2018–19_Superleague_Greece

2018–19 Super League Greece

2018–19 Super League Greece

83rd season of top-tier football league in Greece


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.

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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

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel, kits and TV channel

Managerial changes

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League table

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Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[11]
  2. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[12]
  3. Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.[13]
  4. Head-to-head points: Panathinaikos 6, Panetolikos 0.
  5. Head-to-head points: Xanthi 4, OFI 1.

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.

More information Team ╲ Round, PAOK ...
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round
Champions League second qualifying round
Europa League third qualifying round
Europa League second qualifying round
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2019–20 Super League Greece 2

Relegation play-offs

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
More information Platanias, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
More information OFI, 3–2 ...
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

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Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020.[16][17]

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More information Team of the Season ...

References

  1. "Πέρασε η χορηγία, "Σουρωτή Σούπερ Λιγκ"". novasports.gr. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. "Στη Σούπερ Λιγκ ΟΦΗ και Άρης!". novasports.gr. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. "Τέλος ο Ισμαέλ από τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης!". sport24.gr. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Τέλος ο Τεννές από τη Λαμία, φαβορί ο Παράσχος". sport24.gr. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. "Χάβος αντί Τεννέ στη Λαμία". sport24.gr. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. "Τέλος ο Ισμαέλ από τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης!". sport24.gr. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. "Τέλος ο Τεννές από τη Λαμία, φαβορί ο Παράσχος". sport24.gr. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. "Superleague Greece 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. "Superleague Greece Scoring Stats - 2018-19". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  10. "Η 38η Γιορτή του Ποδοσφαιριστή". psapp.gr (in Greek). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2022-02-09.

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