| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 September 2020[1] – 16 May 2021 |
| Champions | Olympiacos 46th Greek title |
| Relegated | AEL |
| Champions League | Olympiacos |
| Europa Conference League | PAOK Aris AEK Athens |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 529 (2.2 per match) |
| Best Player | Youssef El-Arabi |
| Top goalscorer | Youssef El-Arabi (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | PAOK 5–0Panetolikos (31 January 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Lamia 0–6Olympiacos (13 December 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Apollon Smyrnis 3–4AEK Athens (13 December 2020) |
| Longest winning run | Olympiacos (7 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Olympiacos (21 matches) |
| Longest winless run | OFI (12 matches) |
| Longest losing run | OFI (10 matches) |
2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2021. | |
The2020–21 Super League Greece was the 85th season of theSuper League Greece, the top Greek professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1959.Olympiacos were the defending champions.
Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the play-off winner and one team promoted from theSuper League 2. The promoted team wasPAS Giannina, who returned to the first tier after a one-season absence.[2] They replacedPanionios who were relegated after 23 seasons in the top flight.
Apollon Smyrnis were also promoted by virtue of winning the play-off round, which relegatedXanthi after 31 years.
| Promoted from 2019–20 Super League Greece 2 | Relegated from 2019–20 Super League Greece |
|---|---|
| PAS Giannina Apollon Smyrnis | Xanthi Panionios |
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens | Athens(Marousi) | Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 | 3rd |
| AEL | Larissa | Alcazar Stadium | 13,108 | 9th |
| Apollon Smyrnis | Athens(Rizoupoli) | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,200 | 2nd (SL2) |
| Aris | Thessaloniki(Charilaou) | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 | 5th |
| Asteras Tripolis | Tripoli | Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium | 7,442 | 7th |
| Atromitos | Athens(Peristeri) | Peristeri Stadium | 10,050 | 8th |
| Lamia | Lamia | Lamia Municipal Stadium | 5,500 | 10th |
| OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,088 | 6th |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 32,115 | 1st |
| Panathinaikos | Athens(Ampelokipoi) | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,003 | 4th |
| Panetolikos | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 7,321 | 12th |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki(Toumba) | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 | 2nd |
| PAS Giannina | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 | 1st (SL2) |
| Volos | Volos | Panthessaliko Stadium | 22,700 | 11th |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panathinaikos | End of contract | 19 July 2020 | Pre-season | 22 July 2020 | ||
| Atromitos | Mutual consent | 20 July 2020 | 29 July 2020 | |||
| Volos | 23 July 2020 | 24 July 2020 | ||||
| Sacked | 30 August 2020 | 1 September 2020 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | Mutual consent | 1 September 2020 | 2 September 2020 | |||
| Aris | Sacked | 17 September 2020 | 1st | 18 September 2020 | ||
| End of tenure as caretaker | 20 September 2020 | 21 September 2020 | ||||
| Lamia | Sacked | 6 October 2020 | 14th | 8 October 2020 | ||
| Panathinaikos | 11 October 2020 | 13th | 12 October 2020 | |||
| End of tenure as caretaker | 18 October 2020 | 11th | 19 October 2020 | |||
| Panetolikos | Sacked | 28 October 2020 | 12th | 29 October 2020 | ||
| PAOK | Resigned | 29 October 2020 | 6th | 30 October 2020 | ||
| Panetolikos | End of tenure as caretaker | 10 November 2020 | 12th | 11 November 2020 | ||
| AEL | Resigned | 22 November 2020 | 11th | 23 November 2020 | ||
| Lamia | Sacked | 16 December 2020 | 14th | 17 December 2020 | ||
| AEK Athens | 21 December 2020 | 4th | 22 December 2020 | |||
| AEL | 20 January 2021 | 13th | 22 January 2021 | |||
| Atromitos | 4 February 2021 | 7th | 5 February 2021 | |||
| OFI | 6 March 2021 | 12th | 8 March 2021 | |||
| Apollon Smyrnis | Resigned | 14 March 2021 | 9th | 17 March 2021 | ||
| Volos | Sacked | 19 April 2021 | 7th | 21 April 2021 | ||
| AEL | 8 May 2021 | 14th | 9 May 2021 | |||
| Panathinaikos | 10 May 2021 | 5th | 11 May 2021 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 13 | +51 | 67 | Qualification for thePlay-off round |
| 2 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 51 | |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 48 | |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 47 | |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 45 | |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 42 | |
| 7 | Volos | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 33 | Qualification for thePlay-out round |
| 8 | PAS Giannina | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Apollon Smyrnis | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 28[a] | |
| 10 | Atromitos | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 28[a] | |
| 11 | Lamia | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 23 | |
| 12 | Panetolikos | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 20 | |
| 13 | OFI | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 19 | |
| 14 | AEL | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | APS | ARIS | AST | ATR | LAM | OFI | OLY | PAO | PNE | PAOK | PAS | VOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| AEL | 2–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 3–4 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Aris | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Atromitos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Lamia | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| OFI | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Panetolikos | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| PAOK | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| PAS Giannina | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Volos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
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. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.
| 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 |
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| Olympiacos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| AEK Athens | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| PAOK | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Panathinaikos | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Volos | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| PAS Giannina | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Atromitos | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Lamia | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Panetolikos | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| OFI | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| AEL | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Leader and Qualification for thePlay-off round | |
| Qualification for thePlay-off round | |
| Qualification for thePlay-out round |
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in2021–22 UEFA Champions League and2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PAOK | ARIS | AEK | PAO | AST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympiacos(C) | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | +63 | 90 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League third qualifying round[a] | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 60 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 53 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 51 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
| Team ╲ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PAOK | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Aris | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| AEK Athens | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Panathinaikos | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Champion andChampions League second qualifying round | |
| Europa Conference League third qualifying round | |
| Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | VOL | ATR | PAS | LAM | APS | OFI | PNE | AEL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Volos | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 43 | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 8 | Atromitos | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 37 | 1–0 | — | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | — | 0–1 | ||
| 9 | PAS Giannina | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 35 | — | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | — | ||
| 10 | Lamia | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 35 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 11 | Apollon Smyrnis | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 34 | 0–0 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | ||
| 12 | OFI | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 32 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | ||
| 13 | Panetolikos(O) | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 28 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs | — | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | — | — | |
| 14 | AEL(R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 27 | Relegation toSuper League 2 | — | — | 2–0 | — | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Team ╲ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
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| Volos | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Atromitos | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| PAS Giannina | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Lamia | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| OFI | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Panetolikos | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| AEL | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Qualification for therelegation play-offs | |
| Relegation to2021–22 Super League Greece 2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Xanthi | 2–2 (a) | Panetolikos | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Xanthi | 2–1 | Panetolikos |
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| Panetolikos | 1–0 | Xanthi |
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Panetolikos won on away goals, therefore both teams stay in their respective leagues next season.
Top scorers[edit]
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Annual awards were announced on 16 December 2021.[67]
| Award | Winner | Club |
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| Greek Player of the Season | Olympiacos | |
| Foreign Player of the Season | Olympiacos | |
| Young Player of the Season | PAOK | |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Panathinaikos | |
| Golden Boot | Olympiacos | |
| Manager of the Season | Olympiacos |
| Team of the Season[68] | ||||
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