2015–16 Superleague Greece

Superleague Greece
Season 2015–16
Champions Olympiacos
Relegated Panthrakikos, Kalloni
Matches played 240
Goals scored 543 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Kostas Fortounis (18 goals)
Biggest home win Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Olympiacos 5–0 Kalloni
(17 April 2016)
Biggest away win Panetolikos 1–5 Panionios
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoring Panthrakikos 3–4 Olympiacos
(5 December 2015)
Panetolikos 2–5 Olympiacos
(10 April 2016)
Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos
(17 April 2016)
Longest winning run Olympiacos (17 games)
Longest unbeaten run Olympiacos (21 games)
Longest winless run Kalloni (13 games)
Longest losing run Kalloni (8 games)
Highest attendance AEK 1–0 Olympiacos
(13 February 2016) 31,121
Lowest attendance Levadiakos 1–1 Iraklis
(16 January 2016) 197

All statistics correct as of 17 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Superleague Greece is the 80th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the tenth under its current title. The season started on 22 August 2015 and will be ended in May 2016. The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Football League. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive title and 43rd overall.

Teams

Four teams were relegated from the 2014–15 season. Kerkyra and Ergotelis play in Football League for the 2015–16 season. Niki Volos and OFI will play in Gamma Ethniki.

Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Football League, champions AEK Athens and Iraklis, two teams with a long history in the top championship of Greece.

Stadiums and locations

Club Ap. Location Venue Capacity
AEK Athens 55 Athens Olympic Stadium69,638
Asteras Tripoli 9 Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,616
Atromitos 15 Peristeri Peristeri Stadium8,969
Iraklis 52 Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770
Kalloni 3 Mytilene Mytilene Municipal Stadium 3,000
Levadiakos 14 Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 6,500
Olympiacos 57 Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,296
Panathinaikos 57 Athens Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium 16,003
Panetolikos 6 Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,500
Panionios 55 Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
Panthrakikos 6 Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,200
PAOK 57 Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703
PAS Giannina 21 Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,500
Platanias 4 Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 3,700
Skoda Xanthi 28 Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,244
Veria 16 Veria Veria Stadium 7,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Greece Stelios Manolas Greece Petros Mantalos Nike Pame Stihima
Asteras Tripoli Greece Makis Chavos Romania Dorin Goian Nike Stoiximan.GR
Atromitos Greece Traianos Dellas Brazil Eduardo Brito Saller Tzoker
Iraklis Greece Nikos Papadopoulos Greece Nikos Pourtoulidis Blue Line Tzoker
Kalloni Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Greece Giorgos Manousos Adidas Novibet
Levadiakos Greece Dimitrios Farantos Greece Thanasis Moulopoulos Umbro Vanmax S.A.
Olympiacos Portugal Marco Silva Spain David Fuster Adidas Stoiximan.GR
Panathinaikos Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Portugal Zeca Puma Pame Stihima
Panetolikos Greece Ioannis Matzourakis Greece Georgios Kousas Joma Pame Stihima
Panionios Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Greece Pavlos Mitropoulos Tempo Sport Lotto
Panthrakikos Serbia Zoran Stoinović Greece Antonis Ladakis Nike Stoiximan.GR
PAOK Serbia Vladimir Ivić Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis Macron Sportingbet
PAS Giannina Greece Ioannis Petrakis Greece Alexios Michail Nike Tzoker
Platanias Greece Georgios Paraschos Greece Dimitris Alkis Macron Stoiximan.GR
Skoda Xanthi Romania Răzvan Lucescu Greece Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stihima
Veria Greece Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Greece Alexandros Vergonis Nike Stoiximan.GR

