# 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.

## Changes from 2008–09
### Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:
* Champions: Atromitos
* Runners-up: PAS Giannina
* 3rd placed team: Kavala
Teams relegated to 2009–10 Beta Ethniki:
* 14th placed team: OFI
* 15th placed team: Panserraikos
* 16th placed team: 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.

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| AEL | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 6,430 |
| Atromitos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 8,939 |
| Ergotelis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,240 |
| PAS Giannina | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Kavala | Kavala | Anthi Karagianni Stadium | 12,500 |
| Levadiakos | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 5,915 |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| Panionios | Athens | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
| Panthrakikos | Komotini | Komotini Municipal Stadium | 6,500 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,701 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,361 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Pantelis Kafes | Puma | Diners Club |
| AEL | Marinos Ouzounidis | Nikos Dabizas | Adidas | On Telecoms |
| Aris | Héctor Cúper | Sergio Koke | Reebok | EKO |
| Asteras Tripolis | Mario Gómez | Nikolaos Lazaridis | Lotto | OPAP |
| Atromitos | Giorgos Donis | Chrysostomos Michailidis | Asics | OPAP |
| Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou | Silva Júnior | Lotto | OPAP |
| Iraklis | Jozef Bubenko | Anastasios Katsabis | Puma | Attica Bank |
| Kavala | Aad de Mos | Siniša Dobrašinović | Puma | OPAP |
| Levadiakos | Quique Hernández | Georgios Zisopoulos | Puma | OPAP |
| Olympiacos | Božidar Bandović | Antonios Nikopolidis | Puma | Citibank |
| Panathinaikos | Nikos Nioplias | Giorgos Karagounis | Adidas | Cosmote |
| Panionios | Akis Mantzios | Giannis Maniatis | Diadora | WIND |
| Panthrakikos | Pavlos Dermitzakis | Nikolaos Bacharidis | Umbro | OPAP |
| PAOK | Fernando Santos | Sérgio Conceição | Puma | DEPA |
| PAS Giannina | Nikos Anastopoulos | Georgios Dasios | Umbro | Zagori |
| Skoda Xanthi | Ioannis Matzourakis | Giannis Papadimitriou | Hummel | Emporiki Bank |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Panthrakikos | Ilie Dumitrescu | Sacked | 27 August 2009 | Albert Cartier | 27 August 2009 |
| Olympiacos | Temuri Ketsbaia | Sacked | 14 September 2009 | Zico | 16 September 2009 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Wolfgang Wolf | Mutual consent | 15 September 2009 | Ioannis Matzourakis | 21 September 2009 |
| Levadiakos | Momčilo Vukotić | Mutual consent | 23 September 2009 | Quique Hernández | 30 September 2009 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Mario Gómez | Mutual consent | 25 October 2009 | Vangelis Vlachos | 25 October 2009 |
| Iraklis | Oleh Protasov | Mutual consent | 30 October 2009 | Savvas Kofidis | 30 October 2009 |
| Aris | Mazinho | Mutual consent | 2 November 2009 | Héctor Cúper | 6 November 2009 |
| Kavala | Giannis Papakostas | Mutual consent | 14 November 2009 | Vangelis Goutis | 15 November 2009 |
| PAS Giannina | Georgios Paraschos | Mutual consent | 7 December 2009 | Nikos Anastopoulos | 13 January 2010 |
| Panathinaikos | Henk ten Cate | Sacked | 8 December 2009 | Nikos Nioplias | 8 December 2009 |
| Panthrakikos | Albert Cartier | Mutual consent | 11 January 2010 | Pavlos Dermitzakis | 12 January 2010 |
| Iraklis | Savvas Kofidis | Sacked | 24 January 2010 | Jozef Bubenko | 25 January 2010 |
| Panionios | Emilio Ferrera | Mutual consent | 25 January 2010 | Akis Mantzios | 29 January 2010 |
| Olympiacos | Zico | Sacked | 19 January 2010 | Božidar Bandović | 19 January 2010 |
| Kavala | Vangelis Goutis | Mutual consent | 25 January 2010 | Aad De Mos | 28 January 2010 |
| Panionios | Akis Mantzios | Sacked | 3 February 2010 | Georgios Paraschos | 3 February 2010 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Ioannis Matzourakis | Sacked | 22 February 2010 | Nikos Kehagias | 23 February 2010 |
| AEL | Marinos Ouzounidis | Mutual Consent | 22 February 2010 | Giannis Papakostas | 22 February 2010 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Aris | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | Kavala | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 39 | |
| 7 | Atromitos | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 | |
| 8 | AEL | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 37 | |
| 9 | Panionios | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Iraklis | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Ergotelis | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 13 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 35 | |
| 14 | Levadiakos (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 15 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 28 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 16 | Panthrakikos (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 12 | Relegation to the Football League |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Larissa 7, Panionios 5, Iraklis 4.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Ergotelis 6, Asteras Tripolis 0.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | ARIS | AST | ATR | ERG | IRA | KAV | LEV | OLY | PAO | PGSS | PNT | PAOK | PAS | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| AEL | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Aris | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Atromitos | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ergotelis | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Iraklis | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Kavala | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Levadiakos | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Panionios | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Panthrakikos | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| PAOK | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |

