2012–13 Superleague Greece

The 2012–13 Superleague Greece was the 77th season of the highest football league of Greece and the seventh under the name Superleague. The season started on 25 August 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013 with the last matches of the European playoff round. Olympiacos were the defending champions, having won their 39th Greek championship in the 2011–12 season. They successfully defended their crown, finishing 15 points ahead of second-placed PAOK.

Superleague Greece
Season2012–13
ChampionsOlympiacos
40th title
RelegatedAEK Athens
Kerkyra
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
PAOK
Europa LeagueSkoda Xanthi
Atromitos
Asteras Tripoli
Matches played240
Goals scored512 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerRafik Djebbour
(20 goals)
Biggest home winVeria 5–0 Platanias
Biggest away winAEK Athens 0–4 Olympiacos
Veria 0–4 AEK Athens
OFI 0–4 Olympiacos
Platanias 0–4 Olympiacos
Highest scoringPAOK 4–2 Panionios
Aris 5–1 Asteras Tripoli
Highest attendance32,018[1]
Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos
Lowest attendance168[1]
Kerkyra 1–2 Levadiakos
Average attendance4,785[1]

The league comprised 13 teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Football League.

Teams

Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season to the 2012–13 Football League: Doxa Drama, Panetolikos, Ergotelis.

Three teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Football League, champions Panthrakikos, runners-up Veria and the winners of a four-team play-off round Platanias. Panthrakikos and Veria returned to top level respectively two and four years after relegation, while Platanias made their debut.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2012–13 Superleague Greece
Club Location Venue Capacity Ref
AEKAthensAthens Olympic Stadium69,618[2]
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800[3]
Asteras TripoliTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616[4]
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium10,200[5]
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,776[6]
LevadiakosLivadiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500[7]
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,088[8]
OlympiacosPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium32,115[9]
PanathinaikosAthensAthens Olympic Stadium69,618[2]
PanioniosAthensNea Smyrni Stadium11,700[10]
PanthrakikosKomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,198[11]
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703[12]
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652[13]
PlataniasChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000[14]
Skoda XanthiXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,361[15]
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000[16]

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
AEK Athens Traianos Dellas Antonis Rikka Puma Kino
Aris Soulis Papadopoulos Grigoris Papazaharias Under Armour Kino
Asteras Tripoli Sakis Tsiolis Savvas Tsabouris Nike Lotto
Atromitos Georgios Paraschos Giannis Skondras hummel Lotto
Kerkyra Giannis Papakostas Nikolaos Anastasopoulos Lotto Tzoker
Levadiakos Jasminko Velić Thanasis Moulopoulos hummel Extra 5
OFI Giannis Petrakis Ricardo Verón Legea Races
Olympiacos Míchel Avraam Papadopoulos Puma Pame Stihima
Panathinaikos Giannis Vonortas Giourkas Seitaridis adidas OPAP
Panionios Konstantinos Panagopoulos Fanouris Goundoulakis Tempo Sport Tzoker
Panthrakikos Pavlos Dermitzakis Achilleas Sarakatsanos Joma Lotto
PAOK Georgios Georgiadis Dimitris Salpingidis Umbro Pame Stihima
PAS Giannina Giannis Christopoulos Georgios Dasios Lotto Tzoker
Platanias Angelos Anastasiadis Markos Maragoudakis Macron Tzoker
Skoda Xanthi Marinos Ouzounidis Spyros Vallas Nike Super 3
Veria Dimitris Kalaitzidis Nikolaos Georgeas hummel Lotto

