The 2012–13 Super League Greece was the 77th season of the highest football league of Greece and the seventh under the name Super League. The season started on 25 August 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013 with the last matches of the play-off round. Olympiacos were the defending champions, having won their 39th Greek championship in the 2011–12 season. They successfully defended their crown, finishing 15 points ahead of second-placed PAOK.
The league comprised 13 teams from the 2011–12 season and three promoted teams from the 2011–12 Football League.
Teams Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. Ergotelis, Panetolikos and Doxa Drama would compete to the 2012–13 Football League.
Three teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Football League. The champions, Panthrakikos, the runners-up Veria and the winners of the promotion play-offs, Platanias. Panthrakikos and Veria returned to top level respectively two and four years after relegation, while Platanias made their debut.
Promoted from2011–12 Football League Relegated from2011–12 Super League Greece PanthrakikosVeriaPlatanias ErgotelisPanetolikosDoxa Drama
Stadiums and locations
ClubLocationVenueCapacity2011–12AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 5thAris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 9thAsteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,616 6thAtromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 10,200 4thKerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,776 13rdLevadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 6,500 7thOFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 9,088 10thOlympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115 1stPanathinaikos Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,118 2ndPanionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700 12thPanthrakikos Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,198 1st (FL)PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703 3rdPAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652 8thPlatanias Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,000 3rd (FL)Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361 11thVeria Veria Veria Stadium 7,000 2nd (FL)
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor AEK Athens Traianos Dellas Antonis Rikka Puma Kino Aris Soulis Papadopoulos Grigoris Papazaharias Under Armour Kino Asteras Tripolis Sakis Tsiolis Savvas Tsabouris Nike Lotto Atromitos Georgios Paraschos Giannis Skondras hummel Lotto Kerkyra Giannis Papakostas Nikolaos Anastasopoulos Lotto Tzoker Levadiakos Jasminko Velić Thanasis Moulopoulos hummel Extra 5 OFI Giannis Petrakis Ricardo Verón Legea Races Olympiacos Míchel Avraam Papadopoulos Puma Pame Stoixima Panathinaikos Giannis Vonortas Giourkas Seitaridis adidas OPAP Panionios Konstantinos Panagopoulos Fanouris Goundoulakis Tempo Sport Tzoker Panthrakikos Pavlos Dermitzakis Achilleas Sarakatsanos Joma Lotto PAOK Georgios Georgiadis Dimitris Salpingidis Umbro Pame Stoixima PAS Giannina Giannis Christopoulos Georgios Dasios Lotto Tzoker Platanias Angelos Anastasiadis Markos Maragoudakis Macron Tzoker Skoda Xanthi Marinos Ouzounidis Spyros Vallas Nike Super 3 Veria Dimitris Kalaitzidis Nikolaos Georgeas hummel Lotto
Adidas is the official ball supplier for Super League Greece.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentPAOK László BölöniMutual consent25 May 2012Pre-Season Georgios Donis31 May 2012Olympiacos Ernesto ValverdeEnd of contract31 Μay 2012 Leonardo Jardim10 June 2012Veria Makis ChavosSacked4 September 201212th Nikos Karidas5 September 2012Skoda Xanthi Marinos Ouzounidis23 September 20126th Nikos Kostenoglou30 September 2012AEK Athens Vangelis Vlachos30 September 201216th Ewald Lienen10 October 2012Aris Makis Katsavakis7 October 201210th Nikos Pasialis8 October 2012 (Caretaker)Panthrakikos Savvas Pantelidis29 October 201213th Pavlos Dermitzakis31 OctoberPanathinaikos Jesualdo FerreiraResigned14 November 20126th Juan Ramón Rocha14 November 2012Veria Nikos KaridasSacked18 November 201215th Dimitris Kalaitzidis20 November 2012Platanias Giannis Chatzinikolaou19 November 20129th Angelos Anastasiadis20 November 2012Skoda Xanthi Nikos Kostenoglou2 December 201215th Marinos Ouzounidis4 December 2012Aris Nikos Pasialis (caretaker)Manager Arrival3 December 201214th Lucas Alcaraz3 December 2012Atromitos Dušan BajevićMutual consent24 December 20124th Nikos Anastopoulos31 December 2012OFI Nikos AnastopoulosResigned27 December 201210th Giannis Petrakis2 January 2013Panathinaikos Juan Ramón RochaMutual Consent7 January 20139th Fabri González8 January 2013Olympiacos Leonardo JardimSacked19 January 20131st Antonis Nikopolidis19 January 2013Aris Lucas Alcaraz29 January 201314th Giannis Michalitsos29 January 2013Olympiacos Antonis Nikopolidis (caretaker)Manager Arrival4 February 20131st Míchel4 February 2013Kerkyra Akis MantziosSacked6 February 201316th Giannis Papakostas7 February 2013Panionios Dimitris Eleftheropoulos17 February 201312th Konstantinos Panagopoulos18 February 2013Aris Giannis Michalitsios7 March 201315th Soulis Papadopoulos8 March 2013Levadiakos Giorgos Paraschos22 March 20139th Jasminko Velić22 March 2013Panathinaikos Fabriciano González31 March 20136th Giannis Vonortas1 April 2013Atromitos Nikos Anastopoulos7 April 20134th Giorgos Paraschos8 April 2013AEK Athens Ewald Lienen9 April 201312th Traianos Dellas9 April 2013PAOK Georgios Donis29 April 20132nd Georgios Georgiadis (caretaker)30 April 2013
Regular season
League table
Results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
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.
