The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greekfootball and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.
PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963–64.
This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019–20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018–19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.
Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.
Teams promoted to the Super League
The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1–0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014–15 season.
The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2–0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013–14 season.
The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1–0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight.
The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2–1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[14] (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated Notes:
^PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[11]
^AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[12]
^Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.[13]
Source: Super League Greece Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
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The 2018 19 Super League Greece or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons 1 was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play offs Super League GreeceSeason2018 19Dates25 August 2018 5 May 2019ChampionsPAOK3rd titleRelegatedPAS GianninaLevadiakosApollon SmyrnisChampions LeaguePAOKOlympiacosEuropa LeagueAEK AthensAtromitosArisMatches played240Goals scored549 2 29 per match Top goalscorerEfthimis Koulouris 19 goals Biggest home winOlympiacos 5 0 PAS Giannina 2 September 2018 Panetolikos 5 0 Panionios 11 March 2019 Aris 5 0 Apollon Smyrnis 18 March 2019 PAOK 5 0 Levadiakos 21 April 2019 Aris 7 2 Xanthi 5 May 2019 Biggest away winPanetolikos 0 5 Olympiacos 7 April 2019 Highest scoringAris 7 2 Xanthi 5 May 2019 Longest winning run10 matchesOlympiacosLongest unbeaten run30 matches the entire season PAOKLongest winless run13 matchesApollon SmyrnisLongest losing run8 matchesApollon SmyrnisHighest attendance31 250Olympiacos 1 1 Panathinaikos 11 November 2018 Lowest attendance188Xanthi 0 1 Levadiakos 24 February 2019 Total attendance1 282 139 2017 182019 20 All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019 AEK Athens were the defending champions OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017 18 Football League 2 replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018 19 Football League PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league They also clinched the championship without a defeat thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football after Panathinaikos in 1963 64 PAS Giannina Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2 while OFI who finished 13th faced Platanias who were runners up of the 2018 19 Football League in the relegation play offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019 20 Super League OFI won the play offs with 3 2 on aggregate This was the last season with a 16 team championship From the 2019 20 season the league teams are going to be reduced to 14 and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season for a total of 36 games in the style of the Cypriot First Division Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner up of the 2018 19 Football League The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation EPO however the sporting court decided in favour of the play off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner up to be promoted as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Venues 1 2 Personnel kits and TV channel 1 3 Managerial changes 2 League table 3 Results 4 Positions by round 5 Relegation play offs 6 Season statistics 6 1 Top scorers 6 2 Top assists 7 Awards 7 1 Annual awards 7 2 Team of the Year 8 References 9 External linksTeams EditSixteen teams will compete in the league the top fourteen teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the Football League Teams promoted to the Super LeagueThe first club to be promoted was OFI after beating 1 0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018 OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014 15 season The second and final club to be promoted was Aris after beating 2 0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018 Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013 14 season Teams relegated to the Football LeagueThe first club to be relegated was Platanias who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis 1 0 victory against PAS Giannina ending their 6 year stay in the top flight The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia s 2 1 victory against PAS Giannina ending their 2 year stay in the top flight Venues Edit AEK AthensApollon SmyrnisAtromitosPanathinaikosPanionios ArisPAOK Asteras Tripolis OFI Olympiacos Panetolikos PAS Giannina Xanthi Lamia Levadiakos AELclass notpageimage Locations of the 2018 19 Super League Greece teams Note Table lists in alphabetical order Team Location Stadium CapacityAEK Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69 618AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16 118Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14 200Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22 800Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7 442Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 9 050Lamia Lamia Lamia Municipal Stadium 5 500Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5 915OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9 088Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32 115Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Stadium 69 618Panetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7 321Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11 700PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28 703PAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7 652Xanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7 244Personnel kits and TV channel Edit Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Broadcast ChannelAEK Athens Manolo Jimenez Petros Mantalos Capelli Pame Stoixima Nova SportsAEL Gianluca Festa Vangelis Moras Legea Thrakis Gefseis Nova SportsApollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas Michalis Kyrgias Zeus Venetis Bakery ERTAris Savvas Pantelidis Georgios Delizisis Nike Karipidis Pallets ERTAsteras Tripolis Georgios Paraschos Matias Iglesias Macron Volton Nova SportsAtromitos Damir Canadi Javier Umbides Nike ETEKA Gas ERTLamia Makis Chavos Anestis Anastasiadis Nike N A ERTLevadiakos Nikos Karageorgiou Savvas Tsabouris Legea N A Nova SportsOFI Jaime Vera Anestis Nastos Macron Stoiximan gr Nova SportsOlympiacos Pedro Martins Andreas Bouchalakis Adidas Stoiximan gr Nova SportsPanathinaikos Giorgos Donis Dimitris Kourbelis Nike Pame Stoixima ERTPanetolikos Traianos Dellas Dimitris Kyriakidis Zeus Emileon ERTPanionios Akis Mantzios Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Tipbet gr Nova SportsPAOK Răzvan Lucescu Vieirinha Macron Stoiximan gr Nova SportsPAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike Vikos Cola Car gr Nova SportsXanthi Milan Rastavac Konstantinos Fliskas Joma N A ERTManagerial changes Edit Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentOlympiacos Christos Kontis caretaker End of tenure as caretaker 6 May 2018 Pre season Pedro Martins 7 May 2018AEK Athens Manolo Jimenez End of contract 25 May 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis 4 June 2018Panathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 31 May 2018 Giorgos Donis 12 June 2018Aris Dimitrios Spanos Mutual consent 1 June 2018 Paco Herrera 1 July 2018Apollon Smyrnis Valerien Ismael Sacked 31 August 2018 3 10th Lefteris Velentzas caretaker 31 August 2018Lamia Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018 4 15th Makis Chavos 5 September 2018 5 Apollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas caretaker End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018 6 15th Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018 7 AEL Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018 8 15th Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018Apollon Smyrnis Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018 9 16th Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018 10 Levadiakos Akis Mantzios 22 October 2018 15th Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018Aris Paco Herrera 12 November 2018 7th Apostolos Terzis caretaker 12 November 2018Asteras Tripolis Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 12 November 2018 15th Georgios Paraschos 12 November 2018Aris Apostolos Terzis caretaker End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2018 7th Savvas Pantelidis 14 November 2018Apollon Smyrnis Giannis Matzourakis Sacked 26 November 2018 16th Babis Tennes 26 November 2018Panionios Jose Anigo 2 December 2018 8th Akis Mantzios 4 December 2018Levadiakos Giuseppe Sannino 21 January 2019 15th Nikos Karageorgiou 22 January 2019OFI Nikos Papadopoulos 21 January 2019 12th Jaime Vera 25 January 2019AEK Athens Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 5 February 2019 3rd Manolo Jimenez 6 February 2019Apollon Smyrnis Babis Tennes Sacked 9 March 2019 16th Lefteris Velentzas 9 March 2019League table EditPos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 PAOK a C 30 26 4 0 66 14 52 80 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 71 17 54 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round3 AEK Athens b 30 18 6 6 50 19 31 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round4 Atromitos 30 15 7 8 41 28 13 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round5 Aris 30 15 4 11 46 33 13 496 Panionios 30 11 5 14 27 45 18 387 Lamia 30 9 10 11 28 37 9 378 Panathinaikos c 30 13 8 9 38 30 8 36 d 9 Panetolikos 30 10 6 14 34 48 14 36 d 10 AEL 30 8 10 12 26 34 8 3411 Asteras Tripolis 30 8 9 13 25 30 5 3312 Xanthi 30 7 11 12 22 34 12 32 e 13 OFI O 30 7 11 12 30 42 12 32 e Qualification for the relegation play offs14 PAS Giannina R 30 7 6 17 19 38 19 27 Relegation to the Super League 215 Levadiakos R 30 5 6 19 15 45 30 2116 Apollon Smyrnis R 30 2 4 24 11 55 44 10Source Superleague Greece SoccerwayRules for classification 1 Points 2 Head to head points 3 Head to head goal difference 4 Goal difference 5 Goals scored 6 Goals against 7 Play offs neutral ground 8 Draw Note Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions 14 C Champion O Play off winner R RelegatedNotes PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision 11 AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision 12 Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision 