The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, 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.
AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Football League, replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018–19 Football League.
PAOK won their third championship and their first in 34 years, by defeating Levadiakos on the penultimate matchday. They also managed to finish the season unbeaten, becoming the second club in Greek top-tier history to do so after Panathinaikos in the 1963–64 season.
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 3–2 on aggregate.
This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019–20 season, the league teams were reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament was 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 the HFF, however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runners-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.
Teams Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football 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.
Promoted from2017–18 Football League Relegated from2017–18 Super League Greece OFIAris KerkyraPlatanias
Venues
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity2017–18AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618 1stAEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118 12thApollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,200 14thAris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 2nd (FL)Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,442 5thAtromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 9,050 4thLamia Lamia Lamia Municipal Stadium 5,500 13thLevadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 5,915 10thOFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,088 1st (FL)Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115 3rdPanathinaikos Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,003 11thPanetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,321 8thPanionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700 7thPAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703 2ndPAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652 9thXanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7,244 6th
Personnel, kits and TV channel Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Broadcast Channel AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros Mantalos Capelli Pame StoiximaNova SportsAEL Gianluca Festa Vangelis Moras Legea Thrakis GefseisApollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas Michalis Kyrgias Zeus Venetis BakeryERTAris Savvas Pantelidis Georgios Delizisis Nike Karipidis PalletsAsteras Tripolis Georgios Paraschos Matías Iglesias Macron Volton Nova SportsAtromitos Damir Canadi Javier Umbides Nike ETEKA GasERTLamia Makis Chavos Anestis AnastasiadisN/ALevadiakos Nikos Karageorgiou Savvas Tsabouris LegeaNova SportsOFI Jaime Vera Anestis Nastos MacronStoiximan.grOlympiacos Pedro Martins Andreas Bouchalakis AdidasPanathinaikos Georgios Donis Dimitrios Kourbelis Nike Pame StoiximaERTPanetolikos Traianos Dellas Dimitris Kyriakidis Zeus EmileonPanionios Akis Mantzios Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Tipbet.grNova SportsPAOK Răzvan Lucescu Vieirinha Macron Stoiximan.grPAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike Vikos Cola, Car.grXanthi Milan Rastavac Konstantinos Fliskas Joma N/A ERT
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Olympiacos Christos Kontis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 May 2018Pre season Pedro Martins 7 May 2018 AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez End of contract 25 May 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis 4 June 2018 Panathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 31 May 2018 Georgios Donis 12 June 2018 Aris Dimitrios Spanos Mutual consent 1 June 2018 Paco Herrera 1 July 2018 Apollon Smyrnis Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018 10th Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) 31 August 2018 Lamia Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018 15th Makis Chavos 5 September 2018 Apollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018 15th Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018 AEL Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018 15th Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018 Apollon Smyrnis Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018 16th Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018 Levadiakos Akis Mantzios 22 October 2018 15th Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018 Aris Paco Herrera 12 November 2018 7th Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) 12 November 2018 Asteras Tripolis Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 12 November 2018 15th Georgios Paraschos 12 November 2018 Aris Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2018 7th Savvas Pantelidis 14 November 2018 Apollon Smyrnis Giannis Matzourakis Sacked 26 November 2018 16th Babis Tennes 26 November 2018Panionios José 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 2019 AEK Athens Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 5 February 2019 3rd Manolo Jiménez 6 February 2019 Apollon Smyrnis Babis Tennes Sacked 9 March 2019 16th Lefteris Velentzas 9 March 2019
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.
Relegation play-offs
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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
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos192 Ezequiel Ponce AEK Athens163 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos124 Ahmed Hassan Olympiacos115 Georgios Masouras Panionios / Olympiacos10 Federico Macheda Panathinaikos Mateo García Aris8 Aleksandar Prijović PAOK9 Hamza Younés Aris Jerónimo Barrales Lamia
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos92 Daniel Podence Olympiacos83 Diego Biseswar PAOK74 Marko Livaja AEK Athens6 Petros Mantalos AEK Athens Omar Elabdellaoui Olympiacos Léo Jabá PAOK Dimitrios Pelkas PAOK
Awards Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020.
Award Winner Club Greek of the Season Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos Foreign Player of the Season Vieirinha PAOK Young Player of the Season Giannis Bouzoukis Panathinaikos Goalkeeper of the Season Alexandros Paschalakis PAOK Golden Boot Efthymis Koulouris Atromitos Manager of the Season Răzvan Lucescu PAOK Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK)Defence Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos) Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos) Fernando Varela (PAOK) Vieirinha (PAOK)Midfield Daniel Podence (Olympiacos) Dimitrios Kourbelis (Panathinaikos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Guilherme (Olympiacos) Georgios Masouras (Panionios/Olympiacos)Attack Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos)
Attendances
Overall Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2018–19 edition of the Super League.
Home matches played Team \ Match played Regular season Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7,504 10,433 27,419 — 24,731 6,114 5,541 5,124 7,518 7,580 1,594 10,145 6,556 — 6,318 125,077 (13) 3,646 1,637 3,071 2,708 1,991 2,855 1,349 2,569 1,867 1,989 2,376 4,082 3,101 2,571 3,622 37,534 (15) 632 837 563 3,002 912 601 442 374 482 505 346 851 219 1,583 2,867 11,798 (15) 11,671 13,904 6,327 16,434 8,243 9,498 5,651 4,501 9,668 8,139 6,856 7,834 8,016 8,084 7,956 133,782 (15) 3,844 1,428 4,564 1,224 1,134 1,264 1,216 2,115 787 1,394 2,184 2,273 1,962 4,933 2,147 30,466 (15) 542 587 635 630 754 1,635 1,673 860 537 435 812 799 669 1,264 2,205 11,767 (15) 698 757 569 1,248 1,214 2,825 1,405 1,505 1,296 1,989 1,184 1,356 1,468 1,897 2,307 19,718 (15) 5,186 4,701 5,463 3,488 2,432 4,932 2,653 2,381 3,007 2,816 3,469 3,875 3,632 3,804 3,036 54,875 (15) 15,123 19,678 22,800 30,532 31,250 19,250 19,231 19,172 15,123 20,624 17,544 31,717 18,470 17,868 17,713 316,095 (15) 5,974 12,881 3,810 12,636 24,731 4,696 6,064 3,558 2,974 2,058 10,145 — 1,475 9,485 — 109,286 (13) 2,075 2,344 1,899 2,004 2,213 3,541 1,924 3,520 2,075 1,919 2,318 2,242 2,384 2,196 3,227 35,881 (15) 1,689 4,414 2,373 2,140 1,170 806 876 2,126 1,126 1,227 896 1,644 1,785 1,518 1,702 25,492 (15) 16,255 23,763 15,918 15,168 14,747 15,219 10,837 15,961 15,619 25,097 22,544 19,941 18,918 17,104 17,499 279,590 (15) 2,924 2,306 2,772 2,058 3,052 2,149 3,630 2,072 3,564 2,272 2,079 2,435 2,802 2,736 3,303 40,154 (15) 1,572 1,711 1,633 1,563 1,697 2,528 2,075 1,894 2,103 1,394 1,916 2,459 3,315 1,828 2,581 28,269 (15) 1,933 1,064 1,057 1,017 1,342 940 806 188 884 851 1,406 1,365 1,579 1,519 2,403 22,354 (15) League total 1,282,138 Source: Super League Greece
References
External links Official website