2016–17_Superleague_Greece

2016–17 Super League Greece

2016–17 Super League Greece

81st season of top-tier football league in Greece


The 2016–17 Super League Greece was the 81st season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the eleventh under its current title. The season started on 10 September 2016 and ended in June 2017. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 Football League.

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Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2015–16 season. Panthrakikos and AEL Kalloni will play in Football League for the 2016–17 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Football League, champions AEL and Kerkyra.

Stadiums and locations

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.

Managerial changes

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Regular season

League table

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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).[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup.[1]
  2. Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 4, AEL 1.
  3. Iraklis were initially relegated to Football League due to the financial problems.[2] However, the team decided not to participate in the second tier Football League, and play in the third tier Gamma Ethniki instead with the amateur team.

Postponement

The Greek Super League was originally scheduled for 20 August 2016 but Greece's Sports minister Stavros Kontonis decided it would be postponed due to fears of violence.[3]

The first match was then postponed and scheduled to be played on 10 September 2016 between Kerkyra and Platanias.[4]

The match was a success and went ahead with no issues with Platanias winning 1–0.[5]

On 9 November refereeing chief Giorgos Bikas was the victim of an arson attack, this led to Greek football of all divisions to be suspended.[6]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...
Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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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Champion and Champions League third qualifying round
Qualification for the play-offs
Relegation to 2017–18 Football League

Play-offs

In the play-offs for Champions League and Europa League berths, 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.

So, both AEK Athens and Panionios will begin the play-offs pointless. PAOK will enter the play-offs with two points, while Panathinaikos will have one point.[7]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Superleague Greece: Standings, Schedule, 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.[10]
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against PAOK.[8]
  2. PAOK qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
  3. Match abandoned in the 54th minute with the score at 1–0. It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for PAOK.
  4. PAOK were deducted 6 points due to fan behavior against AEK Athens in Greek Cup final.[9]

Season statistics

Updated to games played 30 April 2017
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Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

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Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 7 May 2017.[45]

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More information Team of the Season ...

Attendances

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

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Updated to games played on 30 April 2017
Source: Superleague
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Atromitos game was played behind closed gates


References

  1. "Απόφαση Πειθαρχικής Επιτροπής 28 Απριλίου 2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals April 28, 2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (June 23, 2017). "Super League: Υποβιβάστηκε και πάλι ο Ηρακλής". CNN.gr.
  3. "Kerkyra vs Platanias (SBS)". Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. "Announcement". Super League Greece. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. "Αφαίρεση έξι βαθμών στον ΠΑΟΚ". contra.gr. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. "Super League play off 2016–2017 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. "Super League statistics (sorted by goals)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  8. "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  9. "Super League Best goal & MVP". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-13.

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