2011–12 Super League Greece


The 2011–12 Super League Greece was the 76th season of the highest football league of Greece and the sixth under the name Super League. The season began in late August or early September 2011 and ended in May 2012 with the last matches of the European playoff round. Olympiacos are the defending champions, having won their 38th Greek championship in the 2010–11 season.
The league comprised 13 teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Football League.

Teams

, Panserraikos, Iraklis, Olympiacos Volou and Kavala were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. Larissa and Panserraikos were relegated on virtue of their league position at the end of the season; Larissa had to return to the Football League, formerly known as Beta Ethniki, after six seasons, while Panserraikos were relegated after just one season. Olympiacos Volou and Kavala were initially relegated to the Delta Ethniki due to the ongoing match-fixing scandal, but after an appeal, both teams demanded to have their cases rechecked. The Professional Sports Committee refused, however, and the original penalty stood. On 22 October 2011, almost two months after the league had started, they were replaced by Doxa Drama and Levadiakos.
Iraklis were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season over unpaid debts and put into last place of the league table. The club was thus demoted to the 2011–12 Football League, concluding a twenty-nine-year run in the highest football league of Greece. The demotion of Iraklis eventually spared Asteras Tripolis from relegation.
The three relegated teams have been replaced by 2010–11 Football League champions Panetolikos, runners-up PAS Giannina and OFI via a play-off round. Panetolikos returned to the Greek top football level after 34 seasons, while PAS Giannina made their immediate comeback to the Superleague.
The promotion play-off round, originally scheduled to take place in late May 2011, was postponed to late July 2011 after qualified teams OFI and Trikala were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season. The decision against OFI has since been reverted after the club successfully took the case to a civil court, enabling the side to compete in the play-offs along Levadiakos, Doxa Drama and Diagoras. OFI were eventually promoted as play-off winners after they were granted a walkover in their second-to-last match as their opponents Doxa Drama were not able to field a full side. The Heraklion club thus returned to the Super League after two seasons.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacityAv. attendance
AEK AthensAthensAthens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"69,6187,396
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,8008,126
Asteras TripolisTripoliAsteras Tripolis Stadium6,4301,919
AtromitosAthensPeristeri Stadium8,9391,721
Doxa DramaThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770970
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,2401,172
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,685979
LevadiakosLevadiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,5001,143
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,0883,289
OlympiacosPiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium32,11521,750
PanathinaikosAthensAthens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"69,61814,331
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium5,5004,961
PanioniosAthensNea Smyrni Stadium11,7002,302
PAOKThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,70312,297
PAS GianninaIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,6522,948
Skoda XanthiXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,3611,636

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Playoffs

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.
Before the last round of matches, fifth-placed club AEK Athens earned 48 points during the regular season. Based on this number and the calculations above, Panathinaikos as runners-up began the playoffs with four points while P.A.O.K. and Atromitos started with zero points each.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Kevin MirallasOlympiacos20
2 Kostas MitroglouAtromitos16
3 Sebastián LetoPanathinaikos15
4 Stefanos AthanasiadisPAOK12
4 Rafik DjebbourOlympiacos12
6 ChumbinhoOFI / Levadiakos10
6 Njazi KuqiPanionios10
6 Marko PantelićOlympiacos10
9 LeonardoAEK9
9 Marko MarkovskiSkoda Xanthi9

Top assists

Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Djamel AbdounOlympiacos7
1 Ariel IbagazaOlympiacos7
3 Quincy Owusu-AbeyiePanathinaikos6
3 ChumbinhoOFI / Levadiakos6
3 Javier UmbidesAris6
6 José CarlosAEK5
6 CleytonPanathinaikos5
6 Denis EpsteinAtromitos5
6 Costin LazarPAOK5
6 Sebastián LetoPanathinaikos5
6 LinoPAOK5
6 Kevin MirallasOlympiacos5
6 Mauro PoySkoda Xanthi5
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