# 2011–12 Super League Greece

The 2011–12 Super League Greece was the 76th season of the highest football league of Greece and the sixth under the name Super League. The season began in late August or early September 2011 and ended in May 2012 with the last matchday of the European play-off round. Olympiacos were the defending champions, having won their 38th Greek championship in the 2010–11 season.
The league comprised 13 teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Football League.

## Teams

AEL, Panserraikos, Iraklis, Olympiacos Volos and Kavala were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. AEL and Panserraikos were relegated on virtue of their league position at the end of the season; AEL had to return to the Football League, formerly known as Beta Ethniki, after six seasons, while Panserraikos were relegated after just one season. Olympiacos Volos and Kavala were initially relegated to the Delta Ethniki due to the ongoing match-fixing scandal, but after an appeal, both teams demanded to have their cases rechecked. The Professional Sports Committee refused, however, and the original penalty stood. On 22 October 2011, almost two months after the league had started, they were replaced by Doxa Drama and Levadiakos.
Iraklis were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season over unpaid debts and put into last place of the league table. The club was thus demoted to the 2011–12 Football League, concluding a twenty-nine-year run in the highest football league of Greece. The demotion of Iraklis eventually spared Asteras Tripolis from relegation.
The three relegated teams have been replaced by 2010–11 Football League champions Panetolikos, runners-up PAS Giannina and OFI via a play-off round. Panetolikos returned to the Greek top football level after 34 seasons, while PAS Giannina made their immediate comeback to the Superleague.
The promotion play-off round, originally scheduled to take place in late May 2011, was postponed to late July 2011 after qualified teams OFI and Trikala were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season. The decision against OFI has since been reverted after the club successfully took the case to a civil court, enabling the side to compete in the play-offs along Levadiakos, Doxa Drama and Diagoras. OFI were eventually promoted as play-off winners after they were granted a walkover in their second-to-last match as their opponents Doxa Drama were not able to field a full side. The Heraklion club thus returned to the Super League after two seasons.

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Av. attendance |
| AEK Athens | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 | 7,396 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 | 8,126 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Tripoli | Asteras Tripolis Stadium | 6,430 | 1,919 |
| Atromitos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 8,939 | 1,721 |
| Doxa Drama | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 | 970 |
| Ergotelis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,240 | 1,172 |
| Kerkyra | Corfu | Kerkyra Stadium | 2,685 | 979 |
| Levadiakos | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 6,500 | 1,143 |
| OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,088 | 3,289 |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 32,115 | 21,750 |
| Panathinaikos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 | 14,331 |
| Panetolikos | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 5,500 | 4,961 |
| Panionios | Athens | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 | 2,302 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 | 12,297 |
| PAS Giannina | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 | 2,948 |
| Skoda Xanthi | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,361 | 1,636 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 Temporary home stadium, until their own Doxa Drama Stadium in Drama gets a new pitch and floodlights installed. (in Greek)

