2007–08 Super League Greece
The 2007–08 Super League Greece was the 72nd season of the highest football league of Greece and the second under the name Super League. The season began on 1 September 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.
Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions | Olympiacos 36th Greek title |
Relegated | Atromitos Veria Apollon Kalamarias |
Champions League | Olympiacos Panathinaikos |
UEFA Cup | Aris (via domestic cup) AEK Athens |
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 |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
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 of 21–22 September due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).
On 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1 million cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.[1]
Teams
Stadia and personnel

Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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PAOK | ![]() |
3 September 2007 | 14th | ![]() |
3 September 2007 |
Aris | ![]() |
4 September 2007 | 7th | ![]() |
7 September 2007 |
Veria | ![]() |
12 October 2007 | 12th | ![]() |
15 October 2007 |
Skoda Xanthi | ![]() |
22 October 2007 | 6th | ![]() |
22 October 2007 |
OFI | ![]() |
12 November 2007 | 13th | ![]() |
16 November 2007 |
Veria | ![]() |
10 December 2007 | 15th | ![]() |
12 December 2007 |
Iraklis | ![]() |
17 December 2007 | 9th | ![]() |
24 December 2007 |
AEK Athens | ![]() |
12 February 2008 | 3rd | ![]() |
12 February 2008 |
Asteras Tripolis | ![]() |
24 February 2008 | 5th | ![]() |
25 February 2008 |
Levadiakos | ![]() |
3 March 2008 | 13th | ![]() |
5 March 2008 |
Olympiacos | ![]() |
11 March 2008 | 2nd | ![]() |
11 March 2008 |
Veria | ![]() |
11 March 2008 | 14th | ![]() |
13 March 2008 |
Veria | ![]() |
23 March 2008 | 15th | ![]() |
23 March 2008 |
Atromitos | ![]() |
26 March 2008 | 12th | ![]() |
27 March 2008 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 66 | |
4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 50 | |
5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45[lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | Larissa | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 45[lower-alpha 2] | |
7 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 44 | |
8 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 36 | |
9 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 35[lower-alpha 3] | |
10 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 35[lower-alpha 3] | |
11 | Levadiakos | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 33 | |
12 | OFI | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 32 | |
13 | Ergotelis | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 30 | |
14 | Atromitos (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to the Beta Ethniki |
15 | Veria (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 23 | |
16 | Apollon Kalamarias[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- The match of Apollon Kalamarias vs. Olympiacos, originally 1–0 to the home side, was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player. Apollon Kalamarias were docked one extra point.
- Head-to-head record: Panionios–Larissa 3–1, Larissa–Panionios 1–0.
- Head-to-head record: PAOK–Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–0, Iraklis Thessaloniki–PAOK 1–0.
Results
Play-offs
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 Football Cup automatically qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, 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 zero 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 zero 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.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
- AEK Athens – 8
- Panathinaikos – 7
- Aris – 2
- Panionios – 0
Play-off table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
4 | Aris[lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Football Cup performance.
Matches
23 April 2008 Matchday 1 | Aris | 1–1 | Panathinaikos | Thessaloniki |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 6,140 Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos (Epirus) |
23 April 2008 Matchday 1 | AEK Athens | 5–0 | Panionios | Athens |
21:00 | Stadium: Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Attendance: 7,372 Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens) |
30 April 2008 Matchday 2 | Panionios | 1–0 | Aris | Athens |
16:45 |
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Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) |
30 April 2008 Matchday 2 | Panathinaikos | 4–1 | AEK Athens | Athens |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 8,528 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) |
4 May 2008 Matchday 3 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Aris | Athens |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Attendance: 9,995 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Athens) |
4 May 2008 Matchday 3 | Panionios | 1–2 | Panathinaikos | Athens |
21:00 |
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Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,996 Referee: Ilias Stavridis (Pieria) |
7 May 2008 Matchday 4 | Aris | 4–0 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
16:45 |
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Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 2,257 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion) |
7 May 2008 Matchday 4 | Panathinaikos | 3–0 | Panionios | Athens |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens) |
11 May 2008 Matchday 5 | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | Aris | Athens |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 15,420 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) |
11 May 2008 Matchday 5 | Panionios | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Athens |
21:00 |
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Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella) |
14 May 2008 Matchday 6 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | Panathinaikos | Athens |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) |
Top scorers
Last updated April 20, 2008
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
AEK Athens | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
Olympiacos | 17 |
3 | ![]() |
Panathinaikos | 15 |
4 | ![]() |
Skoda Xanthi | 14 |
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Panionios | ||
6 | ![]() |
AEK Athens | 11 |
7 | ![]() |
Panionios | 10 |
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Olympiacos | ||
9 | ![]() |
Asteras Tripolis | 9 |
Source: Galanis Sports Data
See also
- Super League Greece
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2007-08
Notes
- "UEFA helps Greece rebuild". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2013-04-15.