2012–13 Super League Greece

The 2012–13 Super League Greece was the 77th season of the highest football league of Greece and the seventh under the name Super League. The season started on 25 August 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013 with the last matches of the play-off round. Olympiacos were the defending champions, having won their 39th Greek championship in the 2011–12 season. They successfully defended their crown, finishing 15 points ahead of second-placed PAOK.

Super League Greece

Season	2012–13
Dates	25 August 2012 – 21 April 2013
Champions	Olympiacos 40th Greek title
Relegated	AEK Athens Kerkyra
Champions League	Olympiacos PAOK
Europa League	Skoda Xanthi Atromitos Asteras Tripolis
Matches played	240
Goals scored	512 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafik Djebbour (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Veria 5–0 Platanias
Biggest away win	AEK Athens 0–4 Olympiacos Veria 0–4 AEK Athens OFI 0–4 Olympiacos Platanias 0–4 Olympiacos
Highest scoring	PAOK 4–2 Panionios Aris 5–1 Asteras Tripolis
Highest attendance	32,018[1] Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos
Lowest attendance	168[1] Kerkyra 1–2 Levadiakos
Average attendance	4,785[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The league comprised 13 teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Football League.

Teams

Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season to the 2012–13 Football League: Doxa Drama, Panetolikos, Ergotelis.

Three teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Football League, champions Panthrakikos, runners-up Veria and the winners of a four-team play-off round Platanias. Panthrakikos and Veria returned to top level respectively two and four years after relegation, while Platanias made their debut.

Stadiums and locations

AEK Athens
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Asteras

OFI

Kerkyra

Levadiakos

Olympiacos

Panthrakikos

PAS Giannina

Platanias

Skoda Xanthi

Veria

Location of the 2012–13 Super League Greece teams

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Ref
AEK Athens	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium	69,618	[2]
Aris	Thessaloniki	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,800	[3]
Asteras Tripolis	Tripoli	Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium	7,616	[4]
Atromitos	Athens	Peristeri Stadium	10,200	[5]
Kerkyra	Corfu	Kerkyra Stadium	2,776	[6]
Levadiakos	Livadeia	Levadia Municipal Stadium	6,500	[7]
OFI	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,088	[8]
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Karaiskakis Stadium	32,115	[9]
Panathinaikos	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium	69,618	[2]
Panionios	Athens	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700	[10]
Panthrakikos	Komotini	Komotini Municipal Stadium	6,198	[11]
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,703	[12]
PAS Giannina	Ioannina	Zosimades Stadium	7,652	[13]
Platanias	Chania	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	4,000	[14]
Skoda Xanthi	Xanthi	Skoda Xanthi Arena	7,361	[15]
Veria	Veria	Veria Stadium	7,000	[16]

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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK Athens	Traianos Dellas	Antonis Rikka	Puma	Kino
Aris	Soulis Papadopoulos	Grigoris Papazaharias	Under Armour	Kino
Asteras Tripolis	Sakis Tsiolis	Savvas Tsabouris	Nike	Lotto
Atromitos	Giorgos Paraschos	Giannis Skondras	hummel	Lotto
Kerkyra	Giannis Papakostas	Nikolaos Anastasopoulos	Lotto	Tzoker
Levadiakos	Jasminko Velić	Thanasis Moulopoulos	hummel	Extra 5
OFI	Giannis Petrakis	Ricardo Verón	Legea	Races
Olympiacos	Míchel	Avraam Papadopoulos	Puma	Pame Stoixima
Panathinaikos	Giannis Vonortas	Giourkas Seitaridis	adidas	OPAP
Panionios	Konstantinos Panagopoulos	Fanouris Goundoulakis	Tempo Sport	Tzoker
Panthrakikos	Pavlos Dermitzakis	Achilleas Sarakatsanos	Joma	Lotto
PAOK	Giorgos Georgiadis	Dimitris Salpingidis	Umbro	Pame Stoixima
PAS Giannina	Giannis Christopoulos	Georgios Dasios	Lotto	Tzoker
Platanias	Angelos Anastasiadis	Markos Maragoudakis	Macron	Tzoker
Skoda Xanthi	Marinos Ouzounidis	Spyros Vallas	Nike	Super 3
Veria	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Nikolaos Georgeas	hummel	Lotto

