Superleague Greece

For other uses, see Super League (disambiguation).

Greek Superleague

Country	Greece
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1927 (Original Format) 2006 (Current Format)
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Football League
Domestic cup(s)	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup (Repealed)
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Olympiacos (2015–16)
Most championships	Olympiacos (29 titles)
TV partners	Nova Sports
Website	Superleaguegreece.net
2016–17 Superleague Greece

The Superleague Greece (Greek: Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ) is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each. As of May 2013, Superleague Greece is ranked 12th in the UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.

Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927,^[1] only six clubs have won the title, with the "big three" of Greater Athens (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens) dominating and only PAOK, Aris and AE Larissa managing to break their dominance on a few occasions. The current champions are Olympiacos, who have won a total of 43 titles.

History

Between 1905 and 1912, a Panhellenic Championship was organised by the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (SEGAS). This championship was actually a local tournament among clubs from Athens and Piraeus.

After the Balkan Wars and World War I, two football associations were formed, one organising a football league in Athens and Piraeus, and one doing the same in Thessaloniki. These were the Athens-Piraeus FCA (EPSAP) and the Macedonia FCA (EPSM). In 1923, a Panhellenic Champion was determined by a play-off game between the Athens-Piraeus and the Thessaloniki champions. Peiraikos Syndesmos won 3-1 against Aris Thessaloniki. This panhellenic final was not repeated the following year as the EPSAP was split into the Athens FCA (EPSA) and Piraeus FCA (EPSP) following a dispute.

In 1927, a national championship was organised in the form of a round-robin tournament between the champions of the three governing bodies. This time, Aris Thessaloniki won, finishing ahead of Ethnikos Piraeus and Atromitos. This national championship was set up again in 1929, and over the next years evolved into a tournament in which multiple teams took part. Still, these teams had to qualify for the national championship through their local football competitions.

In 1959 the Alpha Ethniki - the precursor of the current Superleague - was set up as a national round-robin tournament.

Structure

At present, 16 clubs compete in the Superleague, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom three clubs are relegated to Football League.^[2] In their place, the top three teams from Football League are promoted. The number of teams to be relegated may change, depending on a licensing procedure that takes place at the end of the regular season. The league was reduced from 18 teams to 16 following the 2014–15 season; this was accomplished by relegating four teams and promoting only two.

The Superleague is currently entitled to two entrants into the UEFA Champions League. The Superleague champion directly enters the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The second through fifth place teams in the Superleague enter a play-off for the second Greek entry. The play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, a two-legged tie from which the winner advances to the play offs of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, as well as the runners-up of the Superleague play-off.

In the play-off for the UEFA 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 Superleague will start the play off with 0 points. The fifth place team’s end of season tally of points is used to calculate the sum of the points that other teams will have. The point difference of each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th team from the fifth place team is then divided by five (if the result is a decimal number it is then rounded to a full number, with .5 or more being rounded up) and the resulting number respectively for each team is the number of points with which they will start the mini-league.^[3]

Team rankings

Rank	Team	Points
21	Olympiacos	76.940
53	PAOK	37.440
116	Asteras Tripoli	15.940
121	Panathinaikos	14.940
149	Atromitos	11.440
192	AEK Athens	07.940
212	Xanthi	06.940

Clubs and locations

AEK Athens
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Location of teams in 2015–16 Superleague Greece

Club	Position in 2014-15	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	1st in Football League play offs	Olympic Stadium	69,638
Asteras Tripoli	7000300000000000000♠3rd (4th after regular season)	Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium	7,616
Atromitos	7000400000000000000♠4th (5th after regular season)	Peristeri Stadium	8,969
Iraklis	2nd in Football League play offs	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,770
Kalloni	7001100000000000000♠10th	Mytilene Municipal Stadium	3,000
Levadiakos	7001140000000000000♠14th	Levadia Municipal Stadium	6,500
Olympiacos	7000100000000000000♠Champions	Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium	33,332
Panathinaikos	7000200000000000000♠2nd (2nd after regular season)	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium	16,003
Panetolikos	7000700000000000000♠7th	Panetolikos Stadium	7,500
Panionios	7001120000000000000♠12th	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700
Panthrakikos	7001110000000000000♠11th	Komotini Municipal Stadium	6,200
PAOK	7000500000000000000♠5th (3rd after regular season)	Toumba Stadium	28,703
PAS Giannina	7000600000000000000♠6th	Zosimades Stadium	7,500
Platanias	7000900000000000000♠9th	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	3,700
Xanthi	7000800000000000000♠8th	Xanthi Arena	7,244
Veria	7001130000000000000♠13th	Veria Stadium	7,000

