2010–11 Superleague Greece

Superleague Greece
Season 2010–11
Champions Olympiacos
38th title
Relegated Olympiakos Volou
Kavala
Larissa
Panserraikos
Iraklis
Champions League Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Europa League P.A.O.K.
AEK
Olympiakos Volou
Matches played 240
Goals scored 528 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Djibril Cissé (20)
Biggest home win Olympiacos 6–0 AEK
Olympiacos 6–0 AEL
Biggest away win Aris 0–4 AEK
AEK 0–4 Olymp. Volou
Highest scoring Kerkyra 3–4 Aris

The 2010–11 Superleague Greece was the 52nd season of the highest football league of Greece and the fifth under the name Superleague. The league consisted of 16 teams, the 13 best teams of the 2009–10 season and three teams that had been promoted from the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki.

The season began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the regular season[1] and ended on 25 May 2011 with the last matches of the European playoff round.[2] Panathinaikos were the defending champions, having won their 20th Greek championship in the 2009–10 season.

The season was marred by Koriopolis, a match-fixing scandal which involved several teams from the top three leagues of Greek football.

Season summary

Title race

The league was won by Olympiacos Piraeus, who earned their 38th Greek league title. They finished with a 13-point lead over runners-up Panathinaikos, who had to compete in a play-off round which determined the exact allocation of spots for both European competitions.

Panathinaikos was joined in the play-offs by third-placed club and city rivals AEK Athens, fourth-placed PAOK from Thessaloniki and fifth-placed Olympiakos Volou. Panathinaikos eventually won the play-off group and thus earned the second Greek spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Since AEK had already won the 2010–11 Greek Cup competition a few weeks earlier and thus were already qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, both PAOK and Olympiakos Volos were guaranteed a spot in that competition as well.

Relegation

See also: Koriopolis

After thirty matches, the relegation spots were occupied by 14th-placed Asteras Tripolis, 15th-placed Larissa and last-placed Panserraikos. However, all three clubs eventually stayed in the league after Iraklis, Kavala and Olympiakos Volou were demoted by separate sports court decisions.

On 19 May 2011, Iraklis were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season over unpaid debts[3] and thus demoted to the second-level Football League. Soon afterwards, the Thessaloniki club was found guilty of having forged documents during the winter transfer window and put at the end of the standings.[4]

A few days after the Iraklis verdict, it became evident that several clubs and officials throughout the top leagues of Greek football were involved in a match-fixing scandal. Investigations in the matter were taken all summer. On 28 July 2011, Kavala and Olympiakos Volou were found guilty of having taken part in illegal actions and were therefore demoted to the Football League.[5] However, both clubs appealed to the decision and they stayed at the Superleague Greece, though they were deducted 8 and 10 points respectively.[5] On 11 August 2011, UEFA disqualified Olympiakos Volou from further participation in the UEFA Europa League.[6] Finally on 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiakos Volou of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the scandal.[7]

Teams

Levadiakos, PAS Giannina and Panthrakikos had been relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the league table. Levadiakos concluded a four-year run in the highest football league of Greece. Panthrakikos finished a two-year tenure with the league, while PAS Giannina had to return to the Football League, formerly known as Beta Ethniki, after just one season.

The three relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Beta Ethniki champions Olympiakos Volos, runners-up Kerkyra and promotion playoff winners Panserraikos. Olympiakos Volos returned to the Greek top football level after 20 seasons. Kerkyra ended a three-year absence from the Superleague, while Panserraikos immediately returned to the league.

Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 69,618
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Asteras Tripoli Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Stadium 6,430
Atromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 8,939
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240
Iraklis Thessaloniki Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium 27,770
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500
Kerkyra Kerkyra Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
Larissa Larissa AEL FC Arena1 16,500
Olympiacos Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Olympiakos Volou Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700
Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 69,618
Panionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 10,000
P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,701
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361

Notes

  1. Larissa moved to AEL FC Arena upon its completion in December 2010. Previous matches were hosted at Alcazar Stadium.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 24 1 5 65 18+47 73 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 18 6 6 47 26+21 60 Qualification to European Playoffs
3 AEK Athens 30 15 5 10 46 37+9 50
4 PAOK 30 14 6 10 32 29+3 48
5 Olympiakos Volou (DQ) 30 12 11 7 40 28 +12 47 Qualification to the European Playoffs
Relegation to the 2011–12 Delta Ethniki 1
6 Aris 30 13 6 11 29 290 45
7 Kavala (DQ) 30 10 10 10 29 27+2 40 Relegation to 2011–12 Delta Ethniki 1
8 Ergotelis 30 11 6 13 32 386 39
9 Skoda Xanthi 30 9 9 12 29 356 36
10 Panionios 30 8 11 11 25 3510 35
11 Atromitos 30 7 13 10 30 344 34
12 Kerkyra 30 9 6 15 30 4010 33
13 Asteras Tripoli 30 7 10 13 21 298 31
14 Larissa (R) 30 5 10 15 29 4718 25 Relegation to 2011–12 Football League
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 6 6 18 22 4826 24
16 Iraklis Thessaloniki (R) 30 7 14 9 22 286 35 Relegation to 2011–12 Football League 2 2

