2019–20 Super League Greece

The 2019–20 Super League Greece was the 84th season of the Super League, the top Greek professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1959.

Super League Greece

Season	2019–20
Dates	24 August 2019 – 19 July 2020
Champions	Olympiacos 45th title
Relegated	Panionios Xanthi
Champions League	Olympiacos PAOK
Europa League	AEK Athens Aris OFI
Matches played	193
Goals scored	467 (2.42 per match)
Best Player	Marko Livaja
Top goalscorer	Youssef El-Arabi (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Olympiacos 5–0 Volos (14 September 2019) AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios (7 December 2019) Asteras Tripolis 5–0 Xanthi (21 December 2019)
Biggest away win	Asteras Tripolis 0–5 Olympiacos (15 December 2019)
Highest scoring	PAOK 5–1 Atromitos (23 December 2019) Aris 4–2 PAOK (4 January 2020) Olympiacos 4–2 Aris (19 January 2020)
Longest winning run	Olympiacos (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Olympiacos (33 matches)
Longest losing run	Panetolikos (5 matches)
Highest attendance	32,576 AEK Athens 2–2 PAOK (29 September 2019)
Lowest attendance	617 Volos 2–3 Atromitos (6 October 2019)
Total attendance	1,166,250
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 13 July 2020.

The season marks the first year that the league that included a Play-off Round, whereby the top six teams at the conclusion of the regular season played each other exclusively to determine the league champion. The rest of the teams played each other in a Play-out Round to determine the relegation positions.^[1]

The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece,^[2] then later resumed on 5 June 2020.^[3]

During the championship, the multi-ownership scandal broke out between PAOK and Xanthi. The ESA (Professional Sports Committee) considered the case serious, which meant the automatic relegation of the two teams. The government brought an extraordinary amendment to the parliament under the pretext of splitting social cohesion. The amendment provided for the deduction of 5 to 10 points from those who violate the law on multi-ownership in Greek football by acquiring shares of other PAE.^[4][5]

Olympiacos won the championship for the 45th time. They also finished undefeated in the 26 games of the regular season of the league and remained undefeated in the first 7 games of the final phase of the playoffs, until he lost the 8th game of the playoffs (0-1 by PAOK). He also achieved a record of best defense in the regular season with just 9 goals conceded.^[6]

Xanthi were relegated to Super League 2 after play-off matches, while Panionios were relegated to the Gamma Ethniki, while the Super League 2 champion, PAS Giannina and play-off winner, Apollon Smyrnis were promoted.^[7]

Significant events

Multi-ownership PAOK - XANTHI

In December 2019, Olympiacos FC appealed to the "Professional Sports Committee" to clarify the relationship between PAOK FC and Xanthi FC after TV channel One (owned by Marinakis) reported that the Cypriot company RfA that acquired Xanthi's assets (stadium and training center) appeared to be "linked" to Ivan Savvidis' nephew, Ioannis Kalpazidis. ^{a [8]} "Professional Sports Committee" accepted the evidence presented by Olympiacos FC and decided to recommend to the competent judicial body the revocation of both PAOK's and Xanthi's certificates of participation in the championship and, consequently, their exclusion from the championship. PCS referred the case to the sports judge and asked for the penalty of relegation. The deputy sports minister, Lefteris Avgenakis, commented negatively on the prospect of relegation, writing on Twitter: "In any case, it is not possible to impose the most onerous penalty of relegation on historical teams without absolute documentation." ^[9]

PAOK's management and supporters were outraged by the decision, accusing Deputy Sports Minister Lefteris Avgenakis of methodically setting up the committee, while protests and negative statements were also made by related individuals and organisations. ^[10] For instance, Thodoris Zagorakis, an old and respected player of PAOK and MEP for ND, was expelled from the parliamentary Eurogroup when he threatened to become independent if the decisions of the PCS were accepted.^[11]

