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The 2021–22 Super League Greece, known as Super League 1 Interwetten for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Super League Greece, the top Greek professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1959. Olympiacos were the defending champions.

Season2021–22
Dates11 September 2021 – 17 May 2022
ChampionsOlympiacos
47th Greek title
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Super League 1
Season2021–22
Dates11 September 2021 – 17 May 2022
ChampionsOlympiacos
47th Greek title
RelegatedApollon Smyrnis
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Europa Conference LeaguePAOK
Aris
Panathinaikos
Matches237
Goals560 (2.36 per match)
Best playerAias Aosman
Top goalscorerTom van Weert
(17 goals)
Biggest home winAsteras Tripolis 6–2 Atromitos
(27 November 2021)
Biggest away winAris 0–5 PAS Giannina
(20 November 2021)
Highest scoringPAOK 4–4 Volos
(17 October 2021)
Asteras Tripolis 6–2 Atromitos
(27 November 2021)
Longest winning runOlympiacos
(10 wins)
Longest unbeaten runOlympiacos
(25 games)
Longest winless runAtromitos
(9 games)
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2022.
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Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the play-off winner and one team promoted from Super League 2. The first club to be promoted was Ionikos, after beating Ergotelis 2–1 on 19 May 2021. Ionikos played in the Super League for the first time since the 2006–07 season. AEL were relegated to 2021–22 Super League Greece 2, ending their four-year stay in the top flight.

More information Promoted from 2020–21 Super League Greece 2, Relegated from 2020–21 Super League Greece ...
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Stadiums and locations

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Personnel, kits and TV channel

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Volos Greece Kostas Bratsos (caretaker)[1] End of tenure as caretaker 16 May 2021 Pre-season Spain Guille Abascal[2] 17 May 2021
Panathinaikos Greece Sotiris Sylaidopoulos (caretaker)[3] Serbia Ivan Jovanović[4] 25 May 2021
AEK Athens Spain Manolo Jiménez[5] Sacked Serbia Vladan Milojević[6] 25 May 2021
PAS Giannina Greece Argiris Giannikis[7] End of contract 19 May 2021 Greece Iraklis Metaxas[8] 4 June 2021
Atromitos Greece Savvas Pantelidis[9] 20 Μay 2021 Spain Ángel López[10] 26 May 2021
PAOK Uruguay Pablo García[11] Sacked 22 May 2021 Romania Răzvan Lucescu[12] 26 May 2021
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Makis Chavos[13] 28 May 2021 Greece Giannis Petrakis[14] 1 June 2021
Panetolikos Greece Traianos Dellas[15] Resigned 6 June 2021 Greece Giannis Anastasiou[16] 9 June 2021
Apollon Smyrnis Greece Giannis Petrakis[17] Sacked 23 September 2021 13th Italy Gianluca Festa[18] 24 September 2021
Atromitos Spain Ángel López[19] 24 September 2021 11th Greece Georgios Paraschos[20] 25 September 2021
AEK Athens Serbia Vladan Milojević[21] 8 October 2021 4th Greece Argiris Giannikis[22] 10 October 2021
Volos Spain Guille Abascal[23] 5 December 2021 8th Greece Kostas Bratsos (caretaker)[24] 6 December 2021
Atromitos Greece Georgios Paraschos[25] 20 December 2021 13th Greece Giorgos Korakakis (caretaker)[26] 21 December 2021
Greece Giorgos Korakakis (caretaker)[27] 6 January 2022 13th Wales Chris Coleman[28] 7 January 2022
Aris Thessaloniki Greece Akis Mantzios[29] 14 February 2022 8th Greece Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)[30] 15 February 2022
Greece Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)[31] End of tenure as caretaker 20 February 2022 8th Argentina Germán Burgos[32] 21 February 2022
Apollon Smyrnis Italy Gianluca Festa[33] Sacked 25 February 2022 14th Greece Babis Tennes[34] 26 February 2022
AEK Athens Greece Argiris Giannikis[35] 1 Μarch 2022 3rd Greece Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (caretaker)[36] 2 March 2022
Lamia Greece Michalis Grigoriou[37] 2 March 2022 13th Italy Gianluca Festa[38] 3 March 2022
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Regular season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos 26 20 5 1 47 14 +33 65 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 PAOK 26 16 5 5 50 24 +26 53
3 AEK Athens 26 14 4 8 42 28 +14 46
4 Aris 26 13 6 7 28 21 +7 45
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 3 10 41 21 +20 42
6 PAS Giannina 26 11 7 8 28 24 +4 40
7 OFI 26 9 10 7 33 32 +1 37 Qualification for the Play-out round
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27 29 −2 35
9 Panetolikos 26 9 5 12 27 39 −12 32
10 Volos 26 8 6 12 35 42 −7 30
11 Ionikos 26 6 8 12 26 34 −8 26
12 Atromitos 26 6 5 15 27 47 −20 23
13 Lamia 26 4 6 16 19 37 −18 18
14 Apollon Smyrnis 26 2 7 17 9 47 −38 13
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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) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).