Notes

^ The final positions for teams ranked 2–5 in regular season are being determined by the playoffs.^[4]
^ Platanias' home 1,000-seater Maleme Stadium does not meet Superleague regulations. Pankritio Stadium may be used as backup if construction on Perivolia Stadium is delayed.^[5]

Champions

Main article: List of Greek football champions

1905–06 to 1926–27: SEGAS Championship and Greece FCA Championship (not counted by HFF)
1927–28 to 1958–59: HFF Panhellenic Championship
1959–60 to 2005–06: Alpha Ethniki
2006–07 to present: Superleague Greece

SEGAS and FCA championships

SEGAS Championship
1905–06	Ethnikos Athens
1906–07	Ethnikos Athens
1907–08	Goudi Athens
1908–09	Piraikos^[6]
1909–10	Goudi Athens
1910–11	POA
1911–12	Goudi Athens
1912–13	Not Held (First Balkan War)
1913–14	Not Held (Second Balkan War)
1914–15	Not Held (WW I)
1915–16	Not Held (WW I)
1916–17	Not Finished (WW I)
1917–18	Not Held (WW I)
1918–19	Not Held (WW I)
1919–20	Not Held (WW I)

Greece FCA Championship
1922–23	Piraikos
1923–24	3 Champions
1924–25	2 Champions
1925–26	3 Champions
1926–27	3 Champions

Greek Championship

Season	Champion^[1]
1927–28	Aris (1)
1928–29	Not Held
1929–30	Panathinaikos (1)
1930–31	Olympiacos (1)
1931–32	Aris (2)
1932–33	Olympiacos (2)
1933–34	Olympiacos (3)
1934–35	Not Finished
1935–36	Olympiacos (4)
1936–37	Olympiacos (5)
1937–38	Olympiacos (6)
1938–39	AEK (1)
1939–40	AEK (2)
1940–41	Not Finished (WW II)
1941–42	Not Held (WW II)
1942–43	Not Finished (WW II)
1943–44	Not Held (WW II)
1944–45	Not Held (WW II)
1945–46	Aris (3)
1946–47	Olympiacos (7)
1947–48	Olympiacos (8)
1948–49	Panathinaikos (2)
1949–50	Not Held
1950–51	Olympiacos (9)
1951–52	Not Held
1952–53	Panathinaikos (3)
1953–54	Olympiacos (10)
1954–55	Olympiacos (11)
1955–56	Olympiacos (12)
1956–57	Olympiacos (13)
1957–58	Olympiacos (14)
1958–59	Olympiacos (15)

Season	Champion^[1]
1959–60	Panathinaikos (4)
1960–61	Panathinaikos (5)
1961–62	Panathinaikos (6)
1962–63	AEK (3)
1963–64	Panathinaikos (7)
1964–65	Panathinaikos (8)
1965–66	Olympiacos (16)
1966–67	Olympiacos (17)
1967–68	AEK (4)
1968–69	Panathinaikos (9)
1969–70	Panathinaikos (10)
1970–71	AEK (5)
1971–72	Panathinaikos (11)
1972–73	Olympiacos (18)
1973–74	Olympiacos (19)
1974–75	Olympiacos (20)
1975–76	PAOK (1)
1976–77	Panathinaikos (12)
1977–78	AEK (6)
1978–79	AEK (7)
1979–80	Olympiacos (21)
1980–81	Olympiacos (22)
1981–82	Olympiacos (23)
1982–83	Olympiacos (24)
1983–84	Panathinaikos (13)
1984–85	PAOK (2)
1985–86	Panathinaikos (14)
1986–87	Olympiacos (25)
1987–88	AEL (1)
1988–89	AEK (8)
1989–90	Panathinaikos (15)
1990–91	Panathinaikos (16)

