Season | 2018β19 |
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Dates | 25 August 2018 β 5 May 2019 |
Champions |
PAOK 3rd title |
Relegated |
PAS Giannina Levadiakos Apollon Smyrnis |
Champions League |
PAOK Olympiacos |
Europa League |
AEK Athens Atromitos Aris |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 549 (2.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Efthimis Koulouris (19 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Olympiacos 5β0
PAS Giannina (2 September 2018) Panetolikos 5β0 Panionios (11 March 2019) Aris 5β0 Apollon Smyrnis (18 March 2019) PAOK 5β0 Levadiakos (21 April 2019) Aris 7β2 Xanthi (5 May 2019) |
Biggest away win |
Panetolikos 0β5
Olympiacos (7 April 2019) |
Highest scoring |
Aris 7β2
Xanthi (5 May 2019) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches Olympiacos |
Longest unbeaten run | 30 matches, the entire season PAOK |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Apollon Smyrnis |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Apollon Smyrnis |
Highest attendance | 31,250 Olympiacos 1β1 Panathinaikos (11 November 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 188 Xanthi 0β1 Levadiakos (24 February 2019) |
Total attendance | 1,282,139 |
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All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019. |
The 2018β19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, [1] was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.
AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017β18 Football League, [2] replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018β19 Football League.
PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963β64.
PAS Giannina, Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI, who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018-19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019β20 Super League. OFI won the play-offs with 3β2 on aggregate.
This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019β20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018β19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.
Sixteen teams will compete in the league β the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.
Teams promoted to the Super League
The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1β0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014β15 season.
The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2β0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013β14 season.
Teams relegated to the Football League
The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1β0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight.
The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2β1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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AEK Athens | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 |
AEL | Larissa | AEL FC Arena | 16,118 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Athens | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,200 |
Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
Asteras Tripolis | Tripoli | Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium | 7,442 |
Atromitos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 9,050 |
Lamia | Lamia | Lamia Municipal Stadium | 5,500 |
Levadiakos | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 5,915 |
OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,088 |
Olympiacos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 32,115 |
Panathinaikos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 |
Panetolikos | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 7,321 |
Panionios | Athens | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
PAOK | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 |
PAS Giannina | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 |
Xanthi | Xanthi | Xanthi FC Arena | 7,244 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Olympiacos | Christos Kontis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 6 May 2018 | Pre season | Pedro Martins | 7 May 2018 |
AEK Athens | Manolo JimΓ©nez | End of contract | 25 May 2018 | Marinos Ouzounidis | 4 June 2018 | |
Panathinaikos | Marinos Ouzounidis | Resigned | 31 May 2018 | Giorgos Donis | 12 June 2018 | |
Aris | Dimitrios Spanos | Mutual consent | 1 June 2018 | Paco Herrera | 1 July 2018 | |
Apollon Smyrnis | ValΓ©rien IsmaΓ«l | Sacked | 31 August 2018 [3] | 10th | Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) | 31 August 2018 |
Lamia | Babis Tennes | Resigned | 4 September 2018 [4] | 15th | Makis Chavos | 5 September 2018 [5] |
Apollon Smyrnis | Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 31 August 2018 [6] | 15th | Alberto Monteagudo | 12 September 2018 [7] |
AEL | Sotiris Antoniou | Resigned | 24 September 2018 [8] | 15th | Gianluca Festa | 25 September 2018 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Alberto Monteagudo | Sacked | 4 October 2018 [9] | 16th | Giannis Matzourakis | 4 October 2018 [10] |
Levadiakos | Akis Mantzios | 22 October 2018 | 15th | Giuseppe Sannino | 22 October 2018 | |
Aris | Paco Herrera | 12 November 2018 | 7th | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | 12 November 2018 | |
Asteras Tripolis | Savvas Pantelidis | Resigned | 12 November 2018 | 15th | Georgios Paraschos | 12 November 2018 |
Aris | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 14 November 2018 | 7th | Savvas Pantelidis | 14 November 2018 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Giannis Matzourakis | Sacked | 26 November 2018 | 16th | Babis Tennes | 26 November 2018 |
Panionios | JosΓ© Anigo | 2 December 2018 | 8th | Akis Mantzios | 4 December 2018 | |
Levadiakos | Giuseppe Sannino | 21 January 2019 | 15th | Nikos Karageorgiou | 22 January 2019 | |
OFI | Nikos Papadopoulos | 21 January 2019 | 12th | Jaime Vera | 25 January 2019 | |
AEK Athens | Marinos Ouzounidis | Resigned | 5 February 2019 | 3rd | Manolo JimΓ©nez | 6 February 2019 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Babis Tennes | Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 16th | Lefteris Velentzas | 9 March 2019 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | PAOK [a] (C) | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 14 | +52 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 17 | +54 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | AEK Athens [b] | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Atromitos | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | Aris | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 49 | |
6 | Panionios | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 38 | |
7 | Lamia | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 37 | |
8 | Panathinaikos [c] | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 36 [d] | |
9 | Panetolikos | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 36 [d] | |
10 | AEL | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 34 | |
11 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 33 | |
12 | Xanthi | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 32 [e] | |
13 | OFI (O) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 32 [e] | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
14 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to Super League 2 |
15 | Levadiakos (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 21 | |
16 | Apollon Smyrnis (R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 55 | −44 | 10 |
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.
