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Dimitris Salpingidis

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Dimitris Salpingidis
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Salpingidis with Greece in 2010
Personal information
Full name Dimitrios Salpingidis
Date of birth (1981-08-18) 18 August 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth Zagliveri, Greece
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–1999 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 PAOK 103 (50)
1999–2000 → AEL (loan) 7 (0)
2000–2002 → Kavala (loan) 43 (25)
2006–2010 Panathinaikos 119 (46)
2010–2015 PAOK 159 (40)
Total 431 (161)
International career‡
2004–2005 Greece U23 3 (0)
2005–2014 Greece 82 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2014
"Salpingidis" redirects here. For the fallopian tube infection, see Salpingitis.

Dimitris Salpingidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης pronounced [ðiˈmitris salpiɲˈɟiðis]; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack."[2]

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Greek language

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy, southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

Greeks

Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world.

Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Forward (association football)

Forward (association football)

Forwards are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack.

Club career

PAOK

Born in Zagliveri, Salpingidis started out as a Greco-Roman wrestler before discovering his calling in football.[3] Salpingidis began his football career through the youth ranks of PAOK. Before football Salpingidis was participating in wrestling in which he was very good at, with a dream of competing in the Olympics. He didn't make it as a wrestler but his dream came true as footballer in 2004. On 30 September 1999 he marked his official debut against Lokomotivi Tbilisi with a goal in a 2–0 win. Acknowledging his potential and in order to gain much needed experience, the team soon loaned him for two successive seasons to Kavala where he finished top scorer of the Second Division. His plea for a return to PAOK was granted by his mentor, Angelos Anastasiadis and he became an integral part of the team. On 25 August 2002 he made his league debut for PAOK in a 4–1 win against Panathinaikos. He scored his first league goal in 2–3 away win against OFI.

Despite playing out of position as a right midfielder he managed to earn a place in the starting line-up, just a few months after returning from loan. Plagued with financial problems, the next season saw the club experiencing an exodus of its top players such as striker Ioannis Okkas and ex-Newcastle United forward Giorgos Georgiadis, Salpingidis, at the age of 21, then became first-choice striker and captain of the team. The 2003–04 season proved to be the best in many years, as the club finished an unexpected 3rd, qualifying for the Champions league, despite running on a very low budget. His significance for PAOK was such that in the summer 2004 he was given permission to miss a match with the Greek Olympic team so that he could participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The elimination at the hands of the Israeli team, followed by the sack of coach Anastasiadis and subsequent financial turmoil hit the team badly, resulting in his exodus less than 2 years later. In the 2005–06 season he was top-scorer in the league with 17 goals.

Panathinaikos

Dimitris Salpingidis before the match with Ipswich Town
Dimitris Salpingidis before the match with Ipswich Town

In the summer of 2006, as the club's president Giannis Goumenos was desperate to cash in, he was openly chased by Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. Salpingidis publicly refused the offer of bitter rivals Olympiacos, despite being the most profiting one among the three. On 16 August, after a lengthy negotiation period, he finally agreed to sign a four-year contract to Panathinaikos. He transferred for a fee of €1.8 million, with PAOK additionally receiving Sandor Torghelle, Kostas Chalarambidis and Athanasios Tsigas as an exchange. This was the third most expensive transfer between Greek teams at that time, estimated at €5 million. This transfer caused heavy turmoil amid PAOK fans, branding Salpingidis a traitor and ungrateful to the pains they had taken to keep him in the club. This tense situation brought about the demise of Goumenos' troubled presidency soon after. His debut with the greens was on 20 August 2006 in an away win with 4–1 against Egaleo where he scored three goals.

In the 2009–10 season, Salpingidis was a key player during the victorious march to the Greek championship.

Return to PAOK

After four very successful seasons with Panathinaikos (including a double-winning 2009–2010 season), in the summer of 2010 Salpingidis joined PAOK once again. On 16 June 2010, it was officially announced that he signed a four-year contract with PAOK, after his contract with Panathinaikos had expired. This club means everything for him as he explained : "I first played for the club in the 1990s and I feel very good there. My whole family and my childhood friends live in the town and I'm playing football for a team with big ambitions. PAOK are one of a select group of clubs with the most fanatical supporters in Europe. Throughout the whole of the north of Greece, people live for the team alone and nothing else."[4]

On 9 January 2011, he scored his 100th goal in the Greek Superleague against Asteras Tripolis with a header. On 3 November 2011, Salpingidis became the Greek player with the most goals in Europe. On 30 November he scored a header, beating Heurelho Gomes, in a 2–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, after a cross from Giorgios Georgiadis, in the Europa League.[5][6]