Adidas is the official ball supplier for Super League Greece.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
PAOK	László Bölöni	Mutual consent	25 May 2012	Pre-Season	Giorgos Donis	31 May 2012
Olympiacos	Ernesto Valverde	End of contract	31 Μay 2012		Leonardo Jardim	10 June 2012
Veria	Makis Chavos	Sacked	4 September 2012	12th	Nikos Karidas	5 September 2012
Skoda Xanthi	Marinos Ouzounidis		23 September 2012	6th	Nikos Kostenoglou[17]	30 September 2012
AEK Athens	Vangelis Vlachos		30 September 2012	16th	Ewald Lienen[18]	10 October 2012
Aris	Makis Katsavakis		7 October 2012	10th	Nikos Pasialis[19]	8 October 2012 (Caretaker)
Panthrakikos	Savvas Pantelidis		29 October 2012	13th	Pavlos Dermitzakis[20]	31 October
Panathinaikos	Jesualdo Ferreira	Resigned	14 November 2012	6th	Juan Ramón Rocha[21]	14 November 2012
Veria	Nikos Karidas	Sacked	18 November 2012	15th	Dimitris Kalaitzidis[22]	20 November 2012
Platanias	Giannis Chatzinikolaou		19 November 2012	9th	Angelos Anastasiadis[23]	20 November 2012
Skoda Xanthi	Nikos Kostenoglou		2 December 2012	15th	Marinos Ouzounidis[24]	4 December 2012
Aris	Nikos Pasialis (caretaker)	Manager Arrival	3 December 2012	14th	Lucas Alcaraz[25]	3 December 2012
Atromitos	Dušan Bajević	Mutual consent	24 December 2012	4th	Nikos Anastopoulos[26]	31 December 2012
OFI	Nikos Anastopoulos	Resigned	27 December 2012	10th	Giannis Petrakis[27]	2 January 2013
Panathinaikos	Juan Ramón Rocha	Mutual Consent	7 January 2013	9th	Fabri González[28]	8 January 2013
Olympiacos	Leonardo Jardim	Sacked	19 January 2013	1st	Antonis Nikopolidis[29]	19 January 2013
Aris	Lucas Alcaraz		29 January 2013	14th	Giannis Michalitsos[30]	29 January 2013
Olympiacos	Antonis Nikopolidis (caretaker)	Manager Arrival	4 February 2013	1st	Míchel[31]	4 February 2013
Kerkyra	Akis Mantzios	Sacked	6 February 2013	16th	Giannis Papakostas	7 February 2013
Panionios	Dimitris Eleftheropoulos		17 February 2013	12th	Konstantinos Panagopoulos	18 February 2013
Aris	Giannis Michalitsios		7 March 2013	15th	Soulis Papadopoulos	8 March 2013
Levadiakos	Giorgos Paraschos		22 March 2013	9th	Jasminko Velić	22 March 2013
Panathinaikos	Fabriciano González		31 March 2013	6th	Giannis Vonortas	1 April 2013
Atromitos	Nikos Anastopoulos		7 April 2013	4th	Giorgos Paraschos	8 April 2013
AEK	Ewald Lienen		9 April 2013	12th	Traianos Dellas	9 April 2013
PAOK	Giorgos Donis		29 April 2013	2nd	Giorgos Georgiadis (caretaker)	30 April 2013

