2008–09 Super League Greece
Season | 2008–09 |
---|---|
Champions | Olympiacos 37th Greek title |
Relegated | OFI Panserraikos Thrasyvoulos |
Champions League | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
Europa League | AEK Athens (via domestic cup) PAOK AEL |
Matches played | 252 |
Goals scored | 519 (2.06 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ismael Blanco Luciano Galletti (14) |
Biggest home win | Olympiacos 5–0 Iraklis |
Biggest away win | Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens |
Highest scoring | AEL 4–3 OFI OFI 4–3 Panthrakikos Asteras Tripolis 3–4 Panionios Ergotelis 2–5 Panionios |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
The 2008–09 Super League Greece was the 73rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the third under the name Super League. The season began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.
Team changes from 2007–08[]
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Beta Ethniki:
- Champions: Panserraikos
- Runners-up: Thrasyvoulos
- 3rd placed team: Panthrakikos
Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:
- 14th placed team: Atromitos
- 15th placed team: Veria
- 16th placed team: Apollon Kalamarias
Teams[]
Stadia and personnel[]
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Iraklis
PAOK
OFI
Team | Manager1 | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
AEL | Marinos Ouzounidis | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
Aris | Mazinho | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
Asteras Tripolis | Nikos Kostenoglou | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 4,200 |
Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
Iraklis | Oleh Protasov | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 28,028 |
Levadiakos | Momčilo Vukotić | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 8,000 |
OFI | Ioannis Matzourakis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
Olympiacos | Ernesto Valverde | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
Panathinaikos | Henk ten Cate | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
Panionios | Giotis Stamatopoulos | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
Panserraikos | Hugo Broos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium | 8,500 |
Panthrakikos | Emilio Ferrera | Komotini | Komotini Municipal Stadium | 4,500 |
PAOK | Fernando Santos | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,850 |
Skoda Xanthi | Georgios Paraschos | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,422 |
Thrasyvoulos | Sakis Tsiolis | Fyli | Fyli Municipal Stadium | 3,142 |
- 1 On final match day of the season, played on 26 April 2009.
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | PAOK | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 61 | |
4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 55 | |
5 | AEL | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | |
6 | Aris | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 47 | |
7 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 38 | |
8 | Panionios | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 37 | |
9 | Ergotelis | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 36 | |
10 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 33[a] | |
11 | Panthrakikos | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 33[a] | |
12 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 33[a] | |
13 | Levadiakos | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 32 | |
14 | OFI (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 24[b] | Relegation to the Beta Ethniki |
15 | Panserraikos (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 24[b] | |
16 | Thrasyvoulos (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results[]
Play-offs[]
The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own number of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the number of bonus points.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
- PAOK – 3 points ((63–49) / 5 = 2.8, rounded up to 3)
- Panathinaikos – 2 points ((61–49) / 5 = 2.4, rounded down to 2)
- AEK Athens – 1 point ((55–49) / 5 = 1.2, rounded down to 1)
- AEL – 0 points ((49 –49) / 5 = 0)
The play-off winners entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since AEK Athens have lost the final of the 2008–09 Greek Cup to Champions League-bound Olympiacos, all three Greek Europa League spots (two via league, one via domestic cup) were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | AEK | PAOK | AEL | |
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2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 18 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | ||
3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | ||
4 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||
5 | Larissa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
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.
Statistics[]
Top scorers[]
Source: galanissportsdata.com |
Top assists[]
Source: galanissportsdata.com |
Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)[]
Position | Player | Club | Index |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luciano Galletti | Olympiacos | 0.250 |
2 | Dudu Cearense | Olympiacos | 0.242 |
3 | Fernando Belluschi | Olympiacos | 0.217 |
4 | Fabián Estoyanoff | Panionios | 0.215 |
5 | Vladimir Ivić | PAOK | 0.201 |
6 | Diego Romano | Ergotelis | 0.197 |
7 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | 0.196 |
8 | Leonardo | Levadiakos | 0.192 |
9 | Serge Dié | Iraklis | 0.188 |
10 | Dame N'Doye | OFI | 0.183 |
Source: galanissportsdata.com
Transfers[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Official website (in Greek)
- Superleague Statistics
- Super League Greece seasons
- 2008–09 in Greek football leagues
- 2008–09 in European association football leagues