2015–16 Super League Greece

The 2015–16 Super League Greece was the 80th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the tenth under its current title. The season started on 22 August 2015 and ended in May 2016. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Football League. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive title and 43rd overall, making a record collection of points (85 out of 90) in a championship of 30 games.[1][2]

Super League Greece
Season2015–16
Dates22 August 2015 – 17 April 2016
ChampionsOlympiacos
43rd title
RelegatedPanthrakikos
AEL Kalloni
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
PAOK
Europa LeaguePanathinaikos
AEK Athens
PAS Giannina
Matches played240
Goals scored543 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Fortounis
(18 goals)
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Olympiacos 5–0 AEL Kalloni
(17 April 2016)
Biggest away winPanetolikos 1–5 Panionios
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoringPanthrakikos 3–4 Olympiacos
(5 December 2015)
Panetolikos 2–5 Olympiacos
(10 April 2016)
Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Longest winning runOlympiacos (17 games)
Longest unbeaten runOlympiacos (21 games)
Longest winless runAEL Kalloni (13 games)
Longest losing runAEL Kalloni (8 games)
Highest attendanceAEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos
(13 February 2016) 31,121
Lowest attendanceLevadiakos 1–1 Iraklis
(16 January 2016) 197
Total attendance1,042,228

Teams

Four teams were relegated from the 2014–15 season. Kerkyra and Ergotelis play in Football League for the 2015–16 season. Niki Volos and OFI will play in Gamma Ethniki.

Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Football League, champions AEK Athens and Iraklis, two teams with a long history in the top championship of Greece.

Stadiums and locations

ClubAp.LocationVenueCapacity
AEK Athens55MarousiAthens Olympic Stadium69,638
Asteras Tripolis9TripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
Atromitos15PeristeriPeristeri Stadium10,005
Iraklis52ThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,000
AEL Kalloni3MytileneMytilene Municipal Stadium3,000
Levadiakos15LivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
Olympiacos57PiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium32,115
Panathinaikos57AmpelokipoiLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,003
Panetolikos7AgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,000
Panionios55Nea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
Panthrakikos6KomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,200
PAOK57ThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS Giannina21IoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
Platanias4ChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000
Skoda Xanthi27XanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,422
Veria16VeriaVeria Stadium6,500

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
AEK Athens Stelios Manolas Petros MantalosNikePame Stoixima
AEL Kalloni Nikos Karageorgiou Giorgos ManousosAdidasNovibet
Asteras Tripolis Makis Chavos Dorin GoianNikeStoiximan.GR
Atromitos Traianos Dellas Luiz BritoSallerTzoker
Iraklis Nikos Papadopoulos Nikos PourtoulidisBlue LinePame Stoixima
Levadiakos Dimitris Farantos Thanasis MoulopoulosUmbroVanmax S.A.
Olympiacos Marco Silva David FusterAdidasStoiximan.GR
Panathinaikos Andrea Stramaccioni ZecaPumaPame Stoixima
Panetolikos Giannis Matzourakis Georgios KousasJomaPame Stoixima
Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis Pavlos MitropoulosTempo SportTzoker
Panthrakikos Zoran Stoinović Antonis LadakisNikeStoiximan.GR
PAOK Vladimir Ivić Stefanos AthanasiadisMacronSportingbet
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios MichailNikeTzoker
Platanias Giorgos Paraschos Dimitris AlkisMacronStoiximan.GR
Skoda Xanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos FliskasJomaPame Stoixima
Veria Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Alexandros VergonisNikeStoiximan.GR

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Panetolikos Makis ChavosEnd of contract30 June 2015Pre-season Leonel Pontes9 June 2015
Atromitos Nikos Nioplias Michalis Grigoriou14 June 2015
PAOK Georgios GeorgiadisEnd of tenure as caretaker Igor Tudor18 June 2015
Veria Dimitris Christoforidis Georgios Georgiadis18 June 2015
Olympiacos Vítor PereiraResigned Marco Silva7 July 2015
Panthrakikos José Manuel RocaSacked15 September 201516th Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos19 September 2015
Panetolikos Leonel Pontes28 September 20155th Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker)28 September 2015
Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker7 October 201510th Giannis Matzourakis7 October 2015
AEK Athens Traianos DellasResigned20 October 20154th Stelios Manolas (caretaker)20 October 2015
Stelios Manolas (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker28 October 20153rd Gus Poyet28 October 2015
Panathinaikos Giannis AnastasiouMutual consent2 November 20152nd Steve Rutter (caretaker)2 November 2015
Atromitos Michalis GrigoriouSacked3 November 201513th Traianos Dellas4 November 2015
Panathinaikos Steve Rutter (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker8 November 20152nd Andrea Stramaccioni8 November 2015
AEL Kalloni Thalis TheodoridisSacked27 December 201516th Nikos Karageorgiou27 December 2015
Veria Georgios Georgiadis18 January 201612th Nikos Karampimperis (caretaker)22 January 2016
Panthrakikos Dimitris Eleftheropoulos26 January 201615th Giannis Chatzinikolaou26 January 2016
Veria Nikos Karampimperis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker26 January 201613th Dimitris Eleftheropoulos26 January 2016
Asteras Tripolis Staikos VergetisResigned29 January 20165th Dimitris Terezopoulos (caretaker)29 January 2016
Dimitris Terezopoulos (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker29 January 20166th Makis Chavos29 February 2016
PAOK Igor TudorSacked9 March 20164th Vladimir Ivić9 March 2016
Panthrakikos Giannis Chatzinikolaou16 March 201615th Zoran Stoinović17 March 2016
Levadiakos Akis Mantzios8 April 201611th Dimitris Farantos8 April 2016
AEK Athens Gus PoyetResigned9 April 20163rd Stelios Manolas (caretaker)10 April 2016