The Greek government, afraid of a generalised reaction and as PAOK fans had started a series of protests, submitted an amendment on 6 February 2020 in order to prevent the sports judge's ruling. ^[12] It changed the penalty for multiple ownership by abolishing relegation and imposing a deduction of 5 to 10 points. ^[13] The amendment was passed with 156 votes in favour, while the parties the Movement for Change, KKE, Greek Solution and MeRA25 abstained from the vote in protest of the legislation, which was rushed through in order to serve certain interests. ^[14]

The EPO (HFF) disciplinary committee decided to punish PAOK and XANTHI by deducting 7 points from the former and 12 from the latter^b. ^[15]
However, both Olympiacos and PAOK appealed to CAS against the decision of the EPO, with Olympiacos seeking PAOK's demotion ^[16] and PAOK seeking its acquittal ^[17].After hearing both appeals together, CAS decided that the 7 points should be returned to PAOK and referred the case back to the Appeals Committee of the EPO with the footnote that it should decide on the merits of the case without being bound by the conclusion of the CSP. ^[18]

Finally, on 9 February 2021, PAOK FC were fully acquitted by a decision of the Appeals Committee of the Hellenic Football Federation. ^[19] For Xanthi, however, there was no change in the decision, as the team did not appeal to the CAS. ^[20]

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the previous season's play-off winner and one team promoted from the Football League. The promoted team was Volos. They replaced PAS Giannina, Levadiakos (both teams relegated after eight seasons in the league) and Apollon Smyrnis (relegated after two seasons in the top flight).

Stadiums and locations

AEK Athens
Atromitos
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Asteras Tripolis

OFI

Olympiacos

Panetolikos

Volos

Xanthi

Lamia

AEL

Locations of the 2019–20 Super League Greece teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Athens	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium	69,618
AEL	Larissa	Alcazar Stadium	13,108
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	10,050
Lamia	Lamia	Lamia Municipal Stadium	5,500
OFI	Heraklion	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium	9,088
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Karaiskakis Stadium	32,115
Panathinaikos	Athens	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium	16,003
Panetolikos	Agrinio	Panetolikos Stadium	7,321
Panionios	Athens	Nea Smyrni Stadium	11,700
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,703
Volos	Volos	Panthessaliko Stadium	22,700
Xanthi	Xanthi	Xanthi FC Arena	7,244

Personnel, kits and TV channel

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Broadcast Channel
AEK Athens	Massimo Carrera	Petros Mantalos	Capelli	Pame Stoixima	Nova Sports
AEL	Michalis Grigoriou	Vangelis Moras	Legea	Thrakis Gefseis	Nova Sports
Aris	Michael Oenning	Georgios Delizisis	Nike	betshop.gr	Nova Sports
Asteras Tripolis	Milan Rastavac	Walter Iglesias	Macron	Interwetten	Nova Sports
Atromitos	Savvas Pantelidis	Javier Umbides	Nike	betshop.gr	ERT
Lamia	Giorgos Petrakis	Vanderson	Macron	N/A	ERT
OFI	Georgios Simos	Anestis Nastos	Puma	Stoiximan.gr	Nova Sports
Olympiacos	Pedro Martins	Andreas Bouchalakis	Adidas	Stoiximan.gr	Nova Sports
Panathinaikos	Giorgos Donis	Dimitris Kourbelis	Kappa	Pame Stoixima	Nova Sports
Panetolikos	Makis Chavos	Jorge Díaz	Givova	N/A	ERT
Panionios	Leonidas Vokolos	Panagiotis Korbos	Luanvi	Car.gr	Nova Sports
PAOK	Abel Ferreira	Vieirinha	Macron	Stoiximan.gr	PAOK TV
Volos	Stefanos Xirofotos	Stergios Dimopoulos	Luanvi	EBOL	Nova Sports
Xanthi	Nikos Karageorgiou	Dimos Baxevanidis	Joma	thefoodballer	ERT

