2006–07 Super League Greece Explained

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Competition:Super League Greece
Season:2006–07
Winners:Olympiacos
35th Greek title
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:AEL (via domestic cup)
Aris
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:OFI
Matches:240
Total Goals:558
League Topscorer:Nikos Liberopoulos
(18 goals)
Biggest Home Win:AEK Athens 5–0 AEL
Olympiacos 5–0 Apollon Kalamarias
Biggest Away Win:Ionikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Highest Scoring:Ionikos 3–5 Olympiacos
Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 Super League Greece was the 71st season of the highest football league of Greece and the inaugural under the name Super League. The season began on 19 August 2006 and ended on 13 May 2007. Olympiacos clinched the title on 22 April with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third straight title and 10th in the last 11 years.

For the next season, Ionikos, Kerkyra and Egaleo have been relegated to B' Ethniki given that they have finished in the lowest three spots of the table. Asteras Tripolis, Levadiakos and Veria was promoted from B' Ethniki for 2007–08.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Lorenzo Serra FerrerAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
AEL Giorgos DonisLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Makis KatsavakisThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Aris Quique HernándezThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Atromitos Dragan KokotovićPeristeriPeristeri Stadium9,035
Egaleo Stelios PoulosAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ergotelis Nikos KarageorgiouHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,400
Ionikos Augusto InácioPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Ivan JovanovićThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Kerkyra Babis TennesCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,685
OFI Reiner MaurerHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,400
Olympiacos Takis LemonisPiraeusKaraiskakis Stadium33,334
Panathinaikos Víctor MuñozAthensAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Ewald LienenNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Giorgos ParaschosThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Nikos KehagiasXanthiSkoda Xanthi Arena7,442

League table

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens18
2 RivaldoOlympiacos17
3 Dimitris SalpingidisPanathinaikos14
Marcin MięcielPAOK
5 Nery CastilloOlympiacos12
Dimitris PapadopoulosPanathinaikos
Goran DrulićOFI
8 KokeAris10
9 Alban BushiApollon Kalamarias9
Júlio CésarAEK Athens

Awards

MVP and Best Goal Awards

MatchdayMVPBest GoalRef
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th Víctor Sánchez (Panathinaikos) Stelios Sfakianakis (OFI)[1]
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th Koke (Aris) Stelios Iliadis (PAOK)[2]
28th Kostas Chalkias (Aris) Rogério Belém (Aris)[3]
29th
30th Rivaldo (Olympiacos) Manolis Skoufalis (Panionios)[4]

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 17 December 2007.[5]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season RivaldoOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Sotiris NinisPanathinaikos
Goalkeeper of the Season Arkadiusz MalarzSkoda Xanthi
Golden Boot Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens
Manager of the Season Ewald LienenPanionios

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Κορυφαίοι Βίκτορ και Σφακιανάκης. 29 November 2006. sport24.gr. el.
  2. Web site: Ο Κόκε το γκολ της αγωνιστικής. 19 April 2007. flash.gr. el.
  3. Web site: Σε Χαλκιά και Νασιμέντο τα δύο βραβεία της 28ης αγωνιστικής. 25 April 2007. contra.gr. el.
  4. Web site: ΜVP ο Ριβάλντο. 16 May 2007. contra.gr. el.
  5. Web site: Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ: Ο "Λύμπε" κορυφαίος παίκτης για την περίοδο 2006-07. sports.pathfinder.gr. el. 17 December 2007. 8 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080121064634/http://sports.pathfinder.gr/football/greece/579394.html. 21 January 2008. dead.