In the start of the 2012–13 season he changed his squad number from 9 to his favourite 14. In July 2012, Fortuna Düsseldorf are in the process of trying to sign Dimitris Salpingidis from PAOK.[7] The newly promoted Bundesliga side's general manager, Werner Wolf, claimed last week that there would be no more new arrivals at the Esprit Arena before the start of the 2012–13 campaign. However, Goal.com has learned that Fortuna are currently trying to agree a fee with PAOK for Salpingidis, who was one of the stars of Greece's surprise run to the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. The versatile attacker is on a net salary of €800,000 with his hometown club and Fortuna are not in a position to match those terms.[8] However, they are prepared to make Salpingidis one of their highest earners and it is believed that the player is willing to take a pay cut in order to at last try his luck in the Bundesliga, having been often linked with a move to Germany in recent seasons.[7]

In the late February and early March 2013 he was in superb form scoring 6 goals in 4 matches. On 17 March 2013 he put pen to paper on a 4-year deal to stay at the club until 2017, hoping to finish his career with his beloved team.[9] He scored two scissor kicks on 23 February 2013 against Kerkyra in a 3–1 home win. On 20 March 2013 he assumed the team captaincy after Pablo Garcia left the club. For the first time in his career, he received a red card in an away match against Platanias in which PAOK won 1–2. On 17 April 2013 he went on to score the winning goal in a thrilling 2–1 victory over Asteras Tripoli in the first leg of the Greek Cup semi-finals.

On 12 December 2013, Salpingidis took the field in PAOK FC's final Group L game, at home to AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, making his 67th appearance in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League.[10] Not a particularly attractive number, but one that carries a certain significance for the 32-year-old forward since it will move him up to fourth place in the competition's all-time appearances list. Two more in the round of 32 would take him level with FC Internazionale Milano's two-time UEFA Cup-winning goalkeeper Walter Zenga in third. Moreover, a third group stage goal this season would lift him to seventh in the overall scorers rankings on 24 goals, alongside Mladen Petrić and Claudio Pizarro. The tournament has played a significant role in Salpingidis's career; his maiden goal for PAOK came on his first-team debut when he was introduced as a substitute for Zisis Vryzas – now PAOK's president – in a UEFA Cup game against FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi on 30 September 1999. Meanwhile, his 100th goal for the 'Two-Headed Eagle Of The North' arrived in PAOK's first meeting with AZ of the current campaign. Oddly enough, both landmark goals were scored under Dutch coaches: Arie Haan in 1999 and Huub Stevens in 2013.[3]

On 26 April 2014, Salpingidis unsuccessfully tried to win his second trophy with PAOK in the Greek Cup final against Panathinaikos. PAOK settled, though, and with half-time their forward forays began to carry real menace. Salpingidis had twice gone close to an equaliser, rattling the bar with a header, and, right before the interval, was millimetres away from turning in Miroslav Stoch's cross with the goal at his mercy. Eventually his club defeated by 1–4.[11]

The 2014–15 season did not start well for the Greek international. Dimitris Salpingidis has an additional year contract with the club, but there are a few problems appeared in the season and it seems that the final discussion will take place at the end of it.[12] On 29 May 2015, just before the Superleague Greece play-offs, the international striker made a special program due to the discomfort in his operated toe, but could not be ready to help his club in the remaining games. Salpingidis is added to the list of players who missed this season, having to play since mid-March. The 34-year-old striker was not in his best physical condition, but Giorgos Georgiadis, coach of PAOK hoped that he could be able to give some solutions, mainly because of his experience. Salpingidis will be ready to help his teammates from the beginning of next season.[13]

On 24 August 2015, the 34-year-old Salpingidis contract at PAOK was terminated.[14][15]

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Kavala F.C.

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OFI Crete F.C.

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Ioannis Okkas

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Newcastle United F.C.

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Greece national under-23 football team

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Olympiacos F.C.

Olympiacos F.C.

Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, their name was inspired from the ancient Olympic Games and along with the club's emblem, the laurel-crowned Olympic athlete, symbolize the Olympic ideals of ancient Greece. Their home ground is the Karaiskakis Stadium, a 32,115-capacity stadium in Piraeus.

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AEK Athens F.C.

