The 2011–12
Super League Greece
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was the 76th season of the highest
football
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league of
Greece
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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
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...
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
Panserraikos Football Club (), 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 well-supported clubs in northern G ...
,
Iraklis,
Olympiacos Volos and
Kavala
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It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the A2 motorway, a one-and ...
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
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, 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
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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
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Asteras Tripolis ...
from relegation.
The three relegated teams have been replaced by
2010–11 Football League champions
Panetolikos
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, runners-up
PAS Giannina
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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
Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...
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
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club thus returned to the Super League after two seasons.
Stadiums and locations
Notes
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Results
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).
Season statistics
Top scorers
''Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.''
Top assists
''Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.''
Awards
MVP and Best Goal Awards
Annual awards
Annual awards were announced on 14 January 2013.
References
External links
Official website
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