2007–08 Superleague Greece
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| Season | 2007–08 |
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| Champions | Olympiacos 36th Greek title |
| Relegated | Atromitos Veria Apollon Kalamarias |
| UEFA Champions League | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
| UEFA Cup | Aris (via domestic cup) AEK Athens |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | Panionios |
| Matches played | 252 |
| Goals scored | 601 (2.38 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ismael Blanco (19) |
| Biggest home win | Skoda Xanthi 6–1 Apollon Kalamarias AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios |
| Biggest away win | Levadiakos 0–4 Panathinaikos Panionios 0–4 Olympiacos PAOK 0–4 AEK Athens |
| Highest scoring | Olympiacos 6–2 OFI Levadiakos 5–3 Veria |
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2007-08 was the second season of the Super League's, and started on September 1, 2007. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.
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[edit] Postponement
On 25 August the Super League and The Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25 and 26 August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea). The championship started on 1 September 2007. Matchday 2 was carried out on the weekend 21 – 22 September, due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).
On February 20, 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1m cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.[1]
[edit] Regular season final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 1 | Olympiacos | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 55 | 27 | +30 | UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 65 | 17 | +48 | Qualified for the playoffs. |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 18 | +26 | |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 20 | +12 | |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 39 | 42 | -3 | |
| 6 | Larissa | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 30 | +5 | |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 24 | +4 | |
| 8 | Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 33 | 39 | -6 | |
| 9 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 29 | 35 | -6 | |
| 10 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 28 | 33 | -5 | |
| 11 | Levadiakos | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 32 | 51 | -19 | |
| 12 | OFI | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 39 | 49 | -10 | |
| 13 | Ergotelis | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 41 | -13 | |
| 14 | Atromitos | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 36 | -13 | Relegated to Beta Ethniki |
| 15 | Veria | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 44 | -23 | |
| 16 | Apollon Kalamarias 1 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 57 | -30 |
Source:Super League Greece
1 Apollon Kalamarias were deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligable player.
| Alpha Ethniki 2007-08 Champions |
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| Olympiacos 36th Title |
[edit] Results
Last updated April 20, 2008
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Home/Away1 |
AEK | APO | ARI | AST | ATR | ERG | IRA | AEL | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PAN | PAOK | VER | XAN |
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| AEK Athens | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 3-0 | |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Aris | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
| Asteras Tripolis | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
| Atromitos | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | |
| Ergotelis | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| Iraklis | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| Larissa | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | |
| Levadiakos | 0-4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 5-3 | 2-1 | |
| OFI | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | |
| Olympiacos | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |
| Panathinaikos | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| Panionios | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | |
| PAOK | 0-4 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | |
| Veria | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | |
| Xanthi | 0-1 | 6-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
Source: SuperleagueGreece
1 The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
[edit] Playoffs
The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a two-legged tier from which the winner advances to the 3rd round qualification of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically qualifies for the UEFA Cup 2008-09, as well as the runners-up of the Super League play-off.
In the play-off for Champions League, the 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 place 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 three to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.
| Playoff Position | Tournament |
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| 1 | UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round |
| 2 | UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round |
| 3 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Second round1 |
| 4 | Eliminated from European competitions1 |
1 The third-placed team of the playoff should get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket and the fourth-placed team should have an empty handed. However, Aris, one of the playoff representative, qualified to the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as the Greek Cup finalists. Hence, the fourth-placed team could get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket. If Aris failed to get into top three of the playoff, the third-placed team still get a UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket.
[edit] Playoffs final standings
Last updated May 14, 2008
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 5 | +9 | UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | -1 | UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Aris 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 4 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round |
(*) The teams started the minileague with the following number of points:
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- AEK Athens - 8
- Panathinaikos - 7
- Aris - 2
- Panionios - 0
1 Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round through their Greek Cup performance.