Season	Champion^[1]
1991–92	AEK (9)
1992–93	AEK (10)
1993–94	AEK (11)
1994–95	Panathinaikos (17)
1995–96	Panathinaikos (18)
1996–97	Olympiacos (26)
1997–98	Olympiacos (27)
1998–99	Olympiacos (28)
1999–00	Olympiacos (29)
2000–01	Olympiacos (30)
2001–02	Olympiacos (31)
2002–03	Olympiacos (32)
2003–04	Panathinaikos (19)
2004–05	Olympiacos (33)
2005–06	Olympiacos (34)
2006–07	Olympiacos (35)
2007–08	Olympiacos (36)
2008–09	Olympiacos (37)
2009–10	Panathinaikos (20)
2010–11	Olympiacos (38)
2011–12	Olympiacos (39)
2012–13	Olympiacos (40)
2013–14	Olympiacos (41)
2014–15	Olympiacos (42)
2015–16	Olympiacos (43)

Performance by club (1959–)

Club	Champions	Winning Years	Ref
Olympiacos	29	1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	^[7]^[8]^[9]
Panathinaikos	17	1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010	^[7]^[10]^[11]
AEK	9	1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994	^[7]^[12]
PAOK	2	1976, 1985	^[7]
AEL	1	1988	^[7]

Performance by city (1959–)

The 5 clubs that have won the championship are from a total of 4 cities:

City	Number of Titles	Clubs
Piraeus	29	Olympiacos (29)
Athens	26	Panathinaikos (17), AEK Athens (9)
Thessaloniki	2	PAOK FC (2)
Larissa	1	AEL (1)

Statistics

Top three ranking (1959–)

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 3 overall
Olympiacos	28	14	8	50
Panathinaikos	17	19	13	49
AEK	9	15	16	40
PAOK	2	5	9	16
Aris	–	1	4	5
OFI	–	1	2	3
AEL	1	1	–	2
Panionios	–	1	1	2
Atromitos	–	–	1	1
Asteras Tripolis	–	–	1	1
Iraklis	–	–	1	1
Apollon Athens	–	–	1	1

Seasons in Alpha Ethniki and Superleague Greece

The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the top division from 1959–60 until 2015–16. A total of 67 teams had competed in at least one season at the top division. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form. The teams in Bold participate in the 2016–17 Superleague Greece.

Seasons	Clubs
58	Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK
56	AEK, Panionios
53	Aris, Iraklis
40	OFI
38	Apollon Athens
36	Ethnikos Piraeus
28	Xanthi
27	AEL
26	Panachaiki
23	Egaleo, Panserraikos, PAS Giannina
21	Doxa Drama
20	Apollon Kalamaria
19	Kavala
18	Veria
17	Atromitos Athens, Levadiakos
16	Ionikos, Pierikos
15	Proodeftiki
10	Kastoria, Asteras Tripolis
9	Athinaikos, Ergotelis, Olympiakos Volos
7	Fostiras, Kalamata, Niki Volos, Paniliakos, Trikala, Panetolikos
6	Panegialios, Panthrakikos
5	Edessaikos, Korinthos, Platanias, A.O. Kerkyra
4	Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Rodos, Vyzas
3	Diagoras, Olympiakos Nicosia, Panelefsiniakos, Kalloni
2	Chalkidona, A.O.K. Kerkyra
1	AEL Limassol, A.E. Nikaia, APOEL*, Atromitos Piraeus, Chalkida, EPA Larnaca, Makedonikos, Megas Alexandros Katerinis, Naoussa, Olympiakos Chalkida, Omonia Nicosia, Pankorinthiakos, Thermaikos, Thrasyvoulos

APOEL avoided relegation in the 1973–74 season, but were forced to play in the Cypriot A Division the following season due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Hence they are the only team to have played a single season in the Greek league and not been relegated.

Top Division Table (since 1959–60)

This index^[13] is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Alpha Ethniki and Superleague championships since 1959–60. The table is correct as of the end of the 2011–12 season. Points are based on 3–1–0 and no deductions are counted.

