2009–10 Super League Greece


The 2009–10 Super League Greece was the 74th season of the highest football league of Greece and the fourth under the name Super League. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki. On 11 April 2010, Panathinaikos defeated Iraklis 2–0 to secure their 20th Greek title and their first one in six years.

Teams

Promoted from
2008–09 Beta Ethniki
Relegated from
2008–09 Super League Greece
Atromitos
PAS Giannina
Kavala
OFI
Panserraikos
Thrasyvoulos

Other changes

Due to Greece having ascended in the UEFA league coefficient rankings, the 2009–10 champions will enter 2010–11 UEFA Champions League at the group stage instead of the third qualifying round. Every other European spot remains unchanged, meaning that the winner of the [|European play-off group] will reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League while the runners-up and third-placed team of this group will enter 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity2008–09
AEK AthensAthens Athens Olympic Stadium69,6383rd
AELLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,1085th
ArisThessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,8006th
Asteras TripolisTripoliAsteras Tripolis Stadium6,43012th
AtromitosAthens Peristeri Stadium8,9391st
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,2409th
IraklisThessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium27,56010th
KavalaKavalaAnthi Karagianni Stadium12,5003rd
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,91513rd
OlympiacosPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,3341st
PanathinaikosAthens Athens Olympic Stadium69,6382nd
PanioniosAthens Nea Smyrni Stadium11,7008th
PanthrakikosKomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,50011th
PAOKThessaloniki Toumba Stadium28,7034th
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,6522nd
Skoda XanthiXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,3617th

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Panthrakikos

Regular season

League table


Play-offs

In the play-off for Champions League, the 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 to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

Top scorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 20 December 2010.
AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season

Attendances

Panathinaikos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009–10 edition of the Super League Greece.