2006–07 Superleague Greece

The 2006–07 Superleague Greece was the 71st season of the highest football league of Greece and the inaugural under the name Superleague. The season began on 19 August 2006 and ended on 13 May 2007. Olympiacos clinched the title on 22 April with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third straight title and 10th in the last 11 years.

Superleague Greece
Season2006–07
ChampionsOlympiacos
35th Greek title
RelegatedEgaleo
Ionikos
Kerkyra
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupLarissa (via domestic cup)
Aris
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Intertoto CupOFI
Matches played240
Goals scored558 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Liberopoulos (18)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 5–0 Larissa
Olympiacos 5–0 Apollon Kalamarias
Biggest away winIonikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Highest scoringIonikos 3–5 Olympiacos

For the next season, Ionikos, Kerkyra and Egaleo have been relegated to B' Ethniki given that they have finished in the lowest three spots of the table. Asteras Tripoli, Levadiakos and Veria was promoted from B' Ethniki for 2007–08.

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Apollon
Aris
Iraklis
PAOK
Kerkyra
Larissa
Skoda Xanthi
Location of teams in 2006–07 Superleague Greece
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Apollon Kalamarias Makis Katsavakis Thessaloniki Kalamaria Stadium 6,500
Aris Quique Hernández Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 23,220
Atromitos Dragan Kokotović Peristeri Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Stelios Poulos Athens Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ergotelis Nikos Karageorgiou Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Ionikos Augusto Inácio Piraeus Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Ivan Jovanović Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770
Kerkyra Babis Tennes Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
Larissa Giorgos Donis Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108
OFI Reiner Maurer Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Olympiacos Takis Lemonis Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Víctor Muñoz Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panionios Ewald Lienen Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Georgios Paraschos Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,803
Xanthi Nikos Kehagias Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2007.

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 62 23 +39 71 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 AEK Athens 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 62 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 30 16 6 8 47 28 +19 54 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Aris 30 11 13 6 32 26 +6 46
5 Panionios 30 12 9 9 33 31 +2 45[lower-alpha 1]
6 PAOK 30 13 6 11 32 29 +3 45[lower-alpha 1]
7 OFI 30 12 6 12 41 45 −4 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Atromitos 30 10 10 10 40 44 −4 40
9 Ergotelis 30 11 6 13 30 32 −2 39
10 Larissa 30 9 9 12 30 38 −8 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 3]
11 Xanthi 30 8 12 10 24 22 +2 36
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 9 8 13 27 36 −9 35[lower-alpha 4]
13 Iraklis 30 10 5 15 25 34 −9 35[lower-alpha 4]
14 Kerkyra (R) 30 8 11 11 34 36 −2 35[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15 Egaleo (R) 30 7 7 16 27 45 −18 28
16 Ionikos[lower-alpha 5] (R) 30 2 3 25 14 62 −48 4
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.
  2. PAOK turned down entry to the Intertoto Cup allowing OFI Crete to accept the bid from Greece.
  3. Larissa qualified for one of the four UEFA Cup spots based on their victory in the Greek Football Cup.
  4. Head-to-head record: Apollon Kalamarias: 9 pts, Iraklis: 4 pts, Kerkyra: 4 pts. Iraklis ahead of Kerkyra on head-to-head goal difference.
  5. Ionikos had 3 points deducted for an attack by the club's Chairman on the Referee in Round 6, and 2 points deducted for incidents in Round 14.
 Superleague Greece 2006–07
Champions 

Olympiacos
35th Title

Results
Home \ Away AEK APL ARI ATR EGA ERG ION IRT KER LAR OFI OLY PAT PIO PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 1–0 3–1 3–0 5–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 3–3 1–4 4–0 0–0 0–0
Apollon Kalamarias 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0
Aris 1–3 3–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Atromitos 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–3
Egaleo 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–0
Ergotelis 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Ionikos 1–5 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–5 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–2
Iraklis 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Kerkyra 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Larissa 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
OFI 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–4 0–0 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–2
Olympiacos 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Panathinaikos 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Panionios 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–2
PAOK 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0
Xanthi 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nikos Lyberopoulos AEK Athens 18
2 Rivaldo Olympiacos 17
3 Dimitris Salpingidis Panathinaikos 14
Marcin Mięciel PAOK
5 Nery Castillo Olympiacos 12
Dimitris Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
Goran Drulić OFI Crete
8 Sergio Koke Aris 10
9 Alban Bushi Apollon Kalamarias 9
Júlio César AEK Athens

European Competition

UEFA Champions League
  • AEK
    • Third Qualifying Round v. Hearts—2–1, 3–0 (AEK advances 5–1 on aggregate)
    • Group Stage v. A.C. Milan 0–3, 1–0
    • Group Stage v. Anderlecht—1–1, 2–2
    • Group Stage v. Lille—1–3, 1–0
      • AEK gained 8 points at the group stage and entered the UEFA Cup (Round of 32)
  • Olympiacos
    • Group Stage v. Valencia—2–4, 0–2
    • Group Stage v. Shakhtar Donetsk—2–2, 1–1
    • Group Stage v. Roma—0–1, 1–1
      • Olympiacos gained 3 points and was eliminated from European competitions

UEFA Cup
  • Panathinaikos
  • Atromitos
    • First Round v. Sevilla—1–2, 0–4 (Sevilla advances 6–1 on aggregate)
  • Skoda Xanthi
    • First Round v. Dinamo București—3–4, 1–4 (Dinamo București advances 8–4 on aggregate)
  • Iraklis
    • First Round v. Wisła Kraków—1–0, 0–2 (Wisła Kraków advances 2–1 on aggregate after extra time)
  • AEK
    • Round of 32 v. Paris Saint-Germain—0–2, 0–2 (Paris Saint-Germain advances 4–0 on aggregate)

UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Larissa
    • Third Round v. Kayserispor—0–0, 0–2 (Kayserispor advances 2–0 on aggregate)

See also
  • Superleague Greece
  • PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2006-07
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