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match
1 On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiakos Volou and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiakos Volou had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiakos Volou of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.[7]
2 On 19 May 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Iraklis guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window. Therefore the club was automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League.[4]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK ARI ASTATRERGIRTKAVKERAELOLYOVLPATPIOPSETSPXAN
AEK Athens 12 22 10 31 00 10 00 40 10 04 10 11 20 40 10
Aris 04 10 20 10 01 10 20 11 12 21 01 02 31 00 02
Asteras Tripoli 03 12 11 30 00 01 02 11 01 21 00 31 02 00 12
Atromitos 11 00 00 11 11 00 42 30 31 22 01 12 21 22 11
Ergotelis 23 00 01 11 10 21 30 21 022 00 14 20 20 12 10
Iraklis Thessaloniki 20 10 00 10 11 01 00 10 21 00 13 11 11 00 11
Kavala 21 01 10 11 31 30 10 10 01 01 22 21 00 01 11
Kerkyra 21 34 12 31 10 00 11 10 02 13 02 12 30 21 11
Larissa 23 22 02 10 33 21 00 11 01 12 20 01 21 12 30
Olympiacos 60 10 30 21 30 20 31 20 60 31 21 50 42 30 10
Olympiakos Volou 31 11 11 20 01 11 11 10 11 01 32 00 30 03 30
Panathinaikos 31 10 10 11 20 42 42 21 11 21 01 21 20 10 11
Panionios 10 10 00 01 01 10 11 01 33 11 01 11 00 10 02
Panserraikos 13 10 01 01 04 12 10 02 10 01 22 10 11 11 21
PAOK 21 01 10 01 20 10 02 20 10 21 11 01 31 32 21
Skoda Xanthi 02 12 10 30 01 22 11 21 11 03 10 02 11 20 10

Updated to games played on 17 April 2011.
Source: Super League Greece
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The match, originally scheduled on 13 November 2010, was suspended at half time due to heavy rain. The remaining minutes were completed on 24 November 2010.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

In the play-off for Champions League, the four 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 placed 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 five and rounded to the nearest whole number of points, if necessary, to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.

Fifth-placed club Olympiakos Volou earned 47 points during the regular season. Based on this number and the calculations above, Panathinaikos as runners-up will begin the playoff with three points ((60–47)/5 = 2.6, rounded up to 3), while AEK Athens will start with one point ((50–47)/5 = 0.6, rounded up to 1) and P.A.O.K. with no points ((48–47)/5 = 0.2, rounded down to 0).

Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
2 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 5+4 13 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 PAOK 6 4 0 2 11 8+3 12 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 6 60 8 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
5 Olympiakos Volou 6 2 0 4 5 127 6 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Source: http://www.superleaguegreece.net/standings/#playoff
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
1AEK Athens have won the 2010–11 Greek Cup and are therefore qualified for the playoff round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. As a consequence, the fourth-placed team of this group also entered the Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK OVL PATTSP
AEK Athens 10 02 30
Olympiakos Volou 10 21 12
Panathinaikos 11 30 10
PAOK 21 51 21

Source: http://www.superleaguegreece.net/schedule
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 17 April 2011; Source: Soccerway

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Djibril Cissé Panathinaikos 20
2 Belgium Kevin Mirallas Olympiacos 14
3 Spain David Fuster Olympiacos 13
4 Algeria Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens/Olympiacos 12
5 Nigeria Benjamin Onwuachi Kavala 10
6 Argentina Ismael Blanco AEK Athens 9
Germany Denis Epstein Kerkyra 9
Greece Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos/Panionios 9
Serbia Marko Pantelić Olympiacos 9
Argentina Nacho Scocco AEK 9

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[8]
1 Algeria Djamel Abdoun Kavala 8
Argentina Javier Umbides Olympiakos Volos 8
Spain Albert Riera Olympiacos 8
4 Greece Kostas Katsouranis Panathinaikos 6
France Djibril Cissé Panathinaikos 6
Argentina Ariel Ibagaza Olympiacos 6

References

  1. "Schedule of the 2010–11 season". Superleague Greece. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. "Super League Greece – Champions Öeague qualifiers Play-off fixtures and results". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. "Αnnouncement for the teams receiving UEFA licence for the 2011–12 season (in greek)". Hellenic Football Federation. epo.gr. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Disciplinary Committee – Decision 195/2011" (PDF) (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Υποβιβάζονται Ολυμπιακός Βόλου και Καβάλα!". Enet.gr. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. "Differdange to replace Olympiacos Volou". UEFA. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala to Delta Ethniki" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  8. Greek Super League Statistics

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