2018–19 Super League Greece


The 2018–19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.
AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the [2017–18 Football League (Greece)|Football League (Greece)|2017–18 Football League], replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018–19 Football League.
PAOK won their third championship and their first in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. Also, on July 30 and before the start of the season, the HFF removed article 30 that referred to multi-ownership cases, an act which, as it turned out, was intended to cover the acquisition of Xanthi by PAOK.
PAS Giannina, Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI, who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018–19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019–20 Super League. OFI won the play-offs with 3–2 on aggregate.
This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019–20 season, the league teams were reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament was introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018–19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and the HFF, however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.
The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1–0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014–15 season. The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2–0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013–14 season.
The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1–0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight. The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2–1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.
Promoted from
2017–18 Football League
Relegated from
2017–18 Super League Greece
OFI
Aris
Kerkyra
Platanias

Venues

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity2017–18
AEK AthensAthens Athens Olympic Stadium69,6181st
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,11812th
Apollon SmyrnisAthens Georgios Kamaras Stadium14,20014th
ArisThessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,8002nd
Asteras TripolisTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,4425th
AtromitosAthens Peristeri Stadium9,0504th
LamiaLamiaLamia Municipal Stadium5,50013th
LevadiakosLivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium5,91510th
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,0881st
OlympiacosPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium32,1153rd
PanathinaikosAthens Athens Olympic Stadium69,61811th
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,3218th
PanioniosAthens Nea Smyrni Stadium11,7007th
PAOKThessaloniki Toumba Stadium28,7032nd
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,6529th
XanthiXanthiXanthi FC Arena7,2446th

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020.
AwardWinnerClub
Greek of the Season

Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2018–19 edition of the Super League Greece.