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Panetolikos	Traianos Dellas	Resigned	19 April 2019	Pre-season	Luís Castro	30 May 2019
Atromitos	Damir Canadi	End of contract	5 May 2019		Giannis Anastasiou	24 May 2019
AEL	Gianluca Festa	Resigned	7 May 2019		Gordan Petrić	12 May 2019
Asteras Tripolis	Georgios Paraschos	Mutual consent	17 May 2019		Borja Jiménez	7 July 2019
Xanthi	Milan Rastavac	Mutual consent	18 May 2019		Kiko Ramírez	20 May 2019
AEK Athens	Manolo Jiménez	Mutual consent	27 May 2019		Miguel Cardoso	28 May 2019
PAOK	Răzvan Lucescu	Resigned	28 June 2019		Abel Ferreira	1 July 2019
OFI	Jaime Vera	Mutual consent	29 June 2019		Georgios Simos	12 July 2019
Lamia	Makis Chavos	Mutual consent	4 August 2019		Sotiris Antoniou	6 August 2019
AEL	Gordan Petrić	Mutual consent	8 August 2019		Michalis Grigoriou	8 August 2019
AEK Athens	Miguel Cardoso	Sacked	25 August 2019	11th	Nikos Kostenoglou	26 August 2019
Aris	Savvas Pantelidis	Resigned	31 August 2019	9th	Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)	10 September 2019
Panionios	Akis Mantzios	Mutual consent	2 September 2019	14th	Nikki Papavasiliou	3 September 2019
Aris	Apostolos Terzis (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	8 October 2019	9th	Michael Oenning	12 October 2019
Panetolikos	Luís Castro	Sacked	14 October 2019	13th	Makis Chavos	15 October 2019
Lamia	Sotiris Antoniou	Sacked	24 October 2019	12th	Akis Mantzios	25 October 2019
Atromitos	Giannis Anastasiou	Sacked	16 November 2019	10th	Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)	18 November 2019
Xanthi	Kiko Ramírez	Sacked	25 November 2019	6th	Tasos Sideridis (caretaker)	26 November 2019
Asteras Tripolis	Borja Jiménez	Sacked	4 December 2019	12th	Milan Rastavac	5 December 2019
Atromitos	Georgios Korakakis (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	5 December 2019	9th	Savvas Pantelidis	5 December 2019
Xanthi	Tasos Sideridis (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	7 December 2019	4th	Georgios Paraschos	8 December 2019
AEK Athens	Nikos Kostenoglou	Mutual consent	8 December 2019	3rd	Massimo Carrera	8 December 2019
Volos	Juan Ferrando	Resigned	2 January 2020	11th	Alberto Gallego	5 January 2020
Panionios	Nikki Papavasiliou	Resigned	19 February 2020	14th	Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker)	20 February 2020
Panionios	Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	25 February 2020	14th	Leonidas Vokolos	26 February 2020
Volos	Alberto Gallego	Sacked	25 February 2020	12th	Stefanos Xirofotos	26 February 2020
Xanthi	Georgios Paraschos	Sacked	6 March 2020	9th	Nikos Karageorgiou	7 March 2020
Lamia	Akis Mantzios	Sacked	25 June 2020	10th	Giorgos Petrakis	25 June 2020

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	26	20	6	0	53	9	+44	66	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	PAOK	26	18	5	3	50	23	+27	59
3	AEK Athens	26	15	6	5	42	22	+20	51
4	Panathinaikos	26	12	8	6	35	23	+12	44
5	OFI	26	10	4	12	35	35	0	34[a]
6	Aris	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	34[a]
7	Atromitos	26	9	5	12	31	36	−5	32	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	AEL	26	7	9	10	28	33	−5	30[b]
9	Asteras Tripolis	26	8	6	12	33	37	−4	30[b]
10	Lamia	26	5	12	9	19	33	−14	27[c]
11	Volos	26	7	6	13	23	42	−19	27[c]
12	Xanthi[d]	26	8	6	12	21	32	−11	18
13	Panetolikos	26	3	8	15	20	42	−22	17
14	Panionios[e]	26	4	5	17	16	45	−29	11

