SUPER LEAGUE GREECE

Super League Greece
''Super League Greece 2007-08''
Logo of the Super League Greece
'Founded'
2006
'Nation'
'President'
Giannis Vardinogiannis
'Relegation To'
Second Division
'Number of Teams'
16
'European Qualification'
Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
'Domestic Cups'
Greek Cup
'Current Champions (2006-07)'
Olympiacos
'Most Successful Club'
Olympiacos (35 titles)
'Website'
Official Site

The 'Super League Greece' () is the highest professional football league in Greece.

Contents

History

Structure

2007-08

Clubs

Stadiums

Champions

Winners

Panhellenic Championship

First Division (Α΄ Εθνική)

Super League Greece

Performance By Club

Domestic Doubles

See also

External links

History

Super Leagues's precursors was Panhellenic Championship and First Division (Α΄ Εθνική). Panhellenic Championship, which had the form of cup, was carried out from 1906 to 1959, with the attendance only of the biggest football associations of Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Patras, while First Division from 1959 (therefore the championship became professional, until then was amateur) to 2006. First Division had bigger attendance, with associations from all Greece.
EPO organized the championship for first time in history in 1927. Until then, SEGAS (Contact of Greek Gymnastic and Athletic Associations) (1906-1913) and the precursor of EPO, EPSE (Union of Football Associations of Greece) (1922-23), had undertaken the conduct of championship. Nevertheless, the official counting of champions begins since 1928.

Structure

At present, sixteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the bottom three clubs are relegated to Second Division, the second-level league, to be replaced by the top three teams from that league.
As of the 2007-08 season, the league is entitled to two entrants in the UEFA Champions League. The champion enters the third qualifying round, a two-legged tie from which the winner qualifies to the group stage, while the runner-up enters the second qualifying round from which the winner qualifies for the third qualifying round. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically enters the UEFA Cup, as well as the teams that finish third through fifth in the Super League. If the cup winner is qualified for European competition by its league position, the losing cup finalist is granted a UEFA Cup berth. If both cup finalists are qualified for Europe by their league position, the sixth-place team in the Super League is granted a UEFA Cup berth.

2007-08

Clubs

Club	Finishing position last season
AEK Athens	2nd
Apollon Kalamarias	12th
Aris	4th
Asteras Tripolis	1st in Second Division
Atromitos	8th
Ergotelis	9th
Iraklis	13th
Larissa	10th
Levadiakos	2nd in Second Division
OFI	7th
Olympiacos	1st
Panathinaikos	3rd
Panionios	5th
PAOK	6th
Veria	3rd in Second Division
Skoda Xanthi	11th

Stadiums

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Olympic Stadium	71,030
Apollon Kalamarias	Kalamaria Stadium	6,500
Aris	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,800
Asteras Tripolis	Asteras Tripolis Stadium	6,500
Atromitos	Peristeri Stadium	8,939
Ergotelis	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
Iraklis	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,770
Larissa	Alkazar	13,108
Levadiakos	Levadia Stadium	13,108
OFI	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
Olympiacos	Karaiskakis Stadium	33,334
Panathinaikos	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium	16,620
Panionios	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700
PAOK	Toumba Stadium	28,701
Veria	Veria Stadium	7,361
Skoda Xanthi	Skoda Xanthi Arena	7,422

Champions

Winners

Panhellenic Championship

Season	Winner
1927-28	Aris
1928-29	(not held)
1929-30	Panathinaikos
1930-31	Olympiacos
1931-32	Aris
1932-33	Olympiacos
1933-34	Olympiacos
1934-35	(not held)
1935-36	Olympiacos
1936-37	Olympiacos
1937-38	Olympiacos
1938-39	AEK
1939-40	AEK
1940-45	(suspended due to World War II)
1945-46	Aris
1946-47	Olympiacos
1947-48	Olympiacos
1948-49	Panathinaikos
1949-50	(not held)
1950-51	Olympiacos
1951-52	(not held)
1952-53	Panathinaikos
1953-54	Olympiacos
1954-55	Olympiacos
1955-56	Olympiacos
1956-57	Olympiacos
1957-58	Olympiacos
1958-59	Olympiacos

First Division (Α΄ Εθνική)

Season	Winner
1959-60	Panathinaikos
1960-61	Panathinaikos
1961-62	Panathinaikos
1962-63	AEK
1963-64	Panathinaikos
1964-65	Panathinaikos
1965-66	Olympiacos
1966-67	Olympiacos
1967-68	AEK
1968-69	Panathinaikos
1969-70	Panathinaikos
1970-71	AEK
1971-72	Panathinaikos
1972-73	Olympiacos
1973-74	Olympiacos
1974-75	Olympiacos
1975-76	PAOK
1976-77	Panathinaikos
1977-78	AEK
1978-79	AEK
1979-80	Olympiacos
1980-81	Olympiacos
1981-82	Olympiacos
1982-83	Olympiacos
1983-84	Panathinaikos
1984-85	PAOK
1985-86	Panathinaikos
1986-87	Olympiacos
1987-88	Larissa
1988-89	AEK
1989-90	Panathinaikos
1990-91	Panathinaikos
1991-92	AEK
1992-93	AEK
1993-94	AEK
1994-95	Panathinaikos
1995-96	Panathinaikos
1996-97	Olympiacos
1997-98	Olympiacos
1998-99	Olympiacos
1999-00	Olympiacos
2000-01	Olympiacos
2001-02	Olympiacos
2002-03	Olympiacos
2003-04	Panathinaikos
2004-05	Olympiacos
2005-06	Olympiacos

Super League Greece

Season	Winner
2006-07	Olympiacos
2007-08

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Olympiacos	35	1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Panathinaikos	19	1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004
AEK	11	1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
Aris	3	1928, 1932, 1946
PAOK	2	1976, 1985
Larissa	1	1988

Domestic Doubles

★ 1939 - AEK

★ 1947 - Olympiacos

★ 1951 - Olympiacos

★ 1954 - Olympiacos

★ 1957 - Olympiacos

★ 1958 - Olympiacos

★ 1959 - Olympiacos

★ 1969 - Panathinaikos

★ 1973 - Olympiacos

★ 1975 - Olympiacos

★ 1977 - Panathinaikos

★ 1978 - AEK

★ 1981 - Olympiacos

★ 1984 - Panathinaikos

★ 1986 - Panathinaikos

★ 1991 - Panathinaikos

★ 1995 - Panathinaikos

★ 1999 - Olympiacos

★ 2004 - Panathinaikos

★ 2005 - Olympiacos

★ 2006 - Olympiacos

Club	Doubles
Olympiacos	12
Panathinaikos	7
AEK	2

See also

★ List of sports attendance figures — the Super League in a global context

External links

★ Official Site

★ SuperLeague Statistics