2018–19 Super League Greece

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Super League Greece
Season 2018–19
Champions PAOK
3rd title
Relegated PAS Giannina
Levadiakos
Apollon Smyrnis
Champions League PAOK
Olympiacos
Europa League AEK Athens
Atromitos
Aris
Matches played 240
Goals scored 549 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer Efthimis Koulouris
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Olympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina
(2 September 2018)
Panetolikos 5–0 Panionios
(11 March 2019)
Aris 5–0 Apollon Smyrnis
(18 March 2019)
PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos
(21 April 2019)
Aris 7–2 Xanthi
(5 May 2019)
Biggest away win Panetolikos 0–5 Olympiacos
(7 April 2019)
Highest scoring Aris 7–2 Xanthi
(5 May 2019)
Longest winning run 10 matches
Olympiacos
Longest unbeaten run 30 matches, the entire season
PAOK
Longest winless run 13 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Longest losing run 8 matches
Apollon Smyrnis
Highest attendance 31,250
Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos
(11 November 2018)
Lowest attendance 188
Xanthi 0–1 Levadiakos
(24 February 2019)
Total attendance 1,282,139
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.

AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Football League,[2] replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018–19 Football League.

PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963–64.

PAS Giannina, Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI, who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018-19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019–20 Super League. OFI won the play-offs with 3–2 on aggregate.

This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019–20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018–19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.

Teams promoted to the Super League

The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1–0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2–0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013–14 season.

Teams relegated to the Football League

The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1–0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight.

The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2–1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.

Venues

Locations of the 2018–19 Super League Greece teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618
AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118
Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,200
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,442
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 9,050
Lamia Lamia Lamia Municipal Stadium 5,500
Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915
OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,088
Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115
Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618
Panetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,321
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703
PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Xanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7,244

Personnel, kits and TV channel

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Broadcast Channel
AEK Athens Spain Manolo Jiménez Greece Petros Mantalos United States Capelli Pame Stoixima Nova Sports
AEL Italy Gianluca Festa Greece Vangelis Moras Italy Legea Thrakis Gefseis Nova Sports
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Lefteris Velentzas Greece Michalis Kyrgias Italy Zeus Venetis Bakery ERT
Aris Greece Savvas Pantelidis Greece Georgios Delizisis United States Nike Karipidis Pallets ERT
Asteras Tripolis Greece Georgios Paraschos Argentina Matías Iglesias Italy Macron Volton Nova Sports
Atromitos Austria Damir Canadi Argentina Javier Umbides United States Nike ETEKA Gas ERT
Lamia Greece Makis Chavos Greece Anestis Anastasiadis United States Nike N/A ERT
Levadiakos Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Greece Savvas Tsabouris Italy Legea N/A Nova Sports
OFI Chile Jaime Vera Greece Anestis Nastos Italy Macron Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
Olympiacos Portugal Pedro Martins Greece Andreas Bouchalakis Germany Adidas Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
Panathinaikos Greece Giorgos Donis Greece Dimitris Kourbelis United States Nike Pame Stoixima ERT
Panetolikos Greece Traianos Dellas Greece Dimitris Kyriakidis Italy Zeus Emileon ERT
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios Greece Panagiotis Korbos Spain Luanvi Tipbet.gr Nova Sports
PAOK Romania Răzvan Lucescu Portugal Vieirinha Italy Macron Stoiximan.gr Nova Sports
PAS Giannina Greece Giannis Petrakis Greece Alexios Michail United States Nike Vikos Cola, Car.gr Nova Sports
Xanthi Serbia Milan Rastavac Greece Konstantinos Fliskas Spain Joma N/A ERT

