The 2008–09
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 73rd season of the highest
football 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
Beta Ethniki.
Olympiacos 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
Beta Ethniki 2007–08 complete season.
League table
Results
Top scorers
References
External links RSSSF.org
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Second level Greek football league seasons
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* Champions:
Panserraikos
* Runners-up:
Thrasyvoulos
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* 3rd placed team:
Panthrakikos
Teams relegated to
2008–09 Beta Ethniki
Beta Ethniki 2008–09 complete season.
Overview
* The season started on 14 September 2008 and was scheduled to end on 17 May 2009.
* Last season champions Panserraikos, runners-up Thrasyvoulos and third-placed Panthrakikos earned promotion to Su ...
:
* 14th placed team:
Atromitos
* 15th placed team:
Veria
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* 16th placed team:
Apollon Kalamarias
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History
When thousands of Pontic ...
Teams
Stadia and personnel
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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
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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
third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since
AEK Athens
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have lost the final of the
2008–09 Greek Cup to Champions League-bound
Olympiacos, 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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Awards
Annual awards
Annual awards were announced on 9 November 2010
Player of the Year
Player of the Year awarded to
Luciano Galletti (
Olympiacos)
Foreign Player of the Year
Foreign Player of the Year awarded to
Luciano Galletti (
Olympiacos)
Top goalscorer of the Year
Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to
Luciano Galletti (
Olympiacos) and
Ismael Blanco
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Club career
Argentina
Blanco started his career with Colón in 2002. He suffered a serious knee in ...
(
AEK Athens
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)
Greek Player of the Year
The Greek Player of the Year awarded to
Dimitris Salpingidis (
Panathinaikos)
Manager of the Year
The Manager of the Year awarded to
Fernando Santos (
PAOK)
Young Player of the Year
The Young Player of the Year awarded to
Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (
Ergotelis)
Goalkeeper of the Year
The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to
Antonis Nikopolidis
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He is regarded among the be ...
(
Olympiacos)
Transfers
See also
*
2008–09 Greek Cup
*
2008–09 Beta Ethniki
Beta Ethniki 2008–09 complete season.
Overview
* The season started on 14 September 2008 and was scheduled to end on 17 May 2009.
* Last season champions Panserraikos, runners-up Thrasyvoulos and third-placed Panthrakikos earned promotion to Su ...
References
External links
Official websiteSuperleague Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Super League Greece
Super League Greece seasons
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Greece
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