The 2008–09

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was the 73rd season of the highest

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league of Greece and the third under the name ''Super League''. The season began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from

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successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.

Team changes from 2007–08

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Beta Ethniki: * Champions:

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* Runners-up: Thrasyvoulos * 3rd placed team: Panthrakikos Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki: * 14th placed team: Atromitos * 15th placed team:

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* 16th placed team:

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Teams

Stadia and personnel

* ¹ On final match day of the season, played on 26 April 2009.

Regular season

League table

Results

Play-offs

The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own number of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the number of bonus points. The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points: * PAOK – 3 points ''((63–49) / 5 = 2.8, rounded up to 3)'' * Panathinaikos – 2 points ''((61–49) / 5 = 2.4, rounded down to 2)'' * AEK Athens – 1 point ''((55–49) / 5 = 1.2, rounded down to 1)'' * AEL – 0 points ''((49 –49) / 5 = 0)'' The play-off winners entered the

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of the UEFA Champions League. Since

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have lost the final of the 2008–09 Greek Cup to Champions League-bound

, all three Greek Europa League spots (two via league, one via domestic cup) were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.

Statistics

Top scorers

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Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)

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Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 9 November 2009.

References

External links

Official website

Superleague Statistics
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