Season statistics Updated to games played on 21 April 2013.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Rafik Djebbour Olympiacos202 Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK143 Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos11 Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panthrakikos11 Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK116 David Aganzo Aris9 Brana Ilić PAS Giannina9 Emanuel Perrone Asteras Tripolis9 Toché Panathinaikos9
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Djamel Abdoun Olympiacos8 José Holebas Olympiacos82 Pablo de Blasis Asteras Tripolis7 Ariel Ibagaza Olympiacos7 Andreas Lampropoulos OFI7 Rubén Rayos Asteras Tripolis77 Nicolas Marin Skoda Xanthi5 Ximo Navarro Asteras Tripolis5 Manolis Papasterianos Aris5 Mauro Poy Levadiakos5 Dimitris Salpingidis PAOK5
Awards
MVP and Best Goal Awards
Matchday MVP Best Goal Ref 1st Chumbinho (Atromitos) Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) 2nd Ruben Rayos (Asteras Tripolis) Tomás De Vincenti (PAS Giannina) 3rd Jonathan López (Veria) Liam Lawrence (PAOK) 4th Mirnes Šišić (OFI) Chigozie Udoji (Platanias) 5th Liam Lawrence (PAOK) Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) 6th Željko Kalajdžić (Platanias) Kenan Bargan (Veria) 7th Giannis Gianniotas (Aris) Mirnes Šišić (OFI) 8th Christos Aravidis (Panionios) Manolis Papasterianos (Aris) 9th Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK) Fernando Usero (Asteras Tripolis) 10th Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) Dennis Souza (OFI) 11th Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina) Taxiarchis Fountas (AEK Athens) 12th Karim Fegrouche (PAS Giannina) Tomás De Vincenti (PAS Giannina) 13th Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK) Alexandros Perogamvrakis (OFI) 14th Charalampos Mavrias (Panathinaikos) Lino (PAOK) 15th Ilias Ioannou (Veria) Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI) 16th Stelios Vasiliou (Levadiakos) Costin Lazăr (PAOK) 17th Andreas Lampropoulos (OFI) Antonis Petropoulos (AEK Athens) 18th Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI) Andreas Lampropoulos (OFI) 19th Brana Ilić (PAS Giannina) Andreas Samaris (Panionios) 20th Elini Dimoutsos (Atromitos) Abdoul Camara (PAOK) 21st Liam Lawrence (PAOK) Serge Dié (Skoda Xanthi) 22nd Andreas Tatos (Aris) Ruben Rayos (Asteras Tripolis) 23rd Michael Olaitan (Veria) Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) 24th Nikos Kaltsas (Veria) Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK) 25th Gordon Schildenfeld (PAOK) Giannis Gianniotas (Aris) 26th Abdoul Camara (PAOK) Serge Dié (Skoda Xanthi) 27th Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (OFI) Thanasis Papazoglou (OFI) 28th Andreas Tatos (Aris) Rogério Martins (Levadiakos) 29th Andreas Tatos (Aris) Andreas Tatos (Aris) 30th Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK) Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Panthrakikos)
Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 3 February 2014
Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panthrakikos Foreign Player of the Season Ruben Rayos Asteras Tripolis Young Player of the Season Ergys Kaçe PAOK Goalkeeper of the Season Orestis Karnezis Panathinaikos Golden Boot Rafik Djebbour Olympiacos Manager of the Season Giannis Christopoulos PAS Giannina
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2012–13 edition of the Super League Greece.
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