Super League Greece 2007-08

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Super League Greece 2007-08
Super League Greece 2007-08
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Founded 2006
No. of teams 16
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champion(s)		 Olympiacos
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2007-08 was the second season of the Super League's, and started on September 1, 2007. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.

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[edit] Postponement

On 25 August the Super League and The Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25th and 26th August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea), so the championship started on 1 September 2007. Matchday 2 was carried out on the weekend 21 - 22 September, due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).

On February 20, 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1m cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece last summer.[1]

[edit] Regular Season Final Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 58 23 35 701
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 48 68
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 26 66
4 Aris 30 14 8 8 32 20 12 50
5 Panionios 30 13 6 11 39 42 -3 45
6 Larissa 30 11 12 7 35 30 5 45
7 Asteras Tripolis 30 11 11 8 28 24 4 44
8 Xanthi 30 10 6 14 33 39 -6 36
9 PAOK 30 10 5 15 29 35 -6 35
10 Iraklis 30 8 11 11 28 33 -5 35
11 Levadiakos 30 10 3 17 32 51 -19 33
12 OFI 30 9 5 16 39 49 -10 32
13 Ergotelis 30 7 9 14 28 41 -13 30
14 Atromitos 30 8 5 17 23 36 -13 29
15 Veria 30 5 8 17 21 44 -23 23
16 Apollon Kalamarias 30 5 8 17 27 57 -30 221
Champion - UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round
Teams qualify for the playoffs.
Relegation to Beta Ethniki


Source:Super League Greece
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

1 Apollon Kalamarias - Olympiacos 1-0 game was annulled by Greek Federation, Olympiacos won the game in cards 0-3 and Apollon had 1 point deducted due to illegal participation in the game of Roman Wallner.

However, the matter has not as yet been finalised, as Apollon Kalamarias has filed claim against Olympiacos and E.P.O. to the Court of Arbitration for Sport at Lausanne (CAS). If Apollon win the case, then AEK Athens FC will be champion (and not Olympiacos FC).

Super League Greece 2007-08 Winners
Olympiacos
Olympiacos F.C.‎
36th Title

[edit] Results

Last updated April 20, 2008

Home/Away1

 AEK APO ARI AST ATR ERG IRA AEL LEV OFI OLY PAO PAN PAOK VER XAN
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 2 1-3 0-2 0-2 1-0 1-0
Aris 0-1 2-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-0
Asteras Tripolis 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.
2 Originally a 1-0 win for Apollon the game was awarded to Olympiakos in cards 0-3 because of the illegal participation in the game of Apollon player Roman Wallner.

[edit] Playoffs

The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a two-legged tie 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 UEFA Cup 2008-09, as well as the runners-up of the Super League 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 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 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
1 UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round
2 UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round
3 UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round1
4 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Second round1

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.

[edit] Playoffs Final Standings

Last updated May 14, 2008

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts*
1 Panathinaikos 6 4 2 0 14 5 +9 21
2 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 10 11 -1 16
3 Aris1 6 1 2 3 9 9 0 7
4 Panionios 6 1 2 3 7 15 -8 5
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round
Intertoto Cup Second 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 UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round through their Greek Cup performance.

[edit] Results

Local time: EEST (UTC +3)

[edit] Matchday 1

2008-04-23
19:00		 Aris 1 – 1 Panathinaikos Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 6,140
Referee: D. Kyrkos (Epirus)
Koke Scored after 74 minutes 74' Papadopoulos Scored after 87 minutes 87' (pen.)
2008-04-23
21:00		 AEK Athens 5 – 0 Panionios Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens
Attendance: 7,372
Referee: M. Germanakos (Athens)
Edinho Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Rivaldo Scored after 39 minutes 39' Scored after 77 minutes 77'
Blanco Scored after 74 minutes 74'
Kallon Scored after 91 minutes 91'

[edit] Matchday 2

2008-04-30
16:45		 Panionios 1 – 0 Aris Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens)
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: G. Daloukas (Thessaly)
Kumordzi Scored after 80 minutes 80'
2008-04-30
19:00		 Panathinaikos 4 – 1 AEK Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens
Attendance: 8,528
Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
Papadopoulos Scored after 8 minutes 8'
Mattos Scored after 27 minutes 27'
Ivanschitz Scored after 32 minutes 32' Scored after 45 minutes 45'		 Rivaldo Scored after 71 minutes 71'

