2015–16 Superleague Greece

The 2015–16 Superleague Greece was the 80th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the tenth under its current title. The season started on 22 August 2015 and ended in May 2016. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Football League. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive title and 43rd overall.

Superleague Greece
Season2015–16
ChampionsOlympiacos
43rd title
RelegatedPanthrakikos
Kalloni
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
PAOK
Europa LeaguePanathinaikos
AEK Athens
PAS Giannina
Matches played240
Goals scored543 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Fortounis (18 goals)
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Olympiacos 5–0 Kalloni
(17 April 2016)
Biggest away winPanetolikos 1–5 Panionios
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoringPanthrakikos 3–4 Olympiacos
(5 December 2015)
Panetolikos 2–5 Olympiacos
(10 April 2016)
Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Longest winning runOlympiacos (17 games)
Longest unbeaten runOlympiacos (21 games)
Longest winless runKalloni (13 games)
Longest losing runKalloni (8 games)
Highest attendanceAEK 1–0 Olympiacos
(13 February 2016) 31,121
Lowest attendanceLevadiakos 1–1 Iraklis
(16 January 2016) 197
Total attendance1,042,228[1]
Average attendance4,307[1]

Teams

Four teams were relegated from the 2014–15 season. Kerkyra and Ergotelis play in Football League for the 2015–16 season. Niki Volos and OFI will play in Gamma Ethniki.

Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Football League, champions AEK Athens and Iraklis, two teams with a long history in the top championship of Greece.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2015–16 Superleague Greece
Club Ap. Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens55AthensOlympic Stadium69,638
Asteras Tripoli9TripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
Atromitos15PeristeriPeristeri Stadium8,969
Iraklis52ThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kalloni3MytileneMytilene Municipal Stadium3,000
Levadiakos15LivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
Olympiacos57PiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium33,296
Panathinaikos57AthensApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium16,003
Panetolikos6AgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,500
Panionios55Nea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
Panthrakikos6KomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,200
PAOK57ThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS Giannina21IoanninaZosimades Stadium7,500
Platanias4ChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium3,700
Skoda Xanthi27XanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,244
Veria16VeriaVeria 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
AEK Athens Stelios Manolas Petros Mantalos Nike Pame Stihima
Asteras Tripoli Makis Chavos Dorin Goian Nike Stoiximan.GR
Atromitos Traianos Dellas Eduardo Brito Saller Tzoker
Iraklis Nikos Papadopoulos Nikos Pourtoulidis Blue Line Pame Stihima
Kalloni Nikos Karageorgiou Giorgos Manousos Adidas Novibet
Levadiakos Dimitris Farantos Thanasis Moulopoulos Umbro Vanmax S.A.
Olympiacos Marco Silva David Fuster Adidas Stoiximan.GR
Panathinaikos Andrea Stramaccioni Zeca Puma Pame Stihima
Panetolikos Giannis Matzourakis Georgios Kousas Joma Pame Stihima
Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis Pavlos Mitropoulos Tempo Sport Tzoker
Panthrakikos Zoran Stoinović Antonis Ladakis Nike Stoiximan.GR
PAOK Vladimir Ivić Stefanos Athanasiadis Macron Sportingbet
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike Tzoker
Platanias Georgios Paraschos Dimitris Alkis Macron Stoiximan.GR
Skoda Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stihima
Veria Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Alexandros Vergonis Nike Stoiximan.GR

