2014–15 Super League Greece

The 2014–15 Super League Greece was the 79th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the ninth under its current title. The season began on 23 August and ended on 11 May 2015. Olympiacos won their 42nd Greek title. The league comprises sixteen teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted from the 2013–14 Football League.

Super League Greece
Season2014–15
Dates23 August 2014 – 10 May 2015
ChampionsOlympiacos
42nd title
RelegatedKerkyra
Ergotelis
OFI
Niki Volos
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
Europa LeagueAsteras Tripolis
Atromitos
PAOK
Matches played306
Goals scored759 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerJerónimo Barrales
(17 goals)
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 5–0 Ergotelis
Olympiakos 5–0 AEL Kalloni
Biggest away winAEL Kalloni 0–5 Olympiacos
Highest scoringPanetolikos 5–2 Skoda Xanthi
Atromitos 4–3 Asteras Tripolis
Asteras Tripolis 6–1 OFI
Panathinaikos 4–3 PAOK
All statistics correct as of 1 April 2015.

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2013–14 season. Apollon Smyrnis and Aris will play in Football League for the 2014–15 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2013–14 Football League, champions Niki Volos and Kerkyra. Niki Volos were promoted back to the top level for the first time in 48 years.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
Asteras TripolisTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium8,969
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,000
AEL KalloniLesvosMytilene Municipal Stadium3,000
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,191
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,307
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium8,500
OlympiacosPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,296
PanathinaikosAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,003
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,500
PanioniosAthensNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
PanthrakikosKomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,200
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,500
PlataniasChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium3,700
Skoda XanthiXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,244
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000

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.

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Asteras Tripolis Staikos Vergetis Fernando UseroNikeLotto
Atromitos Nikos Nioplias Luiz BritoMacronTzoker
Ergotelis Giannis Taousianis Minas PitsosEye SportwearLotto
AEL Kalloni Vangelis Vlachos Giorgos ManousosAdidasLotto
Kerkyra Michalis Grigoriou Tassos VenetisJomaLotto
Levadiakos Apostolos Mantzios Thanasis MoulopoulosUmbroLotto
OFI Nikos Anastopoulos Georgios MakrisUmbroPame Stoixima
Olympiacos Vítor Pereira Giannis ManiatisPumaUNICEF
Niki Volos Panagiotis Tzanavaras Jonas IvensNikeTzoker
Panathinaikos Yannis Anastasiou ZecaAdidasPame Stoixima
Panetolikos Makis Chavos Georgios KousasTempo SportTzoker
Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis Nikos PantidosTempo SportLotto
Panthrakikos José Manuel Roca Deniz BaykaraNikeTzoker
PAOK Georgios Georgiadis Stefanos AthanasiadisNikePame Stoixima
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Georgios DasiosNikeTzoker
Platanias Georgios Paraschos Thomas NazlidisMacronTzoker
Skoda Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos FliskasJomaPame Stoixima
Veria Stefanos Gaitanos Alexandros VergonisKappaTzoker

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Ergotelis Juan FerrandoMutual consent31 August 201416th Pavlos Dermitzakis5 September 2014
Niki Volos Wiljan VloetSacked14 September 201418th Sven Vandenbroeck14 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Sakis TsiolisMutual consent15 September 201414th Nikos Nentidis (caretaker)16 September 2014
Atromitos Georgios ParaschosResigned22 September 20147th Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)22 September 2014
Atromitos Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker22 September 20147th Ricardo Sá Pinto24 September 2014
Skoda Xanthi Nikos Nentidis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker16 September 201411th Răzvan Lucescu24 September 2014
Niki Volos Sven VandenbroeckSacked1 October 201418th Panagiotis Tzanavaras1 October 2014
Panthrakikos Apostolos MantziosMutual consent5 November 201416th Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker)6 November 2014
Panthrakikos Nikolaos Bacharidis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker10 November 201417th José Manuel Roca10 November 2014
Panionios Dimitrios TerezopoulosSacked8 December 201415th Marinos Ouzounidis9 December 2014
Ergotelis Pavlos DermitzakisMutual consent15 December 201417th Giannis Taousianis16 December 2014
OFI Gennaro GattusoResigned30 December 201415th Nikos Anastopoulos7 January 2015
Olympiacos MíchelSacked6 January 20152nd Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker)6 January 2015
Olympiacos Antonios Nikopolidis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker6 January 20152nd Vítor Pereira7 January 2015
AEL Kalloni Ioannis MatzourakisSacked15 January 201510th Vangelis Vlachos16 January 2015
Atromitos Ricardo Sá PintoResigned5 February 20157th Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)5 February 2015
Atromitos Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker5 February 20159th Nikos Nioplias9 February 2015
Levadiakos Savvas PantelidisResigned9 February 201514th Apostolos Mantzios9 February 2015
Ergotelis Giannis TaousianisSacked12 February 201516th Ioannis Matzourakis12 February 2015
Ergotelis Ioannis MatzourakisResigned25 February 201515th Giannis Taousianis28 February 2015
Platanias Giannis ChristopoulosResigned11 March 201514th Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker)11 March 2015
Platanias Giannis Thomaidis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker11 March 201515th Georgios Paraschos15 March 2015
PAOK Angelos AnastasiadisSacked16 March 20153rd Georgios Georgiadis16 March 2015
Veria José Carlos GraneroMutual consent20 March 201511th Stefanos Gaitanos20 March 2015

