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

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.

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]

Format

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

Changes

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

AEK
Nees Atromitou
Olympiada
Panathinaikos
AEL
Volos
Trikala
Kastoria
Seirines
Locations of the 2023–24 season clubs
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

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

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

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

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

Top scorers

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

Awards

Best Greek Player

Winner Club Nominees Source
Maria Mitkou PAOK Vasia Giannaka
Georgia Chalatsogianni
[16]

Best Foreign Player

Winner Club Nominees Source
Nikola Rybanská OFI Emelie Helmvall
Victoria Kaláberová
[16]

Best Goalkeeper

Winner Club Nominees Source
Dani Neuhaus PAOK Andrea Gurtner
Zoi Nasi
[16]

Best Young Player

Winner Club Nominees Source
Georgia Chalatsogianni PAOK Vasia Giannaka
Maria Gkouni
[16]

Top Scorer

Winner Club Goals Source
Nikola Rybanská OFI 24 [16]

Best Coach

Winner Club Nominees Source
Thalis Theodoridis PAOK Stelios Kozanidis
Kostas Pantzaridis
[16]

Best Greek Female Player Abroad

Winner Club Nominees Source
Veatriki Sarri Brighton & Hove Albion Sophia Koggouli
Maria Palama
[16]

Team of the Season

PSAPP Best XI[17]
Goalkeeper Dani Neuhaus (PAOK)
Defenders Maria Paterna (OFI) Anastasia Gkatsou (REA) Maria Gkouni (PAOK) Maria Mitkou (PAOK)
Midfielders Georgia Chalatsogianni (PAOK) Vasia Giannaka (PAOK) Manja Rogan (Panathinaikos)
Forwards Chelsea Domond (Panathinaikos) Nikola Rybanská (OFI) Emelie Helmvall (PAOK)

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