2008–09 Super League Greece


The 2008–09 Super League Greece was the 73rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the third under the name Super League. The season began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.

Teams

Promoted from
2007–08 Beta Ethniki		Relegated from
2007–08 Super League Greece
Panserraikos
Thrasyvoulos
Panthrakikos		Atromitos
Veria
Apollon Kalamarias

Stadiums and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens

Regular season

League table


Play-offs

The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own number of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the number of bonus points.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
  • PAOK – 3 points '
  • Panathinaikos – 2 points '
  • AEK Athens – 1 point '
  • AEL – 0 points '
The play-off winners entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since AEK Athens have lost the final of the 2008–09 Greek Cup to Champions League-bound Olympiacos, all three Greek Europa League spots were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)

Source:

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 9 November 2009.
AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2008–09 edition of the Super League Greece.