2010–11 Super League Greece

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The 2010–11 Super League Greece was the 75th season of the highest football league of Greece and the fifth under the name Super League. 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.

Season2010–11
ChampionsOlympiacos
38th Greek title
RelegatedOlympiacos Volos
Kavala
AEL
Panserraikos
Iraklis
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
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Super League Greece
Season2010–11
ChampionsOlympiacos
38th Greek title
RelegatedOlympiacos Volos
Kavala
AEL
Panserraikos
Iraklis
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
Europa LeaguePAOK
AEK Athens
Olympiacos Volos
Matches240
Goals528 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerDjibril Cissé
(20 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 6–0 AEK Athens
Olympiacos 6–0 AEL
Biggest away winAris 0–4 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 0–4 Olympiacos Volos
Highest scoringKerkyra 3–4 Aris
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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 overview

Title race

The league was won by Olympiacos, 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 and fifth-placed Olympiacos Volos. 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 Olympiacos 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 AEL and last-placed Panserraikos. However, all three clubs eventually stayed in the league after Iraklis Thessaloniki, Kavala and Olympiacos Volos were demoted by separate sports court decisions.

On 19 May 2011, Iraklis Thessaloniki were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season over unpaid debts and thus demoted to the second-level Football League.[3] 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 Olympiacos Volos 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 in the Super League Greece, though they were deducted 8 and 10 points respectively.[5] On 11 August 2011, UEFA disqualified Olympiacos Volos from further participation in the UEFA Europa League.[6] On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos 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 Olympiacos Volos, runners-up Kerkyra and promotion playoff winners Panserraikos. Olympiacos Volos returned to the Greek top football level after 20 seasons. Kerkyra ended a three-year absence from the Super League, while Panserraikos immediately returned to the league.

More information Promoted from 2009–10 Beta Ethniki, Relegated from 2009–10 Super League Greece ...
Promoted from
2009–10 Beta Ethniki		 Relegated from
2009–10 Super League Greece
Olympiacos Volos
Kerkyra
Panserraikos		 Levadiakos
PAS Giannina
Panthrakikos
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Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2010–11 Super League Greece teams
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Club Location Venue Capacity 2009–10
AEK Athens Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 3rd
AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena[note 1] 17,118 8th
Aris Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 4th
Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Stadium 6,430 12th
Atromitos Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Stadium 8,939 7th
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240 11th
Iraklis Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560 10th
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500 6th
Kerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,685 2nd (BE)
Olympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334 5th
Olympiacos Volos Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700 1st (BE)
Panathinaikos Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 1st
Panionios Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700 9th
Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 3rd (BE)
PAOK Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703 2nd
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361 13rd
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Notes

