The 2017–18 Super League Greece, or Souroti Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 12th under its current name. The season started in August 2017 and ended in May 2018. The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 Football League.
On 12 March 2018, the Super League Greece was suspended by the Greek government until further notice after the president of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis, had stormed onto the pitch with a revolver during the match between PAOK and AEK Athens played the previous day. The suspension was lifted on 27 March. PAOK was deducted 3 points and AEK was awarded 3 points for the incident.
Contrary to the previous seasons, the playoffs for the Champions League and Europa League spots were removed, with qualification based solely on finishing position.
Teams Two teams were relegated from the 2016–17 season. Iraklis and Veria played in Football League for the 2017–18 season.
Two teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Football League, Apollon Smyrnis and Lamia, the latter for which it was their debut season in the highest division of Greek football.
Promoted from2016–17 Football League Relegated from2016–17 Super League Greece Apollon SmyrnisLamia IraklisVeria
Stadiums and locations
ClubLocationVenueCapacity2016–17AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618 2ndAEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118 13thApollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,856 1st (FL)Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,616 12thAtromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 10,005 8thKerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 3,000 10thLamia Lamia Lamia Municipal Stadium 6,000 2nd (FL)Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 6,500 14thOlympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115 1stPanathinaikos Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,003 3rdPanetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,000 11thPanionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700 5thPAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703 4thPAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652 9thPlatanias Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,000 7thXanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7,422 6th
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros Mantalos Nike Pame StoiximaAEL Sotiris Antoniou Thomas Nazlidis LegeaApollon Smyrnis Georgios Paraschos Georgios Dasios Joma Venetis BakeryAsteras Tripolis Savvas Pantelidis Matías Iglesias Macron Stoiximan.GRAtromitos Damir Canadi Kyriakos Kivrakidis Nike TzokerKerkyra Giannis Matzourakis Anastasios Venetis Macron Lamia Babis Tennes Vangelis Pitkas NikeLevadiakos José Anigo Theodoros Tripotseris Legea Olympiacos Christos Kontis Alberto Botía Adidas Stoiximan.GRPanathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Dimitrios Kourbelis Nike Pame StoiximaPanetolikos Traianos Dellas Dimitris Kyriakidis Legea Pame StoiximaPanionios Michalis Grigoriou Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Stoiximan.GRPAOK Răzvan Lucescu Vieirinha Macron Stoiximan.GRPAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike Vikos Cola / Car.grPlatanias Giannis Chatzinikolaou Vanderson Luanvi ErgobetonXanthi Milan Rastavac Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stoixima
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment PAOK Vladimir Ivić Mutual consent 9 June 2017Pre-season Aleksandar Stanojević 16 June 2017 Atromitos Ricardo Sá Pinto 12 June 2017 Damir Canadi 21 June 2017 Panionios Vladan Milojević End of contract 30 June 2017 Michalis Grigoriou 1 June 2017 Olympiacos Takis Lemonis 30 June 2017 Besnik Hasi 8 June 2017 Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu 30 June 2017 Milan Rastavac 12 June 2017 PAOK Aleksandar Stanojević Sacked 11 August 2017 Răzvan Lucescu 11 August 2017 Kerkyra Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 22 August 2017 14th Kostas Christoforakis (caretaker) 22 August 201 Kostas Christoforakis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 28 August 2017 16th Alekos Vosniadis 28 August 2017 Asteras Tripolis Staikos Vergetis Sacked 10 September 2017 13th Savvas Pantelidis 10 September 2017 AEL André Paus 12 September 2017 15th Jacky Mathijssen 14 September 2017 Olympiacos Besnik Hasi 25 September 2017 4th Takis Lemonis 25 September 2017 AEL Jacky Mathijssen 25 September 2017 15th Ilias Fyntanis 25 September 2017 Apollon Smyrnis Akis Mantzios 25 September 2017 16th Zoran Vulić 28 September 2017 Platanias Georgios Paraschos 31 October 2017 16th Nikolaos Manarolis (caretaker) 31 October 2017 Nikolaos Manarolis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 12 November 2017 16th José Manuel Roca 12 November 2017 Apollon Smyrnis Zoran Vulić Sacked 11 December 2017 14th Georgios Paraschos 12 December 2017 Kerkyra Alekos Vosniadis 19 December 2017 15th Sakis Tsiolis 27 December 2017 Olympiacos Takis Lemonis 4 January 2018 1st Christos Kontis (caretaker) 4 January 2018 Christos Kontis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 8 January 2018 1st Óscar García 8 January 2018 Panetolikos Makis Chavos Sacked 7 January 2018 13th Traianos Dellas 12 January 2018 Kerkyra Sakis Tsiolis 22 January 2018 15th Giannis Matzourakis 25 January 2018Platanias José Manuel Roca 29 January 2018 16th Giannis Chatzinikolaou 31 January 2018 AEL Ilias Fyntanis 20 February 2018 12th Ratko Dostanić 20 February 2018 Ratko Dostanić 10 March 2018 12th Sotiris Antoniou 12 March 2018 Olympiacos Óscar García Resigned 3 April 2018 3rd Christos Kontis (caretaker) 3 April 2018
League table
Results
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.
