Superleague Greece

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Super League Greece
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Founded16 July 2006;12 years ago (2006-07-16)
1959–2006 (as Alpha Ethniki)
CountryFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Football League
Domestic cup(s) Greek Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions AEK Athens (12th title)
(2017–18)
Most championships Olympiacos (44 titles)
Most appearances Mimis Domazos (536)
Top goalscorer Thomas Mavros (260 goals)
TV partners Nova Sports and ERT (live matches)
Website superleaguegreece.net
Soccerball current event.svg 2018–19 Super League Greece

The Super League Greece (Greek : Ελληνική Σούπερ Λίγκα) or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each. As of August 2017, Super League Greece is ranked 14th in the UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.

Greek language language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

The Greek football league system includes four levels in which teams can possibly make it to Superleague Greece, Greece's highest division of football.

In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979, the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.

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Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927, [1] only six clubs have won the title, with the "big three" of Greater Athens (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens) dominating and only Aris Thessaloniki, PAOK and AEL managing to break their dominance on a few occasions. The current champions are AEK Athens, who have won a total of 12 titles and won the 2017–18 league title.

P.O.K. was a coalition, a kind of an athletic trust, of the three main football teams of the Greater Athens area which lasted until the mid 60's. The term dates to in 1927, when Olympiacos F.C., Panathinaikos F.C. and AEK F.C. withdrew from the Greek Championship after disagreements with the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), mainly over the championship's financial status. The HFF determined that league's revenues would be equally divided between all teams that participated. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK did not agree with this, and formed a group called P.O.K. During that season, they played friendly matches with each other.

Athens Capital and largest city of Greece

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.

Olympiacos F.C. Greek association football club

Olympiacos Football Club, also known simply as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos C.F.P., is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Athens. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, their name was inspired from the ancient Olympic Games and along with the club's emblem, the laurel-crowned Olympic athlete, symbolize the Olympic ideals of ancient Greece. Their home ground is the Karaiskakis Stadium, a 32,115-capacity stadium in Piraeus.

History

Origins

Between 1905 and 1912, a Panhellenic Championship was organised by the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (SEGAS). This championship was actually a local tournament among clubs from Athens and Piraeus.

Piraeus Place in Greece

Piraeus is a port city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens urban area, 12 kilometres southwest from its city center, and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf.

After the Balkan Wars and World War I, two football associations were formed, one organising a football league in Athens and Piraeus, and one doing the same in Thessaloniki. These were the Athens-Piraeus FCA (EPSAP) and the Macedonia FCA (EPSM). In 1923, a Panhellenic Champion was determined by a play-off game between the Athens-Piraeus and the Thessaloniki champions. Peiraikos Syndesmos won 3–1 against Aris Thessaloniki. This panhellenic final was not repeated the following year as the EPSAP was split into the Athens FCA (EPSA) and Piraeus FCA (EPSP) following a dispute.

Balkan Wars Two wars on Balkan Peninsula 1912-1913, leading to the Balkan Crisis of 1914 and start of WWI

The Balkan Wars consisted of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan Peninsula in 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the first war. The main victor of the four, Bulgaria, fought and pushed back all four original combatants of the first war along with halting a surprise attack from Romania from the north in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost the bulk of its territory in Europe. Austria-Hungary, although not a combatant, became relatively weaker as a much enlarged Serbia pushed for union of the South Slavic peoples. The war set the stage for the Balkan crisis of 1914 and thus served as a "prelude to the First World War".

World War I 1914–1918 global war originating in Europe

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.

Thessaloniki City in Macedonia, Greece

Thessaloniki, also familiarly known as Thessalonica, Salonica or Salonika, is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. Its nickname is η Συμπρωτεύουσα (Symprotévousa), literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Symvasilévousa) or "co-reigning" city of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, alongside Constantinople.

In 1927, a national championship was organised in the form of a round-robin tournament between the champions of the three governing bodies. Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and AEK refused to participate. This time, Aris Thessaloniki won, finishing ahead of Ethnikos Piraeus and Atromitos. This national championship was set up again in 1929, and over the next years evolved into a tournament in which multiple teams took part. Still, these teams had to qualify for the national championship through their local football competitions.