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)3028118116+6585Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2Panathinaikos[a]3018485226+2655Qualification for the Play-offs
3AEK Athens[b]3017674321+2254
4PAOK[c]3013984532+1345
5Panionios30128103327+644
6PAS Giannina30126123640−442Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[d]
7Asteras Tripolis30118113130+141
8Atromitos[e]30126122631−539[f]
9Platanias30109113230+239[f]
10Levadiakos30910112736−937
11Panetolikos3098133046−1635[g]
12Iraklis30811112432−835[g]
13Skoda Xanthi3061592732−533
14Veria30512131933−1427
15Panthrakikos (R)3038191858−4017Relegation to the Football League
16AEL Kalloni (R)3037201953−3416
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
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).[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAEKASTATRIRAKALLEVOLYPAOPNEPGSSPNTPAOKPASPLAXANVER
AEK Athens0–11–05–13–01–21–01–02–02–03–01–03–13–02–13–0
Asteras Tripolis0–01–01–23–12–01–20–00–22–14–02–10–01–11–12–1
Atromitos1–02–11–01–01–01–21–21–01–01–21–20–20–00–10–0
Iraklis1–10–12–03–00–10–21–00–00–10–03–31–00–01–11–1
AEL Kalloni0–01–12–40–10–00–20–25–11–12–01–30–22–12–20–1
Levadiakos3–02–11–11–11–00–20–22–20–21–10–01–10–31–01–1
Olympiacos4–03–14–02–05–03–13–11–03–04–01–05–13–11–03–0
Panathinaikos0–02–02–04–04–03–00–3[a]4–20–06–12–23–11–00–13–2
Panetolikos1–02–11–12–01–02–02–51–21–51–00–32–11–22–21–1
Panionios1–10–00–11–02–00–21–31–02–01–13–12–02–13–00–1
Panthrakikos1–20–20–10–30–01–33–41–00–00–12–12–40–20–00–2
PAOK2–12–01–10–13–02–00–23–10–02–13–33–11–00–02–1
PAS Giannina0–21–21–02–22–10–10–30–32–01–12–03–12–01–12–0
Platanias0–32–01–20–02–12–11–12–31–10–04–00–00–13–10–0
Skoda Xanthi0–00–02–22–00–02–21–30–13–12–01–01–10–10–21–1
Veria1–21–00–10–02–00–00–20–10–11–10–00–31–10–11–1
Source: Super League 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. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Olympiacos221111111111111111111111111111
Panathinaikos414222222224324334333333333332
AEK Athens162343433542232222222222222223
PAOK9129535546666443443444554444554
Panionios1593984354353555656665445555445
PAS Giannina7484771011712810111088897810121211976866
Asteras Tripolis3711769765435667565556666669797
Atromitos536810138913141414141414141414141313131313131310978
Platanias1613151516151410910977811101010111211910121287689
Levadiakos13141213116671071288767778912111187911111110
Panetolikos1185651011121411111313131313121197777710118101011
Iraklis61013121212121412131311999998101088810111213131212
Skoda Xanthi101171191113131197910111212131212119109981012121313
Veria85101014898881012121210111113131414141414141414141414
Panthrakikos141516161516161616161616161515151515151515151516151515151515
AEL Kalloni121614141314151515151515151616161616161616161615161616161616
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round
Qualification for the play-offs
Relegation to 2016–17 Football League

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 in fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with 0 points. Its end-of-season tally of points is then used to calculate the number of points with which the other teams will start the play-offs: more specifically, each of the three other teams participating in the play-offs will have the fifth-placed team's total points tally subtracted from their own points tally and then divided by five – giving the final figure.[6]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPAOKPAOAEKPGSS
2PAOK633083+512Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round1–12–12–0
3Panathinaikos623186+211Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]1–13–01–0
4AEK Athens621357−290–03–11–0
5Panionios[b]611427−540–21–11–0
Source: Superleague Greece: Standings, Schedule, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.[7]
Notes:

