2008–09 Superleague Greece
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Olympiacos 37th Greek title |
| Relegated | OFI Panserraikos Thrasyvoulos |
| UEFA Champions League | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
| UEFA Europa League | AEK Athens (via domestic cup) P.A.O.K. Larissa |
| Matches played | 252 |
| Goals scored | 519 (2.06 per match) |
| Average goals/game | 2.16 |
| Top goalscorer | Ismael Blanco (14) Luciano Galletti (14) |
| Biggest home win | Olympiacos 5–0 Iraklis |
| Biggest away win | Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens |
| Highest scoring | Larissa 4–3 OFI OFI 4–3 Panthrakikos Asteras 3–4 Panionios Ergotelis 2–5 Panionios |
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The 2008–09 Superleague 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.
Contents
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
Overview
| Club | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens |  Dušan Bajević |
Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Aris |  Mazinho |
Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
| Asteras Tripoli |  Nikos Kostenoglou |
Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 4,200 |
| Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou |
Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Iraklis |  Oleh Protasov |
Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 28,028 |
| Larissa | Marinos Ouzounidis |
Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
| Levadiakos | Momčilo Vukotić |
Levadia Municipal Stadium | 8,000 |
| OFI | Ioannis Matzourakis |
Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Olympiacos |  Ernesto Valverde |
Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos |  Henk ten Cate |
Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panionios | Giotis Stamatopoulos |
Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
| Panserraikos |  Hugo Broos |
Serres Municipal Stadium | 8,500 |
| Panthrakikos | Emilio Ferrera |
Komotini Municipal Stadium | 4,500 |
| P.A.O.K. |  Fernando Santos |
Toumba Stadium | 28,850 |
| Thrasyvoulos | Sakis Tsiolis |
Fyli Municipal Stadium | 3,142 |
| Xanthi | Georgios Paraschos |
Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,422 |
League table (regular season)
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 71 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 63 | Super League Greece 2008–09 Playoffs | |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 61 | ||
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 55 | ||
| 5 | Larissa | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | ||
| 6 | Aris | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 47 | ||
| 7 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 38 | ||
| 8 | Panionios | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 37 | ||
| 9 | Ergotelis | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 36 | ||
| 10 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 33 | IRA: 7 pts, 4–3 PTH: 6 pts, 1–0 AST: 2 pts, 2–4 |
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| 11 | Panthrakikos | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 33 | ||
| 12 | Asteras Tripoli | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 33 | ||
| 13 | Levadiakos | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 32 | ||
| 14 | OFI (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 24 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki | OFI 0–0 PSE PSE 1–2 OFI |
| 15 | Panserraikos (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 24 | ||
| 16 | Thrasyvoulos (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 14 |
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; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
- According to the official Superleague playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[1]
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AEK | ARI | AST | ERG | IRT | AEL | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAT | PIO | PSE | PTH | TSP | 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 Tripoli | 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 Thessaloniki | 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
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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:
- P.A.O.K. – 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.
Play-off table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 18 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round | |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 9 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
| 5 | Larissa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AEK | AEL | PAT | TSP |
| AEK Athens | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Larissa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| PAOK | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: galanissportsdata.com |
Top assistants
Source: galanissportsdata.com |
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 |
P.A.O.K. | 0.201 |
| 6 | Diego Romano |
Ergotelis | 0.197 |
| 7 | Dimitris Salpingidis |
Panathinaikos | 0.196 |
| 8 | Leonardo |
Levadiakos | 0.192 |
| 9 |  Serge Dié |
Iraklis | 0.188 |
| 10 |  Dame N'Doye |
OFI | 0.183 |
Source: galanissportsdata.com
Transfers
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Teams by region
| Region | Number of teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 5 | AEK Athens, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Panionios and Thrasyvoulos |
| Macedonia | 4 | Aris, Iraklis, Panserraikos and P.A.O.K. |
| Crete | 2 | Ergotelis and OFI |
| Thrace | 2 | Panthrakikos and Skoda Xanthi |
| Peloponnese | 1 | Asteras Tripoli |
| Central Greece | 1 | Levadiakos |
| Thessaly | 1 | Larissa |