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. association football club

Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus. The club was official formed in 1923 as Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Piraeus Faliro, and played its first competitive match in 1923 for the Piraeus Football Clubs Association championship, where they eventually lost their first title competing for from A.P.S.P. Ethnikos Piraeus was one of the founding members of Hellenic Football Federation in 1926, and is one of six clubs, including AEK Athens, PAOK, Panathinaikos, Aris Thessaloniki and Olympiacos, never to have been relegated from the league until 1990. They have also been involved in international football playing a number of friendlies against famous clubs such as Inter Milan, Galatasaray S.K., and Hungary national football team in the 1950s, and participated in the Balkans Cup on two occasions. They have had a turbulent recent history, and are currently competing in the third division Football League 2.

Atromitos F.C. association football club

Atromitos Football Club, also simply known as Atromitos, is an association football club based in Peristeri, Athens that plays in the Super League. It was founded in 1923 and its home ground is Peristeri Stadium.

Foundation

In 1959 the Alpha Ethniki - the precursor of the current Super League - was set up as a national round-robin tournament. The 1959–60 championship was the first to be held in national form after several months of talks. It started on Sunday 25 October 1959 with the participation of 16 teams. The creation of a championship in the form of a single permanent national category rather than the way they have been held until then with the participation of the teams selected by the local competitions was a requirement of both the State and UEFA. The first wished to establish a fixed number of matches every Sunday in Greece to stimulate interest in PRO-PO while UEFA wished to nominate national champions with strict criteria and through joint events for all states. The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) was obliged to proceed to the abolition of the competitions of the Football Clubs Associations (EPS) of Greece as qualifying stages for the Pan-Hellenic Championship. The first place was taken by Alpha Ethniki, a single category with clubs from all over the Greek territory and a stable participation, with the exception of those who would be relegated at the end of the season. The initial design provided for a number of teams well above the 10th of the 1958–59 Pan-Hellenic Championship and in particular 18 which, as the expanded category program would cover almost all the available dates of the year, would no longer participate in its local competitions their EPSs. Those would be the qualifier for the upcoming national category and not the participation in the final round of the current championship, so their significance was significantly reduced. On Saturday, October 10, 1959 at the General Assembly of the HFF, ie with the participation of all the members of the Association of Football Associations and in the presence of the General Secretariat of Sports (GGA) and representatives of the Karamanlis government, became the first national category of Greek football. The 1st game was set for 15 days. According to the general Assembly of HFF in 29 August 1959, it was decided that the newly created Alpha Ethniki would consist of 18 teams, with their determination being made in accordance with the positions in the local EPS competitions in the period 1958–59. The HFF, at its decisive General Assembly on Saturday, October 10, decided to reduce the number of teams to 16 so that the racing program will not be extended in the summer. After the end of the first event in the summer of 1960, the teams did not increase despite HFF's initial intention, with the number 16 being considered the ideal for a championship in Greece and only 18 in 1967.

Hellenic Football Federation governing body of association football in Greece

The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), also known as the Greek Football Federation, is the governing body of football in Greece. It contributes in the organisation of Superleague Greece and organizes the Greek Cup and the Greece national team. It is based in Athens.

Local football championships of Greece

Local football championships of Greece are lowest leagues of the Greek Football. The participants are only amateur clubs from various Greek cities or villages. Every Football Association has its own league and at the end the winner of each Association Championship plays knock-out matches against other Associations winners. The current football associations in Greece are:

The first championship

The teams that participated in the first championship of the Alpha Ethniki were the following:

On October 25, 1959, the Alpha Ethniki was launched. Panathinaikos won the first Alpha Ethniki's Championship, which became the champion of Greece for the fourth time in his history. He scored at 79 points with AEK Athens and beat 2–1 in the barrage, a match where he needed only a tie result in the neutral Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. In such a case, after the half-hour extension, the competition announcement set the best goal difference. Through barrage and with the same score was also the third place for the demotion, with the winner Panegialios to overtake Pankorinthiakos again in the event of a draw. The scoring system was 3p the win, 2p the draw, 1p the defeat.

