The 2016–17 Super League Greece was the 81st season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the eleventh under its current title. The season started on 10 September 2016 and ended in June 2017. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 Football League.
Teams Two teams were relegated from the 2015–16 season. Panthrakikos and AEL Kalloni would play in Football League for the 2016–17 season.
Two teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Football League, champions AEL and Kerkyra.
Promoted from2015–16 Football League Relegated from2015–16 Super League Greece PanthrakikosAEL Kalloni AELKerkyra
Stadiums and locations
ClubLocationVenueCapacity2015–16AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium 69,638 4thAEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118 1st (FL)Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,616 7thAtromitos Athens Peristeri Stadium 10,005 8thIraklis Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,560 12thKerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 3,000 2nd (FL)Levadiakos Livadeia Levadia Municipal Stadium 6,500 10thOlympiacos Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium 32,115 1stPanathinaikos Athens Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 16,003 3rdPanetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 7,000 11thPanionios Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700 5thPAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,703 2ndPAS Giannina Ioannina Zosimades Stadium 7,652 6thPlatanias Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,000 9thVeria Veria Veria Stadium 6,500 14thXanthi Xanthi Xanthi FC Arena 7,422 13th
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 sponsorAEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros Mantalos Nike Pame StoiximaAEL André Paus Boki Jovanović Legea Asteras Tripolis Staikos Vergetis Pablo Mazza Nike Stoiximan.GRAtromitos Ricardo Sá Pinto Luiz Brito Nike TzokerIraklis Savvas Pantelidis Lefteris Intzoglou Givova Kerkyra Kostas Christoforakis Anastasios Venetis Macron Pame StoiximaLevadiakos Dimitris Farantos Thanasis Moulopoulos Legea TzokerOlympiacos Takis Lemonis Alejandro Domínguez Adidas Stoiximan.GRPanathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Zeca Puma Pame StihimaPanetolikos Makis Chavos Georgios Kousas Legea Pame StoiximaPanionios Vladan Milojević Panagiotis Korbos Luanvi Stoiximan.GRPAOK Vladimir Ivić Stefanos Athanasiadis Macron SportingbetPAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios Michail Nike TzokerPlatanias Georgios Paraschos Fanouris Goundoulakis Macron Pame StoiximaVeria Ratko Dostanić Stelios Marangos Givova TzokerXanthi Răzvan Lucescu Konstantinos Fliskas Joma Pame Stoixima
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment AEK Athens Stelios Manolas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 25 May 2016Pre-season Temur Ketsbaia 6 June 2016 Levadiakos Dimitris Farantos (caretaker) 28 May 2016 Ratko Dostanić 6 June 2016 Kerkyra Alekos Vosniadis Sacked31 May 2016 Michalis Grigoriou 4 June 2016 Olympiacos Marco Silva Resigned 3 June 2016 Víctor Sánchez 23 June 2016 Veria Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 8 July 2016 Alekos Vosniadis 9 July 2016 Olympiacos Víctor Sánchez Sacked 10 August 2016 Paulo Bento 10 August 2016 Panionios Marinos Ouzounidis 8 August 2016 Vladan Milojević 11 August 2016 Atromitos Traianos Dellas 19 September 2016 16th Georgios Korakakis 19 September 2016 Veria Alekos Vosniadis 23 September 2016 15th Thomas Grafas 24 September 2016 Asteras Tripolis Makis Chavos 26 September 2016 16th Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 27 September 2016 AEK Athens Temur Ketsbaia 18 October 2016 3rd José Morais 18 October 2016 Iraklis Nikos Papadopoulos 18 October 2016 16th Ioannis Amanatidis (caretaker) 19 October 2016 Ioannis Amanatidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 30 October 2016 16th Savvas Pantelidis 1 November 2016 AEL Kostas Matzokas (caretaker) 1 November 2016 11th Sakis Tsiolis 1 November 2016 Panathinaikos Andrea Stramaccioni Sacked 1 December 2016 3rd Marinos Ouzounidis 1 December 2016 Levadiakos Ratko Dostanić 12 January 2017 14th Giannis Christopoulos 12 January 2017 Panetolikos Giannis Matzourakis 17 January 2017 11th Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) 17 January 2017 AEK Athens José Morais 18 January 2017 6th Manolo Jiménez 19 January 2017 Panetolikos Giannis Dalakouras (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 19 January 2017 11th Makis Chavos 19 January 2017 Veria Thomas Grafas Sacked 26 January 2017 14th Apostolos Terzis 26 January 2017 Atromitos Georgios Korakakis 5 February 2017 9th Ricardo Sá Pinto 6 February 2017 Veria Apostolos Terzis 14 February 2017 16th Ratko Dostanić 14 February 2017 Asteras Tripolis Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 18 February 2017 12th Apostolos Charalampidis (caretaker) 20 February 2017 Olympiacos Paulo Bento 6 March 2017 1st Vasilis Vouzas (caretaker) 6 March 2017 Asteras Tripolis Apostolos Charalampidis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 20 February 2017 13th Staikos Vergetis 3 March 2017 AEL Sakis Tsiolis Resigned 21 March 2017 12th Theodoros Voutiritsas (caretaker) 21 March 2017 Olympiacos Vasilis Vouzas (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 23 March 2017 1st Takis Lemonis 23 March 2017 AEL Theodoros Voutiritsas (caretaker) 3 Αpril 2017 12th André Paus 3 April 2017 Levadiakos Giannis Christopoulos Sacked 7 Αpril 2017 14th Dimitris Farantos (caretaker) 7 April 2017 Kerkyra Michalis Grigoriou 11 April 2017 11th Kostas Christoforakis (caretaker) 12 April 2017
Regular season
League table
Postponement The Greek Super League was originally scheduled for 20 August 2016 but Greece's Sports minister Stavros Kontonis decided it would be postponed due to fears of violence.
