2014–15 Superleague Greece

The 2014–15 Superleague Greece was the 79th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the ninth under its current title. The season began on 23 August and ended on 11 May 2015. Olympiacos won their 42nd Greek title. The league comprises sixteen teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted from the 2013–14 Football League.

Superleague Greece
Season2014–15
ChampionsOlympiacos
42nd title
RelegatedKerkyra
Ergotelis
OFI
Niki Volos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
Europa LeagueAsteras Tripoli
Atromitos
PAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored759 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerJerónimo Barrales (17 goals)
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 5–0 Ergotelis
Olympiakos 5–0 Kalloni
Biggest away winKalloni 0–5 Olympiacos
Highest scoringPanetolikos 5–2 Skoda Xanthi
Atromitos 4–3 Asteras Tripoli
Asteras Tripoli 6–1 OFI
Panathinaikos 4–3 PAOK
All statistics correct as of 1 April 2015.

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2013–14 season. Apollon Smyrni and Aris will play in Football League for the 2014–15 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2013–14 Football League, champions Niki Volos and Kerkyra. Niki Volos were promoted back to the top level for the first time in 48 years.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2014–15 Superleague Greece
Club Location Venue Capacity
Asteras TripoliTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium8,969
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,000
KalloniMytileneMytilene Municipal Stadium3,000
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,191
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,307
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium8,500
OlympiacosPiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium33,296
PanathinaikosAthensApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium16,003
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,500
PanioniosAthensNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
PanthrakikosKomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,200
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,500
PlataniasChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium3,700
Skoda XanthiXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,244
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000

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
Asteras Tripoli Staikos Vergetis Fernando Usero Nike Lotto
Atromitos Nikos Nioplias Eduardo Brito Macron Tzoker
Ergotelis Giannis Taousianis Minas Pitsos Eye Sportwear Lotto
Kalloni Vangelis Vlachos Giorgos Manousos Adidas Lotto
Kerkyra Michalis Grigoriou Tassos Venetis Joma Lotto
Levadiakos Apostolos Mantzios Thanasis Moulopoulos Umbro Lotto
OFI Nikos Anastopoulos Georgios Makris Umbro Pame Stihima
Olympiacos Vítor Pereira Giannis Maniatis Puma UNICEF
Niki Volos Panagiotis Tzanavaras Jonas Ivens Nike Tzoker
Panathinaikos Yannis Anastasiou Zeca Adidas Pame Stihima
Panetolikos Makis Chavos Georgios Kousas Tempo Sport Tzoker
Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis Nikos Pantidos Tempo Sport Lotto
Panthrakikos José Manuel Roca Cases Deniz Baykara Nike Tzoker
PAOK Georgios Georgiadis Stefanos Athanasiadis Nike Pame Stihima
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Georgios Dasios Nike Tzoker
Platanias Georgios Paraschos Thomas Nazlidis Macron Tzoker
Skoda Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stihima
Veria Stefanos Gaitanos Alexandros Vergonis Kappa Tzoker

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ergotelis Juan Ferrando Mutual consent 31 August 2014 16th Pavlos Dermitzakis 5 September 2014
Niki Volos Wiljan Vloet Sacked 14 September 2014 18th Sven Vandenbroeck 14 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Sakis Tsiolis Mutual consent 15 September 2014 14th Nikos Nentidis (caretaker) 16 September 2014
Atromitos Georgios Paraschos Resigned 22 September 2014 7th Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) 22 September 2014
Atromitos Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 22 September 2014 7th Ricardo Sá Pinto 24 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Nentidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 16 September 2014 11th Răzvan Lucescu 24 September 2014
Niki Volos Sven Vandenbroeck Sacked 1 October 2014 18th Panagiotis Tzanavaras 1 October 2014
Panthrakikos Apostolos Mantzios Mutual consent 5 November 2014 16th Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker) 6 November 2014
Panthrakikos Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 10 November 2014 17th José Manuel Roca Cases 10 November 2014
Panionios Dimitrios Terezopoulos Sacked 8 December 2014 15th Marinos Ouzounidis 9 December 2014
Ergotelis Pavlos Dermitzakis Mutual consent 15 December 2014 17th Giannis Taousianis 16 December 2014
OFI Gennaro Gattuso Resigned 30 December 2014 15th Nikos Anastopoulos 7 January 2015
Olympiacos Míchel Sacked 6 January 2015 2nd Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker) 6 January 2015
Olympiacos Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 January 2015 2nd Vítor Pereira 7 January 2015
Kalloni Ioannis Matzourakis Sacked 15 January 2015 10th Vangelis Vlachos 16 January 2015
Atromitos Ricardo Sá Pinto Resigned 5 February 2015 7th Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) 5 February 2015
Atromitos Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 5 February 2015 9th Nikos Nioplias 9 February 2015
Levadiakos Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 9 February 2015 14th Apostolos Mantzios 9 February 2015
Ergotelis Giannis Taousianis Sacked 12 February 2015 16th Ioannis Matzourakis 12 February 2015
Ergotelis Ioannis Matzourakis Resigned 25 February 2015 15th Giannis Taousianis 28 February 2015
Platanias Giannis Christopoulos Resigned 11 March 2015 14th Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker) 11 March 2015
Platanias Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 11 March 2015 15th Georgios Paraschos 15 March 2015
PAOK Angelos Anastasiadis Sacked 16 March 2015 3rd Georgios Georgiadis 16 March 2015
Veria José Carlos Granero Mutual consent 20 March 2015 11th Stefanos Gaitanos 20 March 2015