Results

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Home \ Away AEK APS ARIS AST ATR ION LAM OFI OLY PAO PNE PAOK PAS VOL
AEK Athens — 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2
Apollon Smyrnis 2–2 — 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3
Aris 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 0–5 0–2
Asteras Tripolis 0–0 1–0 0–2 — 6–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Atromitos 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Ionikos 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1
Lamia 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 — 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–2
OFI 3–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–3 3–2 2–4 1–3 1–1 2–1
Olympiacos 1–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 — 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Panathinaikos 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 1–3 2–0 5–1
Panetolikos 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 — 1–2 0–1 0–0
PAOK 2–0 4–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 4–4
PAS Giannina 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–4 — 3–2
Volos 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 —
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Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.[39]

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY PAOK ARIS PNA AEK PAS
1 Olympiacos (C) 36 25 8 3 62 26 +36 83 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2
2 PAOK 36 19 7 10 58 33 +25 64 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–2 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
3 Aris 36 18 8 10 39 28 +11 62 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 3–2 0–0
4 Panathinaikos 36 18 7 11 52 26 +26 61 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a] 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 4–0
5 AEK Athens 36 16 8 12 56 42 +14 56 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 3–0
6 PAS Giannina 36 12 10 14 34 42 −8 46 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–3 —
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Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.[40]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.

Play-off round positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Olympiacos ...
Team ╲ Round2627282930313233343536
Olympiacos11111111111
PAOK22222222222
Aris44453344443
Panathinaikos55544433334
AEK Athens33335555555
PAS Giannina66666666666
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Champion and Champions League second qualifying round
Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Europa Conference League third qualifying round

Play-out round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ION OFI AST VOL PNE ATR LAM APS
7 Ionikos 33 12 9 12 44 42 +2 45 — — — 2–2 3–1 — — 5–1
8 OFI 33 11 11 11 40 45 −5 44 2–3 — 1–0 — 0–1 — — 1–2
9 Asteras Tripolis 33 11 8 14 33 37 −4 41 2–3 — — — — 0–0 0–2 2–2
10 Volos 33 10 10 13 47 48 −1 40 — 5–0 0–2 — — 1–1 3–0 —
11 Panetolikos 33 10 7 16 32 48 −16 37 — — 0–0 0–0 — 2–3 1–2 —
12 Atromitos 33 8 9 16 33 52 −19 33 0–1 1–1 — — — — — 1–0
13 Lamia (O) 33 6 8 19 24 44 −20 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 0–1 1–2 — — — 0–0 — —
14 Apollon Smyrnis (R) 33 4 10 19 16 57 −41 22 Relegation to Super League 2 — — — 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 —
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Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-out); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-out); 4) Regular season position.[41]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Play-out round positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Ionikos ...
Team ╲ Round2627282930313233
Ionikos111111109987
OFI78777778
Asteras Tripolis87888899
Volos101010910111110
Panetolikos9991111101011
Atromitos1212121212121212
Lamia1313131313131313
Apollon Smyrnis1414141414141414
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Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2022–23 Super League Greece 2

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Summary
Veria 2–3 Lamia 1–2 1–1
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First leg
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Veria1–2Lamia
Pasas 78' Report
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Second leg
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Season statistics

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Awards

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Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 12 December 2022[102]

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Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Georgios Masouras Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Argentina Sebastián Palacios Panathinaikos
Young Player of the Season Greece Sotiris Alexandropoulos Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season Russia Yuri Lodygin PAS Giannina
Fair Play of the Season Argentina Sergio Araujo AEK Athens
Golden Boot Netherlands Tom van Weert Volos
Manager of the Season Serbia Ivan Jovanović Panathinaikos
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Team of the Season[103]
Goalkeeper Russia Yuri Lodygin (PAS Giannina)
Defence Greece Manolis Saliakas (PAS Giannina) Senegal Pape Abou Cissé (Olympiacos) Greece Giannis Kargas (PAS Giannina) Spain Juankar (Panathinaikos)
Midfield Argentina Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos) Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić (PAOK) France Yann M'Vila (Olympiacos) Greece Georgios Masouras (Olympiacos)
Attack Netherlands Tom van Weert (Volos) Argentina Sergio Araujo (AEK Athens)
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