Super League Greece 2008–09

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The 2008–09 Super League Greece season was the third since its establishment. It 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Overview

AEK Athens
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Asteras Tripolis

Ergotelis
OFI

Larissa

Levadiakos

Panserraikos

Panthrakikos

Thrasyvoulos

Xanthi

Olympiacos

Location of teams in Super League Greece 2008–09

Club	Manager	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Dusan Bajevic	Athens Olympic Stadium	71,030
Aris	Mazinho	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	23,300
Asteras Tripolis	Nikos Kostenoglou	Asteras Tripolis Stadium	4,200
Ergotelis	Nikos Karageorgiou	Pankritio Stadium	26,400
Iraklis	Oleh Protasov	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	28,028
Larissa	Marinos Ouzounidis	Alkazar	13,108
Levadiakos	Momčilo Vukotić	Levadia Municipal Stadium	8,000
OFI	Ioannis Matzourakis	Pankritio Stadium	26,400
Olympiacos	Ernesto Valverde	Karaiskákis Stadium	33,334
Panathinaikos	Henk ten Cate	Athens Olympic Stadium	71,030
Panionios	Giotis Stamatopoulos	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700
Panserraikos	Hugo Broos	Stadium of Serres	8,500
Panthrakikos	Emilio Ferrera	Komotini Stadium	4,500
PAOK	Fernando Santos	Toumba Stadium	28,850
Thrasyvoulos	Sakis Tsiolis	Fyli Stadium	3,142
Xanthi	Georgios Paraschos	Skoda Xanthi Arena	7,422

[edit] League table

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th decision match.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Source: galanissportsdata.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] 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 amount of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the amount 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)
• Larissa – 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 Greek Cup 2008–09 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.

[edit] Play-off table

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

[edit] Results

Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] 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 Salpigidis	Panathinaikos	0.196
8	Leonardo	Levadiakos	0.192
9	Serge Dié	Iraklis	0.188
10	Dame N'Doye	OFI	0.183

Source: galanissportsdata.com

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Teams by region

[edit] See also

• Greek Cup 2008–09
• Beta Ethniki 2008–09

[edit] External links

• Official website (Greek)
• Super League Statistics