2007–08 Superleague Greece
Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions |
Olympiacos 36th Greek title |
Relegated |
Atromitos Veria Apollon Kalamarias |
UEFA Champions League |
Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
UEFA Cup |
Aris (via domestic cup) AEK Athens |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Panionios |
Matches played | 252 |
Goals scored | 601 (2.38 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ismael Blanco (19) |
Biggest home win |
Skoda Xanthi 6–1 Apollon Kalamarias AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios |
Biggest away win |
Levadiakos 0–4 Panathinaikos Panionios 0–4 Olympiacos PAOK 0–4 AEK Athens |
Highest scoring |
Olympiacos 6–2 OFI Levadiakos 5–3 Veria |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Superleague Greece was the second season since it establishment, and began on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripoli, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.
Postponement
On 25 August, the Superleague and the Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25 and 26 August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea). The championship started on 1 September 2007. Matchday 2 was carried out on the weekend of 21–22 September due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).
On 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1 million cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.[1]
Regular season final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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1 | Olympiacos 1 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 55 | 27 | +30 | UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round |
2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 65 | 17 | +48 | Qualified for the playoffs. |
3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 18 | +26 | |
4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 20 | +12 | |
5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 39 | 42 | −3 | |
6 | Larissa | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 30 | +5 | |
7 | Asteras Tripoli | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 24 | +4 | |
8 | Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 33 | 39 | −6 | |
9 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 29 | 35 | −6 | |
10 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 28 | 33 | −5 | |
11 | Levadiakos | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 32 | 51 | −19 | |
12 | OFI | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 39 | 49 | −10 | |
13 | Ergotelis | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 41 | −13 | |
14 | Atromitos | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 36 | −13 | Relegated to Beta Ethniki |
15 | Veria | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 44 | −23 | |
16 | Apollon Kalamarias 1 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 57 | −30 |
Source:Superleague Greece
1The match of Apollon Kalamarias vs. Olympiacos, originally 1–0 to the home side, was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player. Apollon Kalamarias were docked one extra point.
Results
Last updated April 20, 2008
Home/Away1 |
AEK | APO | ARI | AST | ATR | ERG | IRA | AEL | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PAN | PAOK | VER | XAN |
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AEK Athens | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | |
Apollon Kalamarias | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Aris | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
Asteras Tripoli | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Atromitos | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
Ergotelis | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
Iraklis | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Larissa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Levadiakos | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | |
OFI | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Olympiacos | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Panathinaikos | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Panionios | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
PAOK | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Veria | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Xanthi | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Source: SuperleagueGreece
1 The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Playoffs
The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a two-legged tier from which the winner advances to the 3rd round qualification of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, as well as the runners-up of the Superleague play-off.
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 zero 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 Superleague will start the play-off with zero points. The fifth place 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 three to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.
Playoff Position | Tournament |
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1 | UEFA Champions League 2008–09 Second Qualifying Round |
2 | UEFA Cup 2008–09 Second Qualifying Round |
3 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Second round1 |
4 | Eliminated from European competitions1 |
1 The third-placed team of the playoff should get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket and the fourth-placed team should have an empty handed. However, Aris, one of the playoff representative, qualified to the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as the Greek Cup finalists. Hence, the fourth-placed team could get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket. If Aris failed to get into top three of the playoff, the third-placed team still get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket.
Playoffs final standings
Last updated May 14, 2008
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 5 | +9 | UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round |
2 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | −1 | UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round |
3 | Aris 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
4 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 2nd Round |
(*) The teams started the minileague with the following number of points:
- AEK Athens – 8
- Panathinaikos – 7
- Aris – 2
- Panionios – 0
1 Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round through their Greek Cup performance.
Results
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
30 April 2008 19:00 |
Panathinaikos | 4–1 | AEK Athens |
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Papadopoulos 8' Mattos 27' Ivanschitz 32' 45' |
Rivaldo 71' |
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
Top scorers
Last updated April 20, 2008
# | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | 19 |
2 | Darko Kovačević | Olympiacos | 17 |
3 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | 15 |
4 | Tomasz Radzinski | Xanthi | 14 |
= | Rafik Djebbour | Panionios | 14 |
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Coaches
Team | Name |
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AEK Athens | Nikos Kostenoglou |
Apollon Kalamarias | Makis Katsavakis |
Aris | Dušan Bajević |
Asteras Tripoli | Panagiotis Tzanavaras |
Atromitos | Paulo Campos |
Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou |
Iraklis | Miguel Angel Lamilla |
Larissa | Giorgos Donis |
Levadiakos | Babis Tennes |
OFI | Giorgos Paraschos |
Olympiacos | José Segura |
Panathinaikos | José Peseiro |
Panionios | Ewald Lienen |
PAOK | Fernando Santos |
Veria | Leonidas Yfantidis |
Xanthi | Nikos Kehagias |
Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.
Team | Name |
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Aris | Juan Carlos Oliva |
PAOK | Giorgos Paraschos |
Xanthi | Emilio Ferrera |
Veria | Dimitris Kalaitzidis |
OFI | Reiner Maurer |
Veria | Ratko Dostanić |
Iraklis | Ivan Jovanović |
AEK Athens | Lorenzo Serra Ferrer |
Asteras Tripoli | Paulo Campos |
Levadiakos | Georgi Vasilev |
Olympiacos | Takis Lemonis |
Veria | Giannis Mantzourakis |
Veria | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis |
Atromitos | Ángel Guillermo Hoyos |
See also
- Superleague Greece
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2007-08
Notes
- ↑ "UEFA helps Greece rebuild". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2013-04-15.