2013–14 Super League Greece

The 2013–14 Super League Greece was the 78th season of the highest football league of Greece and the eighth under the name Super League. The season began on 17 August and ended in May 2014. Olympiacos are the champions, having won their 41st Greek championship.

Super League Greece

Season	2013–14
Champions	Olympiacos 41st title
Relegated	Apollon Smyrnis Aris
Champions League	Olympiacos Panathinaikos
Europa League	PAOK Asteras Tripolis Atromitos
Matches played	306
Goals scored	776 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Esteban Solari (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Platanias 7–0 Kalloni
Biggest away win	Levadiakos 0–5 Olympiacos
Highest scoring	Veria 4–3 Levadiakos Kalloni 2–5 PAOK Levadiakos 4–3 Aris Platanias 7–0 Kalloni
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2012–13 season and four promoted teams from the 2012–13 Football League.

Teams

Two teams were relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season. AEK Athens and Kerkyra were already mathematically assured of relegation to the 2013–14 Football League. Kerkyra finished 3 years of spell in the top level while AEK faced first relegation to second division after 89 years.

Four teams were promoted from the 2012–13 Football League, champions Apollon Smyrni, runners-up Ergotelis, third placed Kalloni and Panetolikos, the winners of a four-team play-off round. Apollon returned to top level 13 years after relegation, Ergotelis made their immediate come back, while Kalloni made their debut in it. Panetolikos also made their immediate come back.

Stadiums and locations

Apollon Sm.
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Asteras

Ergotelis
OFI

Kalloni

Levadiakos

Olympiacos

Panetolikos

Panthrakikos

PAS Giannina

Platanias

Skoda Xanthi

Veria

Location of the 2013–14 Super League Greece teams

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Ref
Apollon Smyrnis	Athens	Georgios Kamaras Stadium	14,856	[1]
Aris	Thessaloniki	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,800	[2]
Asteras Tripolis	Tripoli	Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium	7,616	[3]
Atromitos	Athens	Peristeri Stadium	10,200	[4]
Ergotelis	Heraklion	Pankritio Stadium	25,780	[5]
Kalloni	Mytilene	Mytilene Municipal Stadium	4,000	[6]
Levadiakos	Livadeia	Levadia Municipal Stadium	6,500	[7]
OFI	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,088	[8]
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Karaiskakis Stadium	32,115	[9]
Panathinaikos	Athens	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium	16,118	[10]
Panetolikos	Agrinio	Panetolikos Stadium	6,500	[11]
Panionios	Athens	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700	[12]
Panthrakikos	Komotini	Komotini Municipal Stadium	6,198	[13]
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,703	[14]
PAS Giannina	Ioannina	Zosimades Stadium	7,652	[15]
Platanias	Chania	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	4,000	[16]
Skoda Xanthi	Xanthi	Skoda Xanthi Arena	7,361	[17]
Veria	Veria	Veria Stadium	7,000	[18]

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
Apollon Smyrnis	Lawrie Sanchez	Dimitrios Diamantis	Nike	Filoi tou Paidiou
Aris	Giorgos Foiros	Rubén Pulido	Under Armour	Joker
Asteras Tripolis	Staikos Vergetis	Fernando Usero	Nike	Lotto
Atromitos	Georgios Paraschos	Evangelos Nastos	Hummel	Lotto
Ergotelis	Marinos Ouzounidis	Diego Romano	Eye Sportwear	Lotto
Kalloni	Giannis Matzourakis	Michalis Kripintiris	Nike	Joker
Levadiakos	Savvas Pantelidis	Thanasis Moulopoulos	Umbro	Extra 5
OFI	Ricardo Sá Pinto	Ricardo Matias Verón	Legea	Races
Olympiacos	Míchel	Avraam Papadopoulos	Puma	UNICEF
Panathinaikos	Yannis Anastasiou	Zeca	Adidas	OPAP
Panetolikos	Makis Chavos	Georgios Kousas	Umbro	Lotto
Panionios	Nikos Anastopoulos	Sakis Dione	Tempo Sport	Joker
Panthrakikos	Akis Mantzios	Achilleas Sarakatsanos	Nike	Lotto
PAOK	Georgios Georgiadis	Dimitris Salpingidis	Nike	Pame Stihima
PAS Giannina	Giannis Petrakis	Georgios Dasios	Nike	Joker
Platanias	Angelos Anastasiadis	Thomas Nazlidis	Macron	Joker
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Kehagias	Spyros Vallas	Nike	Super 3
Veria	Ratko Dostanić	Nikolaos Georgiadis	Kappa	Lotto

