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2007–08 Super League Greece
72nd season of top-tier football league in Greece
72nd season of top-tier football league in Greece
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| logo | Super League Greece 2008.png |
| pixels | 150px |
| competition | Super League Greece |
| season | 2007–08 |
| winners | Olympiacos |
| 36th Greek title | |
| relegated | Atromitos |
| Veria | |
| Apollon Kalamarias | |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](2008-09-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Olympiacos |
| Panathinaikos | |
| continentalcup2 | [UEFA Cup](2008-09-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Aris (via [domestic cup](2007-08-greek-football-cup)) |
| AEK Athens | |
| continentalcup3 | [Intertoto Cup](2008-uefa-intertoto-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Panionios |
| matches | 252 |
| total goals | 601 |
| league topscorer | Ismael Blanco |
| (19 goals) | |
| 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 | |
| prevseason | [2006–07](2006-07-super-league-greece) |
| nextseason | [2008–09](2008-09-super-league-greece) |
36th Greek title Veria Apollon Kalamarias Panathinaikos AEK Athens (19 goals) AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios Panionios 0–4 Olympiacos PAOK 0–4 AEK Athens Levadiakos 5–3 Veria
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.
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.
Teams
| Promoted from | |
|---|---|
| [2006–07 Beta Ethniki](2006-07-beta-ethniki) | Relegated from |
| [2006–07 Super League Greece](2006-07-super-league-greece) | |
| Asteras Tripolis | |
| Levadiakos | |
| Veria | Kerkyra |
| Egaleo | |
| Ionikos |
Stadiums and personnel
| Team | Manager | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens | GRE Nikos Kostenoglou | Athens (Marousi) | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,638 |
| AEL | GRE Georgios Donis | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | GRE Makis Katsavakis | Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) | Kalamaria Stadium | 6,500 |
| Aris | BIH Dušan Bajević | Thessaloniki (Charilaou) | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
| Asteras Tripolis | GRE Panagiotis Tzanavaras | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 4,200 |
| Atromitos | BRA Paulo Campos | Athens (Peristeri) | Peristeri Stadium | 9,035 |
| Ergotelis | GRE Nikos Karageorgiou | Heraklion (Ammoudara) | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Iraklis | ESP Ángel Pedraza | Thessaloniki (Triandria) | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,560 |
| Levadiakos | GRE Babis Tennes | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 5,915 |
| OFI | GRE Georgios Paraschos | Heraklion (Ammoudara) | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Olympiacos | ESP José Segura | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos | POR José Peseiro | Athens (Ampelokipoi) | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,003 |
| Panionios | GER Ewald Lienen | Athens (Nea Smyrni) | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
| PAOK | POR Fernando Santos | Thessaloniki (Toumba) | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 |
| Skoda Xanthi | GRE Nikos Kechagias | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,422 |
| Veria | GRE Leonidas Yfantidis | Veria | Veria Stadium | 5,373 |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAOK | GRE Georgios Paraschos | 3 September 2007 | 14th | POR Fernando Santos | 3 September 2007 |
| Aris | ESP Juan Carlos Oliva | 4 September 2007 | 7th | BIH Dušan Bajević | 7 September 2007 |
| Veria | GRE Dimitris Kalaitzidis | 12 October 2007 | 12th | SRB Ratko Dostanić | 15 October 2007 |
| Skoda Xanthi | BEL Emilio Ferrera | 22 October 2007 | 6th | GRE Nikos Kechagias | 22 October 2007 |
| OFI | GER Reiner Maurer | 12 November 2007 | 13th | GRE Georgios Paraschos | 16 November 2007 |
| Veria | SRB Ratko Dostanić | 10 December 2007 | 15th | GRE Giannis Matzourakis | 12 December 2007 |
| Iraklis | SRB Ivan Jovanović | 17 December 2007 | 9th | ESP Ángel Pedraza | 24 December 2007 |
| AEK Athens | ESP Lorenzo Serra Ferrer | 12 February 2008 | 3rd | GRE Nikos Kostenoglou | 12 February 2008 |
| Asteras Tripolis | BRA Paulo Campos | 24 February 2008 | 5th | GRE Panagiotis Tzanavaras | 25 February 2008 |
| Levadiakos | BUL Georgi Vasilev | 3 March 2008 | 13th | GRE Babis Tennes | 5 March 2008 |
