2015–16 Superleague Greece

New boys Larissa defeated champion Olympiakos on Sunday, offering AEK the chance to go alone on top of the Super League table on Monday if it beats Iraklis at home.

Champion Olympiakos needed a highly controversial penalty and a winner from Brown Ideye on Sunday night to keep apace with AEK, Panathinaikos, Panionios and Platanias as all five have made it two wins out of two games in the Super League.

PAOK snatched a precious draw at AEK on Sunday and needs one point in its last game of the play-offs, at home against Panathinaikos, to earn Greece's second spot in the Champions League qualifiers. Unlike AEK, that is out, the Greens stayed in the running for the top spot beating Panionios in Mladen Petric's emotional home farewell, as he is about to retire.

AEK has climbed to the top of the play-off mini-league after beating Panionios 1-0 on Friday for the second round of games, in the process that will determine which club will follow Olympiakos to the Champions League qualifiers.

The recently crowned Cup winners needed a Petros Mantalos goal on the 57th minute to beat the strong Panionios defense at the Olympic Stadium of Athens.

PAOK was the net gainer of the first round of the Super League play-offs that started on Wednesday, as it came from behind to beat AEK at home, while mini-league leader Panathinaikos escaped with a draw from Panionios.

Uruguayan Gustavo Poyet was fired by AEK on Tuesday, one day before the Athens club was due to face Atromitos in a first leg Greek Cup semi-final.

Former Sunderland coach Poyet had told Greek media earlier in the day that he would be leaving at the end of the season.

Press reports said AEK chiefs were unhappy that Poyet had told the media before informing them.

Former Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet from Uruguay sealed his return to football with a deal to coach AEK Athens until the end of the season. The boss, sacked in March, has been linked with the vacant role at Aston Villa but ends up with AEK after the Greek Super League moved quick to sign a contract. He replaces Traianos Dellas who resigned last week.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos stretched its lead at the top of the Super League to six points after beating Asteras Tripolis on Thursday and Panathinaikos went down at Atromitos on Wednesday, but the Greens have huge complaints from the referee of the game at Peristeri.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos and PAOK scored hard-fought home wins on Sunday to stay in the lead of the Super League race, while third-placed Panathinaikos stumbled at Panionios on Saturday.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos scored a hard-fought win at Panetolikos on Thursday to close the gap from Super League leader PAOK to six points and to just one point from perennial rival Olympiakos.