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AEK Athens | Nikos Kostenoglou | Pantelis Kafes | Puma | Κino |
| Aris | Manuel Machado | Michalis Sifakis | Under Armour | Κino |
| Asteras Tripolis | Sakis Tsiolis | Antonis Ladakis | Lotto | Lotto |
| Atromitos | Giorgos Donis | Stelios Sfakianakis | Hummel | good.gr |
| Doxa Drama | Makis Katsavakis | Angelos Vertzos | Teapo | Pame Stoixima |
| Ergotelis | Nikos Karageorgiou | Silva Júnior | Macron | Lotto |
| Kerkyra | Timos Kavakas | Dimitrios Grammozis | Masita | good.gr |
| Levadiakos | Georgios Paraschos | Thanasis Moulopoulos | Hummel | Extra 5 |
| OFI | Nikos Anastopoulos | Minas Pitsos | Nike | Races |
| Olympiacos | Ernesto Valverde | Vasilis Torosidis | Puma | Pame Stoixima |
| Panathinaikos | Jesualdo Ferreira | Josu Sarriegi | Adidas | OPAP |
| Panetolikos | Giannis Dalakouras | Giorgos Theodoridis | Hummel | Go Lucky |
| Panionios | Akis Mantzios | Fanouris Goundoulakis | Givova | Tzoker |
| PAOK | László Bölöni | Stelios Malezas | Puma | Pame Stoixima |
| PAS Giannina | Angelos Anastasiadis | Georgios Dasios | Lotto | Tzoker |
| Skoda Xanthi | Marinos Ouzounidis | Spyros Vallas | Nike | Super 3 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Asteras Tripolis | Óscar Fernández | Sacked | 19 September 2011 | 10th | Horácio Gonçalves | 23 September 2011 |
| AEK Athens | Manolo Jiménez | Mutual consent | 5 October 2011 | 3rd | Nikos Kostenoglou | 6 October 2011 |
| Aris | Sakis Tsiolis | Mutual consent | 31 October 2011 | 12th | Michał Probierz | 4 November 2011 |
| Asteras Tripolis | Horácio Gonçalves | Sacked | 1 November 2011 | 13th | Sakis Tsiolis | 9 November 2011 |
| Kerkyra | Božidar Bandović | Resigned | 9 November 2011 | 14th | Javi Gracia | 13 November 2011 |
| Panionios | Takis Lemonis | Mutual consent | 22 November 2011 | 9th | Apostolos Mantzios | 24 November 2011 |
| PAS Giannina | Stéphane Demol | Sacked | 23 November 2011 | 10th | Angelos Anastasiadis | 4 December 2011 |
| Doxa Drama | Apostolos Charalampidis | Resigned | 8 December 2011 | 16th | Makis Katsavakis | 8 December 2011 |
| Aris | Michał Probierz | Mutual consent | 5 January 2012 | 11th | Manuel Machado | 16 January 2012 |
| Panetolikos | Babis Tennes | Mutual consent | 9 February 2012 | 12th | Takis Lemonis | 9 February 2012 |
| Kerkyra | Javi Gracia | Sacked | 28 March 2012 | 15th | Timos Kavakas | 28 March 2012 |
| Panetolikos | Takis Lemonis | Mutual consent | 11 April 2012 | 15th | Giannis Dalakouras | 11 April 2012 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 70 | 17 | +53 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Atromitos | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 45 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Levadiakos | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 39 | |
| 8 | PAS Giannina | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Aris | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 37 | |
| 10 | OFI | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Panionios | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 33 | |
| 13 | Kerkyra | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 32 | |
| 14 | Ergotelis (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 29 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 15 | Panetolikos (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 16 | Doxa Drama (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 17 | Relegation to the Football League |
* ↑ Panathinaikos was docked three points following severe crowd violence during a match against Olympiacos and lost the game 0–3.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: PAOK 4, Atromitos 1.
* ↑ AEK Athens were not licensed to play in the Europa League 2012–13 and therefore were replaced by the 6th placed team in the league table, which were Asteras Tripolis (which played in the second qualifying round).
* ↑ Aris was docked three points following an object thrown into the field during a match against Asteras Tripolis and lost the game 0–3.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Aris 6, OFI 0.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | AST | ATR | DOX | ERG | KER | LEV | OFI | OLY | PAO | PNE | PGSS | PAOK | PAS | XAN |
| AEK Athens | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Aris | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Atromitos | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Ergotelis | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Kerkyra | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Levadiakos | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| OFI | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Panetolikos | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Panionios | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| PAOK | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
* ↑ The match between Aris and Asteras Tripolis was awarded to Asteras Tripolis after being suspended at 42nd minute (score: 0–1).
* ↑ The match between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was awarded to Olympiacos after being suspended at 0–1 and 81 minutes due to severe crowd violence.