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Panetolikos Greece Makis Chavos End of contract End of 2014–15 season Pre-season Portugal Leonel Pontes 9 June 2015
Atromitos Greece Nikos Nioplias End of contract End of 2014–15 season Greece Michalis Grigoriou 14 June 2015
PAOK Greece Georgios Georgiadis End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Croatia Igor Tudor 18 June 2015
Veria Greece Dimitris Christoforidis End of tenure as caretaker End of 2014–15 season Greece Georgios Georgiadis 18 June 2015
Olympiacos Portugal Vítor Pereira Resigned End of 2014–15 season Portugal Marco Silva 7 July 2015
Panthrakikos Spain José Manuel Roca Mutual consent 15 September 2015 16th Greece Dimitris Eleftheropoulos 19 September 2015
Panetolikos Portugal Leonel Pontes Mutual consent 28 September 2015 5th Greece Ioannis Dalakouras (caretaker) 28 September 2015
Panetolikos Greece Ioannis Dalakouras (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 7 October 2015 10th Greece Ioannis Matzourakis 7 October 2015
AEK Greece Traianos Dellas Resigned 20 October 2015 4th Greece Stelios Manolas (caretaker) 20 October 2015
AEK Greece Stelios Manolas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 28 October 2015 3rd Uruguay Gus Poyet 28 October 2015
Panathinaikos Greece Yannis Anastasiou Mutual consent 2 November 2015 2nd England Steve Rutter (caretaker) 2 November 2015
Atromitos Greece Michalis Grigoriou Mutual consent 3 November 2015 13th Greece Traianos Dellas 4 November 2015
Panathinaikos England Steve Rutter (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 8 November 2015 2nd Italy Andrea Stramaccioni 8 November 2015
Kalloni Greece Thalis Theodoridis Mutual consent 27 December 2015 16th Greece Nikos Karageorgiou 27 December 2015
Veria Greece Georgios Georgiadis Resigned 18 January 2016 12th Greece Nikos Karampimperis (Caretaker) 22 January 2016
Panthrakikos Greece Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Mutual consent 26 January 2016 15th Greece Giannis Chatzinikolaou 26 January 2016
Veria Greece Nikos Karampimperis (Caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 26 January 2016 13th Greece Dimitris Eleftheropoulos 26 January 2016
Asteras Tripoli GreeceStaikos Vergetis Resigned 29 January 2016 5th Greece Dimitris Terezopoulos (Caretaker) 29 January 2016
Asteras Tripoli GreeceDimitris Terezopoulos (Caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 29 January 2016 6th Greece Makis Chavos 29 February 2016
PAOK Croatia Igor Tudor Resigned 9 March 2016 4th Serbia Vladimir Ivić 9 March 2016
Panthrakikos Greece Giannis Chatzinikolaou Mutual consent 16 March 2016 15th Serbia Zoran Stoinović 17 March 2016
Levadiakos Greece Apostolos Mantzios End of contract 8 April 2016 11th Greece Dimitrios Farantos 8 April 2016
AEK Uruguay Gus Poyet Mutual consent 19 April 2016 End of season Greece Stelios Manolas (caretaker) 19 April 2016

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 28 1 1 81 16 +65 85 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 4 8 52 26 +26 55 Qualification to UEFA play-offs
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 30 17 6 7 43 21 +22 54
4 PAOK[lower-alpha 3] 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 45
5 Panionios 30 12 8 10 33 27 +6 44
6 PAS Giannina 30 12 6 12 36 40 4 42
7 Asteras Tripoli 30 11 8 11 31 30 +1 41
8 Atromitos[lower-alpha 4] 30 12 6 12 26 31 5 39[lower-alpha 5]
9 Platanias 30 10 9 11 32 30 +2 39[lower-alpha 5]
10 Levadiakos 30 9 10 11 27 36 9 37
11 Panetolikos 30 9 8 13 30 46 16 35[lower-alpha 6]
12 Iraklis Thessaloniki 30 8 11 11 24 32 8 35[lower-alpha 6]
13 Skoda Xanthi 30 6 15 9 27 32 5 33
14 Veria 30 5 12 13 19 33 14 27
15 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 8 19 18 58 40 17 Relegation to Football League
16 AEL Kalloni (R) 30 3 7 20 19 53 34 16
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[3]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.[1]
  2. AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
  3. PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.[2]
  4. Atromitos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against AEK.
  5. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Atromitos – Platanias 0–0, Platanias – Atromitos 1–2.
  6. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Panetolikos – Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–0, Iraklis Thessaloniki – Panetolikos 0–0.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Olympiacos 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Panathinaikos 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
AEK Athens 1 6 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
PAOK 9 12 9 5 3 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4
Panionios 15 9 3 9 8 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
PAS Giannina 7 4 8 4 7 7 10 11 7 12 8 10 11 10 8 8 8 9 7 8 10 12 12 11 9 7 6 8 6 6
Atromitos 5 3 6 8 10 13 8 9 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 10 9 7 7
Asteras Tripoli 3 7 11 7 6 9 7 6 5 4 3 5 6 6 7 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 7 9 8
Platanias 16 13 15 15 16 15 14 10 9 10 9 7 7 8 11 10 10 10 11 12 11 9 10 12 12 8 7 6 8 9
Levadiakos 13 14 12 13 11 6 6 7 10 7 12 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 9 12 11 11 8 7 9 11 11 11 10
Panetolikos 11 8 5 6 5 10 11 12 14 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 9 7 7 7 7 7 10 11 8 10 10 11
Iraklis Thessaloniki 6 10 13 12 12 12 12 14 12 13 13 11 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 8 8 8 10 11 12 13 13 12 12
Skoda Xanthi 10 11 7 11 9 11 13 13 11 9 7 9 10 11 12 12 13 12 12 11 9 10 9 9 8 10 12 12 13 13
Veria 8 5 10 10 14 8 9 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 10 11 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Panthrakikos 14 15 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15
AEL Kalloni 12 16 14 14 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 28 April 2016
Source: Superleague Greece