[edit] Matchday 3

2008-05-04
19:00		 AEK Athens 1 – 0 Aris Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens
Attendance: 9,995
Referee: G. Kasnaferis (Athens)
Liberopoulos Scored after 54 minutes 54'
2008-05-04
21:00		 Panionios 1 – 2 Panathinaikos Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens)
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: I. Stavridis (Pieria)
Djebbour Scored after 74 minutes 74' Manucho Scored after 16 minutes 16' Scored after 82 minutes 82'

[edit] Matchday 4

2008-05-07
16:45		 Aris 4 – 0 AEK Athens Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: M. Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Nebegleras Scored after 6 minutes 6'
Javito Scored after 39 minutes 39' Scored after 48 minutes 48'
Koke Scored after 55 minutes 55'
2008-05-07
19:00		 Panathinaikos 3 – 0 Panionios Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Ch. Zografos (Athens)
Karagounis Scored after 21 minutes 21' Scored after 43 minutes 43'
Manucho Scored after 64 minutes 64' (pen.)

[edit] Matchday 5

2008-05-11
19:00		 Panathinaikos 3 – 1 Aris Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens
Attendance: 15,420
Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)
Karagounis Scored after 65 minutes 65' Scored after 63 minutes 63'
N'Doye Scored after 62 minutes 62'		 Thiago Scored after 73 minutes 73'
2008-05-11
21:00		 Panionios 2 – 2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens)
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: L. Polatian (Pella)
Dario Fernandez Scored after 21 minutes 21'
Skoufalis Scored after 90 minutes 90'		 Rivaldo Scored after 21 minutes 21'
Liberopoulos Scored after 39 minutes 39'

[edit] Matchday 6

2008-05-14
19:00		 AEK Athens 1 – 1 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: K. Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Nsaliwa Scored after 51 minutes 51' Mattos Scored after 26 minutes 26'
2008-05-14
19:00		 Aris 3 – 3 Panionios Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: M. Dakos (Xanthi)
Toni Calvo Scored after 6 minutes 6'
Ivic Scored after 48 minutes 48'
Amoroso Scored after 75 minutes 75' (pen.)		 Sialmas Scored after 8 minutes 8' Scored after 82 minutes 82'
Kapetanos Scored after 38 minutes 38'

[edit] Top scorers

Last updated April 20, 2008

# Name Club Goals
1 Flag of Argentina Ismael Blanco AEK Athens 19
2 Flag of Serbia Darko Kovačević Olympiacos 17
3 Flag of Greece Dimitris Salpigidis Panathinaikos 15
4 Flag of Canada Tomasz Radzinski Xanthi 14
= Flag of Algeria Rafik Djebbour Panionios 14

Source: Galanis Sports Data

[edit] Coaches

Team Name
AEK Athens Flag of Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
Apollon Kalamarias Flag of Greece Makis Katsavakis
Aris Flag of Serbia Dušan Bajević
Asteras Tripolis Flag of Greece Panagiotis Tzanavaras
Atromitos Flag of Brazil Paulo Cambos
Ergotelis Flag of Greece Nikos Karageorgiou
Iraklis Flag of Spain Miguel Angel Lamilla
Larissa Flag of Greece Giorgos Donis
Levadiakos Flag of Greece Bambis Tennes
OFI Flag of Greece Giorgos Paraschos
Olympiacos Flag of Spain José Segura
Panathinaikos Flag of Portugal José Peseiro
Panionios Flag of Germany Ewald Lienen
PAOK Flag of Portugal Fernando Santos
Veria Flag of Greece Leonidas Yfantidis
Xanthi Flag of Greece Nikos Kehagias

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

Team Name
Aris Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Oliva
PAOK Flag of Greece Giorgos Paraschos
Xanthi Flag of Belgium Emilio Ferrera
Veria Flag of Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis
OFI Flag of Germany Reiner Maurer
Veria Flag of Serbia Ratko Dostanic
Iraklis Flag of Serbia Ivan Jovanović
AEK Athens Flag of Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
Asteras Tripolis Flag of Brazil Paulo Campos
Levadiakos Flag of Bulgaria Georgi Vasilev
Olympiacos Flag of Greece Takis Lemonis
Veria Flag of Greece Giannis Mantzourakis
Veria Flag of Greece Giotis Tsalouhidis
Atromitos Flag of Argentina Ángel Guillermo Hoyos

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ UEFA helps Greece rebuild

[edit] External links


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