The next years

Time has been relentless for some teams that have participated in the first league of the Alpha Ethniki. The historic Ethnikos Piraeus, cup winner of Greece in 1933, participates in the Gamma Ethniki, as well as Proodeftiki while AE Nikaia participates in the local championship of Piraeus. Apollon Pontus, Doxa Drama and Iraklis Thessaloniki are fighting in the Beta Ethniki, while Pankorinthiakos, a few years after joining Alpha Ethniki, merged with Aris Korinthos and created PAS Korinthos, which reached the Alpha Ethniki at the 90's and is now participating in the Gamma Ethniki. Megas Alexandros Katerini is the ancestor of Pierikos. In 1961, they merged with Olympos Katerini and created Pierikos who plays in the Gamma Ethniki.

Since 1979–80, Greek football has entered a professional phase, as with a bill deposited in the Hellenic Parliament on 19 January 1979, the clubs become football anonyme societies (PAE). The Association of Football Anonyme Societies (EPAE), under the supervision of the HFF, now has the responsibility to hold the championship, with Makis Ithakisios being elected its first president. At the same time, entrepreneurs (shipowners, etc.) acquire control over new PAEs by buying the majority of shares by increasing their share capital. For a single racing season, 2000–01, the championship is renamed "Upper Category".

Rename

On July 16, 2006, was founded the copartnership Super League. Members of the copartnership are the PAE's that have the right to participate in the professional football championship of the First Division. The main activity of the copartnership is the organization and conduct of the First Division's Championship according to the regulations and decisions of the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) and the supreme international football confederations (UEFA, FIFA).

Corporate structure

At present, 16 clubs compete in the Superleague, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs are relegated to the Football League. [2] In their place, the top two teams from Football League are promoted. The number of teams to be relegated may change, depending on a licensing procedure that takes place at the end of the regular season.

The Superleague is currently entitled to two entrants into the UEFA Champions League. The Super League champion directly enters the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The second through fifth place teams in the Super League enter a play-off for the second Greek entry. The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a four-legged tie from which the winner advances to the play offs of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Cup qualifies for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

In the play-off for the UEFA 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 place team’s end of season tally of points is used to calculate the sum of the points that other teams will have. The point difference of each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th team from the fifth place team is then divided by five (if the result is a decimal number it is then rounded to a full number, with 5 or more being rounded up) and the resulting number respectively for each team is the number of points with which they will start the mini-league. [3]

For the 2017–18 season there will be no playoffs for the Champions League and the Europa League spots. [4]

Clubs

2018–19 season

The following 16 clubs will compete in the Super League during the 2018–19 season.

ClubPosition
in 2017–18 		First season in
top division		Seasons
in top
division		Seasons
in
Super League		Top
division
titles		Last top
division title
AEK Athens 1930–315811122017–18
AEL 1973–7429811987–88
Apollon Smyrnis 1930–314030n/a
Aris Thessaloniki 2nd in the Football League 1927–2855931945–46
Asteras Tripolis 2007–0812120n/a
Atromitos 1927–2818120n/a
Lamia 2017–18220n/a
Levadiakos 1987–8818110n/a
OFI 1st in the Football League 1955–564180n/a
Olympiacos 1929–306013442016–17
Panathinaikos 1929–306013202009–10
Panetolikos 1954–55970n/a
Panionios 1959–6058130n/a
PAOK 1930–31601321984–85
PAS Giannina 1974–752490n/a
Xanthi 1989–9030130n/a

Champions

Names of the championship thru the years

SEGAS and FCA championships

SEGAS championship
1905–06 Ethnikos Athens
1906–07 Ethnikos Athens
1907–08 Goudi Athens
1908–09 Piraikos [5]
1909–10 Goudi Athens
1910–11 Podosferikos Omilos Athinon
1911–12 Podosferikos Omilos Athinon
1912–13Not held (First Balkan War)
1913–14Not held (Second Balkan War)
1914–15Not held (WW1)
1915–16Not held (WW1)
1916–17Not finished (WW1)
1917–18Not held (WW1)
1918–19Not held (WW1)
1919–20Not held (WW1)
Greece FCA championship
1922–23 Piraikos
1923–24 3 champions
1924–25 2 champions
1925–26 3 champions
1926–27 3 champions

