2008–09 Super League Greece
The 2008–09 Super League Greece was the 73rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the third under the name Super League. The season began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.
Team changes from 2007–08
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Beta Ethniki:- Champions: Panserraikos
- Runners-up: Thrasyvoulos
- 3rd placed team: Panthrakikos
- 14th placed team: Atromitos
- 15th placed team: Veria
- 16th placed team: Apollon Kalamarias
Teams
Stadia and personnel
Team | Manager1 | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
Aris | Mazinho | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
Asteras Tripolis | Nikos Kostenoglou | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 4,200 |
Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
Iraklis | Oleh Protasov | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 28,028 |
Larissa | Marinos Ouzounidis | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
Levadiakos | Momčilo Vukotić | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 8,000 |
OFI | Ioannis Matzourakis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
Olympiacos | Ernesto Valverde | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
Panathinaikos | Henk ten Cate | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
Panionios | Giotis Stamatopoulos | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
Panserraikos | Hugo Broos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium | 8,500 |
Panthrakikos | Emilio Ferrera | Komotini | Komotini Municipal Stadium | 4,500 |
PAOK | Fernando Santos | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,850 |
Skoda Xanthi | Georgios Paraschos | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,422 |
Thrasyvoulos | Sakis Tsiolis | Fyli | Fyli Municipal Stadium | 3,142 |
- 1 On final match day of the season, played on 26 April 2009.
League table (regular season)
Results
Play-offs
The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own number of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the number of bonus points.The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
- PAOK – 3 points '
- Panathinaikos – 2 points '
- AEK Athens – 1 point '
- Larissa – 0 points '
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | 14 |
1 | Luciano Galletti | Olympiacos | 14 |
3 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | 10 |
4 | Leonardo | Levadiakos | 9 |
4 | Maciej Żurawski | Larissa | 9 |
6 | Danijel Cesarec | Asteras Tripolis | 8 |
6 | Patrick Ogunsoto | Ergotelis | 8 |
6 | Zdravko Popović | OFI | 8 |
6 | Rafik Djebbour | AEK Athens | 8 |
10 | Ibrahima Bakayoko | PAOK | 7 |
10 | Edinho | AEK Athens | 7 |
10 | Fabián Estoyanoff | Panionios | 7 |
10 | Lucio Filomeno | Asteras Tripolis | 7 |
10 | Bennard Yao Kumordzi | Panionios | 7 |
10 | Zlatan Muslimović | PAOK | 7 |
10 | Dame N'Doye | OFI | 7 |
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