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International career

Dimitris Salpigidis Greece vs Moldova in 2008
Dimitris Salpigidis Greece vs Moldova in 2008

Salpingidis has made 82 appearances and scored 13 times for the Greece national football team, including the winning goal in the away leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Ukraine, which sent Greece through to the final tournament.[16][17] He made his debut for the national team on 17 August 2005 against Belgium. On 17 June 2010, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup group stage match against Nigeria, he scored Greece's first ever World Cup goal with a shot from outside the area deflected off in Lukman Haruna.[18] On 8 June 2012, Salpingidis came on as a substitute and scored Greece's first goal in the Euro 2012 tournament, in the opening match, a 1–1 draw against Poland,[19] becoming the first ever Greek player who scored in both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro. Later in the quarterfinals against Germany, he assisted Giorgos Samaras' goal and also scored the last goal with a penalty against Manuel Neuer, a match that ended 4–2, resulting Germany proceeding to the semi-finals.[20]

Salpingidis’ next goal is to reach new international heights in Brazil three months from now, with Colombia, Japan and Côte d'Ivoire awaiting Greece as Group C opponents. “Of course, my team-mates and I are already very excited,” he explained. “We can’t wait – it’s the biggest and best tournament in the world, and it’ll be a huge football party. Every child dreams of playing at a World Cup.” The forward continued: “I hope I can enjoy it. We were in South Africa four years ago and won the first World Cup match in our history there, but we went out after the group stage. This time, our aim is to reach the last 16. We’re in a finely balanced group with no major favourites. It won’t be easy, but we can do it.” Yet Salpingidis, who with four goals from nine games was his country's second-highest scoring player in qualifying, does not want to hog the spotlight. “I’m nothing special in the team, just a part in the machine,” he stressed. “We don’t have any huge stars; we’re all the same and all have one target.”[21]

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Ukraine national football team

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Belgium national football team

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Nigeria national football team

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Lukman Haruna

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Germany national football team

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Japan

Japan

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Career statistics

Club

As of 17 July 2015[22][23][24][25]
Club Season League Greek Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PAOK 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki 0 0 0 0 1[a] 1 1 1
AEL (loan) 1999–2000 Football League Greece 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
Kavala (loan) 2000–01 Beta Ethniki 18 5 2 0 – 17 5
2001–02 Gamma Ethniki 25 20 5 1 – 33 21
Total 43 25 7 1 – 50 26
PAOK 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki 15 3 4 2 4[a] 1 23 6
2003–04 Alpha Ethniki 29 16 4 2 4[a] 0 37 18
2004–05 Alpha Ethniki 29 14 3 1 4 2 36 17
2005–06 Alpha Ethniki 30 17 1 0 6[a] 3 37 20
Total 103 50 12 5 18 6 133 61
Panathinaikos 2006–07 Super League Greece 27 14 6 0 8[a] 3 41 17
2007–08 Super League Greece 30 15 1 0 7[a] 4 38 19
2008–09 Super League Greece 34 12 4 0 12[b] 3 50 15
2009–10 Super League Greece 28 5 4 1 13[c] 6 45 12
Total 119 46 15 1 40 16 174 63
PAOK 2010–11 Super League Greece 36 9 6 1 11 2 53 12
2011–12 Super League Greece 35 7 3 0 8 3 46 10
2012–13 Super League Greece 31 11 7 3 3 0 41 14
2013–14 Super League Greece 35 10 4 0 10 2 49 12
2014–15 Super League Greece 22 3 1 0 8 0 31 3
2015–16 Super League Greece 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 159 40 21 4 41 7 221 51
Career total 431 161 55 11 100 30 586 202
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 2005 4 0
2006 7 0
2007 4 0
2008 11 1
2009 7 2
2010 11 3
2011 10 0
2012 10 4
2013 8 3
2014 10 0
Total 82 13
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 February 2008 Nicosia, Cyprus  Czech Republic 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 1 April 2009 Heraklion, Greece  Israel 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
3. 18 November 2009 Donetsk, Ukraine  Ukraine 0–1 0–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
4. 17 June 2010 Bloemfontein, South Africa  Nigeria 1–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup
5. 11 August 2010 Belgrade, Serbia  Serbia 0–1 0–1 Friendly
6. 12 October 2010 Athens, Greece  Israel 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
7. 29 February 2012 Heraklion, Greece  Belgium 1–0 1–1 Friendly
8. 8 June 2012 Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2012
9. 22 June 2012 Gdańsk, Poland  Germany 2–4 2–4 UEFA Euro 2012
10. 16 October 2012 Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 0–1 0–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
11. 10 September 2013 Athens, Greece  Latvia 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
12. 15 October 2013 Athens, Greece  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
13. 15 November 2013 Athens, Greece  Romania 2–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Career totals

Professional career totals
Teams Appearances Goals Goals per game
Clubs 0586 0202 0.34
National team 082 0013 0.16
Olympics 03 000 0
Greece U21 014 002 0.14
Total 0685 0217 0.32

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1999–2000 PAOK FC season

1999–2000 PAOK FC season

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2000–01 Beta Ethniki

2000–01 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki 2000–01 complete season.

