2018–19 Super League Greece
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Olympiacos Christos Kontis End of contract 6 May 2018 Pre season Pedro Martins 7 May 2018
Panathinaikos Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 31 May 2018 Pre season Giorgos Donis 12 June 2018
AEK Athens Manolo Jiménez Resigned 31 May 2018 Pre season Marinos Ouzounidis 4 June 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Valérien Ismaël Sacked 31 August 2018 10th Lefteris Velentzas ( caretaker ) 31 August 2018
Lamia Babis Tennes Resigned 4 September 2018 15th Makis Chavos 5 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Lefteris Velentzas ( caretaker ) End of tenure as caretaker 31 August 2018 15th Alberto Monteagudo 12 September 2018
AEL Sotiris Antoniou Resigned 24 September 2018 15th Gianluca Festa 25 September 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Alberto Monteagudo Sacked 4 October 2018 16th Giannis Matzourakis 4 October 2018
Levadiakos Akis Mantzios Sacked 22 October 2018 15th Giuseppe Sannino 22 October 2018
Aris Thessaloniki Paco Herrera Sacked 12 November 2018 7th Apostolos Terzis ( caretaker ) 12 November 2018
Asteras Tripolis Savvas Pantelidis Resigned 12 November 2018 15th Georgios Paraschos 12 November 2018
Aris Thessaloniki Apostolos Terzis ( caretaker ) End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2018 7th Savvas Pantelidis 14 November 2018
Apollon Smyrnis Giannis Matzourakis Sacked 26 November 2018 16th Babis Tennes 26 November 2018
Panionios José Anigo Sacked 2 December 2018 8th Akis Mantzios 4 December 2018
Levadiakos Giuseppe Sannino Sacked 21 January 2019 15th Nikos Karageorgiou 22 January 2019
OFI Nikos Papadopoulos Sacked 21 January 2019 12th Jaime Vera 25 January 2019
AEK Athens Marinos Ouzounidis Resigned 5 February 2019 3rd Manolo Jiménez 6 February 2019
Apollon Smyrnis Babis Tennes Sacked 9 March 2019 16th Lefteris Velentzas 9 March 2019
Teams -- Managerial changes
The 2018-19 Super League Greece , or Super League Souroti for sponsorship reasons, was the 83rd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 13th under its current name. The season started on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 22 May 2019 with the relegation play-offs. AEK Athens were the defending champions. OFI and Aris Thessaloniki joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017-18 Football League , replacing Platanias and Kerkyra who were relegated to the 2018-19 Football League . PAOK won their third championship and their first one in 34 years, by beating Levadiakos on the penultimate round of the league. They also clinched the championship without a defeat, thus becoming the second club to do so in Greek football, after Panathinaikos in 1963-64 . PAS Giannina , Levadiakos and Apollon Smyrnis finished in the bottom 3 and were relegated to Super League 2, while OFI , who finished 13th, faced Platanias who were runners-up of the 2018-19 Football League in the relegation play-offs on May 19 and May 22 for a place in the 2019-20 Super League . OFI won the play-offs with 3-2 on aggregate. This was the last season with a 16-team championship. From the 2019-20 season, the league teams are going to be reduced to 14, and a playoff tournament will be introduced between the first six teams of the regular season, for a total of 36 games, in the style of the Cypriot First Division . Three teams relegated directly instead of the usual two and a fourth spot was decided between the 13th placed Super League team and the runner-up of the 2018-19 Football League . The fourth spot was a cause of controversy between the Super League and Greek Football Federation (EPO), however, the sporting court decided in favour of the play-off match in order to not completely diminish the chance for the second division runner-up to be promoted, as they would normally be promoted automatically in a normal season.