| Olympiacos | GRE Takis Lemonis | 11 March 2008 | 2nd | ESP José Segura | 11 March 2008 |
| Veria | GRE Giannis Matzourakis | 11 March 2008 | 14th | GRE Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | 13 March 2008 |
| Veria | GRE Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | 23 March 2008 | 15th | GRE Leonidas Yfantidis | 23 March 2008 |
| Atromitos | ARG Ángel Guillermo Hoyos | 26 March 2008 | 12th | BRA Paulo Campos | 27 March 2008 |
Regular season
League table
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
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
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | 19 | ||||||||
| SRB Darko Kovačević | Olympiacos | 17 | ||||||||
| GRE Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | 15 | ||||||||
| CAN Tomasz Radzinski | Skoda Xanthi | 14 | ||||||||
| ALG Rafik Djebbour | Panionios | |||||||||
| GRE Nikos Liberopoulos | AEK Athens | 11 | ||||||||
| GRE Lampros Choutos | Panionios | 10 | ||||||||
| SRB Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | |||||||||
| ARG Lucio Filomeno | Asteras Tripolis | 9 |
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Awards
MVP and Best Goal Awards
| Matchday | MVP | Best Goal | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | |||
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| 3rd | |||
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| 5th | |||
| 6th | |||
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| 8th | |||
| 9th | |||
| 10th | GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos (AEK Athens) | GRE Merkourios Karaliopoulos (Apollon Kalamarias ) | |
| 11th | GRE Georgios Georgiadis (PAOK) | GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis (Olympiacos) | |
| 12th | ALG Rafik Djebbour (Panionios) | SRB Darko Kovačević (Olympiacos) | |
| 13th | |||
| 14th | |||
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| 16th | |||
| 17th | |||
| 18th | |||
| 19th | |||
| 20th | GRE Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (PAOK) | BRA Luciano Fonseca (Iraklis) | |
| 21st | |||
| 22nd | POL Maciej Bykowski (Veria) | POL Rafał Grzelak (Skoda Xanthi) | |
| 23rd | ESP Koke (Aris) | POR Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos) | |
| 24th | |||
| 25th | |||
| 26th | |||
| 27th | |||
| 28th | |||
| 29th | |||
| 30th | ARG Ismael Blanco (AEK Athens) | GRE Lampros Choutos (Panionios) |
Annual awards
Annual awards were announced on 2 December 2008.
| Award | Winner | Club | Greek Player of the Season | Foreign Player of the Season | Young Player of the Season | Goalkeeper of the Season | Golden Boot | Manager of the Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRE Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | |||||||
| SRB Darko Kovačević | ||||||||
| ARG Ismael Blanco | Olympiacos | |||||||
| AEK Athens | ||||||||
| GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos | AEK Athens | |||||||
| GRE Antonis Nikopolidis | Olympiacos | |||||||
| ARG Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | |||||||
| BIH Dušan Bajević | Aris |
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2007–08 edition of the Super League Greece. ! # !! Team !! Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Olympiacos || 24,196 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEK Athens || 21,551 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PAOK || 11,394 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panathinaikos || 9,213 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aris || 7,712 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AEL || 4,612 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Iraklis || 3,768 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ergotelis || 3,382 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || OFI || 3,134 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Asteras Tripolis || 3,045 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Atromitos || 2,437 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Panionios || 2,372 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Skoda Xanthi || 2,255 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Apollon Kalamarias || 1,863 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Veria || 1,752 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Levadiakos || 1,736 |} }}
References
References
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- (2 December 2008). "ΒΡΑΒΕΙΑ ΠΣΑΠ – 2008".
- "2007–08 Super League".
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