Adidas is the official ball supplier for Superleague Greece.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Veria Makis Chavos Resigned[17][18] 4 September 2012 12th Nikos Karidas N/A
Skoda Xanthi Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned[19] 23 September 2012 6th Nikos Kostenoglou[20] 30 September 2012
AEK Vangelis Vlachos Sacked[21][22] 30 September 2012 16th Ewald Lienen[23] 10 October 2012
Aris Makis Katsavakis Resigned[24] 7 October 2012 10th Nikos Pasialis[25] 8 October 2012 (Caretaker)
Panthrakikos Savvas Pantelidis Mutual consent[26] 29 October 2012 13th Pavlos Dermitzakis[27] 31 October
Panathinaikos Jesualdo Ferreira Resigned[28] 14 November 2012 6th Juan Ramón Rocha[28] 14 November 2012
Veria Nikos Karidas Resigned[29] 18 November 2012 15th Dimitris Kalaitzidis[30] 20 November 2012
Platanias Giannis Chatzinikolaou Mutual consent[31] 19 November 2012 9th Angelos Anastasiadis[32] 20 November 2012
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Kostenoglou Sacked[33][34] 2 December 2012 15th Marinos Ouzounidis[35] 4 December 2012
Aris Nikos Pasialis (caretaker) Manager Arrival 3 December 2012 14th Lucas Alcaraz[36] 3 December 2012
Atromitos Dušan Bajević Mutual consent[37] 24 December 2012 4th Nikos Anastopoulos[38] 31 December 2012
OFI Nikos Anastopoulos Resigned[39] 27 December 2012 10th Giannis Petrakis[40] 2 January 2013
Panathinaikos Juan Ramón Rocha Mutual Consent[41] 7 January 2013 9th Fabriciano González[42] 8 January 2013
Olympiacos Leonardo Jardim Sacked[43] 19 January 2013 1st Antonios Nikopolidis[43] 19 January 2013
Aris Lucas Alcaraz Resigned[44] 29 January 2013 14th Giannis Michalitsos[44] 29 January 2013
Olympiacos Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker) Manager Arrival 4 February 2013 1st Míchel[45] 4 February 2013
Kerkyra Apostolos Mantzios Mutual Consent 6 February 2013 16th Giannis Papakostas 7 February 2013
Panionios Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Resigned 17 February 2013 12th Konstantinos Panagopoulos 18 February 2013
Aris Giannis Michalitsios Resigned 7 March 2013 15th Soulis Papadopoulos 8 March 2013
Levadiakos Georgios Paraschos Sacked 22 March 2013 9th Jasminko Velić 22 March 2013
Panathinaikos Fabriciano González Sacked 31 March 2013 6th Giannis Vonortas 1 April 2013
Atromitos Nikos Anastopoulos Sacked 7 April 2013 4th Georgios Paraschos 8 April 2013
AEK Ewald Lienen Sacked 9 April 2013 12th Traianos Dellas 9 April 2013
PAOK Giorgos Donis Sacked 29 April 2013 2nd Georgios Georgiadis 29 April 2013

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 24 5 1 64 16 +48 77 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 PAOK 30 18 8 4 46 19 +27 62 Qualification for Superleague Greece play-offs
3 Asteras Tripoli 30 17 5 8 41 25 +16 56
4 Atromitos 30 11 13 6 26 22 +4 46
5 PAS Giannina 30 12 8 10 28 24 +4 44
6 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 30 10 12 8 32 30 +2 40[lower-alpha 2]
7 Skoda Xanthi 30 10 10 10 28 26 +2 40[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
8 Panionios 30 11 3 16 35 42 −7 36[lower-alpha 3]
9 Platanias 30 10 6 14 29 42 −13 36[lower-alpha 3]
10 Panthrakikos 30 10 6 14 30 33 −3 36[lower-alpha 3]
11 Levadiakos 30 9 7 14 21 35 −14 34
12 Veria 30 8 9 13 30 35 −5 33[lower-alpha 4]
13 Aris 30 7 12 11 32 40 −8 33[lower-alpha 4]
14 OFI 30 8 8 14 33 46 −13 32
15 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 5] (R) 30 8 6 16 21 36 −15 27 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
16 Kerkyra (R) 30 4 8 18 16 41 −25 20 Relegation to Football League
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points,[46] 3) head-to-head goal difference.[47]

If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.[48]

If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.[49] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw[50]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos started the league season with minus 2 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Olympiacos last year.
  2. 6th place play-off: Panathinaikos–Skoda Xanthi 3–0.
  3. Head-to-head record: Panionios: 9 pts, Platanias: 7 pts, Panthrakikos: 1 pts.
  4. Head-to-head record: Aris–Veria 2–1, Veria–Aris 3–1.
  5. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Panthrakikos this year. They were also voluntarily relegated to the third division in order to enter the liquidation process and remove a big number of debts to the club.

Results
Home \ Away AEK ARI AST ATR KER LEV OFI OLY PAT PIO PTH PAOK PAS PLA XAN VER
AEK Athens 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Aris 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Asteras Tripoli 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0
Atromitos 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Kerkyra 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
Levadiakos 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–0
OFI 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–0
Olympiacos 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2
Panionios 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–3 1–1
Panthrakikos 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–1
PAOK 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0
PAS Giannina 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–0
Platanias 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–2
Veria 0–4 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 0–0
Source: Super League Greece (in Greek)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between AEK Athens and Panthrakikos was awarded to Panthrakikos after being suspended at 87th minute (score:0-1)

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK ATR AST PAS
2 PAOK 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 13 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round 1–2 1–0 0–1
3 Atromitos 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 Qualification for Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 0–0 2–0
4 Asteras Tripoli 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 9 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–1 2–1
5 PAS Giannina 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 Ineligible for 2013–14 European competitions[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 1–1 2–1
Source: Βαθμολογία Playoffs ΟΠΑΠ and Super League Greece (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season
Notes:
  1. Since Asteras Tripolis lost the 2012–13 Greek Football Cup final to a team already qualified for European competitions, Olympiacos, all of the Europa League allocations were made through playoff positions.
  2. PAS Giannina were not licensed to play in the Europa League and therefore were replaced by the next Europa League licensed team in the table not already qualified for any European competitions, which was Skoda Xanthi, who played in the second qualifying round.

Season statistics

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