2018–19 Superleague Greece

Super League Greece
Season 2018–19
Dates 25 August 2018 – 5 May 2019
Matches played 48
Goals scored 102 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer Efthimis Koulouris
Erik Jendrišek
Vlad Morar
(4 goals)
Biggest home win Olympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina
(2 September 2018)
Biggest away win Lamia 0–3 Aris Thessaloniki
(27 August 2018)
OFI 0–3 AEK Athens
(29 September 2018)
Highest scoring Olympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina
(2 September 2018)
Longest winning run 6 matches
PAOK
Longest unbeaten run 6 matches
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
PAOK
Longest winless run 6 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Lamia
OFI
Longest losing run 6 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Highest attendance 30,532
Olympiacos 0–1 PAOK
(23 September 2018)
Lowest attendance 542
Atromitos 0–0 Xanthi
(1 September 2018)
Total attendance 308,216[1]
Average attendance 6,421[2]
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 8 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Souroti Super League for sponsorship reasons,[3] is 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 is scheduled to finish on 5 May 2019.

AEK Athens are the defending champions. OFI and Aris Thessaloniki join as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Football League.[4] They will replace Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018–19 Football League.

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 Pontou 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

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AEK AthensAthensOlympic Stadium69,618
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,118
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856
Aris ThessalonikiThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800
Asteras TripolisTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
AtromitosAthens (Peristeri)Peristeri Stadium10,425
LamiaLamiaLamia Municipal Stadium6,000
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
OFICrete (Heraklion)Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,088
OlympiacosPiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium32,115
PanathinaikosAthensOlympic Stadium69,618
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,321
PanioniosAthens (Nea Smyrni)Nea Smyrni Stadium11,700
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium29,000
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
XanthiXanthiXanthi FC Arena7,422

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Greece Petros Mantalos Capelli Pame Stoixima
AEL Italy Gianluca Festa Greece Vangelis Moras Legea Thrakis Geuseis
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Giannis Matzourakis Greece Michalis Kyrgias Zeus Venetis Bakery
Aris Thessaloniki Spain Paco Herrera Greece Georgios Delizisis Nike Karipidis Pallets
Asteras Tripolis Greece Savvas Pantelidis Argentina Walter Iglesias Macron Volton
Atromitos Austria Damir Canadi Argentina Javier Umbides Nike ETEKA Gas
Lamia Greece Makis Chavos Greece Anestis Anastasiadis Nike
Levadiakos Greece Akis Mantzios Greece Savvas Tsabouris Legea
OFI Greece Nikos Papadopoulos Greece Anestis Nastos Macron
Olympiacos Portugal Pedro Martins Greece Kostas Fortounis Adidas Stoiximan.gr
Panathinaikos Greece Giorgos Donis Greece Dimitris Kourbelis Nike Pame Stoixima
Panetolikos Greece Traianos Dellas Greece Dimitris Kyriakidis Zeus Emileon
Panionios France José Anigo Greece Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Tipbet.gr
PAOK Romania Răzvan Lucescu Portugal Vieirinha Macron Stoiximan.gr
PAS Giannina Greece Giannis Petrakis Greece Alexios Michail Nike Vikos Cola, Car.gr
Xanthi Serbia Milan Rastavac Greece Konstantinos Fliskas Joma

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Apollon Smyrnis France Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018[5] 10th Greece Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) 31 August 2018
Lamia Greece Babis Tennes Resign 4 September 2018[6] 15th Greece Makis Chavos 5 September 2018[7]
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018[8] 15th Spain Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018[9]
AEL Greece Sotiris Antoniou Resign 24 September 2018[10] 15th Italy Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Spain Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018[11] 16th Greece Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018[12]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] 6 6 0 0 10 1 +9 16 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Atromitos 6 5 1 0 8 1 +7 16
3 Olympiacos 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Aris Thessaloniki 6 4 0 2 9 2 +7 12
5 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 2] 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 10
6 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 3] 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 10
7 Xanthi 6 2 3 1 5 2 +3 9
8 Panetolikos 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
9 Panionios 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7
10 AEL 6 2 0 4 3 8 −5 6
11 PAS Giannina 6 2 0 4 4 11 −7 6
12 Asteras Tripolis 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4
13 Lamia 6 0 3 3 4 10 −6 3 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Levadiakos 6 1 0 5 2 10 −8 3 Relegation to the Superleague Greece 2
15 OFI 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2
16 Apollon Smyrnis 6 0 0 6 1 10 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[16]
Notes:
  1. ↑ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[13]
  2. ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 6 points for financial reasons.[14]
  3. ↑ AEK were deducted 3 points by court desicion.[15]

