2020–21 Super League Greece

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The 2020–21 Super League Greece was the 85th season of the Super League Greece, the top Greek professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1959. Olympiacos were the defending champions.

Super League Greece
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020[1] – 16 May 2021
ChampionsOlympiacos
46th title
RelegatedAEL
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
Europa Conference LeaguePAOK
Aris
AEK Athens
Matches played240
Goals scored529 (2.2 per match)
Best PlayerYoussef El-Arabi
Top goalscorerYoussef El-Arabi
(22 goals)
Biggest home winPAOK 5–0 Panetolikos
(31 January 2021)
Biggest away winLamia 0–6 Olympiacos
(13 December 2020)
Highest scoringApollon Smyrnis 3–4 AEK Athens
(13 December 2020)
Longest winning runOlympiacos
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runOlympiacos (21 matches)
Longest winless runOFI (12 matches)
Longest losing runOFI (10 matches)
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2021.

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, one team of play-off winner and one team promoted from the Super League 2. The promoted team was PAS Giannina, who returned to the first tier after a one-season absence.[2] They replaced Panionios who were relegated after 23 seasons in the top flight.

Apollon Smyrnis were also promoted by virtue of winning the play-off round, which were relegated Xanthi after 31 years.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AEK AthensAthensAthens Olympic Stadium69,618
AELLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,200
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800
Asteras TripolisTripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,442
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium10,050
LamiaLamiaLamia Municipal Stadium5,500
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,088
OlympiacosPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium32,115
PanathinaikosAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,003
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,321
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,700

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros MantalosCapelliPame Stoixima
AEL Michalis Ziogas Radomir MilosavljevićLegeaThrakis Gefseis
Apollon Smyrnis Makis Chavos Thomás BedinelliHummelVenetis Bakery
Aris Akis Mantzios Georgios DelizisisNikebetshop.gr
Asteras Tripolis Milan Rastavac Matías IglesiasMacronVolton
Atromitos Savvas Pantelidis Javier UmbidesNikeNetBet
Lamia Michalis Grigoriou Loukas VyntraMacronN/A
OFI Nikos Nioplias Nikos KorovesisPumabetshop.gr
Olympiacos Pedro Martins Andreas BouchalakisAdidasStoiximan
Panathinaikos Sotiris Silaidopoulos Dimitris KourbelisKappaPame Stoixima
Panetolikos Traianos Dellas Jorge DíazGivovaCar.gr
PAOK Pablo García VieirinhaMacronStoiximan
PAS Giannina Argiris Giannikis Stefanos SiontisKappaNetBet
Volos Kostas Bratsos Thanasis GaravelisLuanviEBOL

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Panathinaikos Giorgos DonisEnd of contract19 July 2020Pre-season Dani Poyatos22 July 2020
Atromitos Savvas PantelidisMutual consent20 July 2020 Damir Canadi29 July 2020
Volos Stefanos Xirofotos23 July 2020 Sakis Tsiolis24 July 2020
Sakis TsiolisSacked30 August 2020 Ángel López1 September 2020
Apollon Smyrnis Babis TennesMutual consent1 September 2020 Georgios Paraschos2 September 2020
Aris Michael OenningSacked17 September 20201st Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)18 September 2020
Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker20 September 2020 Akis Mantzios21 September 2020
Lamia Giorgos PetrakisSacked6 October 202014th Babis Tennes8 October 2020
Panathinaikos Dani Poyatos11 October 202013th Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker)12 October 2020
Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker18 October 202011th László Bölöni19 October 2020
Panetolikos Makis ChavosSacked28 October 202012th Luciano (caretaker)29 October 2020
PAOK Abel FerreiraResigned29 October 20206th Pablo García30 October 2020
Panetolikos Luciano (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker10 November 202012th Traianos Dellas11 November 2020
AEL Michalis GrigoriouResigned22 November 202011th Giannis Tatsis23 November 2020
Lamia Babis TennesSacked16 December 202014th Michalis Grigoriou17 December 2020
AEK Athens Massimo Carrera21 December 20204th Manolo Jiménez22 December 2020
AEL Giannis Tatsis20 January 202113th Gianluca Festa22 January 2021
Atromitos Damir Canadi4 February 20217th Savvas Pantelidis5 February 2021
OFI Georgios Simos6 March 202112th Nikos Nioplias8 March 2021
Apollon Smyrnis Georgios ParaschosResigned14 March 20219th Makis Chavos17 March 2021
Volos Ángel LópezSacked19 April 20217th Kostas Bratsos (caretaker)21 April 2021
AEL Gianluca Festa8 May 202114th Michalis Ziogas (caretaker)9 May 2021
Panathinaikos László Bölöni10 May 20215th Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker)11 May 2021

