2009–10 Super League Greece

The 2009–10 Super League Greece was the 74th season of the highest football league of Greece and the fourth under the name Super League. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki. On 11 April 2010, Panathinaikos defeated Iraklis 2–0 to secure their 20th Greek title and their first one in six years.[1]

Super League Greece
Season2009–10
ChampionsPanathinaikos
20th title
RelegatedLevadiakos
PAS Giannina
Panthrakikos
Champions LeaguePanathinaikos
PAOK
Europa LeagueAEK Athens
Aris
Olympiacos
Matches played252
Goals scored587 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerDjibril Cissé
(23 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 5–1 Levadiakos
Ergotelis 4–0 Panthrakikos
Panathinaikos 4–0 AEL
Panathinaikos 4–0 PAS Giannina
Biggest away winAsteras Tripolis 0–4 Iraklis
Highest scoringSkoda Xanthi 4–3 Iraklis
Ergotelis 4–3 Asteras Tripolis
Longest unbeaten runPAOK (12 matches)

Changes from 2008–09

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Beta Ethniki:

Other changes

Due to Greece having ascended in the UEFA league coefficient rankings,[2] the 2009–10 champions will enter 2010–11 UEFA Champions League at the group stage instead of the third qualifying round. Every other European spot remains unchanged, meaning that the winner of the European play-off group will reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League while the runners-up and third-placed team of this group will enter 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Team overview

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2009–10 Super League Greece teams
Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
AEL Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Stadium 6,430
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 8,939
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240
PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652
Iraklis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500
Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915
Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 71,030
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panthrakikos Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,500
PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,701
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević Greece Pantelis Kafes Puma Diners Club
AEL Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Greece Nikos Dabizas Adidas On Telecoms
Aris Argentina Héctor Cúper Spain Sergio Koke Reebok EKO
Asteras Tripolis Argentina Mario Gómez Greece Nikolaos Lazaridis Lotto OPAP
Atromitos Greece Giorgos Donis Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis Asics OPAP
Ergotelis Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Brazil Silva Júnior Lotto OPAP
Iraklis Slovakia Jozef Bubenko Greece Anastasios Katsabis Puma Attica Bank
Kavala Netherlands Aad de Mos Cyprus Siniša Dobrašinović Puma OPAP
Levadiakos Spain Quique Hernández Greece Georgios Zisopoulos Puma OPAP
Olympiacos Montenegro Božidar Bandović Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Puma Citibank
Panathinaikos Greece Nikos Nioplias Greece Giorgos Karagounis Adidas Cosmote
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios Greece Giannis Maniatis Diadora WIND
Panthrakikos Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Greece Nikolaos Bacharidis Umbro OPAP
PAOK Portugal Fernando Santos Portugal Sérgio Conceição Puma DEPA
PAS Giannina Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Greece Georgios Dasios Umbro Zagori
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Greece Giannis Papadimitriou Hummel Emporiki Bank

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Panthrakikos Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Sacked 27 August 2009 France Albert Cartier 27 August 2009
Olympiacos Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia 14 September 2009[3] Brazil Zico 16 September 2009[4]
Skoda Xanthi Germany Wolfgang Wolf Mutual consent 15 September 2009 Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 21 September 2009[5]
Levadiakos Serbia Momčilo Vukotić 23 September 2009 Spain Quique Hernández 30 September 2009[6]
Asteras Tripolis Argentina Mario Gómez 25 October 2009[7] Greece Vangelis Vlachos 25 October 2009
Iraklis Ukraine Oleh Protasov 30 October 2009[8] Greece Savvas Kofidis 30 October 2009[9]
Aris Brazil Mazinho 2 November 2009[10] Argentina Héctor Cúper 6 November 2009[11]
Kavala Greece Giannis Papakostas 14 November 2009 Greece Vangelis Goutis 15 November 2009
PAS Giannina Greece Georgios Paraschos 7 December 2009 Greece Nikos Anastopoulos 13 January 2010
Panathinaikos Netherlands Henk ten Cate Sacked 8 December 2009[12] Greece Nikos Nioplias 8 December 2009[13]
Panthrakikos France Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 January 2010 Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 12 January 2010
Iraklis Greece Savvas Kofidis Sacked 24 January 2010[14] Slovakia Jozef Bubenko 25 January 2010[14]
Panionios Belgium Emilio Ferrera Mutual consent 25 January 2010[15] Greece Akis Mantzios 29 January 2010[16]
Olympiacos Brazil Zico Sacked 19 January 2010[17] Montenegro Božidar Bandović 19 January 2010[17]
Kavala Greece Vangelis Goutis Mutual consent 25 January 2010 Netherlands Aad De Mos 28 January 2010
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios Sacked 3 February 2010 Greece Georgios Paraschos 3 February 2010
Skoda Xanthi Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 22 February 2010 Greece Nikos Kehagias 23 February 2010
AEL Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Mutual Consent 22 February 2010 Greece Giannis Papakostas 22 February 2010