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	1	2	3	1st App	Since/Last App	Best
1	Olympiacos	55	3814	1754	1149	367	238	3482	1325	2159	26	15	8	1959–60	1959–60	1
2	Panathinaikos	55	3693	1754	1102	387	265	3403	1363	2040	17	14	14	1959–60	1959–60	1
3	AEK	54	3418	1720	1006	400	317	3193	1520	1673	9	16	13	1959–60	1959–60	1
4	PAOK	55	2987	1754	841	464	450	2663	1727	936	2	4	9	1959–60	1959–60	1
5	Aris	52	2486	1690	672	470	549	2076	1852	224	–	1	4	1959–60	2006–07	2
6	Iraklis	51	2274	1626	609	447	570	2047	1940	107	–	–	1	1959–60	2010–11	3
7	Panionios	53	2178	1686	577	447	663	2007	2155	–148	–	2	1	1959–60	1997–98	2
8	OFI	39	1675	1254	473	293	488	1588	1648	–60	–	1	2	1968–69	2011–12	2
9	Apollon Athens	38	1452	1236	374	330	532	1337	1617	–280	–	–	1	1959–60	1999–2000	3
10	Ethnikos Piraeus	36	1394	1164	356	326	482	1305	1552	–247	–	–	–	1959–60	1998–99	4
11	AEL	26	1103	836	294	221	321	948	1038	–90	1	1	–	1973–74	2010–11	1
12	Skoda Xanthi	26	938	764	262	186	316	945	1029	–84	–	–	–	1989–90	1989–90	4
13	Panachaiki	26	917	852	230	227	395	849	1255	–406	–	–	–	1969–70	2002–03	4
14	Panserraikos	24	813	784	202	207	375	684	1075	–391	–	–	–	1965–66	2010–11	8
15	Doxa Drama	21	737	670	187	176	307	706	984	–287	–	–	–	1959–60	2011–12	6
16	PAS Giannina	19	724	610	189	157	260	641	808	–167	–	–	–	1974–75	2011–12	5
17	Kavala	19	715	638	190	145	303	605	894	–289	–	–	–	1969–70	2010–11	6
18	Veria F.C.	16	635	509	139	139	242	464	721	–257	–	–	–	1966–67	2012–13	9
19	Apollon Kalamaria	20	621	616	143	192	281	550	875	–325	–	–	–	1959–60	2007–08	9
20	Ionikos F.C.	16	570	512	151	139	222	551	722	–171	-	-	-	1989-90	2006–07	5
21	Proodeftiki	15	505	474	121	142	211	493	679	–186	–	–	–	1959–60	2003–04	4
22	Atromitos Athens	11	385	346	94	103	149	310	468	–158	–	–	1	1972–73	2009–10	3
23	Levadiakos	11	368	346	97	77	172	345	524	–179	–	–	–	1974–75	2011–12	7
24	Kastoria	10	350	336	89	83	164	316	517	–201	–	–	–	1974–75	1996–97	8
25	Athinaikos	9	343	302	90	73	139	300	422	–122	–	–	–	1990–91	2000–01	6
26	Olympiakos Volos	9	318	298	83	69	146	270	446	–176	–	–	–	1967–68	2010–11	5
27	Asteras Tripoli	10	303	214	81	60	73	228	214	14	–	–	–	2007–08	2007–08	4
28	Paniliakos	7	249	230	66	51	113	261	358	–97	–	–	–	1995–96	2003–04	7
29	Fostiras	7	243	226	61	60	105	225	348	–123	–	–	–	1960–61	1973–74	9
30	Kalamata	7	239	234	58	65	111	235	374	–139	–	–	–	1972–73	2000–01	9
31	Trikala	7	211	226	53	52	121	238	398	–160	–	–	–	1964–65	1999–2000	11
32	Ergotelis	6	200	180	52	44	84	177	241	–64	–	–	–	2004–05	2006–07	8
33	Edessaikos	5	188	170	52	32	86	212	290	–78	–	–	–	1992–93	1996–97	9
34	Panegialios	6	186	180	48	42	90	157	278	–121	–	–	–	1959–60	1965–66	13
35	PAS Korinthos	5	174	170	46	36	88	155	264	–109	–	–	–	1979–80	1992–93	10
36	Panetolikos	5	167	162	44	47	71	138	188	–50	–	–	–	1975–76	2013–14	7
37	Vyzas	4	155	132	42	29	61	152	213	–61	–	–	–	1966–67	1969–70	7
38	Niki Volos	5	141	150	34	39	77	136	249	–113	–	–	–	1961–62	1965–66	11
39	Rodos	4	136	136	36	28	72	138	228	–90	–	–	–	1978–79	1982–83	11
40	Ethnikos Asteras	4	132	124	36	24	64	126	204	–78	–	–	–	1998–99	2001–02	10
41	Kerkyra	4	117	120	28	43	59	116	159	–43	–	–	–	2004–05	2010–11	12
42	Kallithea	4	110	120	24	38	58	133	181	–48	–	–	–	2002–03	2005–06	9
43	Panelefsiniakos	3	94	98	20	34	44	92	156	–64	–	–	–	1961–62	1998–99	15
44	Akratitos	4	90	116	22	24	70	112	219	–107	–	–	–	2001–02	2005–06	11
45	Panthrakikos	4	122	124	33	23	68	113	184	–71	–	–	–	2008–09	2012–13	10
46	Diagoras Rhodes	3	65	90	20	25	45	114	153	–39	–	–	–	1986-87	1988–89	12