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Olympiacos2621416413+5167Qualification for the Play-off round
2Aris2615653416+1851
3AEK Athens2614664129+1248
4PAOK2613854926+2347
5Panathinaikos2613673019+1145
6Asteras Tripolis2611962725+242
7Volos268992632−633Qualification for the Play-out round
8PAS Giannina2687112326−331
9Apollon Smyrnis2684142635−928[a]
10Atromitos26610102435−1128[a]
11Lamia2658131438−2423
12Panetolikos2648141332−1920
13OFI2654172243−2119
14AEL2637161842−2416
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against.
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAEKAELAPSARISASTATRLAMOFIOLYPAOPNEPAOKPASVOL
AEK Athens4–12–00–22–22–13–02–11–11–21–01–10–22–2
AEL2–40–10–31–30–00–10–11–31–11–01–10–00–0
Apollon Smyrnis3–41–00–10–12–10–12–11–30–11–01–31–23–3
Aris0–11–01–01–03–03–11–01–20–10–01–02–22–0
Asteras Tripolis1–21–00–02–12–00–01–00–41–02–02–10–11–1
Atromitos1–01–12–22–21–12–10–00–12–32–03–20–20–2
Lamia0–12–11–02–02–20–01–20–60–20–00–20–01–2
OFI0–22–30–20–30–12–22–00–22–21–10–32–11–2
Olympiacos3–05–12–01–13–04–03–03–01–02–03–01–04–1
Panathinaikos1–12–01–00–10–00–10–02–02–12–12–12–01–1
Panetolikos0–22–10–10–11–11–10–02–11–21–01–31–21–0
PAOK2–21–02–22–22–01–14–03–01–12–15–02–13–1
PAS Giannina0–11–21–30–02–20–12–01–01–11–00–00–20–1
Volos1–01–12–00–10–11–01–11–41–20–20–00–02–1
Source: Super League Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. 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. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Olympiacos94332321111111111111111111
Aris11111112223222234323223222
AEK Athens52455434444444422232434433
PAOK33524643332333343444342344
Panathinaikos11121013121199885556555555555565
Asteras Tripolis88886566678667766666666656
Volos47743255556875698778877777
PAS Giannina101199897710101010101111111111111191091088
Apollon Smyrnis1310891010111311111111118101010101010109109109
Atromitos7526978876799109778877888910
Lamia1414141414141414141414141414141414141313131212121111
Panetolikos69121111121212131312121212121212121212121313131212
OFI2667781010999789889999111111111313
AEL1213111213131311121213131313131313131414141414141414
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-out round

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.[3]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationOLYPAOKARISAEKPAOAST
1Olympiacos (C)3628628219+6390Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round1–01–02–03–11–0
2PAOK36181086034+2664Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]2–02–03–10–00–1
3Aris36171094126+1561Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round1–10–11–30–02–0
4AEK Athens36179105345+8601–51–20–01–13–1
5Panathinaikos361411114134+7531–43–01–20–12–2
6Asteras Tripolis36121593638−2510–01–11–11–12–2
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Play-off round positions by round

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233343536
Olympiacos11111111111
PAOK43333332222
Aris22222223333
AEK Athens34544444444
Panathinaikos55455555555
Asteras Tripolis66666666666
Champion and Champions League second qualifying round
Europa Conference League third qualifying round
Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Play-out round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationVOLATRPASLAMAPSOFIPNEAEL
7Volos331013103437−3431–10–03–13–1
8Atromitos33813123040−10371–00–01–10–1
9PAS Giannina3398162736−9351–01–20–20–1
10Lamia33811142142−21351–10–20–0
11Apollon Smyrnis3397172940−11340–00–10–00–2
12OFI3388173047−17321–12–12–2
13Panetolikos (O)33610172044−2428Qualification for the relegation play-offs1–30–31–0
14AEL (R)3369182547−2227Relegation to Super League 22–00–11–1
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-out); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-out); 4) Regular season position.[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Play-out round positions by round

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233
Volos77777777
Atromitos10101011111198
PAS Giannina88888889
Lamia1111119991010
Apollon Smyrnis9991010101111
OFI1313121212121212
Panetolikos1212131413131313
AEL1414141314141414
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2021–22 Super League Greece 2

Relegation play-offs

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Summary
Xanthi2–2 (a)Panetolikos 2–10–1
First leg
Xanthi2–1Panetolikos
Second leg
Panetolikos1–0Xanthi
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)

Panetolikos won on away goals, therefore both teams stay in their respective leagues next season.

