Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.

On 25 August, the Super League and the Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25 and 26 August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea).

On 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1 million cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.

In the play-off for Champions League, the teams play each other in a home and away round robin.

Source: Galanis Sports Data Annual awards were announced on 2 December 2008.