Greek Championship

SeasonChampion [1]
1927–28 Aris Thessaloniki (1)
1928–29Not held
1929–30 Panathinaikos (1)
1930–31 Olympiacos (1)
1931–32 Aris Thessaloniki (2)
1932–33 Olympiacos (2)
1933–34 Olympiacos (3)
1934–35Not finished
1935–36 Olympiacos (4)
1936–37 Olympiacos (5)
1937–38 Olympiacos (6)
1938–39 AEK Athens (1)
1939–40 AEK Athens (2)
1940–41 Not finished (WW2)
1941–42Not held (WW2)
1942–43 Not finished (WW2)
1943–44Not held (WW2)
1944–45Not held (WW2)
1945–46 Aris Thessaloniki (3)
1946–47 Olympiacos (7)
1947–48 Olympiacos (8)
1948–49 Panathinaikos (2)
1949–50Not Held
1950–51 Olympiacos (9)
1951–52Not Held
1952–53 Panathinaikos (3)
1953–54 Olympiacos (10)
1954–55 Olympiacos (11)
1955–56 Olympiacos (12)
1956–57 Olympiacos (13)
1957–58 Olympiacos (14)
1958–59 Olympiacos (15)
SeasonChampion [1]
1959–60 Panathinaikos (4)
1960–61 Panathinaikos (5)
1961–62 Panathinaikos (6)
1962–63 AEK Athens (3)
1963–64 Panathinaikos (7)
1964–65 Panathinaikos (8)
1965–66 Olympiacos (16)
1966–67 Olympiacos (17)
1967–68 AEK Athens (4)
1968–69 Panathinaikos (9)
1969–70 Panathinaikos (10)
1970–71 AEK Athens (5)
1971–72 Panathinaikos (11)
1972–73 Olympiacos (18)
1973–74 Olympiacos (19)
1974–75 Olympiacos (20)
1975–76 PAOK (1)
1976–77 Panathinaikos (12)
1977–78 AEK Athens (6)
1978–79 AEK Athens (7)
1979–80 Olympiacos (21)
1980–81 Olympiacos (22)
1981–82 Olympiacos (23)
1982–83 Olympiacos (24)
1983–84 Panathinaikos (13)
1984–85 PAOK (2)
1985–86 Panathinaikos (14)
1986–87 Olympiacos (25)
1987–88 AEL (1)
1988–89 AEK Athens (8)
1989–90 Panathinaikos (15)
1990–91 Panathinaikos (16)
SeasonChampion [1]
1991–92 AEK Athens (9)
1992–93 AEK Athens (10)
1993–94 AEK Athens (11)
1994–95 Panathinaikos (17)
1995–96 Panathinaikos (18)
1996–97 Olympiacos (26)
1997–98 Olympiacos (27)
1998–99 Olympiacos (28)
1999–00 Olympiacos (29)
2000–01 Olympiacos (30)
2001–02 Olympiacos (31)
2002–03 Olympiacos (32)
2003–04 Panathinaikos (19)
2004–05 Olympiacos (33)
2005–06 Olympiacos (34)
2006–07 Olympiacos (35)
2007–08 Olympiacos (36)
2008–09 Olympiacos (37)
2009–10 Panathinaikos (20)
2010–11 Olympiacos (38)
2011–12 Olympiacos (39)
2012–13 Olympiacos (40)
2013–14 Olympiacos (41)
2014–15 Olympiacos (42)
2015–16 Olympiacos (43)
2016–17 Olympiacos (44)
2017–18 AEK Athens (12)

Performance by club (1927–)

ClubChampionsWinning yearsRef
Olympiacos 441931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 [6] [7] [8]
Panathinaikos 201930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010 [6] [9] [10]
AEK Athens 121939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018 [6] [11]
Aris Thessaloniki 31928, 1932, 1946 [6]
PAOK 21976, 1985 [6]
AEL 11988 [6]

Performance by club (1959–)

* Season 1959–1960 marked the beginning of the Alpha Ethniki - the precursor of the current Superleague - as a national round-robin tournament.