Season statistics

Top assists

As of 4 April 2021[7]
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Kostas FortounisOlympiacos11
2 Petros MantalosAEK Athens9
3 Mathieu ValbuenaOlympiacos6
Levi GarcíaAEK Athens
4 Julián BartoloVolos5
Muamer TankovićAEK Athens
Karol ŚwiderskiPAOK
Christos TzolisPAOK
Anastasios ChatzigiovanisPanathinaikos
Andreas BouchalakisOlympiacos
Georgios MasourasOlympiacos
Youssef El-ArabiOlympiacos

Αwards

NIVEA MEN Player of the Club

TeamMVPRef
Olympiacos Youssef El-Arabi[17]
PAOK Andrija Živković[18]
Aris Lucas Sasha[19]
AEK Athens Levi García[20]
Panathinaikos Sokratis Dioudis[21]
Asteras Tripolis Jerónimo Barrales[22]
Volos Anastasios Douvikas[23]
Atromitos Javier Umbides[24]
PAS Giannina Marvin Peersman[25]
Lamia Bachana Arabuli[26]
Apollon Smyrnis Andoni Fatjon[27]
OFI Jonathan de Guzmán[28]
Panetolikos Christopher Knett[29]
AEL Dimitrios Pinakas[30]

NIVEA MEN Player of the Regular season

PlayerTeamVotesRef
Youssef El-ArabiOlympiacos48.71%[31]

NIVEA MEN Best Goal of the Season

PlayerTeamMatchVotesRef
Regular Season
Bachana ArabuliLamiavs Aris 2–0 (Matchday 14)52.87%[32]
Play-offs/Play-outs
Xande SilvaArisvs Asteras Tripolis 1–0 (Matchday 2)36.21%[33]

NIVEA MEN Best Goal

MatchdayPlayerTeamRef
Regular Season
1st Christos TzolisPAOK[34]
2nd Andrija ŽivkovićPAOK[35]
3rd Nenad KrstičićAEK Athens[36]
4th Daniel ManciniAris[37]
5th Bruno GamaAris[38]
6th Xande SilvaAris[39]
7th Yevhen ShakhovAEK Athens[40]
8th Levi GarcíaAEK Athens[41]
9th André SimõesAEK Athens[42]
10th Karim AnsarifardAEK Athens[43]
11th Christos TzolisPAOK[44]
12th Levi GarcíaAEK Athens[45]
13th Muamer TankovićAEK Athens[46]
14th Bachana ArabuliLamia[47]
15th Facundo BertoglioAris[48]
16th Dimitrios EmmanouilidisPanathinaikos[49]
17th Ahmed HassanOlympiacos[50]
18th Argyris KampetsisPanathinaikos[51]
19th Juan MuñizAtromitos[52]
20th Adrián RieraAsteras Tripolis[53]
21st Ahmed HassanPAOK[54]
22nd Damian SzymańskiAEK Athens[55]
23rd Damian SzymańskiAEK Athens[56]
24th Cristian GaneaAris[57]
25th BrumaOlympiacos[58]
26th Thanasis AndroutsosOlympiacos[59]
Play-offs/Play-outs
1st Nikos PapadopoulosAsteras Tripolis[60]
2nd Xande SilvaAris[61]
3rd Stavros VasilantonopoulosAEK Athens[62]
4th Konstantinos GalanopoulosAEK Athens[63]
5th/6th Hélder BarbosaPanetolikos[64]
7th/8th Kostas FortounisOlympiacos[65]
9th/10th Adrián SardineroOlympiacos[66]

Team of the Season[68]
Goalkeeper Sokratis Dioudis (Panathinaikos)
Defence Giannis Kotsiras (Asteras Tripolis) Ruben Semedo (Olympiacos) Sverrir Ingi Ingason (PAOK) Franco Ferrari (Volos)
Midfield Levi García (AEK Athens) Yann M'Vila (Olympiacos) Andreas Bouchalakis (Olympiacos) Georgios Masouras (Olympiacos)
Attack Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiacos) Anastasios Douvikas (Volos)

References

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