## 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:
* Olympiacos – 4 points ((64–46) / 5 = 3.6, rounded up to 4)
* PAOK – 3 points ((62–46) / 5 = 3.2, rounded to 3)
* AEK Athens – 1 point ((53–46) / 5 = 1.4, rounded to 1)
* Aris – 0 points ((46–46) / 5 = 0)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | AEK | ARIS | OLY |
| 2 | PAOK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 5 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 3 Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Football Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Aris–Olympiacos 2–0, Olympiacos–Aris 0–0.

## Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Djibril Cissé | Panathinaikos | 23 |
| 2 | Giorgos Barkoglou | Levadiakos | 11 |
| 2 | Victoraș Iacob | Iraklis | 11 |
| 2 | Javier Cámpora | Aris | 11 |
| 5 | Benjamin Onwuachi | Kavala | 10 |
| 5 | Danijel Cesarec | Asteras Tripolis | 10 |
| 7 | Kostas Mitroglou | Olympiacos | 9 |
| 8 | Ilias Anastasakos | Atromitos | 8 |
| 8 | Emanuel Perrone | Atromitos | 8 |
| 8 | Boško Balaban | Panionios | 8 |
| 8 | Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | 8 |
| 8 | Ignacio Scocco | AEK Athens | 8 |
| 8 | Kostas Katsouranis | Panathinaikos | 8 |

## Awards
### MVP and Best Goal Awards

| Matchday | MVP | Best Goal |
| 1st | Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos) | Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos) |
| 2nd | Krisztián Németh (AEK Athens) | Enzo Maresca (Olympiacos) |
| 3rd | Sebastián Leto (Panathinaikos) | Georgios Fotakis (PAOK) |
| 4th | Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos) | Vieirinha (PAOK) |
| 5th | Wilson Oruma (Kavala) | Sebastián Abreu (Aris) |
| 6th | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (PAS Giannina) | Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos) |
| 7th | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) | Benjamin Onwuachi (Kavala) |
| 8th | Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos) | Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos) |
| 9th | Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) | Stefanos Siontis (Kavala) |
| 10th | Apostolos Vellios (Iraklis) | Boško Balaban (Panionios) |
| 11th | Apostolos Giannou (Kavala) | Bertrand Robert (Panthrakikos) |
| 12th | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) | Luiz Brito (Atromitos) |
| 13th | Toni Calvo (Aris) | Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos) |
| 14th | Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) | Lucas Favalli (Atromitos) |
| 15th | Giannis Taralidis (Levadiakos) | Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) |
| 16th | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) | Stelios Iliadis (Iraklis) |
| 17th | Emanuel Perrone (Atromitos) | Toni Calvo (Aris) |
| 18th | Michalis Sifakis (Aris) | Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos) |
| 19th | Vladan Ivić (PAOK) | Dimitrios Giantsis (Iraklis) |
| 20th | Mirnes Šišić (PAS Giannina) | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) |
| 21st | Ismael Blanco (AEK Athens) | Djibril Cissé (Panathinaikos) |
| 22nd | Diogo Rincón (Kavala) | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) |
| 23rd | Benjamin Onwuachi (Kavala) | Pablo García (PAOK) |
| 24th | Vieirinha (PAOK) | Mehdi Nafti (Aris) |
| 25th | Georgios Tzavellas (Panionios) | Serge Dié (Iraklis) |
| 26th | Javier Cámpora (Aris) | Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos) |
| 27th | Grigoris Papazacharias (Iraklis) | Dimitrios Souanis (Skoda Xanthi) |
| 28th | Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) | Ignacio Scocco (AEK Athens) |
| 29th | Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos) | Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) |
| 30th | Zlatan Muslimović (PAOK) | Giannis Karalis (Atromitos) |

### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 20 December 2010.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Vasilis Torosidis | Olympiacos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Djibril Cissé | Panathinaikos |
| Young Player of the Season | Sotiris Ninis | Panathinaikos |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Michalis Sifakis | Aris |
| Golden Boot | Djibril Cissé | Panathinaikos |
| Manager of the Season | Fernando Santos | PAOK |