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round | |
Champions League second qualifying round | |
Europa League third qualifying round | |
Europa League second qualifying round | |
Qualification for the relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2019β20 Super League Greece 2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Platanias | 2β3 | OFI | 0β0 | 2β3 |
OFI | 3β2 | Platanias |
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Report |
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OFI won 3β2 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2019β20 Super League. Platanias placed in 2019β20 Super League 2.
Top scorers
|
Top assists
|
Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020. [16]
Award | Winner | Club |
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Greek of the Season | Kostas Fortounis | Olympiacos |
Foreign Player of the Season | Vieirinha | PAOK |
Young Player of the Season | Giannis Bouzoukis | Panathinaikos |
Goalkeeper of the Season | Alexandros Paschalakis | PAOK |
Golden Boot | Efthymis Koulouris | Atromitos |
Manager of the Season | RΔzvan Lucescu | PAOK |
Team of the Season [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK) | |||||||||||||||||||
Defence | Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos) | Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos) | Fernando Varela (PAOK) | Vieirinha (PAOK) | ||||||||||||||||
Midfield | Daniel Podence (Olympiacos) | Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos) | Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) | Guilherme (Olympiacos) | Georgios Masouras (Panionios/Olympiacos) | |||||||||||||||
Attack | Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos) |
Season | 2018β19 |
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Dates | 25 August 2018 β 5 May 2019 |
Champions |
PAOK 3rd title |
Relegated |
PAS Giannina Levadiakos Apollon Smyrnis |
Champions League |
PAOK Olympiacos |
Europa League |
AEK Athens Atromitos Aris |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 549 (2.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Efthimis Koulouris (19 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Olympiacos 5β0
PAS Giannina (2 September 2018) Panetolikos 5β0 Panionios (11 March 2019) Aris 5β0 Apollon Smyrnis (18 March 2019) PAOK 5β0 Levadiakos (21 April 2019) Aris 7β2 Xanthi (5 May 2019) |
Biggest away win |
Panetolikos 0β5
Olympiacos (7 April 2019) |
Highest scoring |
Aris 7β2
Xanthi (5 May 2019) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches Olympiacos |
Longest unbeaten run | 30 matches, the entire season PAOK |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Apollon Smyrnis |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Apollon Smyrnis |
Highest attendance | 31,250 Olympiacos 1β1 Panathinaikos (11 November 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 188 Xanthi 0β1 Levadiakos (24 February 2019) |
Total attendance | 1,282,139 |
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All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019. |
The 2018β19 Super League Greece, or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, [1] was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs.
AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017β18 Football League, [2] replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018β19 Football League.
PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963β64.
PAS Giannina, Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI, who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018-19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019β20 Super League. OFI won the play-offs with 3β2 on aggregate.
This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019β20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division. Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018β19 Football League. The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.
Sixteen teams will compete in the league β the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Football League.
Teams promoted to the Super League
The first club to be promoted was OFI, after beating 1β0 Apollon Pontus on 29 April 2018. OFI would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2014β15 season.
The second and final club to be promoted was Aris, after beating 2β0 Karaiskakis on 29 April 2018. Aris would play in the Super League for the first time since the 2013β14 season.
Teams relegated to the Football League
The first club to be relegated was Platanias, who were relegated on 4 April 2018 following Apollon Smyrnis' 1β0 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 6-year stay in the top flight.