2001–02 Gamma Ethniki

2001–02 Gamma Ethniki

The 2001–02 Gamma Ethniki was the 19th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Kerkyra was crowned champion, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Kassandra, Fostiras, Kavala and Atromitos also won promotion due to expansion of Beta Ethniki from 14 to 16 teams.

Gamma Ethniki

Gamma Ethniki

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2002–03 PAOK FC season

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2003–04 PAOK FC season

2003–04 PAOK FC season

The 2003–04 season was PAOK Football Club’s 78th in existence and the club’s 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the First round and will also enter in UEFA Cup starting from the First round.

2004–05 PAOK FC season

2004–05 PAOK FC season

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2005–06 PAOK FC season

2005–06 PAOK FC season

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2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2006–07 season Panathinaikos played for 48th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. The club also participated in the Greek Cup and UEFA Cup. The season started with Hans Backe as team manager.

2007–08 Panathinaikos F.C. season

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2008–09 Panathinaikos F.C. season

2008–09 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2008–09 season is Panathinaikos' 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round for the 2008–09 season. The 2007–08 season ended with Jose Peseiro's removal from the team's bench. After a year's absence they will return to Athens Olympic Stadium for the season. On 27 May 2008 after two hours of conversations between Panathinaikos chairmen, it was decided that Nikos Pateras would take over as Panathinaikos president. On 13 June 2008 Panathinaikos announced that the new team coach will be Henk ten Cate for the next two years.

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Greek Football Cup

Greek Football Cup

The Greek Football Cup, commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation.

2002–03 Greek Football Cup

2002–03 Greek Football Cup

The 2002–03 Greek Football Cup was the 61st edition of the Greek Football Cup. That season's edition was entitled "Vodafone Greek Cup" for sponsorship reasons.

2013–14 Greek Football Cup

2013–14 Greek Football Cup

The 2013–14 Greek Football Cup was the 72nd edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 46 clubs, 16 less than last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 14 September 2013 with the First Round and concluded on 26 April 2014 with the Final at the Olympic Stadium between Panathinaikos and PAOK, with Panathinaikos winning 4–1.

Super League Greece

Super League Greece

The Super League Greece 1, or Super League 1 Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games.

2009–10 Super League Greece

2009–10 Super League Greece

The 2009–10 Super League Greece was the 74th season of the highest football league of Greece and the fourth under the name Super League. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki. On 11 April 2010, Panathinaikos defeated Iraklis 2–0 to secure their 20th Greek title and their first one in six years.

2009–10 Greek Football Cup

2009–10 Greek Football Cup

The 2009–10 Greek Football Cup was the 68th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the final held at Olympic Stadium on 24 April 2010. The final was contested by Panathinaikos and Aris. The last time that the two clubs were met in the Final was in 1940. Panathinaikos didn't win the Cup since 2004 and the last time that participated in a Final was in 2007. Aris on the other hand, didn't win the Cup since 1970 and the last time that played in a Final was in 2008. Panathinaikos earned the trophy with a 1-0 win over Aris.

2006–07 Greek Football Cup

2006–07 Greek Football Cup

The 2006–07 Greek Football Cup was the 65th edition of the Greek Football Cup, competition. That season's edition was the first to be entitled "Hellas On Line Greek Cup". The competition started on 26 August 2006 and concluded on 5 May 2007 with the Final, held at the Panthessaliko Stadium. AEL won the trophy with a 2–1 victory over Panathinaikos.

2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

2005–06 Alpha Ethniki

The 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki was the 70th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last season under the name Alpha Ethniki, before then was renamed to Super League Greece. The season began on 27 August 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Olympiacos won their second consecutive and 34th Greek title. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA, which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto Cup qualifiers from Greece, as well as the use of Athens Olympic Stadium as the site of the 2006–07 Champions League final.

2007–08 Super League Greece

2007–08 Super League Greece

The 2007–08 Super League Greece was the 72nd season of the highest football league of Greece and the second under the name Super League. The season began on 1 September 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.

2008–09 Super League Greece

2008–09 Super League Greece

The 2008–09 Super League Greece was the 73rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the third under the name Super League. The season began on 31 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. The league consisted of 16 teams. Participants were the 13 best teams from the 2007–08 season and three teams who have been promoted from Beta Ethniki. Olympiacos successfully defended their title after claiming their 37th title overall with three rounds remaining.

Source: "Dimitris Salpingidis", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Salpingidis.

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