[edit] Results
[edit] Matchday 1
| 2008-04-23 19:00 |
Aris | 1 – 1 | Panathinaikos | Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki Attendance: 6,140 Referee: D. Kyrkos (Epirus) |
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Koke  74' |
Papadopoulos 87' (pen.) |
| 2008-04-23 21:00 |
AEK Athens | 5 – 0 | Panionios | Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens Attendance: 7,372 Referee: M. Germanakos (Athens) |
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| Edinho 28' Rivaldo 39' 77'Blanco 74'Kallon 91' |
[edit] Matchday 2
| 2008-04-30 16:45 |
Panionios | 1 – 0 | Aris | Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens) Attendance: 1,049 Referee: G. Daloukas (Thessaly) |
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| Kumordzi 80' |
| 2008-04-30 19:00 |
Panathinaikos | 4 – 1 | AEK Athens | Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Attendance: 8,528 Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) |
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| Papadopoulos 8' Mattos 27'Ivanschitz 32' 45' |
Rivaldo 71' |
[edit] Matchday 3
| 2008-05-04 19:00 |
AEK Athens | 1 – 0 | Aris | Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens Attendance: 9,995 Referee: G. Kasnaferis (Athens) |
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| Liberopoulos 54' |
| 2008-05-04 21:00 |
Panionios | 1 – 2 | Panathinaikos | Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens) Attendance: 1,996 Referee: I. Stavridis (Pieria) |
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| Djebbour 74' |
Manucho 16' 82' |
[edit] Matchday 4
| 2008-05-07 16:45 |
Aris | 4 – 0 | AEK Athens | Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki Attendance: 2,257 Referee: M. Koukoulakis (Heraklion) |
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| Nebegleras 6' Javito 39' 48'Koke 55' |
| 2008-05-07 19:00 |
Panathinaikos | 3 – 0 | Panionios | Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Ch. Zografos (Athens) |
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| Karagounis 21' 43' Manucho 64' (pen.) |
[edit] Matchday 5
| 2008-05-11 19:00 |
Panathinaikos | 3 – 1 | Aris | Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Attendance: 15,420 Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu) |
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| Karagounis 65' 63' N'Doye 62' |
Thiago 73' |
| 2008-05-11 21:00 |
Panionios | 2 – 2 | AEK Athens | Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens) Attendance: 1,011 Referee: L. Polatian (Pella) |
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| Dario Fernandez 21' Skoufalis 90' |
Rivaldo 21' Liberopoulos 39' |
[edit] Matchday 6
| 2008-05-14 19:00 |
AEK Athens | 1 – 1 | Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis", Athens Attendance: 5,032 Referee: K. Vassaras (Thessaloniki) |
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| Nsaliwa 51' |
Mattos 26' |
| 2008-05-14 19:00 |
Aris | 3 – 3 | Panionios | Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki Attendance: 3,452 Referee: M. Dakos (Xanthi) |
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| Toni Calvo 6' Ivic 48'Amoroso 75' (pen.) |
Sialmas 8' 82' Kapetanos 38' |
[edit] Top scorers
Last updated April 20, 2008
| # | Name | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Ismael Blanco |
AEK Athens | 19 |
| 2 |  Darko Kovačević |
Olympiacos | 17 |
| 3 |  Dimitris Salpigidis |
Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 4 |  Tomasz Radzinski |
Xanthi | 14 |
| = |  Rafik Djebbour |
Panionios | 14 |
Source: Galanis Sports Data
[edit] Coaches
| Team | Name |
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| AEK Athens | Nikos Kostenoglou |
| Apollon Kalamarias | Makis Katsavakis |
| Aris | Dušan Bajević |
| Asteras Tripolis | Panagiotis Tzanavaras |
| Atromitos |  Paulo Cambos |
| Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou |
| Iraklis |  Miguel Angel Lamilla |
| Larissa | Giorgos Donis |
| Levadiakos | Bambis Tennes |
| OFI | Giorgos Paraschos |
| Olympiacos | José Segura |
| Panathinaikos |  José Peseiro |
| Panionios |  Ewald Lienen |
| PAOK | Fernando Santos |
| Veria | Leonidas Yfantidis |
| Xanthi | Nikos Kehagias |
Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.
| Team | Name |
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| Aris | Juan Carlos Oliva |
| PAOK | Giorgos Paraschos |
| Xanthi |  Emilio Ferrera |
| Veria | Dimitris Kalaitzidis |
| OFI | Reiner Maurer |
| Veria | Ratko Dostanic |
| Iraklis | Ivan Jovanović |
| AEK Athens | Lorenzo Serra Ferrer |
| Asteras Tripolis | Paulo Campos |
| Levadiakos |  Georgi Vasilev |
| Olympiacos | Takis Lemonis |
| Veria | Giannis Mantzourakis |
| Veria | Giotis Tsalouhidis |
| Atromitos | Ángel Guillermo Hoyos |
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