With an exciting fiesta at the Opap Arena and AEK’s 13th title celebration on Sunday night, the best championship of recent years ended. The battle for first place essentially cleared the penultimate game day of the playoffs, but on the contrary, for a stay in the last of the playoffs and in the shocking ongoing match between Ionikos and Lamia, where the Nice team finally got the upper hand. way to Superleague 2.

Now, looking into the next day, when the adrenaline from what was happening mostly in ten “hot” playoff games subsided, we can conclude that the final table reflects what we saw all season on the grass. AEK capitalized on its very good competitive position and many times spectacular football, full squad, and also on the momentum that the new stadium gave it, cutting the thread first. Especially in the playoffs, he had seven wins and only two draws (against Panathinaikos and Olympiacos), results that helped him overcome the two-point gap from the Greens at the end of the regular season and turn it into +5. in her favor at the end of the race.

Panathinaikos had the opposite image in the same “minor” championship process. In his “home” he managed to win only against Olympiacos, while, on the contrary, he drew with Volos, AEK, PAOK and Ari, with the losses against the team of Magnesia and Dikefalo from the North being the ones that were judged in the main. title.

Olympiakos, unlike the regular season, had a more consistent presence in the playoffs, while proving to be the title regulator, beating Panathinaikos at Karaiskakis in the penultimate round. Basically, they would be in the game for 2nd place leading to the Champions League qualification if they even won two games against Aris.

The team that had the biggest drop in the playoffs was PAOK, but they have another chance to save the season through the Cup. It is characteristic that although Dikefalos conceded only 15 goals during the entire regular season, in the last ten matches he violated 17 times in his own net, while allowing five defeats, although he had only two before the start of the process.

Finally, the stable image of Aris, who saved his bad year by winning the European berth, also led to Tolis Terzis remaining on his bench for the following season, and Volos’ presence throughout the whole process can be described as typical, where he scored only one point. , tied with Panathinaikos at Leoforos.

In terms of the playoffs, Levadeikos said goodbye to the division, although they ended the year on that seven-game unbeaten streak with one win and six draws, while on the other hand, Panaitolikos had a worse performance with only one point from six losses. .

Now attention is turning to the next day for teams holding five European tickets. AEK and Panathinaikos are heading to the Champions League qualifiers, Aris are heading to the Conference League qualifiers, and the good ticket leading to the Europa League is still open. At the moment he is held by Olympiacos who finished 3rd, but if PAOK wins the Cup, they will take it and the Red-Whites will play in the Conference.

In particular, the Union will start with the 3rd qualifying round along the path of champions and two qualifying rounds will be required to enter the competition groups. AEK will always have a “cushion” of inferior competitors in case of elimination. So if he reaches the playoffs of the Champions League and is eliminated from them, he automatically falls into the European groups. On the contrary, if he fails in his first game, he will try his luck in the European playoffs to qualify for the competition groups. If he fails in this case too, he will be placed in the conference groups, which practically means that, no matter what happens, he has a guaranteed presence in Europe next season.

Panathinaikos will start their European journey from the 2nd round of the non-Champions League path. The Greens need at least one qualification to secure European immunity, as does AEK. Otherwise, if they are eliminated from their first game, they will enter the 3rd European Qualifying Tournament and from there advance to either the Europa League or the Conference League Playoffs.

• 2nd qualifier: draw 21/6, first legs 25/7 and 26/7, second legs 1/8 and 2/8.
• 3rd qualifier: draw 24/7, first leg 8/8 and 9/8, second leg 15/8. Play-offs: draw 7/8, first legs 22/8 and 23/8, second legs 29/8 and 30/8.

In the Europa League, we will be represented by one of Olympiacos or PAOK, which we will find out after the Cup final on May 24th. The team that receives a specific good European ticket will start on August 10 and in the 3rd qualifier of the event. If he crashes there, he will be promoted to the Conference League playoffs, which will be held on August 24 and 31. In the event of relegation to the playoffs of the Europa League, he will immediately fall into the groups of the Conference League.

• 3rd qualifier: draw 24/7, first leg 10/8, second leg 17/8.
• Playoffs: draw 7/8, first leg 24/8, second leg 31/8.

Aris is the only reliable team we have in the Conference right now. Thus, the “yellows”, together with the “losers” in the European cups, Olympiacos or PAOK, will start from the 2nd qualification of the Conference, where there are definitely no “pillows”, which means that if the groups do not have time to leave, they say goodbye to European competitions.

• 2nd qualifier: draw 21/6, first leg 27/7, second legs 3/8.
• 3rd qualifier: draw 24/7, first leg 10/8, second leg 17/8.
• Playoffs: draw 7/8, first leg 24/8, second leg 31/8.