2019–20 Super League Greece
The 2019–20 Super League Greece was the 84th season of the Super League, the top Greek professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1959.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 24 August 2019 – 19 July 2020 |
Champions | Olympiacos 45th title |
Relegated | Panionios Xanthi |
Champions League | Olympiacos PAOK |
Europa League | AEK Athens Aris OFI |
Matches played | 193 |
Goals scored | 467 (2.42 per match) |
Best Player | Marko Livaja |
Top goalscorer | Youssef El-Arabi (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Olympiacos 5–0 Volos (14 September 2019) AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios (7 December 2019) Asteras Tripolis 5–0 Xanthi (21 December 2019) |
Biggest away win | Asteras Tripolis 0–5 Olympiacos (15 December 2019) |
Highest scoring | PAOK 5–1 Atromitos (23 December 2019) Aris 4–2 PAOK (4 January 2020) Olympiacos 4–2 Aris (19 January 2020) |
Longest winning run | Olympiacos (10 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Olympiacos (33 matches) |
Longest losing run | Panetolikos (5 matches) |
Highest attendance | 32,576 AEK Athens 2–2 PAOK (29 September 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 617 Volos 2–3 Atromitos (6 October 2019) |
Total attendance | 1,166,250 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 13 July 2020. |
The season marks the first year that the league that included a Play-off Round, whereby the top six teams at the conclusion of the regular season played each other exclusively to determine the league champion. The rest of the teams played each other in a Play-out Round to determine the relegation positions.
The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece,[1] then later resumed on 5 June 2020.[2]
During the championship, the multi-ownership scandal broke out between PAOK and Xanthi. The ESA (Professional Sports Committee) considered the case serious, which meant the automatic relegation of the two teams. The government brought an extraordinary amendment to the parliament under the pretext of splitting social cohesion. The amendment provided for the deduction of 5 to 10 points from those who violate the law on multi-ownership in Greek football by acquiring shares of other PAE.[3][4]
Olympiacos won the championship for the 45th time. They also finished undefeated in the 26 games of the regular season of the league and remained undefeated in the first 7 games of the final phase of the playoffs, until he lost the 8th game of the playoffs (0-1 by PAOK). He also achieved a record of best defense in the regular season with just 9 goals conceded.[5]
In the match between Olympiakos - Panathinaikos which ended 3-0 in favor of the home team, Olympiakos striker Youssef El-Arabi scored a rare goal in the history of world football, where it took 66.92 seconds to achieve the goal, 22 passes were exchanged between the Olympiacos players and before the ball reached El Arabi who scored the goal, it passed through the feet of all 11 Olympiacos players who were on the field at the time. [6]
Teams
Fourteen teams will compete in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the previous season's play-off winner and one team promoted from the Football League. The promoted team was Volos. They replaced PAS Giannina, Levadiakos (both teams relegated after eight seasons in the league) and Apollon Smyrnis (relegated after two seasons in the top flight).
Stadiums and locations
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Personnel, kits and TV channel
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Panetolikos | Traianos Dellas | Resigned | 19 April 2019 | Pre-season | Luís Castro | 30 May 2019 |
Atromitos | Damir Canadi | End of contract | 5 May 2019 | Giannis Anastasiou | 24 May 2019 | |
AEL | Gianluca Festa | Resigned | 7 May 2019 | Gordan Petrić | 12 May 2019 | |
Asteras Tripolis | Georgios Paraschos | Mutual consent | 17 May 2019 | Borja Jiménez | 7 July 2019 | |
Xanthi | Milan Rastavac | Mutual consent | 18 May 2019 | Kiko Ramírez | 20 May 2019 | |
AEK Athens | Manolo Jiménez | Mutual consent | 27 May 2019 | Miguel Cardoso | 28 May 2019 | |
PAOK | Răzvan Lucescu | Resigned | 28 June 2019 | Abel Ferreira | 1 July 2019 | |
OFI | Jaime Vera | Mutual consent | 29 June 2019 | Georgios Simos | 12 July 2019 | |
Lamia | Makis Chavos | Mutual consent | 4 August 2019 | Sotiris Antoniou | 6 August 2019 | |
AEL | Gordan Petrić | Mutual consent | 8 August 2019 | Michalis Grigoriou | 8 August 2019 | |
AEK Athens | Miguel Cardoso | Sacked | 25 August 2019 | 11th | Nikos Kostenoglou | 26 August 2019 |
Aris | Savvas Pantelidis | Resigned | 31 August 2019 | 9th | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | 10 September 2019 |
Panionios | Akis Mantzios | Mutual consent | 2 September 2019 | 14th | Nikki Papavasiliou | 3 September 2019 |
Aris | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 8 October 2019 | 9th | Michael Oenning | 12 October 2019 |
Panetolikos | Luís Castro | Sacked | 14 October 2019 | 13th | Makis Chavos | 15 October 2019 |
Lamia | Sotiris Antoniou | Sacked | 24 October 2019 | 12th | Akis Mantzios | 25 October 2019 |
Atromitos | Giannis Anastasiou | Sacked | 16 November 2019 | 10th | Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) | 18 November 2019 |
Xanthi | Kiko Ramírez | Sacked | 25 November 2019 | 6th | Tasos Sideridis (caretaker) | 26 November 2019 |
Asteras Tripolis | Borja Jiménez | Sacked | 4 December 2019 | 12th | Milan Rastavac | 5 December 2019 |
Atromitos | Georgios Korakakis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 5 December 2019 | 9th | Savvas Pantelidis | 5 December 2019 |
Xanthi | Tasos Sideridis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 7 December 2019 | 4th | Georgios Paraschos | 8 December 2019 |