ClubChampionsWinning yearsRef
Olympiacos 291966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 [6] [7] [8]
Panathinaikos 171960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010 [6] [9] [10]
AEK Athens 101963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018 [6] [11]
PAOK 21976, 1985 [6]
AEL 11988 [6]

Performance by city (1927–)

The six clubs that have won the championship are from a total of four cities:

CityTitlesClubs
Piraeus 44 Olympiacos (44)
Athens 32 Panathinaikos (20), AEK Athens (12)
Thessaloniki 5 Aris Thessaloniki (3), PAOK (2)
Larissa 1 AEL (1)

Performance by region (1927–)

The six clubs that have won the championship are from a total of three regions:

RegionTitlesClubs
Attica 76 Olympiacos (44), Panathinaikos (20), AEK Athens (12)
Central Macedonia 5 Aris Thessaloniki (3), PAOK (2)
Thessaly 1 AEL (1)

Statistics

Top three ranking (1959–)

Club1st2nd3rdTop 3 overall
Olympiacos 2816851
Panathinaikos 17171549
AEK Athens 10161642
PAOK 261018
Aris Thessaloniki –145
OFI –123
AEL 11–2
Panionios –112
Apollon Smyrnis ––11
Asteras Tripolis ––11
Atromitos ––11
Iraklis Thessaloniki ––11

Seasons in Alpha Ethniki and Super League Greece

The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the top division from 1959–60 until 2018–19. A total of 68 teams had competed in at least one season at the top division. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form. The teams in bold participate in the 2018–19 Super League.

SeasonsClubs
60 Olympiacos , Panathinaikos , PAOK
58 AEK Athens , Panionios
54 Aris Thessaloniki
53 Iraklis Thessaloniki
41 OFI
40 Apollon Smyrnis
36 Ethnikos Piraeus
30 Xanthi
29 AEL
26 Panachaiki
24 Panserraikos, PAS Giannina
23 Egaleo
21 Doxa Drama
20 Apollon Pontus
19 Kavala
18 Atromitos , Levadiakos
17 Veria
16 Ionikos, Pierikos
15 Proodeftiki
12 Asteras Tripolis
10 Kastoria
9 Athinaikos, Ergotelis, Olympiacos Volos, Panetolikos
7 Fostiras, Kalamata, Paniliakos, Trikala
6 Niki Volos, Panegialios, Panthrakikos, Platanias
5 Edessaikos, Korinthos, A.O. Kerkyra
4 Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Rodos, Vyzas Megara
3 Diagoras, Olympiakos Nicosia, Panelefsiniakos, AEL Kalloni, A.O.K. Kerkyra
2 Chalkidona, Lamia
1 AEL Limassol, AE Nikaia, APOEL*, Atromitos Piraeus, Chalkida, EPA Larnaca,
Makedonikos, Megas Alexandros Katerini, Naoussa, Olympiacos Chalkida,
Omonia Nicosia, Pankorinthiakos, Thermaikos, Thrasyvoulos

Top Division Table (since 1959–60)

This index [12] is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Alpha Ethniki and Super League championships since 1959–60. The table is correct as of the end of the 2011–12 season. Points are based on 3–1–0 and no deductions are counted.

PosTeamSeasonsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostG.F.G.A.G.D.1231st AppSince/Last AppBest
1 Olympiacos 5538141754114936723834821325215926158 1959–60 1959–60 1
2 Panathinaikos 55369317541102387265340313632040171414 1959–60 1959–60 1
3 AEK Athens 53341817201006400317319315201673101613 1959–60 2015–16 1
4 PAOK 552987175484146445026631727936249 1959–60 1959–60 1
5 Aris Thessaloniki 492486169067247054920761852224–14 1959–60 2013–14 2
6 Iraklis Thessaloniki 502274162660944757020471940107––1 1959–60 2015–16 3
7 Panionios 532178168657744766320072155–148–21 1959–60 1997–98 2
8 OFI 391675125447329348815881648–60–12 1968–69 2015–16 2
9 Apollon Smyrnis 381452123637433053213371617–280––1 1959–60 2014–15 3
10 Ethnikos Piraeus 361394116435632648213051552–247––– 1959–60 1998–99 4
11 AEL 2611038362942213219481038–9011– 1973–74 2016–17 1
12 Xanthi 269387642621863169451029–84––– 1989–90 1989–90 4
13 Panachaiki 269178522302273958491255–406––– 1969–70 2002–03 4
14 Panserraikos 248137842022073756841075–391––– 1965–66 2010–11 8
15 Doxa Drama 21737670187176307706984–287––– 1959–60 2011–12 6
16 PAS Giannina 19724610189157260641808–167––– 1974–75 2011–12 5
17 Kavala 19715638190145303605894–289––– 1969–70 2010–11 6
18 Veria 16635509139139242464721–257––– 1966–67 2012–13 9
19 Apollon Pontus 20621616143192281550875–325––– 1959–60 2007–08 9
20 Ionikos 16570512151139222551722–171––– 1989–90 2006–07 5
21 Proodeftiki 15505474121142211493679–186––– 1959–60 2003–04 4
22 Atromitos 1138534694103149310468–158––1 1972–73 2009–10 3
23 Levadiakos 113683469777172345524–179––– 1974–75 2011–12 7
24 Kastoria 103503368983164316517–201––– 1974–75 1996–97 8
25 Athinaikos 93433029073139300422–122––– 1990–91 2000–01 6
26 Olympiacos Volos 93182988369146270446–176––– 1967–68 2010–11 5
27 Asteras Tripolis 1030321481607322821414––1 2007–08 2007–08 3
28 Paniliakos 72492306651113261358–97––– 1995–96 2003–04 7
29 Fostiras 72432266160105225348–123––– 1960–61 1973–74 9
30 Kalamata 72392345865111235374–139––– 1972–73 2000–01 9
31 Trikala 72112265352121238398–160––– 1964–65 1999–2000 11
32 Ergotelis 6200180524484177241–64––– 2004–05 2014–15 8
33 Edessaikos 5188170523286212290–78––– 1992–93 1996–97 9
34 Panegialios 6186180484290157278–121––– 1959–60 1965–66 13
35 Korinthos 5174170463688155264–109––– 1979–80 1992–93 10
36 Panetolikos 5167162444771138188–50––– 1975–76 2013–14 7
37 Vyzas Megara 4155132422961152213–61––– 1966–67 1969–70 7
38 Niki Volos 5141150343977136249–113––– 1961–62 2014–15 11
39 Rodos 4136136362872138228–90––– 1978–79 1982–83 11
40 Ethnikos Asteras 4132124362464126204–78––– 1998–99 2001–02 10
41 Kerkyra 4117120284359116159–43––– 2004–05 2016–17 12
42 Kallithea 4110120243858133181–48––– 2002–03 2005–06 9
43 Panelefsiniakos 3949820344492156–64––– 1961–62 1998–99 15
44 Akratitos 490116222470112219–107––– 2001–02 2005–06 11
45 Panthrakikos 4122124332368113184–71––– 2008–09 2015–16 10
46 Diagoras 36590202545114153–39––– 1986–87 1988–89 12
47 Lamia 1––––––––––– 2017–18 2017–18 –

Note: Ionikos had 5 points deduction in the 2006–07 season.

League or status at 2018–19 in Greek football:

2018–19 Super League
2018–19 Football League
2018–19 Gamma Ethniki
2018–19 Local Championships
Club dissolved

Per geographic region

All the geographic regions of Greece have been represented by at least one club in the first national division. Central Greece has had the strongest presence with 26 clubs overall, of which 21 come from Attica alone. Central Greece, Macedonia and the Peloponnese together contain almost three quarters of the clubs that participated in the top flight. Between 1967 and 1974, the Cypriot champion also participated in the Greek top competition, and five different Cypriot clubs participated during those years. The Greek islands of Rhodes, Lesbos and Corfu have also been represented. A total of 73 clubs have participated at the first tier so far.