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 4 4 54 17 +37 70 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Olympiacos 30 19 7 4 47 18 +29 64 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 PAOK 30 19 5 6 41 16 +25 62
4 AEK Athens 30 15 8 7 43 31 +12 53
5 Aris 30 12 10 8 35 28 +7 46
6 Kavala 30 10 9 11 31 32 −1 39
7 Atromitos 30 10 8 12 34 36 −2 38
8 AEL 30 10 7 13 31 42 −11 37[lower-alpha 1]
9 Panionios 30 9 10 11 34 35 −1 37[lower-alpha 1]
10 Iraklis 30 10 7 13 39 41 −2 37[lower-alpha 1]
11 Ergotelis 30 9 9 12 37 41 −4 36[lower-alpha 2]
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 10 6 14 29 36 −7 36[lower-alpha 2]
13 Skoda Xanthi 30 10 5 15 27 36 −9 35
14 Levadiakos (R) 30 9 7 14 31 44 −13 34 Relegation to the Football League
15 PAS Giannina (R) 30 7 7 16 27 46 −19 28
16 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 3 24 21 62 −41 12
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Larissa 7, Panionios 5, Iraklis 4.
  2. Head-to-head points: Ergotelis 6, Asteras Tripolis 0.

Results
Home \ Away AEK AEL ARIS AST ATR ERG IRA KAV LEV OLY PAO PGSS PNT PAOK PAS XAN
AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–1
AEL 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0
Aris 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Asteras Tripolis 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–4 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Atromitos 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Ergotelis 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0
Iraklis 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–4
Kavala 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Levadiakos 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 2–1
Olympiacos 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0
Panathinaikos 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0
Panionios 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0
Panthrakikos 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
PAOK 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
PAS Giannina 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–0
Skoda Xanthi 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1
Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

In the play-off for Champions League, the teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with 0 points. The fifth placed team's end of season tally of points is subtracted from the sum of the points that other teams have. This number is then divided by five to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.

The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

  • Olympiacos – 4 points ((64–46) / 5 = 3.6, rounded up to 4)
  • PAOK – 3 points ((62–46) / 5 = 3.2, rounded to 3)
  • AEK Athens – 1 point ((53–46) / 5 = 1.4, rounded to 1)
  • Aris – 0 points ((46–46) / 5 = 0)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK AEK ARIS OLY
2 PAOK 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 16 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–0 2–0 1–0
3 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 9 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 4–2 2–1
4 Aris 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 1–1 2–0
5 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 8[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–1 0–0
Source: Superleague Greece: Standings and Schedule
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.
Notes:
  1. Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Football Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
  2. Head-to-head record: Aris–Olympiacos 2–0, Olympiacos–Aris 0–0.

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Djibril Cissé Panathinaikos 23
2 Greece Giorgos Barkoglou Levadiakos 11
Romania Victoraș Iacob Iraklis
Argentina Javier Cámpora Aris
5 Nigeria Benjamin Onwuachi Kavala 10
Croatia Danijel Cesarec Asteras Tripolis
7 Greece Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos 9
8 Greece Ilias Anastasakos Atromitos 8
Argentina Emanuel Perrone Atromitos
Croatia Boško Balaban Panionios
Argentina Ismael Blanco AEK Athens
Argentina Ignacio Scocco AEK Athens
Greece Kostas Katsouranis Panathinaikos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 20 December 2010[18]

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year awarded to France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos)

Foreign Player of the Year

The Foreign Player of the Year awarded to France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos)

Top goalscorer of the Year

The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos)

Greek Player of the Year

The Greek Player of the Year awarded to Greece Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos)

Manager of the Year

The Manager of the Year awarded to Portugal Fernando Santos (PAOK)

Young Player of the Year

The Young Player of the Year awarded to Greece Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)

Goalkeeper of the Year

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Greece Michalis Sifakis (Aris)

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