As March approaches, Super League 1 enters its final stretch as the regular season ends and the playoffs begin, which are expected to be more exciting than ever.

However, everything shows that this year it will again be difficult to adhere to the schedules and calendar that were drawn up by the League at the beginning of the season. A plan that called for the end of the league on 14 May and the football season as a whole on 20 or 21 May with the final of the Greek Cup.

The tragedy of the Tempe train, which caused the postponement of the cup semi-finals, the obligations of the national football team before the Euro 2024 qualifiers, the forced break for the Easter holidays, but, above all, the mystery with the date of the parliamentary elections, force both SL1 and EPO to record and delete possible dates.

April 9, which seemed to be a given for the polls, is no more, although, according to most political scientists, it remains the most probable. Also heard on April 23, May 14 and May 21. In each of these cases, ranked matches and a scheduled cup final are affected, even considering that out of 10 playoff matches there will also be scheduled matches, which happened in last year’s matches, which started earlier (March 13) and had two.

Of course, in case the elections take place at the end of the four-year period (July), there is a big relief in fulfilling competitive obligations.

As you will see below, in a hypothetical but possible calendar that is not expected to change until Playoff Day 2 (2/4), Election Sunday is not included.

The time slots are tight even with three games and it should be considered certain that the Cup final will be postponed as the elections take place on one of the following Sundays. After all, first you need to complete the championship, and then hold the final. For this reason, and in a very possible scenario, his transfer will be in a week, that is, on May 27 or 28.

On Holy Wednesday the semi-final rematches of the Greek Cup will be decided – short of a shocking unforeseen event – as there are no more vacancies, it is worth noting that along with the play-offs, the play-off process will also be “started” and it will be seen what will be two teams that will say goodbye to CL1.

POSSIBLE CALENDAR

• Saturday, Sunday, Monday 4-5-6/3 25 tour
• Wednesday, August 3, Atromitos – AEK (round 21 rescheduled)
• Wednesday 8/3 Lamia v PAOK (1st cup semi-final)
• Sunday, 12/3 26th round
• Sunday, 03/19/1st play-off match
• Friday 24 March Gibraltar v Greece (Euro 2024 qualifiers)
• Monday 27/3 Greece v Lithuania (friendly match)
• Sunday 2/4 2nd playoff game
• Sunday 9/4 3rd playoff game
• M. Wednesday 12/4 Olympiacos – AEK, PAOK – Lamia (2nd cup semi-final)
• Sunday 16/4 Easter
• Sunday 4/23 Playoff 4
• Wednesday 26/4 5th play-off game (vaccinal)
• Sunday 30/4 6th playoff game
• Sunday 7/5 7th playoff game
• Wednesday 5/10 Playoff Game 8 (Vaccinal)
• Sunday 14/5 9th playoff game
• Wednesday 17/5 Playoff Game 10 (as scheduled)
• Saturday or Sunday 20, 21 May Cup Final

* Sunday elections do not count. If they take place on one of the above dates, the matches will be rescheduled by one week.

** Until the 2nd round of the playoffs (2/4) no changes are expected.