The first match was then postponed and scheduled to be played on 10 September 2016 between Kerkyra and Platanias.
The match was a success and went ahead with no issues with Platanias winning 1–0.
On 9 November refereeing chief Giorgos Bikas was the victim of an arson attack, this led to Greek football of all divisions to be suspended.
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-offs for Champions League and Europa League berths, 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.
So, both AEK Athens and Panionios will begin the play-offs pointless. PAOK will enter the play-offs with two points, while Panathinaikos will have one point.
Season statistics Updated to games played 30 April 2017
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marcus Berg Panathinaikos222 Hamza Younés Xanthi193 Pedro Conde PAS Giannina13 Brown Ideye Olympiacos135 Giorgos Giakoumakis Platanias116 Michalis Manias Asteras Tripolis107 Thomas Nazlidis AEL9 Ben Nabouhane Panionios9 Tomáš Pekhart AEK Athens910 Giorgos Manousos Platanias8
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Sebá Olympiacos92 Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos6 Masoud Shojaei Panionios6 Panagiotis Triadis Xanthi65 Diogo Figueiras Olympiacos5 Alberto de la Bella Olympiacos5 Patito Rodríguez AEK Athens5 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos AEK Athens5 Diego Biseswar PAOK5 Leozinho Iraklis5
Awards
MVP and Best Goal Awards
Matchday MVP Best Goal Ref 1st Dimitris Kyriakidis (Panetolikos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) 2nd Alexandros Paschalakis (PAS Giannina) Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos) 3rd Hugo Almeida (AEK Athens) 4th Efthymis Koulouris (PAOK) 5th Dimitris Kyriakidis (Panetolikos) Javier Umbides (Atromitos) 6th André Martins (Olympiacos) Brown Ideye (Olympiacos) 7th Vangelis Platellas (AEK Athens) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Xanthi) 8th Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos) Evripidis Giakos (PAS Giannina) 9th Christopher Maboulou (PAS Giannina) Thomas Nazlidis (AEL) 10th Alberto Botía (Olympiacos) Patito Rodríguez (AEK Athens) 11th Vasilis Barkas (AEK Athens) Kristijan Miljević (Veria) 12th Javier Umbides (Atromitos) Chrysovalantis Kozoronis (PAS Giannina) 13th Fotis Koutzavasilis (Kerkyra) Dimitrios Limnios (Atromitos) 14th Léo Matos (PAOK) André Simões (AEK Athens) 15th Hamza Younés (Xanthi) Diego Biseswar (PAOK) 16th Grigoris Makos (Panetolikos) Léo Matos (PAOK) 17th Spyros Risvanis (Panionios) 18th Luka Milivojević (Olympiacos) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) 19th Panagiotis Korbos (Panionios) 20th Živko Živković (Xanthi) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) 21st Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) Dimitrios Pelkas (PAOK) 22nd Vangelis Ikonomou (Panionios) Theodoros Vasilakakis (Xanthi) 23rd Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK) Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) 24th Sergio Araujo (AEK Athens) 25th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 26th Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) Georgios Masouras (Panionios) 27th Michalis Manias (Asteras Tripolis) Diego Biseswar (PAOK) 28th Christos Donis (Iraklis) Michalis Bastakos (Iraklis) 29th Michalis Bastakos (Iraklis) Alberto de la Bella (Olympiacos) 30th Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos) Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis)
Annual awards Annual awards were announced on 7 May 2017.
Award Winner Club Greek Player of the Season Petros Mantalos AEK Athens Foreign Player of the Season Marcus Berg Panathinaikos Young Player of the Season Panagiotis Retsos Olympiacos Goalkeeper of the Season Andreas Gianniotis Panionios Golden Boot Marcus Berg Panathinaikos Manager of the Season Vladimir Ivić PAOK Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Andreas Gianniotis (Panionios)Defence Léo Matos (PAOK) Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiacos) Rodrigo Moledo (Panathinaikos) Leonardo Koutris (PAS Giannina)Midfield Masoud Shojaei (Panionios) Zeca (Panathinaikos) Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) Manolis Siopis (Panionios) Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)Attack Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
Attendances Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 2016–17 edition of the Super League Greece.
References
External links Official website Super League: Επιστράφηκαν οι βαθμοί στον Ηρακλή, στα δικαστήρια η παραμονή