Note: Ionikos had 5 points deduction in 2006-2007 season.

League or status at 2015–16 in Greek football:

	2015–16 Superleague
	2015–16 Football League
	2015–16 Football League 2
	2015–16 Delta Ethniki (Dissolved)
	2015–16 Local Championships
	Club dissolved

Per geographic region

All the geographic regions of Greece have been represented by at least one club in the first national division. Central Greece has had the strongest presence with 25 clubs overall, of which 21 come from Attica alone. Central Greece, Macedonia and the Peloponnese together contain almost three quarters of the clubs that participated in the top flight. Until 1974, five Cypriot clubs also participated in the Greek top competition. The Greek islands of Rhodes, Lesbos and Corfu have also been represented. A total of 73 clubs have participated at the first tier so far.

Regions	Τotal	Teams
Central Greece	26	Attica: Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos, AEK, Panionios, Apollon Smyrni, Ethnikos Piraeus, Egaleo, Ionikos, Atromitos, Proodeftiki, Athinaikos, Fostiras, Akratitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Kallithea, Vyzas, Panelefsiniakos, Chalkidona, A.E. Nikaia, Atromitos Piraeus, Thrasyvoulos Euboea: Chalkida, Olympiakos Chalkida Boeotia: Levadiakos Aetolia-Acarnania: Panetolikos
Macedonia	15	Central Macedonia: PAOK, Aris, Iraklis, Panserraikos, Apollon Kalamarias, Pierikos, Veria, Edessaikos, Makedonikos, Megas Alexandros Katerini, Naoussa, Thermaikos East Macedonia: Doxa Drama, Kavala, West Macedonia: Kastoria
Peloponnese	7	Panachaiki, Asteras Tripoli, Kalamata, Paniliakos, Panegialios, Korinthos, Pankorinthiakos
Cyprus	5	Olympiakos Nicosia, AEL Limassol, APOEL, EPA Larnaca, Omonia Nicosia
Thessaly	4	AEL, Olympiakos Volos, Trikala, Niki Volos
Crete	3	OFI, Ergotelis, Platanias
Aegean Islands	3	Rodos, Diagoras, Kalloni
Thrace	2	Xanthi, Panthrakikos
Epirus	1	PAS Giannina
Ionian Islands	1	Kerkyra