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: OFI 4, Aris 1.
2. Head-to-head points: AEL 4, Asteras Tripolis 1.
3. Head-to-head points: Lamia 3, Volos 3.
4. Xanthi were deducted 12 points for joint ownership.
5. Panionios were deducted 6 points for non-licensing.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	AEL	ARIS	AST	ATR	LAM	OFI	OLY	PAO	PNE	PGSS	PAOK	VOL	XAN
AEK Athens	—	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–2
AEL	0–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0
Aris	0–1	2–3	—	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–0
Asteras Tripolis	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	5–0
Atromitos	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–3	0–0	1–0
Lamia	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
OFI	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	—	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–0
Olympiacos	2–0	4–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	3–1
Panathinaikos	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	—	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–1
Panetolikos	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2
Panionios	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	—	0–2	1–2	0–0
PAOK	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0
Volos	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	—	1–3
Xanthi	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	—

Source: Superleague Greece
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Olympiacos	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
PAOK	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
AEK Athens	11	6	5	4	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Panathinaikos	5	11	11	12	10	10	9	11	10	8	10	8	9	5	6	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OFI	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	9	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Aris	5	9	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	5	7	7	8	5	6	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Atromitos	5	7	8	11	9	8	10	7	8	10	8	9	10	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7
AEL	5	9	10	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	4	6	9	5	10	8	10	9	10	9	10	11	11	8
Asteras Tripolis	13	12	12	9	11	12	11	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	7	7	9
Lamia	5	7	9	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	10	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	12	12	10	10	10
Volos	3	3	6	5	6	6	7	10	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11
Xanthi	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	4	6	7	7	8	6	5	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	12
Panetolikos	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Panionios	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-out round

Source: Superleague Greece

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion.^[21]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	PAOK	AEK	PAO	ARIS	OFI
1	Olympiacos (C)	36	28	7	1	74	16	+58	91	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round		—	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1
2	PAOK	36	21	10	5	58	29	+29	73	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		0–1	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–1
3	AEK Athens	36	20	9	7	59	32	+27	69	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–0
4	Panathinaikos[a]	36	15	13	8	43	32	+11	58			0–0	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	3–2
5	Aris	36	10	12	14	48	51	−3	42	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		2–4	0–2	1–4	0–1	—	3–1
6	OFI	36	10	6	20	43	56	−13	36			1–3	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[23]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos were banned from UEFA club competitions for the first season they would qualify between the 2018–19 and 2020–21 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 24 April 2018 due to overdue payables, and since they did not qualify for either the 2018–19 or 2019–20 season, they were banned from the 2020–21 season.^[22]

Play-off round positions by round

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Olympiacos	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
PAOK	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
AEK Athens	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Panathinaikos	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Aris	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OFI	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Champion and Champions League play off round
	Champions League second qualifying round
	Europa League third qualifying round
	Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Superleague Greece

Play-out round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		AST	ATR	AEL	LAM	VOL	PNE	XAN	PGSS
7	Asteras Tripolis	33	11	10	12	44	42	+2	43			—	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	—	—	0–0
8	Atromitos	33	11	9	13	41	43	−2	42			—	—	3–0	1–1	—	2–2	—	0–0
9	AEL	33	8	12	13	32	42	−10	36			1–2	—	—	—	3–1	—	0–0	0–0
10	Lamia	33	6	17	10	23	36	−13	35			—	—	0–0	—	—	2–0	0–0	0–1
11	Volos	33	8	7	18	27	54	−27	31			—	2–3	—	0–0	—	—	1–0	—
12	Panetolikos	33	6	11	16	30	48	−18	29			1–1	—	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	—
13	Xanthi[a] (R)	33	9	9	15	25	38	−13	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		1–2	1–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—
14	Panionios[b] (R)	33	7	8	18	20	48	−28	23	Relegation to the Gamma Ethniki		—	—	—	—	1–0	0–2	2–1	—