Leader / 2016–17 Champions League
Qualification to UEFA Play-Offs
Relegation to 2016–17 Football League

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK AST ATRIRTKALLEVOLYPATPNTPIOPTHTSPPASPLASKOVER
AEK Athens 01 10 51 30 12 10 10 20 20 30 10 31 30 21 30
Asteras Tripoli 00 10 12 31 20 12 00 02 21 40 21 00 11 11 21
Atromitos 10 21 10 10 10 12 12 10 10 12 12 02 00 01 00
Iraklis Thessaloniki 11 01 20 30 01 02 10 00 01 00 33 10 00 11 11
AEL Kalloni 00 11 24 01 00 02 02 51 11 20 13 02 21 22 01
Levadiakos 30 21 11 11 10 02 02 22 02 11 00 11 03 10 11
Olympiacos 40 31 40 20 50 31 31 10 30 40 10 51 31 10 30
Panathinaikos 00 20 20 40 40 30 032 42 00 61 22 31 10 01 32
Panetolikos 10 21 11 20 10 20 25 12 15 10 03 21 12 22 11
Panionios 11 00 01 10 20 02 13 10 20 11 31 20 21 30 01
Panthrakikos 12 02 01 03 00 13 34 10 00 01 21 24 02 00 02
PAOK 21 20 11 01 30 20 02 31 00 21 33 31 10 00 21
PAS Giannina 02 12 10 22 21 01 03 03 20 11 20 31 20 11 20
Platanias 03 20 12 00 21 21 11 23 11 00 40 00 01 31 00
Skoda Xanthi 00 00 22 20 00 22 13 01 31 20 10 11 01 02 11
Veria 12 10 01 00 20 00 02 01 01 11 00 03 11 01 11

Updated to games played on 17 April 2016.
Source: Super League Greece (Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2 Olympiacos awarded a 3–0 away w/o win against Panathinaikos.

UEFA play-offs

In the play-off for Champions League, the four qualified 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.

Play-offs table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Panathinaikos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 PAOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Panionios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 11 May 2016. Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Regular season position.[4]
Notes:
  1. Since the finalists in the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup (AEK Athens and Olympiacos) will finish in top five in the league, the fifth-placed team will qualify for at least Europa League second qualifying round. This is because if one of the top four teams were to win the cup, the spot in the second qualifying round (originally given to fourth-placed team) would be given to the fifth-placed team. The winners of the cup will qualify for Europa League third qualifying round.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK PAT PIOTSP
AEK Athens
Panathinaikos
Panionios
PAOK

Updated to games played on TBD.
Source: Super League Greece (Greek)
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 scorers

Updated to games played 17 April 2016
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Greece Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos 18
2 Sweden Marcus Berg Panathinaikos 15
3 Australia Apostolos Giannou Asteras Tripolis 13
4 Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK 11
Greece Tasos Bakasetas Panionios 11
Greece Apostolos Vellios Iraklis 11
Greece Vangelis Mantzios Levadiakos 11
8 Nigeria Brown Ideye Olympiacos 10
Greece Michalis Manias PAS Giannina 10

Top assists

Updated to games played 17 April 2016
Rank Player Club Assists[6]
1 Greece Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos 12
2 Cameroon Olivier Boumale Panionios / Panathinaikos 9
3 Greece Tasos Bakasetas Panionios 6
Nigeria Brown Ideye Olympiacos 6
Argentina Javier Umbides Atromitos 6
6 Brazil Rodrigo Galo AEK 5
Greece Fanouris Goundoulakis Platanias 5
Portugal Hernâni Olympiacos 5
Serbia Brana Ilić PAS Giannina 5
Argentina Sebastián Leto Panathinaikos 5
Spain Dani Nieto Skoda Xanthi 5
Greece Dimitris Pelkas PAOK 5
Argentina Lucas Villafáñez Panetolikos / Panathinaikos 5