RegionsΤotalTeams
Central Greece 26Attica: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, Panionios, Apollon Smyrnis, Ethnikos Piraeus, Egaleo, Ionikos, Atromitos, Proodeftiki, Athinaikos, Fostiras, Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Vyzas Megara, Panelefsiniakos, Chalkidona, AE Nikaia, Atromitos Piraeus, Thrasyvoulos
Euboea: Chalkida, Olympiacos Chalkida
Boeotia: Levadiakos
Aetolia-Acarnania: Panetolikos
Phthiotis: Lamia
Macedonia 15Central Macedonia: PAOK, Aris Thessaloniki, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Panserraikos, Apollon Pontus, Pierikos, Veria, Edessaikos, Makedonikos, Megas Alexandros Katerini, Naoussa, Thermaikos
East Macedonia: Doxa Drama, Kavala
West Macedonia: Kastoria
Peloponnese 7 Panachaiki, Asteras Tripolis, Kalamata, Paniliakos, Panegialios, Korinthos, Pankorinthiakos
Cyprus5 Olympiakos Nicosia, AEL Limassol, APOEL, EPA Larnaca, Omonia Nicosia
Thessaly 4 AEL, Olympiacos Volos, Trikala, Niki Volos
Crete 3 OFI, Ergotelis, Platanias
Aegean Islands 3 Rodos, Diagoras, AEL Kalloni
Thrace 2 Xanthi, Panthrakikos
Epirus 1 PAS Giannina
Ionian Islands 1 Kerkyra

Top scorers and appearances

Most appearancesMost goals
RankNameAppearancesTeams
1 Mimis Domazos 536Panathinaikos, AEK Athens
2 Nikos Nioplias 509OFI, Panathinaikos, Chalkidona
3 Giorgos Koudas 504PAOK
4 Thomas Mavros 501Panionios, AEK Athens
5 Savvas Kofidis 493Iraklis Thessaloniki, Olympiacos, Aris Thessaloniki
6 Mimis Papaioannou 480AEK Athens
Stathis Chaitas 480Panionios, AEL
8 Giorgos Skartados 478Rodos, PAOK, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Olympiacos
9 Georgios Georgiadis 476Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiacos, Iraklis Thessaloniki
10 Dinos Kouis 473Aris Thessaloniki
11 Tasos Mitropoulos 458Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, AEK Athens, Apollon Smyrnis, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Veria
12 Takis Nikoloudis 453Iraklis Thessaloniki, AEK Athens, Olympiacos, Apollon Pontus
13 Angelos Kremmydas 448Ethnikos Piraeus, Panachaiki
14 Stelios Manolas 447AEK Athens
15 Dimitris Saravakos 443Panionios, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens
16 Theodoros Pahatouridis 434Doxa Drama, Olympiacos, Ionikos
17 Giorgos Dedes 429Panionios, AEK Athens
18 Giannis Gounaris 426PAOK, Olympiacos
19 Michalis Kritikopoulos 422Panegialios, Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, Apollon Smyrnis
20 Daniil Papadopoulos 418Iraklis Thessaloniki
Foreign players
1 Krzysztof Warzycha 390Panathinaikos
2 Predrag Đorđević 375Paniliakos, Olympiacos
3 Toni Savevski 357AEK Athens
4 Daniel Batista 316Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki
5 Noni Lima 291Panionios
RankNameGoalsTeams
1 Thomas Mavros 260AEK Athens, Panionios
2 Krzysztof Warzycha 245Panathinaikos
3 Mimis Papaioannou 234AEK Athens
4 Giorgos Sideris 229Olympiacos
5 Antonis Antoniadis 187Panathinaikos, Olympiacos
6 Alexandros Alexandris 186Veria, AEK Athens, Olympiacos, AEL, Kallithea
7 Dimitris Saravakos 186Panionios, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens
8 Giorgos Dedes 181Panionios, AEK Athens
9 Nikos Anastopoulos 179Panionios, Olympiacos, Ionikos
10 Michalis Kritikopoulos 175Panegialios, Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos
11 Nikos Lyberopoulos 167Kalamata, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens
12 Demis Nikolaidis 163Apollon Smyrnis, AEK Athens
13 Dinos Kouis 142Aris Thessaloniki
14 Kostas Nestoridis 140AEK Athens
15 Mimis Domazos 139Panathinaikos, AEK Athens
16 Georgios Georgiadis 137Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiacos, Iraklis Thessaloniki
17 Stavros Sarafis 136PAOK
Dimitris Salpingidis 136PAOK, Panathinaikos
19 Giorgos Koudas 134PAOK
20 Alekos Alexiadis 132Aris Thessaloniki, Panetolikos, Kastoria

The Golden Star

Based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli, the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys.

