Season 2008–09 Period 2008 – 2009 Goals scored 519 | Average goals/game 2.16 Champion Olympiacos F.C. Matches played 252 | |
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Champions Olympiacos
37th Greek title UEFA Champions League Olympiacos
Panathinaikos UEFA Europa League AEK Athens (via domestic cup)
P.A.O.K.
Larissa Top goalscorer Ismael Blanco (14)
Luciano Galletti (14) Relegated OFI Crete F.C., Panserraikos F.C., Thrasyvoulos F.C. Similar 2012–13 Superleague Greece, 2006–07 Superleague Greece, 2015–16 Superleague Greece, 2016–17 Superleague Greece, 2007–08 UEFA Champio | ||
The 2008–09 Superleague Greece season was the third since its establishment. It began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.
Contents
Team changes from 2007–08
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Beta Ethniki:
Teams relegated to 2008–09 Beta Ethniki:
League table (regular season)
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: galanissportsdata.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs
The play-offs for an additional Champions League spot were conducted in a home and away round robin format. Its participants have entered the mini-league with a number of bonus points based on their regular season record. Every team had the number of points earned by the fifth-placed team subtracted from its own amount of points. The result was then divided through five and rounded to the nearest whole number to determine the amount of bonus points.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
The play-off winners entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Since AEK Athens have lost the final of the Greek Cup 2008–09 to Champions League-bound Olympiacos, all three Greek Europa League spots (two via league, one via domestic cup) were allotted according to the position of the respective teams in the play-off.
Play-off table
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Most valuable players (excluding goalkeepers)
Source: galanissportsdata.com