Best goal and MVP awards winners

MD MVP award[7] Best goal award[8]
1 Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Brazil Rodrigo Galo (AEK)
2 Greece Marcos Vellidis (PAS Giannina) Egypt Amr Warda (Panetolikos)
3 Argentina Diego Buonanotte (AEK) Argentina Diego Buonanotte (AEK)
4 Cape Verde Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Greece Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos)
5 Greece Vangelis Mantzios (Levadiakos) Portugal Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
6 Spain Roberto (Olympiacos) Greece Pavlos Kyriakidis (Iraklis)
7 Nigeria Brown Ideye (Olympiacos) Serbia Luka Milunović (Platanias)
8 Cape Verde Garry Rodrigues (PAOK) Greece Christos Aravidis (AEK)
9 Argentina Diego Romano (Iraklis) Greece Manolis Papasterianos (Xanthi)
10 Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Greece Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)
11 Sweden Jakob Johansson (AEK) Greece Kenan Bargan (Kalloni)
12 Greece Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) Greece Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)
13 Brazil Huanderson (Iraklis) Greece Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis)
14 Greece Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos) Cameroon Olivier Boumale (Panionios)
15 Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas (Levadiakos) Brazil Rogério Martins (Panthrakikos)
16 Greece Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) Portugal Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
17 Greece Giannis Anestis (AEK) Portugal Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
18 Greece Sokratis Dioudis (Panionios) Portugal Hélder Barbosa (AEK)
19 Greece Michalis Manias (PAS Giannina) Ghana Michael Essien (Panathinaikos)
20 Greece Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Greece Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
21 Brazil Brito (Atromitos) Greece Fanouris Goundoulakis (Platanias)
22 Brazil Leozinho (Iraklis) Brazil Leozinho (Iraklis)
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot (PAOK) Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot (PAOK)
24 Venezuela Ronald Vargas (AEK) Venezuela Ronald Vargas (AEK)
25 Argentina Lucas Villafáñez (Panathinaikos) Greece Thanasis Papageorgiou (Panthrakikos)
26 Greece Tasos Bakasetas (Panionios) Greece Tasos Bakasetas (Panionios)
27 Portugal Hernâni (Olympiacos) Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
28 Greece Tasos Bakasetas (Panionios) Iran Karim Ansarifard (Panionios)
29 Greece Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Czech Republic Tomáš Pekhart (AEK)
30 Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Olympiacos 272,303 30,314 13,227 18,154 0.054178038441438+5.4%2
2 AEK Athens 162,277 31,121 2,647 10,818 n/a1,2
3 PAOK 158,542 25,674 5,762 10,569 0.16810344827586+16.8%2
4 Panathinaikos 80,423 15,640 4,378 5,745 -0.907009788443329.2%2
5 Iraklis Thessaloniki 42,091 10,043 979 3,007 n/a1
6 Panetolikos 35,153 4,160 1,707 2,344 -0.962628336755653.7%
7 PAS Giannina 31,921 4,484 1,170 2,128 0.35368956743003+35.3%
8 Platanias 28,380 3,052 1,453 1,892 0.45203376822717+45.2%
9 Asteras Tripoli 25,204 2,558 961 1,680 0.061276058117498+6.1%
10 Panionios 20,834 2,762 664 1,389 0.38071570576541+38.0%
11 Skoda Xanthi 18,982 2,978 592 1,265 -0.8208955223880617.9%
12 Veria 18,014 3,557 500 1,201 0.016934801016088+1.6%
13 Panthrakikos 17,484 2,372 686 1,166 0.014795474325501+1.4%
14 AEL Kalloni 13,811 2,159 256 921 -0.952430196483974.7%
15 Atromitos 12,959 2,284 492 864 -0.7397260273972626.0%2
16 Levadiakos 12,725 4,931 197 848 -0.8733264675592212.6%
League total 951,103 31,121 197 3,996+26.9%

Updated to games played on 17 April 2016
Source: World football

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Football League
2: Olympiacos - AEK - PAOK - Panathinaikos - Atromitos games were played behind closed gates
3: Playoff matches is not included

References

  1. "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. "Super League statistics (sorted by goals)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).
  6. "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).
  7. "Super League Best goal & MVP". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).
  8. "Super League Best goal & MVP". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).

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