2023–24 Greek A Division (women's football)

The 2023–24 Greek A Division is the 35th season of the women's football top-level league in Greece. PAOK won their 10th consecutive title and their 19th overall.[1]

Greek A Division
Season2023–24
Dates1 October 2023 – 26 May 2024
ChampionsPAOK
(19th title)
RelegatedAEL
Olympiada Imittou
Seirines Grevenon
Volos 2004
Elpides Karditsas
Women's Champions LeaguePAOK
Matches played182
Goals scored546 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Rybanská
(24 goals)
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 12–0 Elpides Karditsas
Biggest away winAEL 0–9 PAOK
Highest scoringPanathinaikos 12–0 Elpides Karditsas
Longest winning run19 games
PAOK
Longest unbeaten run25 games
PAOK
Longest winless run25 games
Elpides Karditsas
Longest losing run13 games
Elpides Karditsas
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.

Format

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Contrary to the previous seasons, the number of teams has been reduced to 14 and the championship will be held in one group instead of two. After the end of the season, the team that takes first place will be named champion of the Greek A Division for the 2023–24 season. The 5 teams that will occupy the last places will be relegated to the Greek B Division.[2]

Teams

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Changes

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Promoted from 2022 to 2023 Greek B Division Relegated from 2022–23 Greek A Division
AEK
Asteras Tripolis
Nees Atromitou
Panathinaikos
Seirines Grevenon
Aris
Avantes Chalkida
Doxa Pigadakion
Ergotelis (withdrew)[3]
Ialysos
Leontikos
Odysseas

Stadiums and locations

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Team City Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens Nea Filadelfeia Sourmenon Football Stadium
AEL Larissa Neapoli Stadium 2,000
Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium 7,442
Elpides Karditsas Karditsa Municipal Stadium of Karditsa 6,000
Kastoria Kastoria Municipal Stadium of Kastoria 8,000
Nees Atromitou Peristeri Chorafa Municipal Stadium 600
OFI Crete Heraklion Vardinoyianneio Sports Center 1,000
Olympiada Imittou Ymittos Hymettus Municipal Stadium 1,000
Panathinaikos Athens Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center 200
PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK FC Sport Center,
Neoi Epivates Stadium
REA Rethymno Sohora Municipal Stadium
Seirines Grevenon Grevena Grevena FCA Stadium
Trikala 2011 Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000
Volos 2004 Volos Volos Municipal Stadium 9,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
AEK Athens   Nikos Kotsovos   Christina Kollia Macron PhysiOsteoTeam
AEL   Vasilis Panos   Evi Kapareli Macron None
Asteras Tripolis   Dragan Knezevic   Ioanna Melissou Macron Action 24
Elpides Karditsas   Takis Koutsonasios   Gogo Simou Zeus None
Kastoria   Antonis Siskos   Eleni Saich
  Panagiota Vlasiadou
Acerbis Brown Coffee,
Ohmami
Nees Atromitou   Kalomoira Kontomichi   Lina Steropoulou BNS Amarillo,
Minetta
OFI Crete   Kostas Pantzaridis   Vasso Kydonaki Macron Interwetten
Olympiada Imittou   Kostantinos Stamelos   Efrosini Xera Kappa None
Panathinaikos   Dimitris Rouvalis   Chara Dimitriou Adidas Pame Stoixima
PAOK   Thalis Theodoridis   Thomai Vardali Macron None
REA   Stelios Kozanidis   Eleftheria Dafermou Macron MANKA
Seirines Grevenon   Christos Kalyvas   Sia Aggelidou 3F, Macron Alfa Wood Group
Trikala 2011   Nikos Valomandras   Konstantina Kostopoulou Macron 14oz. Cafe,
Theoni
Volos 2004   Elena Kouskouni   Olia Kekou Givova, Playsports Michanourgeio Koutsogianni,
Carpit,
Anassa,
Valis Hotel

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
OFI Crete   Stamatis Mamantzakis[4] 4 October 2023   Kostas Pantzaridis[5] 4 October 2023
Kastoria   Kyrillos Kallimanis[6] 28 November 2023 12th   Petros Tsouklis 28 November 2023
AEK Athens   Nikos Gkalitsios[7] 17 December 2023 4th   Nikos Kotsovos[8] 19 December 2023
Panathinaikos   Giannis Charalampidis[9] 20 December 2023 2nd   Dimitris Rouvalis[10] 21 December 2023
REA   Nikos Kyriakopoulos[11] 21 December 2023 7th   Stelios Kozanidis[12] 23 December 2023
AEL   Dimitris Vlachos[13] 3 January 2024 12th   Vasilis Panos 3 January 2024
Kastoria   Petros Tsouklis[14] 8 April 2024 10th   Antonis Siskos 8 April 2024
Trikala 2011   Giorgos Loules[15] 11 April 2024 7th   Nikos Valomandras 11 April 2024

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK (C) 26 24 2 0 78 8 +70 74 Qualification for the Champions League qualifiers
2 OFI 26 20 2 4 53 17 +36 62
3 Panathinaikos 26 19 3 4 77 17 +60 60
4 Asteras Tripolis 26 13 8 5 52 21 +31 47
5 REA 26 12 8 6 54 23 +31 44
6 AEK 26 9 9 8 28 17 +11 36
7 AO Trikala 2011 26 9 7 10 35 31 +4 34
8 Kastoria GPO 26 9 6 11 33 37 −4 33
9 Nees Atromitou 26 9 6 11 37 43 −6 33
10 AEL (R) 26 7 7 12 24 45 −21 28 Relegation to Greek B Division
11 Olympiada Imittou (R) 26 6 4 16 27 57 −30 22
12 Seirines Grevenon (R) 26 5 4 17 18 58 −40 19
13 Volos 2004 (R) 26 4 4 18 24 73 −49 16
14 Elpides Karditsas (R) 26 0 2 24 6 99 −93 2
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL AST ELP KAS NEE OFI OLY PAN PAO REA SEI TRI VOL
AEK 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1
AEL 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–9 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1
Asteras Tripolis 0–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 6–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0
Elpides Karditsas 0–2 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–4 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–6 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–0
Kastoria GPO 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 4–0
Nees Atromitou 0–0 1–0 0–0 6–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–5 2–1 3–1 1–1
OFI 1–0 5–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 3–2 4–0
Olympiada Imittos 0–2 3–2 0–4 3–0 0–3 2–3 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–3 0–0 3–1 3–2
Panathinaikos 2–0 4–0 1–2 12–0 5–2 1–0 0–1 5–2 1–1 3–1 6–0 5–0 3–0
PAOK 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 8–0 2–1 5–0
REA 1–0 1–1 2–2 8–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Seirines Grevenon 2–0 0–1 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1
AO Trikala 2011 0–0 2–2 1–0 7–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 4–3
Volos 2004 0–1 2–3 0–5 6–0 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–7 0–4 0–7 1–1 1–3
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 26 May 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Nikola Rybanská OFI 24
2   Emelie Helmvall PAOK 23
3   Anastasia Spyridonidou Panathinaikos 21
4   Tânia Mateus REA 15
5   Vasiliki Moskofidou Asteras Tripolis 13
6   Christine Nafula Kastoria 12
7   Antigoni Papadopoulou PAOK 11
8   Leonora Zheleva AEL 10
  Aqsa Mushtaq OFI

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