AEK Athens | Nikos Kostenoglou | Mutual consent | 8 December 2019 | 3rd | Massimo Carrera | 8 December 2019 |
Volos | Juan Ferrando | Resigned | 2 January 2020 | 11th | Alberto Gallego | 5 January 2020 |
Panionios | Nikki Papavasiliou | Resigned | 19 February 2020 | 14th | Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker) | 20 February 2020 |
Panionios | Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 25 February 2020 | 14th | Leonidas Vokolos | 26 February 2020 |
Volos | Alberto Gallego | Sacked | 25 February 2020 | 12th | Stefanos Xirofotos | 26 February 2020 |
Xanthi | Georgios Paraschos | Sacked | 6 March 2020 | 9th | Nikos Karageorgiou | 7 March 2020 |
Lamia | Akis Mantzios | Sacked | 25 June 2020 | 10th | Giorgos Petrakis | 25 June 2020 |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 9 | +44 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
2 | PAOK | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 59 | |
3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 51 | |
4 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 44 | |
5 | OFI | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 34[lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | Aris | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 34[lower-alpha 1] | |
7 | Atromitos | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 32 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
8 | AEL | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 30[lower-alpha 2] | |
9 | Asteras Tripolis | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 30[lower-alpha 2] | |
10 | Lamia | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 27[lower-alpha 3] | |
11 | Volos | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 27[lower-alpha 3] | |
12 | Xanthi[lower-alpha 4] | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 18 | |
13 | Panetolikos | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 17 | |
14 | Panionios[lower-alpha 5] | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 45 | −29 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
Results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. 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.
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round | |
Qualification for the Play-off round | |
Qualification for the Play-out round |
Play-off round
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion.[7]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PAOK | AEK | PAO | ARIS | OFI | |
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1 | Olympiacos (C) | 36 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 74 | 16 | +58 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | PAOK | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
3 | AEK Athens | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
4 | Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 58 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||
5 | Aris | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | |
6 | OFI | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 36 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[9]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Panathinaikos were banned from UEFA club competitions for the first season they would qualify between the 2018–19 and 2020–21 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 24 April 2018 due to overdue payables, and since they did not qualify for either the 2018–19 or 2019–20 season, they were banned from the 2020–21 season.[8]
Play-off round positions by round
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round | |
Champions League second qualifying round | |
Europa League third qualifying round | |
Europa League second qualifying round |
Play-out round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | AST | ATR | AEL | LAM | VOL | PNE | XAN | PGSS | |
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7 | Asteras Tripolis | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 43 | — | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | — | 0–0 | ||
8 | Atromitos | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 42 | — | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
9 | AEL | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 36 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
10 | Lamia | 33 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 35 | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||
11 | Volos | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 31 | — | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–0 | — | ||
12 | Panetolikos | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | ||
13 | Xanthi[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | |
14 | Panionios[lower-alpha 2] (R) | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 23 | Relegation to the Gamma Ethniki | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Play-out round positions by round
Qualification for the relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2020–21 Super League Greece 2 |
Relegation play-offs
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Xanthi | 1–4 | Apollon Smyrnis | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Apollon Smyrnis | 3–1 | Xanthi |
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Report |
Apollon Smyrnis won 4–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2020–21 Super League. Xanthi were relegated to 2020–21 Super League 2.
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Awards
NIVEA MEN Player of the Month
NIVEA MEN Player of the Club
NIVEA MEN Player of the Regular season
NIVEA MEN Best Goal of the Regular season
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NIVEA MEN Best Goal
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