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 24 6 4 79 23 +56 78 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 34 21 6 7 59 31 +28 66 Qualification to Superleague Greece play-offs
3 PAOK 34 20 5 9 57 42 +15 65
4 Asteras Tripoli 34 17 8 9 52 37 +15 59
5 Atromitos 34 14 12 8 43 27 +16 54
6 PAS Giannina 34 13 14 7 47 33 +14 53
7 Panetolikos 34 14 10 10 41 28 +13 52
8 Skoda Xanthi 34 12 11 11 44 41 +3 47
9 Platanias 34 12 8 14 32 30 +2 44
10 Kalloni 34 11 11 12 34 39 5 44
11 Panthrakikos 34 11 10 13 35 44 9 43
12 Panionios 34 11 10 13 43 42 +1 43
13 Veria 34 12 7 15 45 54 9 43
14 Levadiakos 34 12 7 15 41 34 +7 43
15 Ergotelis (R) 34 8 8 18 35 60 25 32 Relegation to Football League
16 OFI[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 7 2 25 26 72 46 13
17 Niki Volos[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 2 1 31 7 84 77 7
18 Kerkyra[lower-alpha 4] (R) 34 12 8 14 39 38 +1 44
Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) If after applying the criteria teams in question are still tied, they are placed in alphabetical order.[6][7] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw.[8]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.[1]
  2. OFI were deducted 10 points due to failure to pay over former players' wages.[2]
  3. Niki Volos have been disqualified from the League due to financial issues.[3]
  4. Kerkyra relegated for illegal transfer of shares.[4] Kerkyra was given the last position of the league table.[5]

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.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Olympiacos2541532222222222111111111111111111
Panathinaikos10795768654333333333332222222223232
PAOK11322111111111111222223333333332323
Asteras Tripoli139109875576444444444444454444444444
Atromitos6257486865769899887777987877886665
PAS Giannina367111210111198897788779966667665555556
Panetolikos171516171616131289101010965555555545556778877
Skoda Xanthi12141513101310131011986677998888798688667788
Platanias181811141512910111013141112111211111112121412131414151515151514109
AEL Kalloni84343444335781010101010101110101011111110101010991110
Panthrakikos16131412131416161717161616161616161414131312131213131313131313151411
Panionios5106891114141413151514141315151515151515151412121212121212121312
Veria1113223347655556666699879101111111111111213
Levadiakos9121316171815151515141213131414141313141413141616161414141414131514
Ergotelis14161715141517171616171717171717171717161616161515151616161616161615
OFI71112101191291314121315151513131616171717171717171717171717171716
Niki Volos15171818181718181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181817
Kerkyra488665771212111112111211121212101111111010999991010918
Leader / 2015–16 Champions League
Qualification to Superleague Play-Offs
Relegation to 2015–16 Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2015. Source: Superleague Greece
Notes: The sixth round was played between the twelfth and the thirteenth rounds, the eleventh round was played between the seventeenth and the eighteenth rounds and the twenty-sixth round was played between the twenty-eighth and the twenty-ninth rounds.

Results

Home \ Away AST ATR ERG KAL KER LEV NVL OFI OLY PAT PNT PIO PTH PAOK PAS PLA SKO VER
Asteras Tripoli 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0
Atromitos 4–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0
Ergotelis 1–4 1–2 3–3 1–2 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–2 2–2
AEL Kalloni 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 0–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 4–1
Kerkyra 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–0
Levadiakos 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2
Niki Volos 0–2 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
OFI 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 2–3 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–1 3–1 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–1 0–1
Olympiacos 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
Panathinaikos 2–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1
Panetolikos 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 5–2 2–0
Panionios 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–2
Panthrakikos 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
PAOK 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1
PAS Giannina 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 4–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–1
Platanias 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 4–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2
Veria 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–2
Source: Superleague Greece (in Greek)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Opponents of Niki Volos awarded a 3–0 w/o win.
  2. Opponents of OFI awarded a 3–0 w/o win.

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.

Playoff table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Panathinaikos 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 15 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Asteras Tripoli 6 2 3 1 2 4 2 10 Qualification to Europa League group stage
4 Atromitos 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 PAOK 6 0 2 4 1 6 5 4 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals rule; 5) classification of regular season.

Results

Home \ Away AST ATR PAT PAOK
Asteras Tripoli 1–0 0–4 1–0
Atromitos 0–0 2–0 1–1
Panathinaikos 0–0 2–0 2–0
PAOK 0–0 0–1 0–1
Source: Superleague Greece (in Greek)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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