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aleksandar Prijović PAOK192 Karim Ansarifard Olympiacos173 Pedro Conde PAS Giannina144 Michalis Manias Asteras Tripolis126 Sergio Araujo AEK Athens11 Erik Jendrišek Xanthi8 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos10 Nicolas Diguiny Atromitos10 Abiola Dauda Atromitos9 Vlad Morar Panetolikos
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos93 David Nadales PAS Giannina / Apollon Smyrnis8 Dimitris Giannoulis Atromitos7 Nicolas Diguiny Atromitos7 Amr Warda Atromitos Dimitrios Pelkas PAOK Vieirinha PAOK
Awards
MVP and Best Goal Awards
Matchday MVP Best Goal Ref 1st Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) 2nd Lazaros Lamprou (Panionios) Abiola Dauda (Atromitos) 3rd Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) 4th Omri Altman (Panathinaikos) Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK) 5th Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (AEK Athens) 6th Nikolaos Papadopoulos (Lamia) Petros Giakoumakis (Levadiakos) 7th Oscar Hiljemark (Panathinaikos) Bruno Chalkiadakis (PAS Giannina) 8th Pape Abou Cissé (Olympiacos) Abiola Dauda (Atromitos) 9th Maurício (PAOK) 10th Marko Livaja (AEK Athens) Alberto Botía (Olympiacos) 11th Marko Livaja (AEK Athens) Vlad Morar (Panetolikos) 12th Marko Livaja (AEK Athens) Franco Mazurek (Panetolikos) 13th Marko Livaja (AEK Athens) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Atromitos) 14th Dimitrios Pelkas (PAOK) 15th Marko Marin (Olympiacos) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Atromitos) 16th Anastasios Bakasetas (AEK Athens) 17th Dimitris Kyriakidis (Panetolikos) Farley Rosa (Panetolikos) 18th Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos) Lazaros Lamprou (Panionios) 19th Thuram (Kerkyra) Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (AEK Athens) 20th Giorgos Giakoumakis (AEK Athens) 21st Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) 22nd Ognjen Vranješ (AEK Athens) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) 23rd Amr Warda (Atromitos) 24th Walter Iglesias (Asteras Tripolis) Apostolos Skondras (PAS Giannina) 25th Robin Lod (Panathinaikos) 26th Sergio Araujo (AEK Athens) 27th Erik Jendrišek (Xanthi) 28th Anastasios Bakasetas (AEK Athens) Diego Biseswar (PAOK) 29th Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK) Piti (Lamia) 30th Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina)
Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 15 February 2019. Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season Lazaros Christodoulopoulos AEK Athens Foreign Player of the Season Amr Warda Atromitos Young Player of the Season Anastasios Douvikas Asteras Tripolis Goalkeeper of the Season Andreas Gianniotis Atromitos Fair Play of the Season Thomas Nazlidis AEL Golden Boot Aleksandar Prijović PAOK Manager of the Season Manolo Jiménez AEK Athens Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Andreas Gianniotis (Atromitos)Defence Léo Matos (PAOK) Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (AEK Athens) Fernando Varela (PAOK) Dimitris Giannoulis (Atromitos) / Vieirinha (PAOK)Midfield Amr Warda (Atromitos) Dimitrios Kourbelis (Panathinaikos) André Simões (AEK Athens) Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (AEK Athens)Attack Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos) Marko Livaja (AEK Athens)
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2017–18 edition of the Super League Greece.
References
External links Official website