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)3424647923+5678Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Panathinaikos[a]3421675931+2866Qualification for the Play-offs
3PAOK3420595742+1565
4Asteras Tripolis3417895237+1559
5Atromitos34141284327+1654
6PAS Giannina34131474733+1453
7Panetolikos341410104128+1352
8Skoda Xanthi341211114441+347
9Platanias34128143230+244[b]
10AEL Kalloni341111123439−544[b]
11Panthrakikos341110133544−943[c]
12Panionios341110134342+143[c]
13Veria34127154554−943[c]
14Levadiakos34127154134+743[c]
15Ergotelis (R)3488183560−2532Relegation to Football League
16OFI[d] (R)3472252672−46−6[e]Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
17Niki Volos[f] (R)342131784−77−6[e]
18Kerkyra[g] (R)34128143938+144Relegation to Football League
Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 5 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[6][7] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw.[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayASTATRERGKALKERLEVNVLOFIOLYPAOPNEPGSSPNTPAOKPASPLAXANVER
Asteras Tripolis1–02–11–02–02–13–0[a]6–10–01–11–12–02–13–02–21–02–12–0
Atromitos4–31–10–02–11–03–0[a]3–0[b]1–02–00–03–12–04–01–11–02–00–0
Ergotelis1–41–23–31–20–23–0[a]3–22–30–21–12–22–10–21–00–30–22–2
AEL Kalloni1–01–12–01–00–03–0[a]3–0[b]0–51–00–01–02–01–21–00–02–24–1
Kerkyra1–01–13–12–00–03–0[a]4–10–41–11–21–02–10–12–01–20–04–0
Levadiakos3–12–11–13–02–33–0[a]3–0[b]1–21–10–01–01–11–21–20–01–20–2
Niki Volos0–20–11–42–00–00–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]1–00–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]
OFI2–31–01–01–13–20–23–0[a]0–32–31–00–3[b]0–13–10–3[b]0–3[b]0–10–1
Olympiacos2–02–13–05–03–04–03–13–01–02–02–05–11–22–22–12–03–0
Panathinaikos2–22–05–01–02–01–01–01–22–11–02–14–04–33–13–02–02–1
Panetolikos2–01–14–02–00–10–13–0[a]3–11–10–12–13–10–10–01–05–22–0
Panionios2–12–22–10–20–01–02–12–02–21–13–02–10–00–10–01–14–2
Panthrakikos1–11–10–03–21–01–03–0[a]0–01–32–10–01–03–11–11–02–01–1
PAOK0–02–11–01–12–11–03–04–00–01–21–23–23–21–11–02–14–1
PAS Giannina3–11–00–00–02–10–44–03–03–10–00–01–32–23–01–02–24–1
Platanias0–10–01–21–01–11–33–11–01–12–32–03–02–00–40–01–01–0
Skoda Xanthi0–01–00–12–10–02–02–02–11–34–23–01–10–04–21–10–02–2
Veria4–01–10–11–12–12–12–04–10–21–01–32–20–11–32–02–03–2
Source: Superleague Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

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.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Olympiacos2541532222222222111111111111111111
Panathinaikos10795768654333333333332222222223232
PAOK11322111111111111222223333333332323
Asteras Tripolis139109875576444444444444454444444444
Atromitos6257486865769899887777987877886665
PAS Giannina367111210111198897788779966667665555556
Panetolikos171516171616131289101010965555555545556778877
Skoda Xanthi12141513101310131011986677998888798688667788
Platanias181811141512910111013141112111211111112121412131414151515151514109
AEL Kalloni84343444335781010101010101110101011111110101010991110
Panthrakikos16131412131416161717161616161616161414131312131213131313131313151411
Panionios5106891114141413151514141315151515151515151412121212121212121312
Veria1113223347655556666699879101111111111111213
Levadiakos9121316171815151515141213131414141313141413141616161414141414131514
Ergotelis14161715141517171616171717171717171717161616161515151616161616161615
OFI71112101191291314121315151513131616171717171717171717171717171716
Niki Volos15171818181718181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181817
Kerkyra488665771212111112111211121212101111111010999991010918
Champion and Champions League group stage
Qualification for the play-offs
Relegation to 2015–16 Football League
Source: Superleague Greece
Notes: The sixth round was played between the twelfth and the thirteenth rounds, the eleventh round was played between the seventeenth and the eighteenth rounds and the twenty-sixth round was played between the twenty-eighth and the twenty-ninth rounds.