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Veria	Goran Stevanović	Resigned	27 August 2013	4th	Stefanos Gaitanos	27 August 2013
Veria	Stefanos Gaitanos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	1 September 2013	4th	Ton Caanen	1 September 2013
Aris	Giannis Chatzinikolaou	Sacked	3 September 2013	18th	Zoran Milinković	9 September 2013
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Karageorgiou	Resigned	14 September 2013	14th	Nikos Kehagias	16 September 2013
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Kehagias (caretaker)	Manager arrival	23 September 2013	10th	Reiner Maurer	24 September 2013
Veria	Ton Caanen	Sacked	29 September 2013	14th	Stefanos Gaitanos	30 September 2013
Asteras Tripolis	Sakis Tsiolis	Sacked	30 September 2013	6th	Staikos Vergetis	1 October 2013
Veria	Stefanos Gaitanos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	7 October 2013	15th	Ștefan Stoica	8 October 2013
Apollon Smyrni	Alekos Vosniadis	Resigned	8 October 2013	13th	Babis Tennes	11 October 2013
OFI	Pavlos Dermitzakis	Sacked	8 October 2013	17th	Ricardo Sá Pinto	17 October 2013
Levadiakos	Takis Lemonis	Resigned	14 October 2013	12th	Dimitris Farantos	15 October 2013
Levadiakos	Dimitris Farantos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	22 October 2013	14th	Nikos Karageorgiou	22 October 2013
Veria	Ștefan Stoica	Sacked	31 October 2013	17th	Stefanos Gaitanos	1 November 2013
PAS Giannina	Savvas Pantelidis	Sacked	31 October 2013	11th	Giorgos Georgoulopoulos	1 November 2013
PAS Giannina	G. Georgoulopoulos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	4 November 2013	9th	Sakis Tsiolis	4 November 2013
Platanias	Marinos Ouzounidis	Mutual Consent	4 November 2013	16th	Nikos Anastopoulos	6 November 2013
Veria	Stefanos Gaitanos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	16 November 2013	18th	Ratko Dostanić	16 November 2013
Apollon Smyrni	Babis Tennes	Sacked	11 November 2013	16th	Lawrie Sanchez	17 November 2013
Panionios	Nikos Pantelis	Sacked	16 December 2013	14th	Konstantinos Panagopoulos	16 December 2013
Aris	Zoran Milinković	Mutual Consent	20 December 2013	18th	Soulis Papadopoulos	20 December 2013
Ergotelis	Giannis Petrakis	Mutual Consent	13 January 2014	14th	Marinos Ouzounidis	17 January 2014
PAS Giannina	Sakis Tsiolis	Mutual Consent	22 January 2014	12th	G. Georgoulopoulos (caretaker)	22 January 2014
PAS Giannina	G. Georgoulopoulos (caretaker)	Manager arrival	28 January 2014	13th	Giannis Petrakis	28 January 2014
Skoda Xanthi	Reiner Maurer	Sacked	5 February 2014	11th	Nikos Kehagias	5 February 2014
Platanias	Nikos Anastopoulos	Mutual Consent	8 February 2014	16th	Angelos Anastasiadis	9 February 2014
Levadiakos	Nikos Karageorgiou	Mutual Consent	11 February 2014	14th	Savvas Pantelidis	12 February 2014
Panionios	Konstantinos Panagopoulos	Sacked	15 February 2014	15th	Antonis Manikas (caretaker)	15 February 2014
Panionios	Antonis Manikas (caretaker)	Manager arrival	17 February 2014	14th	Nikos Anastopoulos	17 February 2014
PAOK	Huub Stevens	Sacked	2 March 2014	2nd	Georgios Georgiadis	2 March 2014
Aris	Soulis Papadopoulos	Resigned	26 March 2014	18th	Giorgos Foiros	26 March 2014

