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:
Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Dušan BajevićAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Aris MazinhoThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800
Asteras Tripolis Nikos KostenoglouTripoliAsteras Tripolis Stadium4,200
Ergotelis Nikos KarageorgiouHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,400
Iraklis Oleh ProtasovThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium28,028
Larissa Marinos OuzounidisLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Levadiakos Momčilo VukotićLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium8,000
OFI Ioannis MatzourakisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,400
Olympiacos Ernesto ValverdePiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,334
Panathinaikos Henk ten CateAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Panionios Giotis StamatopoulosNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
Panserraikos Hugo BroosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium8,500
Panthrakikos Emilio FerreraKomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium4,500
PAOK Fernando SantosThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,850
Skoda Xanthi Georgios ParaschosXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,422
Thrasyvoulos Sakis TsiolisFyliFyli Municipal Stadium3,142

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:
The play-off winners entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since AEK Athens have lost the final of the 2008–09 Greek Cup to Champions League-bound Olympiacos, all three Greek Europa League spots were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ismael BlancoAEK Athens14
1 Luciano GallettiOlympiacos14
3 Dimitris SalpingidisPanathinaikos10
4 LeonardoLevadiakos9
4 Maciej ŻurawskiLarissa9
6 Danijel CesarecAsteras Tripolis8
6 Patrick OgunsotoErgotelis8
6 Zdravko PopovićOFI8
6 Rafik DjebbourAEK Athens8
10 Ibrahima BakayokoPAOK7
10 EdinhoAEK Athens7
10 Fabián EstoyanoffPanionios7
10 Lucio FilomenoAsteras Tripolis7
10 Bennard Yao KumordziPanionios7
10 Zlatan MuslimovićPAOK7
10 Dame N'DoyeOFI7

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Top assistants

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Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)

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Transfers

Teams by region