The 2009–10
Super League Greece
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
was the 74th season of the highest
football
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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
The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Lea ...
. On 11 April 2010,
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
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 Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to:
* Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...
* Runners-up:
PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...
* 3rd placed team:
Kavala
Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.
It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...
Teams relegated to
2009–10 Beta Ethniki
2009–10 was a season of Beta Ethniki ( el, Β' Εθνική), the Greek professional football second division (''see Greek football league system'').
Overview
* Atromitos, PAS Giannina and Kavala have earned the promotion to Super League G ...
:
* 14th placed team:
OFI
* 15th placed team:
Panserraikos
Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and ...
* 16th placed team:
Thrasyvoulos
Thrasyvoulos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Θρασύβουλος Φυλής) is a Greek football club based in Fyli, Attica, currently in the A EPSDA. It was founded in 1938 and named after Thrasybulus, an ancient Athenial General who used Fyli as ...
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
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.
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Results
Play-offs
In the play-off for Champions League, the teams play each other in a home and away
round robin
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. 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)''
Top scorers
''Source
Galanis Sports Data'
References
External links
Official website2009–10 Super League Greece at Soccerway.com
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Super League Greece seasons
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