Super League must build on ‘dream season,’ says league chief

Greece's soccer championship, the Super League, must build on a successful season that included a 15-year attendance record, its head said on Tuesday as the country prepares to watch a Greek club play in a European final for the first time in more than half a century.

Olympiakos takes on Fiorentina in the Europa Conference league final in Athens on Wednesday, in what will be Greece's second hosting of a European final this season following the Super Cup last August between Manchester City and Sevilla.

"We have to say that it was a dream season for the league on an operational and sporting level," Super League President Minas Lysandrou told Reuters in an interview.

"It was a season that started with a European final, the Super Cup at Olympiakos' Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, a very successful event, and it ends with the Europa Conference league final at AEK...