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	28	2	4	88	19	+69	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	PAOK	34	21	6	7	68	37	+31	69	Qualification for the UEFA play-offs
3	Atromitos	34	19	9	6	54	25	+29	66[lower-alpha 1]
4	Panathinaikos	34	20	6	8	57	28	+29	66[lower-alpha 1]
5	Asteras Tripolis	34	16	10	8	46	35	+11	58
6	OFI	34	11	11	12	30	39	−9	44[lower-alpha 2]
7	Ergotelis	34	11	11	12	39	40	−1	44[lower-alpha 2]
8	Panetolikos	34	11	9	14	32	33	−1	42[lower-alpha 3]
9	Levadiakos	34	13	3	18	42	61	−19	42[lower-alpha 3]
10	Panthrakikos	34	11	8	15	39	52	−13	41[lower-alpha 4]
11	PAS Giannina	34	12	5	17	34	43	−9	41[lower-alpha 4]
12	AEL Kalloni	34	12	3	19	31	62	−31	39[lower-alpha 5]
13	Panionios	34	10	9	15	33	42	−9	39[lower-alpha 5]
14	Platanias	34	10	8	16	39	48	−9	38[lower-alpha 6]
15	Veria	34	9	11	14	31	51	−20	38[lower-alpha 6]
16	Skoda Xanthi	34	11	5	18	44	54	−10	38[lower-alpha 6]	Qualification for the relegation play-off
17	Apollon Smyrnis (R)	34	9	9	16	43	54	−11	36	Relegation to the Football League
18	Aris (R)	34	3	13	18	26	53	−27	22

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points,[19] 3) head-to-head goal difference.[20]
If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.[21]
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.[22] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw[23]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Panathinaikos–Atromitos 1–2, Atromitos–Panathinaikos 0–0.
2. Head-to-head record: OFI–Ergotelis 1–1, Ergotelis–OFI 0–1.
3. Head-to-head record: Panetolikos–Levadiakos 2–1, Levadiakos–Panetolikos 2–1.
4. Head-to-head record: Panthrakikos–PAS Giannina 2–0, PAS Giannina–Panthrakikos 1–1.
5. Head-to-head record: AEL Kalloni–Panionios 3–2, Panionios–AEL Kalloni 1–1.
6. Head-to-head record: Platanias: 8 pts, Veria: 5 pts, Skoda Xanthi: 3 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	APS	ARI	AST	ATR	ERG	KAL	LEV	OFI	OLY	PAT	PNT	PIO	PTH	PAOK	PAS	PLA	XAN	VER
Apollon Smyrnis		2–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–3	4–2	0–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	3–3	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
Aris	0–2		1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0
Asteras Tripolis	2–0	2–2		2–2	2–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	3–0	2–2	0–0
Atromitos	2–0	2–0	3–1		2–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Ergotelis	2–2	3–3	0–1	0–1		3–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–0
AEL Kalloni	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–5	1–0	1–0	1–5	0–3
Levadiakos	1–1	4–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	0–5	0–4	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
OFI	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0		0–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1
Olympiacos	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	5–1		0–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	4–2	4–0	6–0
Panathinaikos	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Panetolikos	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0
Panionios	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Panthrakikos	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–2	2–1	4–1		0–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
PAOK	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0		2–1	1–0	3–0	4–1
PAS Giannina	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	0–1
Platanias	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	7–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2		3–0	2–2
Skoda Xanthi	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–3		3–0
Veria	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	4–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–2

Source: Super League Greece (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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. PAOK then suffered a penalty of three points because of a riot at a cup game with Olympiakos.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAT	PAOK	ATR	AST
2	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	11	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]			1–1	1–1	1–0
3	PAOK	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	10	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round		1–0		3–0	1–1
4	Atromitos	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	7[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–1	1–2		3–1
5	Asteras Tripolis	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		1–3	1–0	1–0

Source: Playoff and Schedule (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) away goals rule; 5) classification of regular season
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos won the 2013–14 Greek Football Cup against PAOK, so all of the Europa League berths are reverted into play-off positions.
2. Head-to-head record: Asteras Tripolis–Atromitos 1–0, Atromitos–Asteras Tripolis 3–1.

Play-Off Match

The game took place in Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium on 11 June 2014.

11 June 2014 (2014-06-11)

20:30 (UTC+3)

Olympiacos Volou	1–2	Skoda Xanthi
Gurma  34'	Report	Goutas  45+3' Ranos  82'

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Skoda Xanthi retained their spot in 2014–15 Super League; Olympiacos Volou remained in 2014–15 Football League.