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Panetolikos Makis Chavos End of contract End of 2014–15 season Pre-season Leonel Pontes 9 June 2015
Atromitos Nikos Nioplias End of contract End of 2014–15 season Michalis Grigoriou 14 June 2015
PAOK Georgios Georgiadis End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Igor Tudor 18 June 2015
Veria Dimitris Christoforidis End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Georgios Georgiadis 18 June 2015
Olympiacos Vítor Pereira Resigned End of 2014–15 season Marco Silva 7 July 2015
Panthrakikos José Manuel Roca Mutual consent 15 September 2015 16th Dimitris Eleftheropoulos 19 September 2015
Panetolikos Leonel Pontes Mutual consent 28 September 2015 5th Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) 28 September 2015
Panetolikos Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 7 October 2015 10th Ioannis Matzourakis 7 October 2015
AEK Traianos Dellas Resigned 20 October 2015 4th Stelios Manolas (caretaker) 20 October 2015
AEK Stelios Manolas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 28 October 2015 3rd Gus Poyet 28 October 2015
Panathinaikos Yannis Anastasiou Mutual consent 2 November 2015 2nd Steve Rutter (caretaker) 2 November 2015
Atromitos Michalis Grigoriou Mutual consent 3 November 2015 13th Traianos Dellas 4 November 2015
Panathinaikos Steve Rutter (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 8 November 2015 2nd Andrea Stramaccioni 8 November 2015
Kalloni Thalis Theodoridis Mutual consent 27 December 2015 16th Nikos Karageorgiou 27 December 2015
Veria Georgios Georgiadis Resigned 18 January 2016 12th Nikos Karampimperis (caretaker) 22 January 2016
Panthrakikos Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Mutual consent 26 January 2016 15th Giannis Chatzinikolaou 26 January 2016
Veria Nikos Karampimperis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 26 January 2016 13th Dimitris Eleftheropoulos 26 January 2016
Asteras Tripoli Staikos Vergetis Resigned 29 January 2016 5th Dimitrios Terezopoulos (caretaker) 29 January 2016
Asteras Tripoli Dimitrios Terezopoulos (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 29 January 2016 6th Makis Chavos 29 February 2016
PAOK Igor Tudor Resigned 9 March 2016 4th Vladimir Ivić 9 March 2016
Panthrakikos Giannis Chatzinikolaou Mutual consent 16 March 2016 15th Zoran Stoinović 17 March 2016
Levadiakos Apostolos Mantzios End of contract 8 April 2016 11th Dimitris Farantos 8 April 2016
AEK Gus Poyet Mutual consent 19 April 2016 End of season Stelios Manolas (caretaker) 19 April 2016

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 28 1 1 81 16 +65 85 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 4 8 52 26 +26 55 Qualification for the UEFA play-offs
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 30 17 6 7 43 21 +22 54
4 PAOK[lower-alpha 3] 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 45
5 Panionios 30 12 8 10 33 27 +6 44
6 PAS Giannina 30 12 6 12 36 40 −4 42 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 4]
7 Asteras Tripoli 30 11 8 11 31 30 +1 41
8 Atromitos[lower-alpha 5] 30 12 6 12 26 31 −5 39[lower-alpha 6]
9 Platanias 30 10 9 11 32 30 +2 39[lower-alpha 6]
10 Levadiakos 30 9 10 11 27 36 −9 37
11 Panetolikos 30 9 8 13 30 46 −16 35[lower-alpha 7]
12 Iraklis 30 8 11 11 24 32 −8 35[lower-alpha 7]
13 Skoda Xanthi 30 6 15 9 27 32 −5 33
14 Veria 30 5 12 13 19 33 −14 27
15 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 8 19 18 58 −40 17 Relegation to the Football League
16 AEL Kalloni (R) 30 3 7 20 19 53 −34 16
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).[4]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.[2]
  2. AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
  3. PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.[3]
  4. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.
  5. Atromitos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against AEK.
  6. Head-to-head record: Atromitos – Platanias 0–0, Platanias – Atromitos 1–2.
  7. Head-to-head record: Panetolikos – Iraklisi 2–0, Iraklis – Panetolikos 0–0.

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
Olympiacos221111111111111111111111111111
Panathinaikos414222222224324334333333333332
AEK Athens162343433542232222222222222223
PAOK9129535546666443443444554444554
Panionios1593984354353555656665445555445
PAS Giannina7484771011712810111088897810121211976866
Asteras Tripoli3711769765435667565556666669797
Atromitos536810138913141414141414141414141313131313131310978
Platanias1613151516151410910977811101010111211910121287689
Levadiakos13141213116671071288767778912111187911111110
Panetolikos1185651011121411111313131313121197777710118101011
Iraklis61013121212121412131311999998101088810111213131212
Skoda Xanthi101171191113131197910111212131212119109981012121313
Veria85101014898881012121210111113131414141414141414141414
Panthrakikos141516161516161616161616161515151515151515151516151515151515
AEL Kalloni121614141314151515151515151616161616161616161615161616161616
Leader / 2016–17 Champions League
Qualification to UEFA Play-Offs
Relegation to 2016–17 Football League
Source: Superleague Greece

Results
Home \ Away AEK AST ATR IRT KAL LEV OLY PAT PNT PIO PTH PAOK PAS PLA SKO VER
AEK Athens 0–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Asteras Tripoli 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Atromitos 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0
Iraklis 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
AEL Kalloni 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1
Levadiakos 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1
Olympiacos 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 3–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 0–0 6–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2
Panetolikos 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–5 1–2 1–5 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Panionios 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1
Panthrakikos 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–2
PAOK 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
PAS Giannina 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
Platanias 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0
Xanthi 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Veria 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1
Source: Super League Greece (in Greek)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Olympiacos awarded a 3–0 away w/o win against Panathinaikos.