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[23]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Xanthi was punished with -7 points for the case of co-ownership and -5 points for not announcing the change in the shareholder structure of PAE by the Primary Single Member Disciplinary body of the organization.^[24]
2. Panionios were deducted 6 points for non-licensing.^[25]

Play-out round positions by round

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Asteras Tripolis	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Atromitos	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
AEL	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Lamia	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Volos	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Panetolikos	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Xanthi	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Panionios	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2020–21 Super League Greece 2

Source: Superleague Greece

Relegation play-offs

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Xanthi	1–4	Apollon Smyrnis	0–1	1–3

Xanthi	0–1	Apollon Smyrnis
	Report	Thomás 67' (pen.)

26 August 2020

20:00 EEST

Xanthi FC Arena, Xanthi

Attendance: Behind closed doors

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

Apollon Smyrnis	3–1	Xanthi
Thomás 14' (pen.), 57' Tenekes 36' (o.g.)	Report	Thymianis 84' (pen.)

29 August 2020

20:00 EEST

Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Rizoupoli

Attendance: Behind closed doors

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Apollon Smyrnis won 4–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2020–21 Super League. Xanthi were relegated to 2020–21 Super League 2.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 19 July 2020[26] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos 20 2 Nélson Oliveira AEK Athens 14 Giorgos Manousos Atromitos Federico Macheda Panathinaikos 3 Bruno Gama Aris 12 4 Karol Świderski PAOK 11 Jerónimo Barrales Asteras Tripolis João Figueiredo OFI 5 Luis Fernández Asteras Tripolis 10 6 Marko Livaja AEK Athens 9 Radomir Milosavljević AEL Georgios Masouras Olympiacos

Top assists As of 19 July 2020[26] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Mathieu Valbuena Olympiacos 13 2 Petros Mantalos AEK Athens 12 3 Giannis Fetfatzidis Aris 9 4 Josip Mišić PAOK 8 Marko Livaja AEK Athens Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos 5 Kosmas Tsilianidis OFI 7 Farley Rosa Panetolikos Adrián Riera Asteras Tripolis Dimitrios Limnios PAOK

Awards

NIVEA MEN Player of the Month Month Player Team Ref August Nélson Oliveira AEK Athens [27] September Mathieu Valbuena Olympiacos [28] October Hillal Soudani Olympiacos [29] November Daniel Larsson Aris [30] December Nélson Oliveira AEK Athens [31] January Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos [32] February Nenad Krstičić AEK Athens [33] June Marko Livaja AEK Athens [34] July Ahmed Hassan Olympiacos [35] NIVEA MEN Player of the Club Team MVP Ref Olympiacos Youssef El-Arabi [36] PAOK Josip Mišić [37] AEK Athens Marko Livaja [38] Panathinaikos Anastasios Chatzigiovanis [39] OFI João Figueiredo [40] Aris Giannis Fetfatzidis [41] Atromitos Giorgos Manousos [42] AEL Ögmundur Kristinsson [43] Asteras Tripolis Jerónimo Barrales [44] Lamia Danny Bejarano [45] Volos Antonis Dentakis [46] Xanthi Carlos Abad [47] Panetolikos Farley Rosa [48] Panionios Bachana Arabuli [49] NIVEA MEN Player of the Regular season Player Team Votes Ref Marko Livaja AEK Athens 27.54% [50] NIVEA MEN Best Goal of the Regular season Player Team Match Votes Ref Apostolos Vellios Atromitos vs Lamia 2–2 (Matchday 2) 35.96% [51]

