kids encyclopedia robot

2015–16 Superleague Greece facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The 2015–16 Superleague Greece was an exciting football championship in Greece. It was the 80th time this top football league was played in the country. The season started on August 22, 2015, and ended in May 2016. The team Olympiacos won the championship. This was their sixth win in a row and their 43rd title overall!

Teams in the League

Sixteen different football clubs competed in the 2015–16 Superleague Greece. These teams played against each other to see who would be the champion.

Final Standings

This table shows how each team performed during the season. It lists their position, how many games they played, won, drew, and lost. It also shows their goals scored, goals against, and total points.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts What happened next
1 Olympiacos 30 28 1 1 81 16 +65 85 Got a spot in the Champions League (a big European competition)
2 Panathinaikos 30 18 4 8 52 26 +26 55 Moved on to UEFA play-off games
3 AEK Athens 30 17 6 7 43 21 +22 54
4 PAOK 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 45
5 Panionios 30 12 8 10 33 27 +6 44
6 PAS Giannina 30 12 6 12 36 40 −4 42 Got a spot in the Europa League (another European competition)
7 Asteras Tripoli 30 11 8 11 31 30 +1 41
8 Atromitos 30 12 6 12 26 31 −5 39
9 Platanias 30 10 9 11 32 30 +2 39
10 Levadiakos 30 9 10 11 27 36 −9 37
11 Panetolikos 30 9 8 13 30 46 −16 35
12 Iraklis 30 8 11 11 24 32 −8 35
13 Xanthi 30 6 15 9 27 32 −5 33
14 Veria 30 5 12 13 19 33 −14 27
15 Panthrakikos 30 3 8 19 18 58 −40 17 Moved down to a lower football league
16 AEL Kalloni 30 3 7 20 19 53 −34 16

UEFA Play-off Games

After the main season, some teams played extra games called "play-offs." These games decided which teams would get to play in the big European football competitions, the Champions League and Europa League.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts What happened next
1 PAOK 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Got a spot in the Champions League
2 Panathinaikos 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 11 Got a spot in the Europa League
3 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 9
4 Panionios 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4

Top Goal Scorers

This section shows which players scored the most goals during the 2015–16 Superleague Greece season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos 18
2 Sweden Marcus Berg Panathinaikos 15
3 Australia Apostolos Giannou Asteras Tripolis 13
4 Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK 11
Greece Tasos Bakasetas Panionios 11
Greece Apostolos Vellios Iraklis 11
Greece Vangelis Mantzios Levadiakos 11
8 Nigeria Brown Ideye Olympiacos 10
Greece Michalis Manias PAS Giannina 10

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Superliga de Grecia 2015-16 para niños

kids search engine
2015–16 Superleague Greece Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.