2017–18 Super League Greece


The 2017–18 Super League Greece, or Souroti Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 12th under its current name. The season started on August 2017 and ended in May 2018. The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 Football League.
On 12 March 2018, the Super League Greece was suspended by Greek government until further notice after the president of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis, stormed onto the field with a revolver during the match between PAOK and AEK Athens on 11 March 2018. The suspension was removed on 27 March. PAOK was deducted 3 pts and AEK was awarded 3 pts for the incident
Contrary to the previous seasons, the playoffs for the Champions League and Europa League spots have been removed with qualification based solely on finishing position.

Teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2016–17 season. Iraklis and Veria will play in Football League for the 2017–18 season.
Two teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Football League, Apollon Smyrnis and Lamia, the latter for which it will be their debut season in the highest division of Greek football.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AEK Athens57MarousiOlympic Stadium69,618
AEL28LarissaAEL FC Arena16,118
Apollon Smyrnis39AthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856
Asteras Tripolis11TripoliTheodoros Kolokotronis Stadium7,616
Atromitos17PeristeriPeristeri Stadium10,005
Kerkyra3CorfuKerkyra Stadium3,000
Lamia1LamiaLamia Municipal Stadium6,000
Levadiakos17LivadeiaLevadia Municipal Stadium6,500
Olympiacos59PiraeusGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium32,115
Panathinaikos59AthensApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium16,003
Panetolikos8AgrinioPanetolikos Stadium7,000
Panionios57Nea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,700
PAOK59ThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,703
PAS Giannina23IoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
Platanias6ChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000
Xanthi29XanthiXanthi F.C. Arena7,422

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.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Petros MantalosNikePame Stihima
AEL Sotiris Antoniou Thomas NazlidisLegea
Apollon Smyrnis Georgios Paraschos Georgios DasiosJomaVenetis Bakery
Asteras Tripolis Savvas Pantelidis Walter IglesiasMacronStoiximan.GR
Atromitos Damir Canadi Kyriakos KivrakidisNikeTzoker
Kerkyra Giannis Matzourakis Anastasios VenetisMacron
Lamia Babis Tennes Vangelis PitkasNike
Levadiakos José Anigo Theodoros TripotserisLegea
Olympiacos Christos Kontis Alberto BotíaAdidasStoiximan.GR
Panathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Dimitris KourbelisNikePame Stihima
Panetolikos Traianos Dellas Dimitris KyriakidisLegeaPame Stihima
Panionios Michalis Grigoriou Panagiotis KorbosLuanviStoiximan.GR
PAOK Răzvan Lucescu VieirinhaMacronStoiximan.GR
PAS Giannina Giannis Petrakis Alexios MichailNikeVikos Cola / Car.gr
Platanias Giannis Chatzinikolaou VandersonLuanviErgobeton
Xanthi Milan Rastavac Konstantinos FliskasJomaPame Stihima

Managerial changes

League table

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Aleksandar PrijovićPAOK19
2 Karim AnsarifardOlympiacos17
3 Pedro CondePAS Giannina14
4 Michalis ManiasAsteras Tripolis12
5 Erik JendrišekXanthi11
5 Sergio AraujoAEK Athens11
7 Kostas FortounisOlympiacos10
7 Nicolas DiguinyAtromitos10

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 David López NadalesPAS Giannina/Apollon Smyrnis8
1 Dimitris PelkasPAOK8
1 Kostas FortounisOlympiacos8
1 Dimitris GiannoulisAtromitos8
5 Nicolas DiguinyAtromitos7
5 VieirinhaPAOK7
7 Léo MatosPAOK6
7 Amr WardaAtromitos6

Best goal and MVP awards winners

MVP awardBest goal award
1 Kostas Fortounis Kostas Fortounis
2 Lazaros Lamprou Abiola Dauda
3 Petros Mantalos Petros Mantalos
4 Omri Altman Aleksandar Prijović
5 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
6 Nikolaos Papadopoulos Petros Giakoumakis
7 Oscar Hiljemark Bruno Chalkiadakis
8 Pape Abou Cissé Abiola Dauda
9 Maurício Maurício
10 Marko Livaja Alberto Botía
11 Marko Livaja Vlad Morar
12 Marko Livaja Franco Mazurek
13 Marko Livaja Theodoros Vasilakakis
14 Dimitris Pelkas Dimitris Pelkas
15 Marko Marin Theodoros Vasilakakis
16 Anastasios Bakasetas Anastasios Bakasetas
17 Dimitris Kyriakidis Farley Rosa
18 Karim Ansarifard Lazaros Lamprou
19 Thuram Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
20 Giorgos Giakoumakis Giorgos Giakoumakis
21 Pedro Conde Pedro Conde
22 Ognjen Vranješ Pedro Conde
23 Amr Warda Amr Warda
24 Walter Iglesias Apostolos Skondras
25 Robin Lod Robin Lod
26 Sergio Araujo Sergio Araujo
27 Erik Jendrišek Erik Jendrišek
28 Anastasios Bakasetas Diego Biseswar
29 Aleksandar Prijović Piti
30 Pedro Conde Pedro Conde

Ticket sales

Average ticket sales counted officially without games played behind closed doors from Super League.