Season statistics

Updated to games played 17 April 2016

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[9]
1 Kostas FortounisOlympiacos13
2 Olivier BoumalePanionios / Panathinaikos9
3 Anastasios BakasetasPanionios6
Brown IdeyeOlympiacos6
Javier UmbidesAtromitos6
7 Rodrigo GaloAEK Athens5
Fanouris GoundoulakisPlatanias5
HernâniOlympiacos5
Brana IlićPAS Giannina5
Sebastián LetoPanathinaikos5
Dani NietoSkoda Xanthi5
Dimitrios PelkasPAOK5
Lucas VillafáñezPanetolikos / Panathinaikos5

Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

MatchdayMVP[10]Best Goal[10]Ref
1st Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Rodrigo Galo (AEK Athens)[11]
2nd Marcos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Amr Warda (Panetolikos)[12]
3rd Diego Buonanotte (AEK Athens)[13]
4th Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos)[14]
5th Vangelis Mantzios (Levadiakos) Hélder Barbosa (AEK Athens)[15]
6th Roberto (Olympiacos) Pavlos Kyriakidis (Iraklis)[16]
7th Brown Ideye (Olympiacos) Luka Milunović (Platanias)[17]
8th Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Christos Aravidis (AEK Athens)[18]
9th Diego Romano (Iraklis) Manolis Papasterianos (Xanthi)[19]
10th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)[20]
11th Jakob Johansson (AEK Athens) Kenan Bargan (AEL Kalloni)[21]
12th Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)[22]
13th Huanderson (Iraklis) Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)[23]
14th Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos) Olivier Boumale (Panionios)[24]
15th Panagiotis Tsintotas (Levadiakos) Rogério Martins (Panthrakikos)[25]
16th Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) Hélder Barbosa (AEK Athens)[26]
17th Giannis Anestis (AEK Athens) Hélder Barbosa (AEK Athens)[27]
18th Sokratis Dioudis (Panionios) Hélder Barbosa (AEK Athens)[28]
19th Michalis Manias (PAS Giannina) Michael Essien (Panathinaikos)[29]
20th Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)[30]
21st Luiz Brito (Atromitos) Fanouris Goundoulakis (Platanias)[31]
22nd Leozinho (Iraklis)[32]
23rd Gojko Cimirot (PAOK)[33]
24th Ronald Vargas (AEK Athens)[34]
25th Lucas Villafáñez (Panathinaikos) Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)[35]
26th Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios)[36]
27th Hernâni (Olympiacos) Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)[37]
28th Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios) Karim Ansarifard (Panionios)[38]
29th Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Tomáš Pekhart (AEK Athens)[39]
30th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)[40]

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 30 January 2017.[41]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Kostas FortounisOlympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Marcus BergPanathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Charis CharisisPAOK
Goalkeeper of the Season Roberto JimenezOlympiacos
Golden Boot Kostas FortounisOlympiacos
Manager of the Season Marinos OuzounidisPanionios
Team of the Season[41]
Goalkeeper Roberto (Olympiacos)
Defence Rodrigo Galo (AEK Athens) Rodrigo Moledo (Panathinaikos) Georgios Tzavellas (PAOK) Arthur Masuaku (Olympiacos)
Midfield Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Zeca (Panathinaikos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Manolis Siopis (Panionios) Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios)
Attack Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)

Attendances

Average attendances counted officially without games played behind closed gates from Superleague.

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Olympiacos272,30330,31413,22720,946+21.6%2
2PAOK158,54225,6745,76211,913+31.7%2
3AEK Athens162,27731,1212,64711,150n/a1,2
4Panathinaikos80,42315,6404,3787,645+20.7%2
5Iraklis42,09110,0439793,091n/a1
6Panetolikos35,1534,1601,7072,344−3.7%
7PAS Giannina31,9214,4841,1702,128+35.4%
8Platanias28,3803,0521,4531,892+45.2%
9Asteras Tripolis25,2042,5589611,680+6.1%
10Panionios20,8342,7626641,410+40.2%
11Skoda Xanthi18,9822,9785921,265−17.9%
12Veria18,0143,5575001,201+1.7%
13Panthrakikos17,4842,3726861,166+1.5%
14Atromitos12,9592,284492960−17.8%2
15AEL Kalloni13,8112,159256921−4.8%
16Levadiakos12,7254,931197858−11.6%
League total951,10331,1211973,996+27.0%

Updated to games played on 17 April 2016
Source: [1]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Olympiacos - AEK - PAOK - Panathinaikos - Atromitos games were played behind closed gates
3: Playoff matches is not included

References