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Olympiacos Greece Christos Kontis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 May 2018 Pre season Portugal Pedro Martins 7 May 2018
AEK Athens Spain Manolo Jiménez End of contract 25 May 2018 Greece Marinos Ouzounidis 4 June 2018
Panathinaikos Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 31 May 2018 Greece Giorgos Donis 12 June 2018
Aris Greece Dimitrios Spanos Mutual consent 1 June 2018 Spain Paco Herrera 1 July 2018
Apollon Smyrnis France Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018[3] 10th Greece Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) 31 August 2018
Lamia Greece Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018[4] 15th Greece Makis Chavos 5 September 2018[5]
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018[6] 15th Spain Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018[7]
AEL Greece Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018[8] 15th Italy Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Spain Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018[9] 16th Greece Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018[10]
Levadiakos Greece Akis Mantzios 22 October 2018 15th Italy Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018
Aris Spain Paco Herrera 12 November 2018 7th Greece Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) 12 November 2018
Asteras Tripolis Greece Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 12 November 2018 15th Greece Georgios Paraschos 12 November 2018
Aris Greece Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2018 7th Greece Savvas Pantelidis 14 November 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Giannis Matzourakis Sacked 26 November 2018 16th Greece Babis Tennes 26 November 2018
Panionios France José Anigo 2 December 2018 8th Greece Akis Mantzios 4 December 2018
Levadiakos Italy Giuseppe Sannino 21 January 2019 15th Greece Nikos Karageorgiou 22 January 2019
OFI Greece Nikos Papadopoulos 21 January 2019 12th Chile Jaime Vera 25 January 2019
AEK Athens Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 5 February 2019 3rd Spain Manolo Jiménez 6 February 2019
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Babis Tennes Sacked 9 March 2019 16th Greece Lefteris Velentzas 9 March 2019

League table

Template:2018–19 Super League Greece table

Results

Home \ Away AEK AEL APS ARIS AST ATR LAM LEV OFI OLY PAO PNE PGSS PAOK PAS XAN
AEK Athens — 0-1 2-1 4-0 3-0 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 4-0 4-0 1-1 2-0 2-0
AEL 0-0 — 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-3 1-3 1-0 4-2 1-1 2-0 1-1
Apollon Smyrnis 0-2 0-1 — 1-2 0-2 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-3 0-1 0-2 1-5 1-2 1-0
Aris 2-0 2-0 5-0 — 2-0 0-2 1-0 2-0 3-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-0 7-2
Asteras Tripolis 0-1 2-0 2-0 0-3 — 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 3-0 3-0 0-3 1-0 0-1
Atromitos 0-1 2-0 1-0 4-2 3-2 — 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-2 2-0 2-2 3-0 1-1 1-0 0-0
Lamia 2-2 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-0 2-1 — 3-2 1-1 1-3 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0
Levadiakos 0-3 1-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 — 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-2 1-2 0-2 1-2
OFI 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-3 2-0 — 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-3 1-0 0-0
Olympiacos 4-1 4-0 1-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 5-1 — 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-1 5-0 4-0
Panathinaikos 0-0 1-1 5-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-3 0-3 — 4-0 1-0 0-2 2-1 2-2
Panetolikos 2-1 2-2 2-1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2-2 2-1 2-1 0-5 0-1 — 5-0 1–2 1-0 0-0
Panionios 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 2-2 0-1 2-0 3-0 — 0-1 2-1 1-0
PAOK 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 4-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 3-0 — 2-1 2-0
PAS Giannina 0-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 3-1 0-2 — 0-0
Xanthi 1-3 1-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 —
Source: Super League Greece

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.

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Relegation play-offs

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Platanias 2–3 OFI 0–0 2–3

19 May 2019
21:30 EEST
Platanias 0–0 OFI
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/05/19/greece/play-offs-12/platanias/ofi-heraklion-fc/3018648/
Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

22 May 2019
19:00 EEST
OFI 3–2 Platanias
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/05/22/greece/play-offs-12/ofi-heraklion-fc/platanias/3018647/
Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

OFI won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2019–20 Super League. Platanias placed in 2019–20 Super League 2.

Season statistics

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020.[12]

Award [13] Winner Club
Player of the Year Greece Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Year Portugal Vieirinha PAOK
Top goalscorer Greece Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos
Greek Player of the Year Greece Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos
Manager of the Year Romania Răzvan Lucescu PAOK
Breakthrough of the Year Greece Giannis Bouzoukis Panathinaikos

Team of the Year

Team of the Year[14]
Goalkeeper Greece Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK)
Defence

Norway Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos)

 Greece

Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos)

 Cape Verde

Fernando Varela (PAOK)

 Portugal Vieirinha (PAOK)
Midfield Portugal Daniel Podence (Olympiacos) Greece

Dimitris Kourbelis (PAO)

 Greece

Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)

 Brazil

Guilherme Torres (Olympiacos)

 Greece

Georgios Masouras (Panionios /Olympiacos)
Attack Greece Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos)

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External links

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