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

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens Spain Manolo Jiménez Greece Pantelis Kafes Puma Κino
AEL Greece Nikos Kostenoglou Greece Nikos Dabizas Adidas Pame Stoixima
Aris Greece Sakis Tsiolis Greece Michalis Sifakis Under Armour Κino
Asteras Tripolis Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Argentina Adrián Bastía Lotto Lotto
Atromitos Greece Georgios Donis Greece Konstantinos Nebegleras Asics Lotto
Ergotelis Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Brazil Silva Júnior Lotto Lotto
Iraklis Greece Georgios Paraschos Greece Anastasios Katsabis Legea Tzoker
Kavala Greece Giannis Mantzourakis Ivory Coast Serge Dié Puma Extra 5
Kerkyra Montenegro Božidar Bandović Greece Ieroklis Stoltidis Puma Tzoker
Olympiacos Spain Ernesto Valverde Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Puma Pame Stoixima
Olympiacos Volos Greece Makis Katsavakis Argentina Leandro Álvarez Puma ProPo
Panathinaikos Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Greece Giorgos Karagounis Adidas Cosmote
Panionios Greece Takis Lemonis Greece Fanouris Goundoulakis Diadora Attica Bank
Panserraikos Greece Pavlos Dimitriou Greece Anastasios Papazoglou Mass Sport Proto
PAOK Greece Makis Chavos Greece Kostas Chalkias Puma Pame Stoixima
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Papadopoulos Greece Konstantinos Fliskas Nike Emporiki Bank
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Kechagias 20 September 2010 14th Greece Georgios Paraschos 20 September 2010
AEK Athens Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević 26 September 2010 13th Albania Bledar Kola (caretaker) 26 September 2010
Albania Bledar Kola (caretaker) 8 October 2010 7th Spain Manolo Jiménez 8 October 2010
PAOK Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 17 October 2010 12th Greece Makis Chavos 18 October 2010
Panionios Sweden Mikael Stahre 28 October 2010 15th Greece Akis Mantzios (caretaker) 28 October 2010
Skoda Xanthi Greece Georgios Paraschos 8 November 2010 15th Greece Nikos Papadopoulos 14 November 2010
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios (caretaker) 7 November 2010 16th Greece Georgios Paraschos 8 November 2010
Panathinaikos Greece Nikos Nioplias 15 November 2010 2nd Poland Jacek Gmoch (caretaker) 15 November 2010
Kavala Serbia Dragan Okuka 16 November 2010 5th Poland Henryk Kasperczak 17 November 2010
Panionios Greece Georgios Paraschos 17 November 2010 16th Greece Akis Mantzios (caretaker) 17 November 2010
Panathinaikos Poland Jacek Gmoch (caretaker) 20 November 2010 2nd Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira 21 November 2010
AEL Greece Giannis Papakostas 29 November 2010 16th Greece Kostas Katsaras (caretaker) 30 November 2010
Kerkyra Greece Babis Tennes 30 November 2010 13th Montenegro Božidar Bandović 30 November 2010
Panionios Greece Akis Mantzios (caretaker) 9 December 2010 15th Greece Takis Lemonis 10 December 2010
AEL Greece Kostas Katsaras (caretaker) 16 December 2010 16th Norway Jorn Andersen 17 December 2010
Norway Jorn Andersen 9 January 2011 16th Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 10 January 2011
Asteras Tripolis Greece Vangelis Vlachos 17 January 2011 13th Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 21 January 2011
Aris Argentina Héctor Cúper 18 January 2011 10th Greece Giannis Michalitsos 19 January 2011
Greece Giannis Michalitsos 7 March 2011 11th Greece Sakis Tsiolis 11 March 2011
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Regular season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 24 1 5 65 18 +47 73 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 18 6 6 47 26 +21 60 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 AEK Athens 30 15 5 10 46 37 +9 50
4 PAOK 30 14 6 10 32 29 +3 48
5 Olympiacos Volos[a] (D) 30 12 11 7 40 28 +12 47 Play-offs and relegation to the Delta Ethniki
6 Aris 30 13 6 11 29 29 0 45
7 Kavala[a] (D) 30 10 10 10 29 27 +2 40 Relegation to the Delta Ethniki
8 Ergotelis 30 11 6 13 32 38 −6 39
9 Skoda Xanthi 30 9 9 12 29 35 −6 36
10 Panionios 30 8 11 11 25 35 −10 35
11 Atromitos 30 7 13 10 30 34 −4 34
12 Kerkyra 30 9 6 15 30 40 −10 33
13 Asteras Tripolis 30 7 10 13 21 29 −8 31
14 AEL (R) 30 5 10 15 29 47 −18 25 Relegation to the Football League
15 Panserraikos (R) 30 6 6 18 22 48 −26 24
16 Iraklis (R) 30 7 14 9 22 28 −6 35 Relegation to the Football League 2[b]
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Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiacos Volos 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 Olympiacos Volos had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.[7]
  2. [b]
    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]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...
Home \ Away AEK AEL ARIS AST ATR ERG IRA KAV KER OLY OLV PAO PGSS PNS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 4–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0
AEL 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Aris 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–2
Asteras Tripolis 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2
Atromitos 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1
Ergotelis 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–2[a] 0–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Iraklis 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Kavala 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Kerkyra 2–1 1–0 3–4 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1
Olympiacos 6–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 4–2 3–0 1–0
Olympiacos Volos 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 0–3 3–0
Panathinaikos 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Panionios 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
Panserraikos 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
PAOK 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 2–1
Skoda Xanthi 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
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Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    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.

Play-offs

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 Olympiacos Volos earned 47 points during the regular season. Based on this number and the calculations above, Panathinaikos as runners-up will began the play-offs with three points ((60–47)/5 = 2.6, rounded up to 3), while AEK Athens started with one point ((50–47)/5 = 0.6, rounded up to 1) and PAOK with no points ((48–47)/5 = 0.2, rounded down to 0).

