2017–18_Superleague_Greece

2017–18 Super League Greece

2017–18 Super League Greece

82nd season of top-tier football league in Greece


The 2017–18 Super League Greece, or Souroti Super League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 82nd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 12th under its current name. The season started in August 2017 and ended in May 2018. The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 Football League.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

On 12 March 2018, the Super League Greece was suspended by the Greek government until further notice after the president of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis, had stormed onto the field with a revolver during the match between PAOK and AEK Athens played the previous day.[2] The suspension was lifted on 27 March. PAOK was deducted 3 points and AEK was awarded 3 points for the incident.[3]

Contrary to the previous seasons, the playoffs for the Champions League and Europa League spots were removed, with qualification based solely on finishing position.[4]

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2016–17 season. Iraklis and Veria played in Football League for the 2017–18 season.

Two teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Football League, Apollon Smyrnis and Lamia, the latter for which it was their debut season in the highest division of Greek football.

Stadiums and locations

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.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[46]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[41]
  2. Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[42]
  3. Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.
  4. Head-to-head points: Levadiakos 2, PAS Giannina 2.
  5. Panathinaikos were deducted 2 points due to crowd behavior against PAOK in a play-off match during the 2016–17 season.[43]
    Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points for financial reasons on 11 April 2018. On 23 April 2018 another 3 points were deducted for the same occasion.[44][45]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AEK ...
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.
Notes:
  1. Match suspended at 90th minute. Awarded 0–3 to AEK.
  2. Match suspended before the kick-off. Awarded 0–3 to Olympiacos.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

More information Team ╲ Round, AEK Athens ...
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round
Champions League second qualifying round
Europa League third qualifying round
Europa League second qualifying round
Relegation to 2018–19 Football League

Season statistics

More information Rank, Player ...

Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

More information Matchday, MVP ...

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 15 February 2019.[77]

More information Award, Winner ...
More information Team of the Season ...

References

  1. "Πέρασε η χορηγία, "Σουρωτή Σούπερ Λιγκ"" (in Greek). novasports.gr. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  2. "Αποφάσεις Γ.Σ. και Δ.Σ. 18/8/2017"" (in Greek). superleaguegreece.net. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018.
  3. "Vladimir Ivić". paokfc.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2017.
  4. "Aleksandar Stanojević". paokfc.gr (in Greek). 16 June 2017.
  5. "Ricardo Sá Pinto". atromitosfc.gr (in Greek). 12 June 2017.
  6. "Damir Canadi". atromitosfc.gr (in Greek). 21 June 2017.
  7. "Besnik Hasi". olympiacos.org (in Greek). 8 June 2017.
  8. "Milan Rastavac". xanthifc.gr (in Greek). 12 June 2017.
  9. "Τέλος από τον Αστέρα ο Βεργέτης". sport24.gr (in Greek). 10 September 2017.
  10. "Επιστροφή Φυντάνη στην ΑΕΛ". sport24.gr (in Greek). 25 September 2017.
  11. "Ανακοίνωσε Ρόκα ο Πλατανιάς". sport24.gr (in Greek). 12 November 2017.
  12. ""Διαζύγιο" Βοσνιάδη με Κέρκυρα". sport24.gr (in Greek). 19 December 2017.
  13. "Λεμονής τέλος στον Ολυμπιακό". sport24.gr (in Greek). 4 January 2018.
  14. "Τέλος ο Ρόκα από τον Πλατανιά". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 January 2018.
  15. "Soccer - Olympiakos deducted three points for derby violence". Reuters. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  16. "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  17. "Ανακοίνωση" [Decision]. Superleague Greece (in Greek). 11 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  18. "Ανακοίνωση" [Decision]. Superleague Greece (in Greek). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  19. "Superleague Greece 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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