The second and final club to be relegated was Kerkyra, who were relegated on 29 April 2018 following Lamia's 2β1 victory against PAS Giannina, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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AEK Athens | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 |
AEL | Larissa | AEL FC Arena | 16,118 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Athens | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,200 |
Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 |
Asteras Tripolis | Tripoli | Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium | 7,442 |
Atromitos | Athens | Peristeri Stadium | 9,050 |
Lamia | Lamia | Lamia Municipal Stadium | 5,500 |
Levadiakos | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 5,915 |
OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,088 |
Olympiacos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 32,115 |
Panathinaikos | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 |
Panetolikos | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 7,321 |
Panionios | Athens | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
PAOK | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 |
PAS Giannina | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 |
Xanthi | Xanthi | Xanthi FC Arena | 7,244 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Olympiacos | Christos Kontis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 6 May 2018 | Pre season | Pedro Martins | 7 May 2018 |
AEK Athens | Manolo JimΓ©nez | End of contract | 25 May 2018 | Marinos Ouzounidis | 4 June 2018 | |
Panathinaikos | Marinos Ouzounidis | Resigned | 31 May 2018 | Giorgos Donis | 12 June 2018 | |
Aris | Dimitrios Spanos | Mutual consent | 1 June 2018 | Paco Herrera | 1 July 2018 | |
Apollon Smyrnis | ValΓ©rien IsmaΓ«l | Sacked | 31 August 2018 [3] | 10th | Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) | 31 August 2018 |
Lamia | Babis Tennes | Resigned | 4 September 2018 [4] | 15th | Makis Chavos | 5 September 2018 [5] |
Apollon Smyrnis | Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 31 August 2018 [6] | 15th | Alberto Monteagudo | 12 September 2018 [7] |
AEL | Sotiris Antoniou | Resigned | 24 September 2018 [8] | 15th | Gianluca Festa | 25 September 2018 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Alberto Monteagudo | Sacked | 4 October 2018 [9] | 16th | Giannis Matzourakis | 4 October 2018 [10] |
Levadiakos | Akis Mantzios | 22 October 2018 | 15th | Giuseppe Sannino | 22 October 2018 | |
Aris | Paco Herrera | 12 November 2018 | 7th | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | 12 November 2018 | |
Asteras Tripolis | Savvas Pantelidis | Resigned | 12 November 2018 | 15th | Georgios Paraschos | 12 November 2018 |
Aris | Apostolos Terzis (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 14 November 2018 | 7th | Savvas Pantelidis | 14 November 2018 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Giannis Matzourakis | Sacked | 26 November 2018 | 16th | Babis Tennes | 26 November 2018 |
Panionios | JosΓ© Anigo | 2 December 2018 | 8th | Akis Mantzios | 4 December 2018 | |
Levadiakos | Giuseppe Sannino | 21 January 2019 | 15th | Nikos Karageorgiou | 22 January 2019 | |
OFI | Nikos Papadopoulos | 21 January 2019 | 12th | Jaime Vera | 25 January 2019 | |
AEK Athens | Marinos Ouzounidis | Resigned | 5 February 2019 | 3rd | Manolo JimΓ©nez | 6 February 2019 |
Apollon Smyrnis | Babis Tennes | Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 16th | Lefteris Velentzas | 9 March 2019 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | PAOK [a] (C) | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 14 | +52 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 17 | +54 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | AEK Athens [b] | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Atromitos | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | Aris | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 49 | |
6 | Panionios | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 38 | |
7 | Lamia | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 37 | |
8 | Panathinaikos [c] | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 36 [d] | |
9 | Panetolikos | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 36 [d] | |
10 | AEL | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 34 | |
11 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 33 | |
12 | Xanthi | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 32 [e] | |
13 | OFI (O) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 32 [e] | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
14 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to Super League 2 |
15 | Levadiakos (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 21 | |
16 | Apollon Smyrnis (R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 55 | −44 | 10 |
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.
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round | |
Champions League second qualifying round | |
Europa League third qualifying round | |
Europa League second qualifying round | |
Qualification for the relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2019β20 Super League Greece 2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Platanias | 2β3 | OFI | 0β0 | 2β3 |
OFI | 3β2 | Platanias |
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|
Report |
|
OFI won 3β2 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2019β20 Super League. Platanias placed in 2019β20 Super League 2.
Top scorers
|
Top assists
|
Annual awards were announced on 28 January 2020. [16]
Award | Winner | Club |
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Greek of the Season | Kostas Fortounis | Olympiacos |
Foreign Player of the Season | Vieirinha | PAOK |
Young Player of the Season | Giannis Bouzoukis | Panathinaikos |
Goalkeeper of the Season | Alexandros Paschalakis | PAOK |
Golden Boot | Efthymis Koulouris | Atromitos |
Manager of the Season | RΔzvan Lucescu | PAOK |
Team of the Season [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK) | |||||||||||||||||||
Defence | Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos) | Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos) | Fernando Varela (PAOK) | Vieirinha (PAOK) | ||||||||||||||||
Midfield | Daniel Podence (Olympiacos) | Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos) | Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) | Guilherme (Olympiacos) | Georgios Masouras (Panionios/Olympiacos) | |||||||||||||||
Attack | Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos) |