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	24	5	1	64	16	+48	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	PAOK	30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Asteras Tripolis	30	17	5	8	41	25	+16	56
4	Atromitos	30	11	13	6	26	22	+4	46
5	PAS Giannina	30	12	8	10	28	24	+4	44
6	Panathinaikos[a]	30	10	12	8	32	30	+2	40[b]
7	Skoda Xanthi	30	10	10	10	28	26	+2	40[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Panionios	30	11	3	16	35	42	−7	36[c]
9	Platanias	30	10	6	14	29	42	−13	36[c]
10	Panthrakikos	30	10	6	14	30	33	−3	36[c]
11	Levadiakos	30	9	7	14	21	35	−14	34
12	Veria	30	8	9	13	30	35	−5	33[d]
13	Aris	30	7	12	11	32	40	−8	33[d]
14	OFI	30	8	8	14	33	46	−13	32
15	AEK Athens[e] (R)	30	8	6	16	21	36	−15	27	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
16	Kerkyra (R)	30	4	8	18	16	41	−25	20	Relegation to Football League

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points;^[32] 3) Head-to-head goal difference.^[33]
If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.^[34]
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.^[35] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw^[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos started the league season with minus 2 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Olympiacos last year.
2. 6th place play-off: Panathinaikos–Skoda Xanthi 3–0.
3. Head-to-head points: Panionios 9, Platanias 7, Panthrakikos 1.
4. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Veria 3 (+1), Aris 3 (-1).
5. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Panthrakikos this year. They were also voluntarily relegated to the third division in order to enter the liquidation process and remove a big number of debts to the club.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	ARIS	AST	ATR	KER	LEV	OFI	OLY	PAO	PGSS	PNT	PAOK	PAS	PLA	XAN	VER
AEK Athens		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–0	0–3[a]	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Aris	1–1		5–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1
Asteras Tripolis	3–1	1–1		3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0
Atromitos	1–0	0–1	0–2		2–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Kerkyra	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–2		1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1
Levadiakos	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–0
OFI	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2		0–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–0
Olympiacos	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–0
Panathinaikos	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–2
Panionios	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2		2–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	3–3	1–1
Panthrakikos	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–2		1–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–1
PAOK	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–0		2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0
PAS Giannina	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3		0–0	1–0	2–0
Platanias	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–4	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		3–2	0–0
Skoda Xanthi	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–0		0–2
Veria	0–4	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–0

Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match between AEK Athens and Panthrakikos was awarded to Panthrakikos after being suspended at 87th minute (score:0-1)

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Olympiacos	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
PAOK	5	7	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Asteras Tripolis	3	2	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Atromitos	1	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
PAS Giannina	8	9	10	14	9	11	8	9	11	9	7	6	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	5
Panathinaikos	6	8	9	11	12	8	9	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	6
Skoda Xanthi	10	6	7	8	10	12	15	15	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	7
Panthrakikos	14	13	8	12	15	10	13	14	15	14	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	10	9	11	11	13	14	14	12	10	8
Panionios	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	7	7	7	10	8	10	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Platanias	9	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	8	9	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	15	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	10	12	10
Levadiakos	13	15	16	10	13	15	14	13	14	13	10	9	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	8	9	10	11	9	9	11
Veria	11	12	13	9	7	7	10	10	12	12	15	15	16	15	13	14	13	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	11	13	12	13	11	12
Aris	12	11	11	6	11	14	12	12	9	11	12	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13
OFI	7	10	12	7	8	9	7	7	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	11	10	7	9	8	9	11	13	14	12	12	10	11	14	14
AEK Athens	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	12	11	11	10	12	12	14	11	13	14	15	15
Kerkyra	15	14	15	16	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Champion and Champions League group stage
	Qualification for the play-offs
	Relegation to 2013–14 Football League

Source: Superleague Greece

Play-offs

In the play-off for Champions League, the four qualified 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAOK	ATR	AST	PAS
2	PAOK	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	13	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round			1–2	1–0	0–1
3	Atromitos	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]		2–1		0–0	2–0
4	Asteras Tripolis	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]		1–2	2–1		2–1
5	PAS Giannina	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7			1–2	1–1	2–1

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings and Schedule
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season
Notes:

1. Since Asteras Tripolis lost the 2012–13 Greek Football Cup final to a team already qualified for European competitions, Olympiacos, all of the Europa League allocations were made through play-off positions.