Top scorers and appearances

Most Appearances

Most Goals

A/A	Name	Appearances	Teams
1.	Mimis Domazos	536	Panathinaikos, AEK
2.	Nikos Nioplias	509	OFI, Panathinaikos, Chalkidona
3.	Giorgos Koudas	504	PAOK
4.	Thomas Mavros	501	Panionios, AEK
5.	Savvas Kofidis	493	Iraklis, Olympiacos, Aris
6.	Mimis Papaioannou	480	AEK
-	Stathis Chaitas	480	Panionios, Larisa
8.	Giorgos Skartados	478	Rhodes, PAOK, Iraklis, Olympiacos
9.	Georgios Georgiadis	476	Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiacos, Iraklis
10.	Dinos Kouis	473	Aris
11.	Tasos Mitropoulos	458	Ethnikos Peiraeus, Olympiacos, AEK, Apollon Smyrni, Iraklis, Veria
12.	Takis Nikoloudis	453	Iraklis, AEK, Olympiacos, Apollon Kalamaria
13.	Angelos Kremmydas	448	Ethnikos Peiraeus, Panachaiki
14.	Stelios Manolas	447	AEK
15.	Dimitris Saravakos	443	Panionios, Panathinaikos, AEK
16.	Theodoros Pahatouridis	434	Doxa Drama, Olympiacos, Ionikos
17.	Giorgos Dedes	429	Panionios, AEK
18.	Giannis Gounaris	426	PAOK, Olympiacos
19.	Michalis Kritikopoulos	422	Panaigeialios, Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, Apollon Smyrni
20.	Daniil Papadopoulos	418	Iraklis
Foreign players
1.	Krzysztof Warzycha	390	Panathinaikos
2.	Predrag Đorđević	375	Paniliakos, Olympiacos
3.	Toni Savevski	357	AEK
4.	Daniel Batista	316	Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, AEK, Aris
5.	Noni Lima	291	Panionios

A/A	Name	Goals	Teams
1	Thomas Mavros	260	Panionios, AEK
2.	Krzysztof Warzycha	245	Panathinaikos
3.	Mimis Papaioannou	234	AEK
4.	Giorgos Sideris	229	Olympiacos
5.	Antonis Antoniadis	187	Panathinaikos, Olympiacos
6.	Alexandros Alexandris	186	Veria, AEK, Olympiacos, Larisa, Kalithea
7.	Dimitris Saravakos	186	Panionios, Panathinaikos, AEK
8.	Giorgos Dedes	181	Panionios, AEK
9.	Nikos Anastopoulos	179	Panionios, Olympiacos, Ionikos
10.	Michalis Kritikopoulos	175	Panaigialios, Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos
11.	Nikos Lyberopoulos	167	Kalamata, Panathinaikos, AEK
12.	Demis Nikolaidis	163	Apollon Smyrni, AEK
13.	Dinos Kouis	142	Aris
14.	Kostas Nestoridis	140	AEK
15.	Mimis Domazos	139	Panathinaikos, AEK
16.	Georgios Georgiadis	137	Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiacos, Iraklis
17.	Stavros Sarafis	136	PAOK
17.	Dimitris Salpingidis	136	PAOK, Panathinaikos
19.	Giorgos Koudas	134	PAOK
20.	Alekos Alexiadis	132	Aris, Panetolikos, Kastoria

The Golden Star

Based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli, the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys.

The current officially-sanctioned SuperLiga stars are:

Olympiacos received in 2001–2002

Greek football clubs in European competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Club	Champions	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
Panathinaikos	-	1971	1985, 1996	1992, 2002
Olympiacos	-	-	-	1999
AEK	-	-	-	1969

UEFA Cup / Europa League

Club	Champions	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
AEK	-	-	1977	-
Panathinaikos	-	-	-	1988, 2003

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Club	Champions	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
AEK	-	-	-	1997, 1998
PAOK	-	-	-	1974
AEL	-	-	-	1985
Olympiacos	-	-	-	1993
Panionios	-	-	-	1999

UEFA ranking

As of 17 August 2015, The Greek Superleague ranks 13th in the UEFA coefficient Database, with 26.200 points.

Current national league ranking

Broadcasting rights

Nova Sports (premium channel) have taken the broadcasting rights for all the teams of the Superleague Greece for €176 million until 2019.

A new agreement between Nova Sports (premium channel) and the Superleague clubs was finalised in the summer of 2011 for €168 million until 2015.^[14]^[15]

Eurosport has pan-European broadcasting rights for the Superleague Greece (except Greece and Portugal).

