# 2007–08 Super League Greece

The 2007–08 Super League Greece was the 72nd season of the highest football league of Greece and the second under the name Super League. The season began on 1 September 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.

## Postponement

On 25 August, the Super League and the Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25 and 26 August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea). The championship started on 1 September 2007. Matchday 2 was carried out on the weekend of 21–22 September due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).
On 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1 million cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AEK Athens | Nikos Kostenoglou | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 71,030 |
| AEL | Giorgos Donis | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | Makis Katsavakis | Thessaloniki | Kalamaria Stadium | 6,500 |
| Aris | Dušan Bajević | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Panagiotis Tzanavaras | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 4,200 |
| Atromitos | Paulo Campos | Peristeri | Peristeri Stadium | 9,035 |
| Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Iraklis | Ángel Pedraza | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Levadiakos | Babis Tennes | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 8,000 |
| OFI | Giorgos Paraschos | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,400 |
| Olympiacos | José Segura | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,334 |
| Panathinaikos | José Peseiro | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,620 |
| Panionios | Ewald Lienen | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
| PAOK | Fernando Santos | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,850 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Kehagias | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,422 |
| Veria | Leonidas Yfantidis | Veria | Veria Stadium | 5,373 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| PAOK | Giorgos Paraschos | 3 September 2007 | 14th | Fernando Santos | 3 September 2007 |
| Aris | Juan Carlos Oliva | 4 September 2007 | 7th | Dušan Bajević | 7 September 2007 |
| Veria | Dimitris Kalaitzidis | 12 October 2007 | 12th | Ratko Dostanić | 15 October 2007 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Emilio Ferrera | 22 October 2007 | 6th | Nikos Kehagias | 22 October 2007 |
| OFI | Reiner Maurer | 12 November 2007 | 13th | Giorgos Paraschos | 16 November 2007 |
| Veria | Ratko Dostanić | 10 December 2007 | 15th | Giannis Matzourakis | 12 December 2007 |
| Iraklis | Ivan Jovanović | 17 December 2007 | 9th | Ángel Pedraza | 24 December 2007 |
| AEK Athens | Lorenzo Serra Ferrer | 12 February 2008 | 3rd | Nikos Kostenoglou | 12 February 2008 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Paulo Campos | 24 February 2008 | 5th | Panagiotis Tzanavaras | 25 February 2008 |
| Levadiakos | Georgi Vasilev | 3 March 2008 | 13th | Babis Tennes | 5 March 2008 |
| Olympiacos | Takis Lemonis | 11 March 2008 | 2nd | José Segura | 11 March 2008 |
| Veria | Giannis Matzourakis | 11 March 2008 | 14th | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | 13 March 2008 |
| Veria | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | 23 March 2008 | 15th | Leonidas Yfantidis | 23 March 2008 |
| Atromitos | Ángel Guillermo Hoyos | 26 March 2008 | 12th | Paulo Campos | 27 March 2008 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | AEL | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 44 | |
| 8 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 36 | |
| 9 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 35 | |
| 10 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Levadiakos | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 33 | |
| 12 | OFI | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Ergotelis | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 30 | |
| 14 | Atromitos (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to the Beta Ethniki |
| 15 | Veria (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to the Beta Ethniki |
| 16 | Apollon Kalamarias (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 22 | Relegation to the Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 The match of Apollon Kalamarias against Olympiacos, originally ended 1–0 to the home side, but later was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player (Roman Wallner). Apollon were deducted by one point.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: PAOK–Iraklis 3–0, Iraklis–PAOK 1–0.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APK | ARIS | AST | ATR | ERG | IRA | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PGSS | PAOK | XAN | VER |
| AEK Athens | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| AEL | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Aris | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Atromitos | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Ergotelis | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Iraklis | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Levadiakos | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 |
| OFI | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Panionios | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| PAOK | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Veria | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The match was originally finished 1–0 for Apollon Kalamarias, but was awarded to Olympiacos because was the home team fielded an ineligible player Roman Wallner, which was played for Falkirk and Hamilton Academical in the season and was not allowed to play for more of two clubs in the same season according to rules of FIFA.

## Play-offs

The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a two-legged tier from which the winner advances to the 3rd round qualification of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Football Cup automatically qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, as well as the runners-up of the Super League play-off.
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 zero 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 zero points. The fifth place 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 three 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:
* AEK Athens – 8
* Panathinaikos – 7
* Aris – 2
* Panionios – 0

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
* ↑ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.

### Matches
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens | 19 |
| 2 | Darko Kovačević | Olympiacos | 17 |
| 3 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos | 15 |
| 4 | Tomasz Radzinski | Skoda Xanthi | 14 |
| 4 | Rafik Djebbour | Panionios | 14 |
| 6 | Nikos Liberopoulos | AEK Athens | 11 |
| 7 | Lampros Choutos | Panionios | 10 |
| 7 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 10 |
| 9 | Lucio Filomeno | Asteras Tripolis | 9 |
Source: Galanis Sports Data

## Awards
### MVP and Best Goal Awards

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| 10th | Sokratis Papastathopoulos (AEK Athens) | Merkourios Karaliopoulos (Apollon Kalamarias ) |
| 11th | Georgios Georgiadis (PAOK) | Ieroklis Stoltidis (Olympiacos) |
| 12th | Rafik Djebbour (Panionios) | Darko Kovačević (Olympiacos) |
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| 20th | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (PAOK) | Luciano Fonseca (Iraklis) |
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| 22nd | Maciej Bykowski (Veria) | Rafał Grzelak (Skoda Xanthi) |
| 23rd | Koke (Aris) | Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos) |
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| 30th | Ismael Blanco (AEK Athens) | Lampros Choutos (Panionios) |

### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 2 December 2008.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Dimitris Salpingidis | Panathinaikos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Darko Kovačević Ismael Blanco | Olympiacos AEK Athens |
| Young Player of the Season | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | AEK Athens |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Antonis Nikopolidis | Olympiacos |
| Golden Boot | Ismael Blanco | AEK Athens |
| Manager of the Season | Dušan Bajević | Aris |