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

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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 Greece Nikos Kotsovos Greece Christina Kollia Macron PhysiOsteoTeam
AEL Greece Vasilis Panos Greece Evi Kapareli Macron None
Asteras Tripolis Serbia Dragan Knezevic Greece Ioanna Melissou Macron Action 24
Elpides Karditsas Greece Takis Koutsonasios Greece Gogo Simou Zeus None
Kastoria Greece Antonis Siskos Greece Eleni Saich
Greece Panagiota Vlasiadou
Acerbis Brown Coffee,
Ohmami
Nees Atromitou Greece Kalomoira Kontomichi Greece Lina Steropoulou BNS Amarillo,
Minetta
OFI Crete Greece Kostas Pantzaridis Greece Vasso Kydonaki Macron Interwetten
Olympiada Imittou Greece Kostantinos Stamelos Greece Efrosini Xera Kappa None
Panathinaikos Greece Dimitris Rouvalis Greece Chara Dimitriou Adidas Pame Stoixima
PAOK Greece Thalis Theodoridis Greece Thomai Vardali Macron None
REA Greece Stelios Kozanidis Greece Eleftheria Dafermou Macron MANKA
Seirines Grevenon Greece Christos Kalyvas Greece Sia Aggelidou 3F, Macron Alfa Wood Group
Trikala 2011 Greece Nikos Valomandras Greece Konstantina Kostopoulou Macron 14oz. Cafe,
Theoni
Volos 2004 Greece Elena Kouskouni Greece 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 Greece Stamatis Mamantzakis[4] 4 October 2023 Greece Kostas Pantzaridis[5] 4 October 2023
Kastoria Greece Kyrillos Kallimanis[6] 28 November 2023 12th Greece Petros Tsouklis 28 November 2023
AEK Athens Greece Nikos Gkalitsios[7] 17 December 2023 4th Greece Nikos Kotsovos[8] 19 December 2023
Panathinaikos Greece Giannis Charalampidis[9] 20 December 2023 2nd Greece Dimitris Rouvalis[10] 21 December 2023
REA Greece Nikos Kyriakopoulos[11] 21 December 2023 7th Greece Stelios Kozanidis[12] 23 December 2023
AEL Greece Dimitris Vlachos[13] 3 January 2024 12th Greece Vasilis Panos 3 January 2024
Kastoria Greece Petros Tsouklis[14] 8 April 2024 10th Greece Antonis Siskos 8 April 2024
Trikala 2011 Greece Giorgos Loules[15] 11 April 2024 7th Greece 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 Slovakia Nikola Rybanská OFI 24
2 Sweden Emelie Helmvall PAOK 23
3 Greece Anastasia Spyridonidou Panathinaikos 21
4 Portugal Tânia Mateus REA 15
5 Greece Vasiliki Moskofidou Asteras Tripolis 13
6 Kenya Christine Nafula Kastoria 12
7 Greece Antigoni Papadopoulou PAOK 11
8 Bulgaria Leonora Zheleva AEL 10
England Aqsa Mushtaq OFI

Awards

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Best Greek Player

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Winner Club Nominees Source
Maria Mitkou PAOK Vasia Giannaka
Georgia Chalatsogianni
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Best Foreign Player

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

Best Goalkeeper

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

Best Young Player

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Winner Club Nominees Source
Greece Georgia Chalatsogianni PAOK Vasia Giannaka
Maria Gkouni
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Top Scorer

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Winner Club Goals Source
Slovakia Nikola Rybanská OFI 24 [16]

Best Coach

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Winner Club Nominees Source
Greece Thalis Theodoridis PAOK Stelios Kozanidis
Kostas Pantzaridis
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Best Greek Female Player Abroad

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

Team of the Season

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

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