References

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External links

Superleague Greece teams

Current (2016–17)	AEK AEL Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Iraklis Kerkyra Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Veria Xanthi

Former	AE Kavala Akratitos Apollon Kalamaria Apollon Smyrni Aris Aspida Xanthi Athinaikos Atromitos Piraeus Chalkida Chalkidona Diagoras Doxa Drama Edessaikos Egaleo Ergotelis Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Athens^* Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Filippoi Kavala Goudi Athens Ionikos Iraklis Serron Kalamata Kallithea Kalloni Kastoria Kavala Korinthos Makedonikos Megas Alexandros Megas Alexandros Katerini Naoussa Niki Volos OFI Olympiakos Chalkida Olympiakos Volos Panachaiki Panargiakos Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Paniliakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Peiraikos Syndesmos^* Pierikos Proodeftiki Rodos Thermaikos Thessaloniki Thrasyvoulos Trikala Vyzas Megara *only in pre-HFF championships

Former (from Cyprus)	AEL Limassol APOEL EPA Larnaca Olympiakos Nicosia Omonia Nicosia

Top level Greek football league seasons

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Football in Greece

Overview	Hellenic Football Federation List of Unions Awards By number of titles List of clubs List of venues

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Cup competitions	Greek Cup Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Cup Amateurs' Super Cup Amateurs Cup Women's Cup

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Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

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Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Northern Cyprus Vatican City

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Top level men's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

North Africa	Botola (Morocco) Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Algeria) Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisia) Premier League (Egypt) Premier League (Libya)

West Africa	Campeonato Nacional (Cape Verde) Campeonato Nacional (Guinea-Bissau) Championnat National (Guinea) Championnat National (Togo) First Division (Gambia) Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) Ligue 1 (Mauritania) National Premier League (Sierra Leone) Première Division (Mali) Premier League (Benin) Premier League (Burkina Faso) Premier League (Ghana) Premier League (Liberia) Premier League (Niger) Premier League (Nigeria) Premier League (Senegal) Primera División (Equatorial Guinea)

Central Africa	Championnat National D1 (Gabon) Central African Republic League Elite One (Cameroon) São Tomé and Príncipe Championship

East Africa	Premier League (Burundi) Premier League (Djibouti) Premier League (Eritrea) Premier League (Ethiopia) Premier League (Kenya) Premier League (Sudan) Premier League (Tanzania) Premier League (Zanzibar) Rwanda National Football League Somali League South Sudan Football Championship Ugandan Super League

Southern Africa	First Division (Seychelles) Girabola (Angola) Mauritian League Moçambola (Mozambique) Premier Division (Zanzibar) Premier League (Botswana) Premier League (Comoros) Premier League (Lesotho) Premier League (Namibia) Premier League (Swaziland) Premier League (Zambia) Premier Soccer League (South Africa) Premier Soccer League (Zimbabwe) THB Champions League (Madagascar)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Saudi Professional League (Saudi Arabia) Kuwaiti Premier League (Kuwait) Qatar Stars League (Qatar) UAE Arabian Gulf League Iraqi Premier League (Iraq) Oman Professional League (Oman) Jordan Premier League (Jordan) Lebanese Premier League (Lebanon) Bahraini Premier League (Bahrain) Yemeni League (Yemen)

Central Asia	Persian Gulf Pro League (Iran) Uzbek League (Uzbekistan) Ýokary Liga (Turkmenistan)

South Asia	I-League/Indian Super League (India) Bangladesh Super Soccer League (Bangladesh)

East Asia	Chinese Super League (China PR) J1 League (Japan) K League Classic (Korea Republic) Hong Kong Premier League (Hong Kong)

Southeast Asia	Thai League (Thailand) Malaysia Super League (Malaysia) S.League (Singapore) Indonesia Super League (Indonesia) A-League (Australia/New Zealand) V.League 1 (Vietnam) Myanmar National League (Myanmar) United Football League (Philippines) Liga Futebol Amadora (Timor Leste)

Europe (clubs)

Belgian First Division A (Belgium)
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Ukrainian Premier League (Ukraine)
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Liga I (Romania)
Scottish Premiership (Scotland)
Campeonato della Citta Vaticano (Vatican City)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	Major League Soccer (USA/Canada) Liga MX (Mexico)

Caribbean	Ligue Haïtienne (Haiti) Jamaican National Premier League TT Pro League (Trinidad and Tobago)

Oceania (clubs)

South America (clubs)

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