Play-offs

In the play-off for Champions League, the four qualified 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 placed 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 five.[citation needed]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPAOASTATRPAOK
2Panathinaikos641192+715Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round0–02–02–0
3Asteras Tripolis623124−210Qualification for the Europa League group stage0–41–01–0
4Atromitos62224408Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round2–00–01–1
5PAOK602416−54Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round0–10–00–1
Source: Superleague Greece: Standings and Schedule
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals rule; 5) classification of regular season.[citation needed]

Season statistics

Updated to games played on 10 May 2015

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[9]
1 Alejandro DomínguezOlympiacos11
2 Brana IlićPAS Giannina10
Nicolás MartínezPanetolikos10
4 Ben NabouhaneVeria9
5 Martín RolleAsteras Tripolis8

Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

MatchdayMVPBest GoalRef
1st Apostolos Giannou (Panionios) Vasil Shkurti (Niki Volos)[10]
2nd Giannis Skondras (PAOK) Nikolaos Kaltsas (AEL Kalloni)[11]
3rd Leozinho (AEL Kalloni) Nicolao Dumitru (Veria)[12]
4th Pajtim Kasami (Olympiacos) Panagiotis Zorbas (Kerkyra)[13]
5th Răzvan Raț (PAOK) Erik Moreno (Panetolikos)[14]
6th Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) Facundo Pereyra (PAOK)[15]
7th Georgios Makris (OFI) Giorgi Merebashvili (OFI)[16]
8th Răzvan Raț (PAOK) Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)[17]
9th Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) Javier Cámpora (Veria)[18]
10th Andrew Hogg (AEL Kalloni) Stefano Napoleoni (Atromitos)[19]
11th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Nikos Kaltsas (Veria)[20]
12th Cristian Chávez (PAS Giannina) Javier Umbides (Atromitos)[21]
13th Georgios Kantimiris (Veria) Evripidis Giakos (PAS Giannina)[22]
14th Ergys Kaçe (PAOK) Dimitris Kolovos (Panionios)[23]
15th Andi Lila (PAS Giannina) Dorin Goian (Asteras Tripolis)[24]
16th Ariel Ibagaza (Panionios) Diamantis Chouchoumis (Panathinaikos)[25]
17th Georgios Athanasiadis (Panthrakikos) Nikos Kaltsas (Veria)[26]
18th Nikos Korovesis (PAS Giannina) Mladen Petrić (Panathinaikos)[27]
19th Ben Nabouhane (Veria) Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)[28]
20th Markos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Jerónimo Barrales (Asteras Tripolis)[29]
21st André Alves (Panetolikos) Victor Klonaridis (Panathinaikos)[30]
22nd Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI) Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios)[31]
23rd Stavros Tsoukalas (PAS Giannina) Giorgi Merebashvili (OFI)[32]
24th Nicolás Martínez (Panetolikos) Manolis Moniakis (OFI)[33]
25th Vangelis Ikonomou (Panionios) Christian Noboa (PAOK)[34]
26th Pitu García (Atromitos) Pantelis Kapetanos (Skoda Xanthi)[35]
27th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Pantelis Kapetanos (Skoda Xanthi)[36]
28th Markos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Marcelinho (Atromitos)[37]
29th Petros Giakoumakis (Levadiakos) Nicolas Diguiny (Panthrakikos)[38]
30th Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina) Michalis Manias (PAS Giannina)[39]
31st Ben Nabouhane (Veria) Ergys Kaçe (PAOK)[40]
32nd Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos) Bruno Chalkiadakis (Ergotelis)[41]
33rd Andrey Gorbunov (Atromitos) Jorge Benítez (Olympiacos)[42]
34th Kévin Olimpa (Platanias) Victor Klonaridis (Panathinaikos)[43]

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 1 February 2016.[44]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Nikos KaltsasAtromitos
Foreign Player of the Season Alejandro DomínguezOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Charis CharisisPAS Giannina
Goalkeeper of the Season Markos VellidisPAS Giannina
Fair Play of the Season Christos TasoulisPanionios
Golden Boot Jerónimo BarralesAsteras Tripolis
Manager of the Season Giannis PetrakisPAS Giannina
Team of the Season[44]
Goalkeeper Markos Vellidis (PAS Giannina)
Defence Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos) Dimitrios Siovas (Olympiacos) Stathis Tavlaridis (Atromitos) Arthur Masuaku (Olympiacos)
Midfield Cleyton (Skoda Xanthi) Zeca (Panathinaikos) Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos) Nicolas Martínez (Panetolikos)
Attack Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos) Jerónimo Barrales (Asteras Tripolis)

Tickets

Updated to games played on 10 May 2015, as published on superleaguegreece.net.[45] Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
RankTeamGamesTicketsAverage
1Olympiacos16292,75418,267
2PAOK14147,65810,547
3Panathinaikos14107,6757,691
4OFI1141,8673,806
5Panetolikos1538,9592,597
6Asteras Tripolis1525,3311,689
7PAS Giannina1626,7231,670
8Skoda Xanthi1726,1931,541
9Ergotelis1522,5161,501
10Platanias1622,1461,384
11Veria1620,1501,282
12Atromitos1417,5161,251
13Panthrakikos1518,3761,225
14Niki Volos66,6991,117
15Kalloni1314,5051,116
16Panionios1617,1041,069
17Levadiakos1516,0041,067
18Kerkyra1513,866924

References