2010–11 Superleague Greece

The 2010–11 Superleague Greece was the 75th season of the highest football league of Greece and the fifth under the name Superleague. The league consisted of 16 teams, the 13 best teams of the 2009–10 season and three teams that had been promoted from the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki.

Superleague Greece
Season2010–11
ChampionsOlympiacos
38th title
RelegatedOlympiakos Volou
Kavala
Larissa
Panserraikos
Iraklis
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
Europa LeaguePAOK
AEK Athens
Olympiakos Volou
Matches played240
Goals scored528 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerDjibril Cissé (20)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 6–0 AEK
Olympiacos 6–0 AEL
Biggest away winAris 0–4 AEK
AEK 0–4 Olymp. Volou
Highest scoringKerkyra 3–4 Aris

The season began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the regular season[1] and ended on 25 May 2011 with the last matches of the European playoff round.[2] Panathinaikos were the defending champions, having won their 20th Greek championship in the 2009–10 season.

The season was marred by Koriopolis, a match-fixing scandal which involved several teams from the top three leagues of Greek football.

Season summary

Title race

The league was won by Olympiacos, who earned their 38th Greek league title. They finished with a 13-point lead over runners-up Panathinaikos, who had to compete in a play-off round which determined the exact allocation of spots for both European competitions.

Panathinaikos was joined in the play-offs by third-placed club and city rivals AEK Athens, fourth-placed PAOK and fifth-placed Olympiakos Volou. Panathinaikos eventually won the play-off group and thus earned the second Greek spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Since AEK had already won the 2010–11 Greek Cup competition a few weeks earlier and thus were already qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, both PAOK and Olympiakos Volos were guaranteed a spot in that competition as well.

Relegation
See also: Koriopolis

After thirty matches, the relegation spots were occupied by 14th-placed Asteras Tripolis, 15th-placed Larissa and last-placed Panserraikos. However, all three clubs eventually stayed in the league after Iraklis, Kavala and Olympiakos Volou were demoted by separate sports court decisions.

On 19 May 2011, Iraklis were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season over unpaid debts[3] and thus demoted to the second-level Football League. Soon afterwards, the Thessaloniki club was found guilty of having forged documents during the winter transfer window and put at the end of the standings.[4]

A few days after the Iraklis verdict, it became evident that several clubs and officials throughout the top leagues of Greek football were involved in a match-fixing scandal. Investigations in the matter were taken all summer. On 28 July 2011, Kavala and Olympiakos Volou were found guilty of having taken part in illegal actions and were therefore demoted to the Football League.[5] However, both clubs appealed to the decision and they stayed at the Superleague Greece, though they were deducted 8 and 10 points respectively.[5] On 11 August 2011, UEFA disqualified Olympiakos Volou from further participation in the UEFA Europa League.[6] On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiakos Volou of their professional licence due to their chairmen's involvement in the scandal.[7]

Teams

Levadiakos, PAS Giannina and Panthrakikos had been relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the league table. Levadiakos concluded a four-year run in the highest football league of Greece. Panthrakikos finished a two-year tenure with the league, while PAS Giannina had to return to the Football League, formerly known as Beta Ethniki, after just one season.

The three relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Beta Ethniki champions Olympiakos Volos, runners-up Kerkyra and promotion playoff winners Panserraikos. Olympiakos Volos returned to the Greek top football level after 20 seasons. Kerkyra ended a three-year absence from the Superleague, while Panserraikos immediately returned to the league.

Location of teams in 2010–11 Superleague Greece
Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 69,618
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
Iraklis Thessaloniki Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium 27,770
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500
Kerkyra Kerkyra Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
Larissa Larissa AEL FC Arena1 16,500
Olympiacos Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Olympiakos Volou Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700
Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 69,618
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 10,000
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,701
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361

Notes

  1. Larissa moved to AEL FC Arena upon its completion in December 2010. Previous matches were hosted at Alcazar Stadium.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 24 1 5 65 18 +47 73 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 18 6 6 47 26 +21 60 Qualification for Superleague Greece play-offs
3 AEK Athens 30 15 5 10 46 37 +9 50
4 PAOK 30 14 6 10 32 29 +3 48
5 Olympiakos Volou[lower-alpha 1] (D) 30 12 11 7 40 28 +12 47
Qualification for Superleague Greece play-offs
Relegation to Delta Ethniki
6 Aris 30 13 6 11 29 29 0 45
7 Kavala[lower-alpha 1] (D) 30 10 10 10 29 27 +2 40 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
8 Ergotelis 30 11 6 13 32 38 −6 39
9 Xanthi 30 9 9 12 29 35 −6 36
10 Panionios 30 8 11 11 25 35 −10 35
11 Atromitos 30 7 13 10 30 34 −4 34
12 Kerkyra 30 9 6 15 30 40 −10 33
13 Asteras Tripoli 30 7 10 13 21 29 −8 31
14 Larissa (R) 30 5 10 15 29 47 −18 25 Relegation to Football League
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 6 6 18 22 48 −26 24
16 Iraklis (R) 30 7 14 9 22 28 −6 35 Relegation to Football League 2[lower-alpha 2]
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; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiakos Volou and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiakos Volou had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiakos Volou of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.[7]
  2. On 19 May 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Iraklis guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window. Therefore the club was automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League.[4]

Results
Home \ Away AEK ARI AST ATR ERG IRT KAV KER LAR OLY OVL PAT PIO PSE PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0
Aris 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–2
Asteras Tripoli 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2
Atromitos 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1
Ergotelis 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Iraklis 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Kavala 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Kerkyra 2–1 3–4 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1
Larissa 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Olympiacos 6–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 6–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 4–2 3–0 1–0
Olympiakos Volou 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 0–3 3–0
Panathinaikos 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Panionios 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
Panserraikos 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
PAOK 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 2–1
Xanthi 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
Source: Super League Greece
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match, originally scheduled on 13 November 2010, was suspended at half time due to heavy rain. The remaining minutes were completed on 24 November 2010.

Playoffs

In the play-off for Champions League, the four 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 and rounded to the nearest whole number of points, if necessary, to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.

Fifth-placed club Olympiakos Volou earned 47 points during the regular season. Based on this number and the calculations above, Panathinaikos as runners-up will begin the playoff with three points ((60–47)/5 = 2.6, rounded up to 3), while AEK Athens will start with one point ((50–47)/5 = 0.6, rounded up to 1) and P.A.O.K. with no points ((48–47)/5 = 0.2, rounded down to 0).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAT PAOK AEK OVL
2 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 13 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round 1–0 1–1 3–0
3 PAOK 6 4 0 2 11 8 +3 12 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round 2–1 2–1 5–1
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 8 Qualification for Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 3–0 1–0
5 Olympiakos Volou 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 6 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round 2–1 1–2 1–0
Source: Playoff and Schedule
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.
Notes:
  1. AEK Athens have won the 2010–11 Greek Football Cup and are therefore qualified for the playoff round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. As a consequence, the fourth-placed team of this group also entered the Europa League.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

References
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  8. Greek Super League Statistics

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