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:
Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:
[edit] Overview
Location of teams in Super League Greece 2008–09
| Club | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens |  Dusan Bajevic | Athens Olympic Stadium | 40,000 |
| Aris |  Mazinho | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 19,300 |
| 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 (regular season)
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
- According to the official Superleague playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[1]
[edit] Results
| Home \ Away1 | AEK | ARI | AST | ERG | IRA | AEL | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAT | PIO | PSE | PTH | PAO | XAN | THR |
| AEK Athens | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Aris | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Ergotelis | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Iraklis | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Larissa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Levadiakos | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Panionios | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Panserraikos | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Panthrakikos | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| PAOK | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Thrasyvoulos | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Source: galanissportsdata.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = 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.
(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; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)
Source: galanissportsdata.com
[edit] Transfers
[edit] Teams by region
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)
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