The current officially sanctioned SuperLeague stars are:[ citation needed ]

Greek football clubs in European competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

ClubChampionsFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalistLast 16
600px Verde con trifoglio Verde su cerchio Bianco.png Panathinaikos — 1971 1985, 1996 1992, 2002 1978, 2001, 2009
600px Quadrado Branco com uma figura olimpica grega.PNG Olympiacos ——— 1999 1975, 1984, 2008, 2010, 2014
600px Giallo con aquila bicefala nera2 svg.png AEK Athens ——— 1969 1979, 1990, 1993, 1995
600px Bianco con aquila bicefala nera.png PAOK ———— 1977

UEFA Cup / Europa League

ClubChampionsFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
600px Giallo con aquila bicefala nera2 svg.png AEK Athens —— 1977 —
600px Verde con trifoglio Verde su cerchio Bianco.png Panathinaikos ——— 1988, 2003

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

ClubChampionsFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
600px Giallo con aquila bicefala nera2 svg.png AEK Athens ——— 1997, 1998
600px Bianco con aquila bicefala nera.png PAOK ——— 1974
600px Marrone con cavallo Bianco.png AEL ——— 1985
600px Quadrado Branco com uma figura olimpica grega.PNG Olympiacos ——— 1993
Rosso e Blu (Diagonale).png Panionios ——— 1999

UEFA ranking

Country rankings

As of 13 December 2018, the Greek Super League ranks 13th in the UEFA coefficient database, with 27.400 points.

RankCompetitionPoints
1 Flag of Spain.svg La Liga 97.569
2 Flag of England.svg Premier League 75.605
3 Flag of Italy.svg Serie A 72.154
4 Flag of Germany.svg Bundesliga 69.784
5 Flag of France.svg Ligue 1 57.165
6 Flag of Russia.svg Russian Premier League 49.716
7 Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese Liga 45.832
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian First Division 39.300
9 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Premier League 38.100
10 Flag of Turkey.svg Süper Lig 34.000
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eredivisie 30.633
12 Flag of Austria.svg Austrian Bundesliga 30.450
13 Flag of Greece.svg Super League Greece27.400
14 Flag of Denmark.svg Danish Superliga 27.025
15 Flag of Switzerland.svg Swiss Super League 26.900
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech First League 26.875
17 Flag of Croatia.svg Prva HNL 26.375
18 Flag of Cyprus.svg Cypriot First Division 24.925
19 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbian SuperLiga 22.250
20 Flag of Scotland.svg Scottish Premiership 22.125

Club rankings

As of 13 December 2018
RankClubPoints
35 Olympiacos 43.000
64 PAOK 23.500
95 AEK Athens 14.000
123 Asteras Tripolis 9.500
158 Panathinaikos 7.000
188 Atromitos 5.480
189 Panionios 5.480
190 PAS Giannina 5.480

Broadcasting rights

Nova Sports (premium channel) have taken the broadcasting rights for the home games of nine teams of the Super League. The teams are AEK Athens, AEL, Asteras Tripolis, Levadiakos, OFI, Olympiacos, Panionios, PAOK and PAS Giannina. On August 9, 2018, a two-year contract with the management of the Super League is signed by ERT. The contract provides for the coverage of 105 matches in the first season (2018–19), with provision for coverage of the 2019–20 season, alongside the restructuring of professional football categories of Greece. The contract covers the broadcasting of the home games of Apollon Smyrnis, Aris Thessaloniki, Atromitos, Lamia, Panathinaikos, Panetolikos and Xanthi.

Eurosport has pan-European broadcasting rights for the Super League (except Greece and Portugal).

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorName
2007–2017 OPAP Super League OPAP
2017–SourotiSuper League Souroti

From 2007 to 2017, the Super League had title sponsorship rights sold to one company, which were OPAP. From 2017 until today, the Super League has title sponsorship rights sold to the company Souroti.

OPAP' deal with the Super League expired at the end of the 2016–17 season. The Super League announced on 20 July 2017 that the new title sponsorship deal for the Super League was with the Souroti company.

As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Super League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The official ball supplier for the league is Adidas who have had the contract since the 2011–12 season when they took over from Nike. Also, Panini has held the licence to produce collectables for the Super League since 2008, including stickers (for their sticker album) and trading cards.

See also

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