Super League Greece 2006-07

Super League Greece 2006-07
Sport	Football
Founded	2006
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Greece
Most recent champion(s)	Olympiacos

This was the inaugural Super League Greece season. Olympiacos clinched the inaugural title on April 22 with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third straight title and 10th in the last 11 years.

For the next season, Ionikos, Kerkira FC and Egaleo FC have been relegated to B' Ethniki given that they have finished in the lowest three spots of the table. Asteras Tripolis, Levadiakos FC and Veria FC will be promoted from B' Ethniki for 2007-08.

AE Larissa has won the 2007 Greek Cup with a 2-1 victory over Panathinaikos in the final held in Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos.

[edit] Super League Greece Final Standings

¹ PAOK has turned down entry to the Intertoto Cup allowing OFI Crete to accept the bid from Greece.
² AE Larisa qualifies for one of the four UEFA Cup spots based on their victory in the Greek Cup.
³ Ionikos 3 points deducted for attack by chairman on referee in round 6 and 2 points deducted for incidents in round 14.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Top scorers

#	Name	Club	Goals
1	Nikos Lyberopoulos	AEK Athens FC	18
2	Rivaldo	Olympiacos	17
3	Dimitris Salpigidis	Panathinaikos FC	14
=	Marcin Mięciel	PAOK FC	14
5	Nery Castillo	Olympiacos	12
=	Dimitris Papadopoulos	Panathinaikos FC	12
=	Goran Drulić	OFI Crete	12
8	Sergio Koke	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	10
9	Alban Bushi	Apollon Kalamarias	9
=	Júlio César	AEK Athens FC	9

[edit] European Competition

[edit] UEFA Champions League

• AEK
  • Third Qualifying Round v. Hearts -- 2-1, 3-0 (AEK advances 5-1 on aggregate)
  • Group Stage v. AC Milan 0-3, 1-0
  • Group Stage v. Anderlecht -- 1-1, 2-2
  • Group Stage v. Lille -- 1-3, 1-0
    • AEK gained 8 points at the group stage and entered the UEFA Cup (Round of 32)

• Olympiacos
  • Group Stage v. Valencia -- 2-4, 0-2
  • Group Stage v. Shakhtar Donetsk -- 2-2, 1-1
  • Group Stage v. Roma -- 0-1, 1-1
    • Olympiacos gained 3 points and was eliminated from European competitions

[edit] UEFA Cup

• Panathinaikos
  • First Round v. Metalurh Zaporizhzhya -- 1-1, 1-0 (Panathinaikos advances 2-1 on aggregate)
  • Group Stage v. Hapoel Tel Aviv -- 2-0
  • Group Stage v. Mladá Boleslav -- 1-0
  • Group Stage v. Rapid Bucureşti -- 0-0
  • Group Stage v. Paris Saint-Germain -- 0-4
    • Panathinaikos advances as first place in group
  • Round of 32 v. Lens -- 1-3, 0-0 (Lens advances 3-1 on aggregate)

• Atromitos
  • First Round v. Sevilla -- 1-2, 0-4 (Sevilla advances 6-1 on aggregate)

• Skoda Xanthi
  • First Round v. Dinamo Bucureşti -- 3-4, 1-4 (Dinamo Bucureşti advances 8-4 on aggregate)

• Iraklis
  • First Round v. Wisła Kraków -- 1-0, 0-2 (Wisła Kraków advances 2-1 on aggregate after extra time)

• AEK
  • Round of 32 v. Paris Saint-Germain -- 0-2, 0-2 (Paris Saint-Germain advances 4-0 on aggregate)

[edit] Other Divisions

• Beta Ethniki - Champion: Asteras Tripolis
• Gamma Ethniki - Champions: Pierikos (North) and PAE Agios Dimitrios (South)

[edit] See also

• Super League Greece
• PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2006-07

[edit] External links

• Official Site of the Super League Greece
• Super League Greece Statistics