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO PAOK AEK OLV
2 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 13 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–0 1–1 3–0
3 PAOK 6 4 0 2 11 8 +3 12 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 2–1 2–1 5–1
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 8 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] 0–2 3–0 1–0
5 Olympiacos Volos 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 6 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 2–1 1–2 1–0
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Source: Super League Greece: Standings and Schedule
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:
  1. [a]
    AEK Athens have won the 2010–11 Greek Football 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

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Matchday MVP Best Goal Ref
1st Argentina Vicente Monje (Olympiacos Volos) Greece Athanasios Tsigas (Kerkyra) [9]
2nd Spain Albert Riera (Olympiacos) Greece Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens) [10]
3rd Algeria Djamel Abdoun (Kavala) Argentina Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) [11]
4th Argentina Javier Umbides (Olympiacos Volos) Spain David Fuster (Olympiacos) [12]
5th Spain Javito (Aris) Brazil Leonardo (AEK Athens) [13]
6th Argentina Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) [14]
7th Greece Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) French Guiana Jean-Claude Darcheville (Kavala) [15]
8th France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) Greece Nikolaos Lazaridis (Aris) [16]
9th Belgium Kevin Mirallas (Olympiacos) [17]
10th Greece Andreas Tatos (Atromitos) Gabon Daniel Cousin (AEL) [18]
11th Algeria Djamel Abdoun (Kavala) Brazil Marcelinho (Skoda Xanthi) [19]
12th Greece Andreas Tatos (Atromitos) Greece Kostas Kapetanos (Olympiacos Volos) [20]
13th Chile Pablo Contreras (PAOK) Uruguay Pablo Lima (Iraklis) [21]
14th Uruguay Pablo García (PAOK) Brazil Neto (Aris) [22]
15th Greece Dimitrios Souanis (Skoda Xanthi) Greece Manolis Papasterianos (Iraklis) [23]
16th Germany Ivica Majstorović (Kerkyra) France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) [24]
17th Greece Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) Ivory Coast Serge Dié (Kavala) [25]
18th Greece Kostas Mitroglou (Panionios) Spain Albert Riera (Olympiacos) [26]
19th Greece Ilias Anastasakos (Atromitos) Nigeria Benjamin Onwuachi (Kavala) [27]
20th Brazil Leonardo (AEK Athens) Greece Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens) [28]
21st Greece Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos) Greece Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) [29]
22nd France Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) Brazil Gustavinho (Olympiacos) [30]
23rd Belgium Kevin Mirallas (Olympiacos) Greece Kostas Kapetanos (Olympiacos Volos) [31]
24th Algeria Djamel Abdoun (Kavala) Romania Marius Niculae (Kavala) [32]
25th Argentina Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) Slovakia Mário Breška (Olympiacos Volos) [33]
26th Spain Vitolo (PAOK) Greece Antonis Petropoulos (Panathinaikos) [34]
27th Greece Stelios Sfakianakis (Atromitos) Greece Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Panathinaikos) [35]
28th Greece Dimitrios Siovas (Panionios) Greece Georgios Georgiadis (Panserraikos) [36]
29th Greece Christos Kalantzis ( Kerkyra) Brazil Neto (Aris) [37]
30th Greece Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos) Slovakia Mário Breška (Olympiacos Volos) [38]
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Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 18 January 2012[39]

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Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Avram Papadopoulos Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Portugal Vieirinha PAOK
Young Player of the Season Greece Giannis Fetfatzidis Olympiacos
Goalkeeper of the Season Greece Michalis Sifakis Aris
Golden Boot France Djibril Cissé Panathinaikos
Manager of the Season Spain Ernesto Valverde Olympiacos
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Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2010–11 edition of the Super League Greece.[40]

More information #, Team ...
#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos22,099
2Panathinaikos16,608
3PAOK12,853
4Aris9,333
5AEK Athens9,271
6Olympiacos Volos6,289
7AEL5,165
8Iraklis2,992
9Panionios2,766
10Asteras Tripolis2,442
11Panserraikos2,257
12Kavala1,992
13Skoda Xanthi1,975
14Atromitos1,930
15Ergotelis1,731
16Kerkyra1,234
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References

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