UEFA play-offs

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 in fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with 0 points. Its end-of-season tally of points is then used to calculate the number of points with which the other teams will start the play-offs: more specifically, each of the three other teams participating in the play-offs will have the fifth-placed team's total points tally subtracted from their own points tally and then divided by five – giving the final figure.[5]

Play-offs table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 PAOK 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 11 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 9
5 Panionios[lower-alpha 2] 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4
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) Regular season position.[6]
Notes:
  1. AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.
  2. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Results
Home \ Away AEK PAT PIO PAOK
AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 0–0
Panathinaikos 3–0 1–0 1–1
Panionios 1–0 1–1 0–2
PAOK 2–1 1–1 2–0
Source: Super League Greece (in Greek)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Best goal and MVP awards winners
MD MVP award[9] Best goal award[9]
1 Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Rodrigo Galo (AEK)
2 Marcos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Amr Warda (Panetolikos)
3 Diego Buonanotte (AEK) Diego Buonanotte (AEK)
4 Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos)
5 Vangelis Mantzios (Levadiakos) Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
6 Roberto (Olympiacos) Pavlos Kyriakidis (Iraklis)
7 Brown Ideye (Olympiacos) Luka Milunović (Platanias)
8 Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Christos Aravidis (AEK)
9 Diego Romano (Iraklis) Manolis Papasterianos (Xanthi)
10 Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)
11 Jakob Johansson (AEK) Kenan Bargan (Kalloni)
12 Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)
13 Huanderson (Iraklis) Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)
14 Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos) Olivier Boumale (Panionios)
15 Panagiotis Tsintotas (Levadiakos) Rogério Martins (Panthrakikos)
16 Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
17 Giannis Anestis (AEK) Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
18 Sokratis Dioudis (Panionios) Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
19 Michalis Manias (PAS Giannina) Michael Essien (Panathinaikos)
20 Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
21 Brito (Atromitos) Fanouris Goundoulakis (Platanias)
22 Leozinho (Iraklis) Leozinho (Iraklis)
23 Gojko Cimirot (PAOK) Gojko Cimirot (PAOK)
24 Ronald Vargas (AEK) Ronald Vargas (AEK)
25 Lucas Villafáñez (Panathinaikos) Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)
26 Tasos Bakasetas (Panionios) Tasos Bakasetas (Panionios)
27 Hernâni (Olympiacos) Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
28 Sakis Theodoropoulos (Panionios) Karim Ansarifard (Panionios)
29 Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Tomáš Pekhart (AEK)
30 Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)

Attendances

Average attendances counted officially without games played behind closed gates from Superleague.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Olympiacos 272,303 30,314 13,227 20,946 +21.6%2
2 PAOK 158,542 25,674 5,762 11,913 +31.7%2
3 AEK Athens 162,277 31,121 2,647 11,150 n/a1,2
4 Panathinaikos 80,423 15,640 4,378 7,645 +20.7%2
5 Iraklis 42,091 10,043 979 3,091 n/a1
6 Panetolikos 35,153 4,160 1,707 2,344 −3.7%†
7 PAS Giannina 31,921 4,484 1,170 2,128 +35.4%†
8 Platanias 28,380 3,052 1,453 1,892 +45.2%†
9 Asteras Tripoli 25,204 2,558 961 1,680 +6.1%†
10 Panionios 20,834 2,762 664 1,410 +40.2%†
11 Skoda Xanthi 18,982 2,978 592 1,265 −17.9%†
12 Veria 18,014 3,557 500 1,201 +1.7%†
13 Panthrakikos 17,484 2,372 686 1,166 +1.5%†
14 Atromitos 12,959 2,284 492 960 −17.8%2
15 AEL Kalloni 13,811 2,159 256 921 −4.8%†
16 Levadiakos 12,725 4,931 197 858 −11.6%†
League total 951,103 31,121 197 3,996 +27.0%†

Updated to games played on 17 April 2016
Source:
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Olympiacos - AEK - PAOK - Panathinaikos - Atromitos games were played behind closed gates
3: Playoff matches is not included

References
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  2. "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Super League statistics (sorted by goals)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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