13 a b Head to head points Panathinaikos 6 Panetolikos 0 a b Head to head points Xanthi 4 OFI 1 Results EditHome Away AEK AEL APS ARIS AST ATR LAM LEV OFI OLY PAO PNE PGSS PAOK PAS XANAEK Athens 0 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0AEL 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1Apollon Smyrnis 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 5 1 2 1 0Aris 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 7 2Asteras Tripolis 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1Atromitos 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0Lamia 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0Levadiakos 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2OFI 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0Olympiacos 4 1 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 4 0Panathinaikos 0 0 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2Panetolikos 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 5 0 1 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0Panionios 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0PAOK 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 0PAS Giannina 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0Xanthi 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 Source Super League GreeceLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win For upcoming matches an a indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants Positions by round EditThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches In order to preserve chronological evolvements any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards Team Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PAOK844211111111111111111111111111Olympiacos511153443332322222222222222222AEK Athens232536335574444333333343333333Atromitos355322222223233444444434444444Aris123444687756677686555555555555Panionios7101314119910988881091010999101010129109766Lamia1515161514131091010101213141413121011119999888887Panathinaikos161276655666455555556666677669108Panetolikos9669108878999966878778776677679AEL4891181011111111111011111199111212111212111291010910Asteras Tripolis11141510121214141415131110910111112101012111110111212121211Xanthi131111877754467788767887888101111111112OFI6912131515131212131514121313121414131414151515141414131313PAS Giannina1416107911121313141213141212141313141313131313131313141414Levadiakos1278121314151515121415151515151515151515141414151515151515Apollon Smyrnis101314161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616Champion and Champions League third qualifying roundChampions League second qualifying roundEuropa League third qualifying roundEuropa League second qualifying roundQualification for the relegation play offsRelegation to 2019 20 Super League Greece 2Source Super League GreeceRelegation play offs EditTeam 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legSummary Platanias 2 3 OFI 0 0 2 319 May 201921 30 EESTPlatanias0 0OFIReportPerivolia Municipal Stadium ChaniaAttendance 2 700Referee Athanasios Tzilos Larissa 22 May 201919 00 EESTOFI3 2PlataniasNeira 11 pen Giakoumakis 70 Nabi 90 6 Report Tsamouris 42 Papanikolaou 90 2 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium HeraklionAttendance 6 500Referee Georgios Kominis Thesprotia OFI won 3 2 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2019 20 Super League Platanias placed in 2019 20 Super League 2 Season statistics EditTop scorers Edit As of 5 May 2019 15 Rank Player Club Goals1 Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos 192 Ezequiel Ponce AEK Athens 163 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos 124 Ahmed Hassan Olympiacos 115 Georgios Masouras Panionios Olympiacos 10 Federico Macheda Panathinaikos 10 Mateo Garcia Aris 108 Aleksandar Prijovic PAOK 9 Hamza Younes Aris 9 Jeronimo Barrales Lamia 9 Top assists Edit As of 5 May 2019 15 Rank Player Club Assists1 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos 92 Daniel Podence Olympiacos 83 Diego Biseswar PAOK 74 Marko Livaja AEK Athens 6 Petros Mantalos AEK Athens 6 Omar Elabdellaoui Olympiacos 6 Leo Jaba PAOK 6 Dimitrios Pelkas PAOK 6Awards EditAnnual awards Edit Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020 16 Award 17 Winner ClubPlayer of the Year Kostas Fortounis OlympiacosForeign Player of the Year Vieirinha PAOKTop goalscorer Efthymis Koulouris AtromitosGreek Player of the Year Kostas Fortounis OlympiacosManager of the Year Răzvan Lucescu PAOKBreakthrough of the Year Giannis Bouzoukis PanathinaikosTeam of the Year Edit Paschalakis Risvanis Elabdellaoui Varela Vieirinha Kourbelis Guilherme Masouras Fortounis Koulouris PodenceTeam of the Year 18 Goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis PAOK Defence Omar Elabdellaoui Olympiacos Spyros Risvanis Atromitos Fernando Varela PAOK Vieirinha PAOK Midfield Daniel Podence Olympiacos Dimitris Kourbelis PAO Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos Guilherme Torres Olympiacos Georgios Masouras Panionios Olympiacos Attack Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos References Edit Perase h xorhgia Soyrwth Soyper Ligk novasports gr 23 June 2017 Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 Retrieved 23 June 2017 Sth Soyper Ligk OFH kai Arhs novasports gr 29 April 2018 Retrieved 9 May 2018 Telos o Ismael apo ton Apollwna Smyrnhs sport24 gr 31 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