Results

Home \ Away AEK APS ARS AST ATR LAM LAR LEV OFI OLY PNA PNE PIO TSP PAS XAN
AEK Athens — 1–1 a 4–0 a 2–0
Apollon Smyrnis — 0–1 0–2 1–2
Aris Thessaloniki — 2–0 2–0 2–0 a
Asteras Tripolis 0–1 2–0 — 1–1
Atromitos — 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Lamia 0–3 — 1–1 0–0
AEL — 1–3 1–0
Levadiakos 1–0 0–2 —
OFI 0–3 — 1–3
Olympiacos a 2–1 1–0 — a 0–1 5–0
Panathinaikos a 3–1 3–0 a — a 2–1
Panetolikos 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 —
Panionios 1–0 2–2 0–1 — 0–1
PAOK 2–0 2–0 a 1–0 a a —
PAS Giannina 1–0 —
Xanthi 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. Source: Superleague Greece
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
PAOK844211
Atromitos355322
AEK Athens232533
Olympiacos511154
Aris Thessaloniki123445
Panathinaikos16127666
Xanthi131111877
Panetolikos9669108
Panionios7101314119
AEL48911810
PAS Giannina1416107911
Asteras Tripolis111415101212
Lamia151516151413
Levadiakos1278121314
OFI6912131515
Apollon Smyrnis101314161616

Source: Superleague Greece

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 88,133 30,532 15,123 22,033 +15.3%†
2 PAOK 55,936 23,763 15,918 18,645 +10.1%†
3 AEK Athens 45,356 27,419 7,504 15,119 −3.1%†
4 Aris Thessaloniki 31,902 13,904 6,327 10,634 n/a1
5 Panathinaikos 22,665 12,881 3,810 7,555 +8.7%†
6 OFI 9,887 5,186 4,701 4,944 n/a1
7 Asteras Tripolis 9,836 4,576 1,428 3,279 +78.0%†
8 Panionios 11,775 4,414 1,689 2,944 +71.7%†
9 PAS Giannina 2,924 2,924 2,924 2,924 +26.8%†
10 AEL 5,283 3,646 1,637 2,642 −31.7%†
11 Panetolikos 8,322 2,344 1,899 2,081 −14.0%†
12 Lamia 4,550 1,711 1,267 1,517 −21.8%†
13 Xanthi 5,765 1,933 1,057 1,441 −7.5%†
14 Levadiakos 1,455 757 698 728 −37.0%†
15 Apollon Smyrnis 2,032 837 563 677 −62.2%†
16 Atromitos 2,395 635 542 599 −31.9%†
League total 308,216 30,532 542 6,421 +51.5%†

Updated to games played on 8 October 2018
Source: Superleague
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League

References

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  2. ↑ "Greek Superleague Fixtures 2018-19". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Πέρασε η χορηγία, "Σουρωτή Σούπερ Λιγκ"". novasports.gr. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Στη Σούπερ Λιγκ ΟΦΗ και Άρης!". novasports.gr. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Τέλος ο Ισμαέλ από τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης!". sport24.gr. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Τέλος ο Τεννές από τη Λαμία, φαβορί ο Παράσχος". sport24.gr. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Χάβος αντί Τεννέ στη Λαμία". sport24.gr. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Τέλος ο Ισμαέλ από τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης!". sport24.gr. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Επίσημο: Ανέλαβε τον Απόλλωνα ο Αλμπέρτο Μοντεαγούδο". sport24.gr. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Τέλος ο Τεννές από τη Λαμία, φαβορί ο Παράσχος". sport24.gr. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Οι τέσσερις υποψήφιοι για τον πάγκο του Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης". sport24.gr. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Επίσημο: O Ματζουράκης ανέλαβε τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης". sport24.gr. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". www.protothema.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Οριστικό: Περιορισμός μεταγραφών και -6 για τον Παναθηναϊκό". www.sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  15. ↑ sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!
  16. ↑ "Superleague Greece 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Superleague Greece Scoring Stats - 2018-19". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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