Season statistics

Top scorers Updated to games played on 13 April 2014. Rank Player Club Goals[24] 1 Esteban Solari Skoda Xanthi 16 2 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane Veria 15 Marcus Berg Panathinaikos 15 3 Dimitris Papadopoulos Atromitos 14 Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos 14 4 Christos Aravidis Panionios 12 Vangelis Mantzios Levadiakos 12 Antonis Petropoulos Apollon Smyrnis 12 Javier Saviola Olympiacos 12 Top assists Updated to games played on 13 April 2014. Rank Player Club Assists[25] 1 Alejandro Domínguez Olympiacos 11 Javier Umbides Atromitos 11 3 Joel Campbell Olympiacos 9 Lucas PAOK 9 Andreas Tatos Aris 9 6 Armiche Levadiakos 8 7 Marcus Berg Panathinaikos 7 Pablo De Blasis Asteras Tripolis 7 José María Cases Panthrakikos 7 David Fuster Olympiacos 7 Nikos Karelis Panathinaikos 7 Leozinho Kalloni 7 Lino PAOK 7 Tickets Updated to games played on 13 April 2014, As published to superleaguegreece.net. Games were counted without games played behind closed gates, so for example Olympiacos played 17 home games, but had one game behind closed gates, making 16 games. Rank Team Games Tickets Average tickets 1 Olympiacos 16 286.547 17.909 2 PAOK 17 223.126 13.125 3 Panathinaikos 16 145.197 9.075 4 Aris 17 123.192 7.247 5 OFI 17 72.724 4.278 6 Panetolikos 16 44.902 2.806 7 PAS Giannina 17 35.197 2.070 8 Panthrakikos 17 31.447 1.850 9 Asteras 17 31.161 1.833 10 Platanias 17 31.147 1.832 11 Atromitos 17 27.503 1.618 12 Apollon Smyrnis 17 26.528 1.560 13 Veria 17 26.355 1.550 14 Ergotelis 17 26.345 1.550 15 Skoda Xanthi 17 25.296 1.488 16 Panionios 17 19.846 1.167 17 Levadiakos 17 19.212 1.130 18 Kalloni 17 17.992 1.058 References "Archived copy" Β' Εθνική – 2012/2013 (in Greek). Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE Season 2010/11" (PDF). uefa.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης" μετονομάστηκε το γήπεδο του Αστέρα Τρίπολης! [Asteras Tripoli Stadium was renamed to "Theodoros Kolokotronis"] (in Greek). star.gr. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2013. "Peristeri Stadium". atromitosfc.gr. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "Pancretan Stadium". General Secretariat for the Olympic Utilization. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Εγκαταστάσεις [Facilities] (in Greek). aelk.gr. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012. "Δημοτικό Στάδιο Λιβαδειάς (Livadia Municipal Stadium)". levadiakosfc.gr. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "Παρουσίαση γηπέδου ΟΦΗ (Presentation of OFI stadium)" (in Greek). ofifc.gr. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2011/12" (PDF). uefa.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "Λεωφόρος Αλεξάνδρας (Leoforos Stadium description)". oaka.com.gr. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012. Karakousis, Fotis (5 July 2011). "Eργοτάξιο το "κλουβί"! (pics)" [The "cage" is a worksite] (in Greek). Agrinio: gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 27 October 2012. "AEK Athens face Dundee United without Greek fans". BBC Sport. 25 August 2010. "ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΤΑΔΙΟ ΟΠΑΠ ΚΟΜΟΤΗΝΗΣ (Komotini Municipal Stadium)" (in Greek). panthrakikos.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "Toumba Stadium". paokfc.gr. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012. "Εθνικό Στάδιο "Ζωσιμάδες" (Zosimades Stadium)" (in Greek). pasgiannina.gr. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012. Τα εισιτήρια για το Πλατανιάς- Ατρόμητος [The tickets for Platanias-Atromitos]. Nea Kriti (in Greek). 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013. "SKODA XANTHI Arena". skodaxanthifc.gr. Retrieved 3 July 2012. "If the course problem wasn't here..." (in Greek). www.sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 1 July 2013. "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraphs 5 (in Greek) "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek) "Super League Greece standings". Super League Greece., see footnote (in Greek) "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 4, 8 (in Greek) "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 16a (in Greek) "Super League statistics (sorted by goals)" (in Greek). superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013. "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)" (in Greek). superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2013. External links Official website (in Greek)