The 2011–12 Superleague Greece is the 53rd season of the highest football league of Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 and the sixth under the name Superleague. The season will begin in late August or early September 2011 and will end 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 will comprise thirteen teams from the 2010–11 season and three promoted teams from the 2010–11 Football League.

Teams

Larissa, Panserraikos

Panserraikos F.C.

Panserraikos F.C. , the All-Serran Football Club, is the football club of Serres in Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos was formed in 1964 when two local clubs, Iraklis and Apollon, merged. Their current home ground is Serres Municipal Stadium, built in 1926...

, Iraklis, Olympiakos 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. Olympiakos Volou and Kavala were initially relegated to the Delta Ethniki due to the on-going match-fixing scandal

Koriopolis

The Koriopolis is the name given by the Greek press for a match fixing scandal in Greek football that came to light in June 2011. The investigation centres around offences including illegal gambling, fraud, extortion and money laundering....

, but after an appeal, both teams demanded to have their cases rechecked. However, the Professional Sports Committee refused, and the original penalty stood. On 22 October 2011, almost two months after the league had started, they were replaced by Doxa Dramas

Doxa Dramas

Doxa Drama F.C. is a football club based in the city of Drama, Greece.The club currently competes in the Superleague Greece.-History:During World War I, near the city of Drama, Macedonia, a team of English soldiers who played football regularly in their camp inspired the local Greek population to...

 and Levadiakos

Levadiakos

Levadiakos FC is a Greek association football club that plays in the second division Football League in Greece in the 2010–2011 season.Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–2006...

.

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

2011–12 Football League (Greece)

The 2011–12 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system, and it's being held for the second year under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. The regular season began late, on 29 October, due to the Koriopolis scandal and the...

, 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

Panetolikos F.C.

Panetolikos is a football club based in Agrinio, Greece. It was founded in 1926 and is considered one of the historic clubs in Greece, having participated so far in the Greek First Division in the seasons 1975-1976,1976-1977 and 2011-2012 . Panetolikos is the reigning Football League Champion...

, runners-up PAS Giannina and OFI

OFI Crete

OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most...

 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

Trikala F.C.

Trikala F.C., or Athlitikos Omilos Trikalon , are a professional football club based in the city of Trikala, in central Greece.-History:The club was formed in 1963 from the merger of two rival Trikala football clubs, Achilleas of Trikala and Α.Ε.Τ...

 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

Diagoras F.C.

Diagoras FC is a football club based in Rhodes, Greece. It was founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's famous hero Diagoras. The team first played under Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912...

. 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

Heraklion

Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....

