| Competition: | Super League Greece |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Winners: | Olympiacos 45th title |
| Relegated: | Panionios Xanthi |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Olympiacos PAOK |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | AEK Athens Aris OFI |
| Matches: | 193 |
| Total Goals: | 467 |
| Best Player: | Marko Livaja |
| League Topscorer: | Youssef El-Arabi (20 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Longest Wins: | Olympiacos (10 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Olympiacos (33 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Panetolikos (5 matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 32,576 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 617 |
| Attendance: | 1,166,250 |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
| Updated: | 13 July 2020 |
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.
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]
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. [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. It changed the penalty for multiple ownership by abolishing relegation and imposing a deduction of 5 to 10 points. [12] 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. [13]
The EPO (HFF) disciplinary committee decided to punish PAOK and XANTHI by deducting 7 points from the former and 12 from the latter. [14]
However, both Olympiacos and PAOK appealed to CAS against the decision of the EPO, with Olympiacos seeking PAOK's demotion [15] and PAOK seeking its acquittal [16] .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. [17]
Finally, on 9 February 2021, PAOK FC were fully acquitted by a decision of the Appeals Committee of the Hellenic Football Federation.[18] For Xanthi, however, there was no change in the decision, as the team did not appeal to the CAS. [19]
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).
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nikos Kostenoglou | Mutual consent | 8 December 2019 | 3rd | Massimo Carrera | 8 December 2019 | |
| Juan Ferrando | Resigned | 2 January 2020 | 11th | Alberto Gallego | 5 January 2020 | |
| 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 |
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.
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.[20]
|+Summary|}
Apollon Smyrnis won 4–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2020–21 Super League. Xanthi were relegated to 2020–21 Super League 2.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Month | Player | Team | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | Nélson Oliveira | AEK Athens | [22] | |
| September | Mathieu Valbuena | Olympiacos | [23] | |
| October | Hillal Soudani | Olympiacos | [24] | |
| November |  Daniel Larsson | Aris | [25] | |
| December | Nélson Oliveira | AEK Athens | [26] | |
| January | Youssef El-Arabi | Olympiacos | [27] | |
| February | Nenad Krstičić | AEK Athens | [28] | |
| June | Marko Livaja | AEK Athens | [29] | |
| July |  Ahmed Hassan | Olympiacos | [30] |
| Team | MVP | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympiacos | Youssef El-Arabi | [31] | |
| PAOK | Josip Mišić | [32] | |
| AEK Athens | Marko Livaja | [33] | |
| Panathinaikos | Anastasios Chatzigiovanis | [34] | |
| OFI | João Figueiredo | [35] | |
| Aris | Giannis Fetfatzidis | [36] | |
| Atromitos | Giorgos Manousos | [37] | |
| AEL |  Ögmundur Kristinsson | [38] | |
| Asteras Tripolis | Jerónimo Barrales | [39] | |
| Lamia |  Danny Bejarano | [40] | |
| Volos | Antonis Dentakis | [41] | |
| Xanthi | Carlos Abad | [42] | |
| Panetolikos | Farley Rosa | [43] | |
| Panionios |  Bachana Arabuli | [44] |
Annual awards were announced on 16 February 2021.[80]
| 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 ticket sales counted officially without games played behind closed doors from Super League.
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.[81]
XANTHI FC was imposed an additional deduction of 5 points for non-updated share register.
