2006–07 Super League Greece

The 2006–07 Super League Greece was the 71st season of the highest football league of Greece and the inaugural under the name Super League. The season began on 19 August 2006 and ended on 13 May 2007. Olympiacos clinched the title on 22 April with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third straight title and 10th in the last 11 years.

Super League Greece
Season2006–07
ChampionsOlympiacos
35th Greek title
RelegatedEgaleo
Ionikos
Kerkyra
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupAEL (via domestic cup)
Aris
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Intertoto CupOFI
Matches240
Goals558 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Liberopoulos
(18 goals)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 5–0 AEL
Olympiacos 5–0 Apollon Kalamarias
Biggest away winIonikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Highest scoringIonikos 3–5 Olympiacos

For the next season, Ionikos, Kerkyra and Egaleo have been relegated to B' Ethniki given that they have finished in the lowest three spots of the table. Asteras Tripolis, Levadiakos and Veria was promoted from B' Ethniki for 2007–08.

Teams

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Promoted from
2005–06 Beta Ethniki
Relegated from
2005–06 Alpha Ethniki
Ergotelis
Kerkyra
Aris
Levadiakos
Kallithea
Akratitos

Stadiums and personnel

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Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638
AEL Greece Georgios Donis Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108
Apollon Kalamarias Greece Makis Katsavakis Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) Kalamaria Stadium 6,500
Aris Spain Quique Hernández Thessaloniki (Charilaou) Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
Atromitos Serbia Dragan Kokotović Athens (Peristeri) Peristeri Stadium 9,035
Egaleo Greece Stelios Poulos Athens (Aigaleo) Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ergotelis Greece Nikos Karageorgiou Heraklion (Ammoudara) Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Ionikos Portugal Augusto Inácio Piraeus (Nikaia) Neapoli Stadium 4,999
Iraklis Serbia Ivan Jovanović Thessaloniki (Triandria) Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560
Kerkyra Greece Babis Tennes Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,685
OFI Germany Reiner Maurer Heraklion (Ammoudara) Pankritio Stadium 26,400
Olympiacos Greece Takis Lemonis Piraeus (Neo Faliro) Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
Panathinaikos Spain Víctor Muñoz Athens (Marousi) Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638
Panionios Germany Ewald Lienen Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,756
PAOK Greece Georgios Paraschos Thessaloniki (Toumba) Toumba Stadium 28,703
Skoda Xanthi Greece Nikos Kechagias Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,442
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2007.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 62 23 +39 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 AEK Athens 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 30 16 6 8 47 28 +19 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aris 30 11 13 6 32 26 +6 46
5 Panionios 30 12 9 9 33 31 +2 45[a]
6 PAOK 30 13 6 11 32 29 +3 45[a]
7 OFI 30 12 6 12 41 45 4 42 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round[b]
8 Atromitos 30 10 10 10 40 44 4 40
9 Ergotelis 30 11 6 13 30 32 2 39
10 AEL 30 9 9 12 30 38 8 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
11 Skoda Xanthi 30 8 12 10 24 22 +2 36
12 Apollon Kalamarias 30 9 8 13 27 36 9 35[d]
13 Iraklis 30 10 5 15 25 34 9 35[d]
14 Kerkyra (R) 30 8 11 11 34 36 2 35[d] Relegation to the Beta Ethniki
15 Egaleo (R) 30 7 7 16 27 45 18 28
16 Ionikos[e] (R) 30 2 3 25 14 62 48 4
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.
  2. PAOK turned down entry to the Intertoto Cup allowing OFI to accept the bid from Greece.
  3. Larissa qualified for one of the four UEFA Cup spots based on their victory in the Greek Football Cup.
  4. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Apollon Kalamarias: 9 pts, Iraklis: 4 pts, Kerkyra: 4 pts. Iraklis ahead of Kerkyra on head-to-head goal difference.
  5. Ionikos had 2 points deducted for an attack by the club's chairman on the referee at matchday 6 and 3 points deducted for incidents at matchday 14. The game against Iraklis suspended at the 92nd minute after a violent attack to the assistant referee[1]

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL APK ARIS ATR EGA ERG ION IRA KER OFI OLY PAO PGSS PAOK XAN
AEK Athens 5–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 5–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–4 4–0 0–0 0–0
Larissa 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Apollon Kalamarias 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0
Aris 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
Atromitos 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–3
Egaleo 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–0
Ergotelis 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Ionikos 1–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–3[a] 0–0 0–2 3–5 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–2
Iraklis 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Kerkyra 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
OFI 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–4 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–2
Olympiacos 1–0 4–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Panathinaikos 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Panionios 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–2
PAOK 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0
Skoda Xanthi 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Source: Worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Ionikos and Iraklis was awarded to Iraklis after being suspended at 92nd minute (score: 2–2).

Top scorers

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Source: Galanis Sports Data

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens 18
2 Brazil Rivaldo Olympiacos 17
3 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis Panathinaikos 14
Poland Marcin Mięciel PAOK
5 Mexico Nery Castillo Olympiacos 12
Greece Dimitris Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
Serbia Goran Drulić OFI
8 Spain Koke Aris 10
9 Albania Alban Bushi Apollon Kalamarias 9
Brazil Júlio César AEK Athens

Awards

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MVP and Best Goal Awards

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Matchday MVP Best Goal Ref
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th Spain Víctor Sánchez (Panathinaikos) Greece Stelios Sfakianakis (OFI) [2]
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th Spain Koke (Aris) Greece Stelios Iliadis (PAOK) [3]
28th Greece Kostas Chalkias (Aris) Brazil Rogério Belém (Aris) [4]
29th
30th Brazil Rivaldo (Olympiacos) Greece Manolis Skoufalis (Panionios) [5]

Annual awards

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Annual awards were announced on 17 December 2007.[6]

Award Winner Club
Greek Player of the Season Greece Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Brazil Rivaldo Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season Greece Sotiris Ninis Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season Poland Arkadiusz Malarz Skoda Xanthi
Golden Boot Greece Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens
Manager of the Season Germany Ewald Lienen Panionios

Attendances

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Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2006–07 edition of the Super League Greece.[7]

#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos22,412
2AEK Athens17,244
3Panathinaikos14,356
4Aris8,719
5PAOK8,336
6AEL4,545
7Iraklis3,711
8OFI3,265
9Panionios2,940
10Ergotelis2,738
11Skoda Xanthi2,658
12Egaleo1,956
13Atromitos1,816
14Kerkyra1,580
15Ionikos1,378
16Apollon Kalamarias1,270

References

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  1. "ΙΩΝΙΚΟΣ-ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ 2-2 (Διακόπηκε)". sport-fm.gr. 9 December 2006.
  2. "Κορυφαίοι Βίκτορ και Σφακιανάκης". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 November 2006.
  3. "Ο Κόκε το γκολ της αγωνιστικής". flash.gr (in Greek). 19 April 2007.
  4. "Σε Χαλκιά και Νασιμέντο τα δύο βραβεία της 28ης αγωνιστικής". contra.gr (in Greek). 25 April 2007.
  5. "ΜVP ο Ριβάλντο". contra.gr (in Greek). 16 May 2007.
  6. "Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ: Ο "Λύμπε" κορυφαίος παίκτης για την περίοδο 2006-07". sports.pathfinder.gr (in Greek). 17 December 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. "2006–07 Super League". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
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