 club thus returned to the Superleague after two seasons.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AEK Athens	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...	Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Olympic Stadium (Athens) The Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" , is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is named after the first modern Olympic marathon race winner in 1896, Spiros Louis.-History:...	69,618
Aris Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...	Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,800
Asteras Tripolis	Tripoli Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...	Asteras Tripolis Stadium Asteras Tripolis Stadium Asteras Tripolis Stadium is a football stadium in Tripoli, Greece. The stadium has been the home stadium of FC Asteras Tripolis until the construction of the New Asteras Tripolis Stadium. The stadium holds 6,430....	6,430
Atromitos	Athens	Peristeri Stadium Peristeri Stadium Peristeri Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Peristeri, a western district of Athens, in Greece.It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Atromitos....	8,939
Doxa Drama	ThessalonikiTemporary home stadium, until their own Doxa Drama Stadium in Drama Drama, Greece Drama , the ancient Drabescus , is a town and municipality in northeastern Greece. Drama is the capital of the peripheral unit of Drama which is part of the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery. The town is the economic center of the municipality , which in turn comprises 53.5 percent of the...  gets a new pitch and floodlights installed. http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/doxadramas/petane-gia-kaytanzogleio-oi-mayraetoi.1437794.html	Kaftanzoglio Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium Kaftanzoglio stadium is a sports stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. The stadium was built with money donated by the Kaftanzoglou Foundation, hence its name. At the time of its opening on 27 October 1960, the stadium was one of the highest quality stadiums in the Balkans...	27,770
Ergotelis	Heraklion Heraklion Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
Kerkyra	Corfu Corfu Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...	Kerkyra Stadium	2,685
Levadiakos	Levadia	Levadia Municipal Stadium	7,000
OFI OFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most...	Heraklion Heraklion Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....	Yedi Kule Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium is a stadium in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It was built in 1951 as the home stadium of OFI Crete. The stadium is commonly known by its nickname, Yedi Kule.-History:...	8,500
Olympiacos	Piraeus Piraeus Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....	Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium is in the Neo Faliro area of Piraeus, Greece. It is the home ground of Olympiacos F.C. and is named after Georgios Karaiskakis , hero of the Greek War of Independence, who was mortally wounded near the area....	33,334
Panathinaikos	Athens	Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"	69,618
Panetolikos Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos is a football club based in Agrinio, Greece. It was founded in 1926 and is considered one of the historic clubs in Greece, having participated so far in the Greek First Division in the seasons 1975-1976,1976-1977 and 2011-2012 . Panetolikos is the reigning Football League Champion...	Agrinio Agrinio Agrinion is the largest city and municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit of Greece, with 96,321 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the town of Mesolonghi. The settlement dates back to ancient times...	Panetolikos Stadium	5,500
Panionios	Athens	Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Panionios FC which plays for the Greek Super League. The stadium is located in the southern suburb of Nea Smyrni , which is the heart of the team's fanbase...	11,700
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium Toumba Stadium Toumba Stadium is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece, owned by the multisports club A.S. PAOK. It was built in 6 September 1959 as the club's prime sporting venue and served the home ground for the club's football team, which was participating in the then national football league. The...	28,701
PAS Giannina	Ioannina Ioannina Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...	Zosimades Stadium Zosimades Stadium The Zosimades National Stadium ) is a stadium in Ioannina, Greece, named after the 18th-century Zosimades brothers, benefactors of the city. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of PAS Giannina.Scorpions held their concert at the stadium during their last tour, on June...	7,500
Skoda Xanthi	Xanthi Xanthi Xanthi ; is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi peripheral unit of the periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace.-History:...	Skoda Xanthi Arena Skoda Xanthi Arena Skoda Xanthi Arena is a football ground built by Skoda Xanthi in Xanthi, Thrace, Greece. It was built over the course of ten months in 2004. It is a ground used for matches and is the home ground of Skoda Xanthi FC. It holds up to 7,422 spectators, with 80% of the seats under the roof...	7,361

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Asteras Tripolis	Óscar Fernández	Sacked	19 September 2011	10th	Horacio Gonsalves	n/a (Caretaker)
AEK Athens	Manolo Jiménez	Mutual consent	05 October 2011	3rd	Nikos Kostenoglou Nikos Kostenoglou Nikolaos "Nikos" Kostenoglou is a former Greek football player and current football manager of Greek club AEK Athens F.C..Kostenoglou started his career as a football player at Xanthi FC the year 1989, and was transferred in 1994 at AEK....	06 October 2011
Aris	Sakis Tsiolis Sakis Tsiolis Athanasios Tsiolis , is a former football player and currently a manager of Asteras Tripolis .As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, Larissa, Ionikos and Paniliakos...	Mutual consent	31 October 2011	12th	Michał Probierz	4 November 2011
Asteras Tripolis	Horacio Gonsalves	Sacked	1 November 2011	13th	Sakis Tsiolis Sakis Tsiolis Athanasios Tsiolis , is a former football player and currently a manager of Asteras Tripolis .As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, Larissa, Ionikos and Paniliakos...	9 November 2011
Kerkyra	Božidar Bandović Božidar Bandović Božidar Bandović is a Serbian football manager and former player, most recently managing Kerkyra F.C. . He took the technical leadership of the Olympiacos's F.C. team, with Andreas Niniadis as his assistant, after Zico's dismissal...	Resigned	9 November 2011	14th	Javi Gracia Javi Gracia Javier 'Javi' Gracia Carlos is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, who currently manages Greek club Kerkyra.-Playing career:...	13 November 2011
Panionios	Takis Lemonis Takis Lemonis Takis Lemonis is a former Greek football player , former manager of Cypriot champion Omonia and current manager of Panionios.-Playing career:...	Mutual consent	22 November 2011	9th	Apostolos Mantzios	24 November 2011
PAS Giannina	Stéphane Demol Stéphane Demol Stéphane Auguste Demol is a former Belgian footballer who played as a central defender. On November 24 he was fired as coach of PAS Giannina FC.-Club career:Born in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Demol joined local R.S.C...	Sacked	23 November 2011	10th	TBD