## 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.
Before the last round of matches, fifth-placed club AEK Athens earned 48 points during the regular season. Based on this number and the calculations above, Panathinaikos as runners-up began the play-offs with four points ((66–48)/5 = 3.6, rounded to 4) while PAOK and Atromitos started with zero points each ((50–48)/5 = 0.4, rounded to 0).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | AEK | ATR | PAOK |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 14 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Ineligible for the 2012–13 European competitions. | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Atromitos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| 5 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
* 1 2 3 AEK Athens were not licensed to play in the Europa League 2012–2013 and therefore were replaced by the 6th placed team in the league table, Asteras Tripolis, qualified for the second qualifying round. This meant that PAOK were qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League and Atromitos to the Europa League play-offs.
* 1 2 Atromitos lost the final of the 2011–12 Greek Football Cup against Champions League-qualified team Olympiacos. As a consequence, the three Europa League spots were distributed by the final standings of this group.

## Awards
### MVP and Best Goal Awards

| Matchday | MVP | Best Goal |
| 1st | Leonardo (AEK Athens) | Javito (Olympiacos) |
| 2nd | Kevin Mirallas (Olympiacos) | Fabián Vargas (AEK Athens) |
| 3rd | Stelios Vasiliou (Levadiakos) | Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) |
| 4th | Vieirinha (PAOK) | Giannis Gianniotas (Aris) |
| 5th | Toché (Panathinaikos) | Leandro Becerra (PAS Giannina) |
| 6th | Dino Seremet (Doxa Drama) | Christos Aravidis (Doxa Drama) |
| 7th | Vangelis Mantzios (OFI) | Chumbinho (OFI) |
| 8th | Ilias Anastasakos (Atromitos) | Ilias Ioannou (Kerkyra) |
| 9th | Mirnes Šišić (OFI) | Vangelis Mantzios (OFI) |
| 10th | Giannis Gianniotas (Aris) | Juliano Spadacio (PAOK) |
| 11th | Jacobo Sanz (Asteras Tripolis) | Emanuel Perrone (Asteras Tripolis) |
| 12th | Javier Umbides (Aris) | Danijel Cesarec (Aris) |
| 13th | Marko Pantelić (Olympiacos) | Luiz Brito (Atromitos) |
| 14th | Lino (PAOK) | Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) |
| 15th | Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) | Marko Markovski (Skoda Xanthi) |
| 16th | Mohammed Abubakari (Doxa Drama) | Dimitrios Sialmas (AEK Athens) |
| 17th | Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) | Cleyton (Panathinaikos) |
| 18th | Fotis Papoulis (OFI) | Dimitrios Grammozis (Kerkyra) |
| 19th | Nery Castillo (Aris) | Georgios Georgiadis (PAOK) |
| 20th | Fotis Kipouros (PAS Giannina) | Leandro Becerra (PAS Giannina) |
| 21st | Apostolos Giannou (PAOK) | Georgios Kousas (Panetolikos) |
| 22nd | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Panathinaikos) | Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiacos) |
| 23rd | Kostas Chalkias (PAOK) | José Holebas (Olympiacos) |
| 24th | Emanuel Perrone (Asteras Tripolis) | Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) |
| 25th | Nikolaos Lazaridis (Aris) | Vangelis Ikonomou (Atromitos) |
| 26th | Costin Lazăr (PAOK) | Pablo García (PAOK) |
| 27th | Fotis Georgiou (PAS Giannina) | Athanasios Tsigas (Kerkyra) |
| 28th | Anastasios Kyriakos (PAS Giannina) | Ilias Ioannou (Kerkyra) |
| 29th | Angelos Charisteas (Panetolikos) | Konstantinos Panagiotoudis (PAOK) |
| 30th | Emiljano Vila (PAS Giannina) | Giannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiacos) |

### Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 14 January 2013.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Greek Player of the Season | Kostas Mitroglou | Atromitos |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Kevin Mirallas | Olympiacos |
| Young Player of the Season | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | Skoda Xanthi |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Orestis Karnezis | Panathinaikos |
| Golden Boot | Kevin Mirallas | Olympiacos |
| Manager of the Season | Ernesto Valverde | Olympiacos |
| Manager of the Season | Georgios Donis | Atromitos |