Season statistics

Updated to games played on 21 April 2013.

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals[37] 1 Rafik Djebbour Olympiacos 20 2 Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK 14 3 Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos 11 Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panthrakikos 11 Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK 11 6 David Aganzo Aris 9 Brana Ilić PAS Giannina 9 Emanuel Perrone Asteras Tripolis 9 Toché Panathinaikos 9

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[38] 1 Djamel Abdoun Olympiacos 8 José Holebas Olympiacos 8 2 Pablo de Blasis Asteras Tripolis 7 Ariel Ibagaza Olympiacos 7 Andreas Lampropoulos OFI 7 Rubén Rayos Asteras Tripolis 7 7 Nicolas Marin Skoda Xanthi 5 Ximo Navarro Asteras Tripolis 5 Manolis Papasterianos Aris 5 Mauro Poy Levadiakos 5 Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK 5

Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

Matchday	MVP	Best Goal	Ref
1st	Chumbinho (Atromitos)	Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)	[39]
2nd	Ruben Rayos (Asteras Tripolis)	Tomás De Vincenti (PAS Giannina)	[40]
3rd	Jonathan López (Veria)	Liam Lawrence (PAOK)	[41]
4th	Mirnes Šišić (OFI)	Chigozie Udoji (Platanias)	[42]
5th	Liam Lawrence (PAOK)	Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)	[43]
6th	Željko Kalajdžić (Platanias)	Kenan Bargan (Veria)	[44]
7th	Giannis Gianniotas (Aris)	Mirnes Šišić (OFI)	[45]
8th	Christos Aravidis (Panionios)	Manolis Papasterianos (Aris)	[46]
9th	Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK)	Fernando Usero (Asteras Tripolis)	[47]
10th	Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK)	Dennis Souza (OFI)	[48]
11th	Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina)	Taxiarchis Fountas (AEK Athens)	[49]
12th	Karim Fegrouche (PAS Giannina)	Tomás De Vincenti (PAS Giannina)	[50]
13th	Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK)	Alexandros Perogamvrakis (OFI)	[51]
14th	Charalampos Mavrias (Panathinaikos)	Lino (PAOK)	[52]
15th	Ilias Ioannou (Veria)	Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI)	[53]
16th	Stelios Vasiliou (Levadiakos)	Costin Lazăr (PAOK)	[54]
17th	Andreas Lampropoulos (OFI)	Antonis Petropoulos (AEK Athens)	[55]
18th	Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI)	Andreas Lampropoulos (OFI)	[56]
19th	Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina)	Andreas Samaris (Panionios)	[57]
20th	Elini Dimoutsos (Atromitos)	Abdoul Camara (PAOK)	[58]
21st	Liam Lawrence (PAOK)	Serge Dié (Skoda Xanthi)	[59]
22nd	Andreas Tatos (Aris)	Ruben Rayos (Asteras Tripolis)	[60]
23rd	Michael Olaitan (Veria)	Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK)	[61]
24th	Nikos Kaltsas (Veria)	Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK)	[62]
25th	Gordon Schildenfeld (PAOK)	Giannis Gianniotas (Aris)	[63]
26th	Abdoul Camara (PAOK)	Serge Dié (Skoda Xanthi)	[64]
27th	Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI)	Thanasis Papazoglou (OFI)	[65]
28th	Andreas Tatos (Aris)	Rogério Martins (Levadiakos)	[66]
29th	Andreas Tatos (Aris)	Andreas Tatos (Aris)	[67]
30th	Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK)	Dimitris Papadopoulos (Panthrakikos)	[68]

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 3 February 2014^[69]

Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Dimitris Papadopoulos	Panthrakikos
Foreign Player of the Season	Ruben Rayos	Asteras Tripolis
Young Player of the Season	Ergys Kaçe	PAOK
Goalkeeper of the Season	Orestis Karnezis	Panathinaikos
Golden Boot	Rafik Djebbour	Olympiacos
Manager of the Season	Giannis Christopoulos	PAS Giannina