegreece.net/schedule
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off top goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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