NIVEA MEN Best Goal Matchday Player Team Ref Regular Season 1st Lucas Sasha Aris [52] 2nd Apostolos Vellios Atromitos [53] 3rd Ognjen Vranješ AEK Athens [54] 4th Miguel Ángel Guerrero Olympiacos [55] 5th Ghayas Zahid Panathinaikos [56] 6th Georgios Masouras Olympiacos [57] 7th Karol Świderski PAOK [58] 8th Christos Tasoulis Asteras Tripolis [59] 9th Lindsay Rose Aris [60] 10th Josip Mišić PAOK [61] 11th Giorgos Manousos Atromitos [62] 12th Thuram Lamia [63] 13th Daniele Verde AEK Athens [64] 14th Georgios Masouras Olympiacos [65] 15th Brown Ideye Aris [66] 16th Sito Asteras Tripolis [67] 17th Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos [68] 18th Christos Donis Panathinaikos [69] 19th André Simões AEK Athens [70] 20th Abiola Dauda Panetolikos [71] 21st Farley Rosa Panetolikos [72] 22nd Bruno Gama Aris [73] 23rd Sergio Araujo AEK Athens [74] 24th Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos [75] 25th Daniele Verde AEK Athens [76] 26th Rodrigo Galo Atromitos [77] Play-offs/Play-outs 1st Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos [78] 2nd Anthony Mounier Panetolikos [79] 3rd Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos [80] 4th/5th Youssef El-Arabi Olympiacos [81] 6th/7th Petros Bagalianis Aris [82] 8th/9th Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos [83] 10th Lazar Ranđelović Olympiacos [84]

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 16 February 2021.^[85]

Award	Winner	Club
Greek Player of the Season	Kostas Tsimikas	Olympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season	Youssef El-Arabi	Olympiacos
Young Player of the Season	Dimitris Emmanouilidis	Panionios
Goalkeeper of the Season	Jose Sa	Olympiacos
Golden Boot	Youssef El-Arabi	Olympiacos
Manager of the Season	Pedro Martins	Olympiacos

Team of the Season
Goalkeeper	Jose Sa (Olympiacos)
Defence	Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiacos)	Spyros Risvanis (Atromitos)	Rúben Semedo (Olympiacos)	Kostas Tsimikas (Olympiacos)
Midfield	Giannis Fetfatzidis (Aris)	Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos)	Josip Mišić (PAOK)	Mathieu Valbuena (Olympiacos)
Attack	Marko Livaja (AEK Athens)		Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiacos)

Average attendances

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

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Olympiacos	266,511	31,616	18,921	24,228	+15.0%2
2	PAOK	239,523	26,377	11,995	18,425	−1.1%†
3	AEK Athens	189,694	32,576	9,302	15,808	+64.3%5
4	Aris	133,441	16,249	5,945	10,265	+15.1%†
5	Panathinaikos	74,003	19,133	2,053	5,693	−32.3%†
6	OFI	58,193	5,807	3,326	4,476	+22.4%†
7	AEL	42,234	4,404	1,938	3,249	+29.9%†
8	Panetolikos	28,107	3,537	1,647	2,342	−1.7%3
9	Volos	27,052	4,566	617	2,081	n/a1
10	Asteras Tripolis	26,945	4,933	859	2,073	+2.1%†
11	Lamia	24,208	3,832	715	1,862	−1.2%†
12	Xanthi	22,434	3,315	888	1,726	+15.8%†
13	Panionios	17,886	3,054	746	1,626	−4.3%4
14	Atromitos	16,016	2,053	733	1,232	+56.9%†
	League total	1,166,250	32,576	617	6,626	+22.0%†

Updated to games played on 1 March 2020
Source:
Notes:
1: Team played last season in the Football League
2: Games played behind closed doors Olympiacos 2 games.
3: Games played behind closed doors Panetolikos 1 game.
4: Games played behind closed doors Panionios 2 games.
5: Games played behind closed doors AEK Athens 1 game.

^a According to the complaint, Ioannis Kalpazidis, the representative of the Cypriot company RfA, which bought the assets of Xanthis FC, is allegedly the nephew of Ivan Savvidis. The complainant added that this person, who worked as a waiter, paid 10 million euros for this purchase. Olympiacos also complained that members of the board of directors of FC Xanthi were also on the board of directors of the RfA.^[12]

^b XANTHI FC was imposed an additional deduction of 5 points for non-updated share register.

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External links

• Official website (in Greek)