League table

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Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sebastián Leto Sebastián Leto Sebastián Eduardo Leto Lées is an Argentine footballer who currently plays on the left wing for Panathinaikos.- Lanús :...	Panathinaikos	11
2	Rafik Djebbour Rafik Djebbour Rafik Zoheir Djebbour is an Algerian international footballer. He currently plays for Olympiacos in the Greek Superleague.-Auxerre:...	Olympiacos	7
3	Njazi Kuqi Njazi Kuqi Njazi Kuqi is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian origin who plays in the Greek Superleague for Panionios....	Panionios	5
	Leonardo Leonardo Rodriguez Pereira Leonardo Rodrigues Pereira , commonly known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian football player currently playing as an attacking midfielder for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League.-AEK Athens:...	AEK
	Kostas Mitroglou	Atromitos
	Kevin Mirallas Kevin Mirallas Kevin Antonio Mirallas is a Belgian footballer who plays for Greek Superleague club Olympiacos, having previously played for Lille and Saint-Étienne. He has been capped by Belgium at international level.-Early years:...	Olympiacos
4	Ibrahima Bakayoko Ibrahima Bakayoko Ibrahima Bakayoko is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for PAS Giannina in the Greek Superleague.-Club career:...	PAS Giannina	4
	Steve Leo Beleck	AEK
	Vangelis Mantzios	OFI Crete OFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most...
	Marko Markovski Marko Markovski Marko Markovski is a professional Serbian football player playing in Skoda Xanthi in Greece.-Serbia:He started his senior career in 2004 playing in Serbia with FK Zemun...	Skoda Xanthi
	Vieirinha Vieirinha Adelino André Vieira Freitas , commonly known as Vieirinha, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. in the Greek League, as a winger.Ambidextrous, he started playing for F.C...	PAOK
5	Nikos Liberopoulos	AEK	3
	Marcelinho Marcelo Leite Pereira Marcelo Leite Pereira is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek Super League.-External links:*...	Skoda Xanthi
	Marko Pantelić Marko Pantelic Marko Pantelić is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Olympiacos.-Early years:...	Olympiacos
	Mirnes Šišić Mirnes Šišic Mirnes Sead Šišić is a Slovenian footballer of Bosnian descent who is currently playing for OFI Crete in Greek Super League.-Early career:...	OFI Crete OFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most...

Updated to games played on 30 November 2011.

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Denis Epstein Denis Epstein Denis Epstein is a German footballer who currently plays for Atromitos.-Youth clubs:Epstein played for three youth clubs, ranging from 1995 to 2005, including the youth teams of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Fortuna Köln, and 1. FC Köln. In the 1998–99 season, he made a rivalry switch from Bayer Leverkusen...	Atromitos	4
	Ariel Ibagaza Ariel Ibagaza Ariel Miguel Santiago Ibagaza is an Argentine footballer who plays for Olympiacos FC in Greece.Nicknamed El Caño, his usual position is attacking midfielder, and he is well known for his technique and vision, and spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, where he represented...	Olympiacos
	Quincy Owusu	Panathinaikos
2	Djamel Abdoun Djamel Abdoun Djamel Abdoun is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympiacos.-Personal:...	Olympiacos	3
	Steve Leo Beleck	AEK
	Fabián Estoyanoff Fabián Estoyanoff Fabián Larry Estoyanoff Poggio is an Uruguayan footballer of Bulgarian descent who plays for Greek club Panionios as a right winger.-Early years:...	Panionios
	Roger Guerreiro Roger Guerreiro Roger Guerreiro , commonly known as Roger, is a naturalized Polish footballer currently playing for A.E.K. Athens as a midfielder.- AEK Athens F.C. :...	AEK
	Mauro Poy Mauro Poy Mauro Poy is an Argentine footballer. He currently plays as a striker for the Skoda Xanthi F.C. of the Super League Greece.-External links:* at Guardian's Stats centre...	Skoda Xanthi
	Javier Umbides Javier Umbides Javier Horacio Umbides is a Argentinan footballer who plays for Aris FC in the Greek Superleague.-Career:Born in Monte Quemado, Santiago del Estero, Umbides began playing professional football for All Boys from 1999 to 2000. He then moved to Argentinos Juniors where he played only one season until...	Aris

Updated to games played on 30 November 2011.