The MVP of the 9th matchday was awarded to Stafanos Athanasiadis playing for PAOK, who topped the competition organised by Super League, the Panhellenic Association of Professional Players (PSAP) and NOVA. The award was presented by Mr Tasos Georgiadis, one of the sponsors of FC PAOK.

After the ceremony, the PAOK player stated:
"I wish to thank the people that gave me one more award. What I wish is not for me to be doing well, but for the whole team to be doing well and I am sure we will receive more awards. We are playing a tough match against Platanias tomorrow and what we all want is to get the three points so that we can stay in the top positions of the ranking."

- This award is proof that you are doing really well, on the other part though PAOK appears to be in great need of your goals so it can win a match. Should this be something to worry about?
"Well… what we want is for the club to be winning; it matters not who scores the goals. It just so happens that I play in this position and I score the goals. I wish more goals will be scored, not only from me but from other players as well, in order to get as high as we can."

- You have so far scored half the goals of your club…
"As I said before, I play in this position, a striker must score. I hope more goals will be scored."

- You have a positive strike when playing in Toumba; you have scored in all matches there in this season. Is tomorrow's match an opportunity for you to continue with this strike?
"I hope it will continue. And I hope both I and another player will score."

- Also, you are the first player in the history of the club to have scored a double-digit figure of goals so soon. This is yet another achievement for you.
"It is definitely another achievement and I hope there will be more similar achievements, not only on a personal but on a team level as well."

- Given the two coming matches against Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, how easy is it for you to fully focus on tomorrow's match against Platanias? Because you know that the fans are really keyed up, especially for these two matches.
"We know that, but we play a tough match against Platanias tomorrow and what we want is that after the final whistle of the match tomorrow we will be the winner, and then we have all the time at our disposal to focus on the following matches."

- Until today, when asked about goals, you said that your goal was to reach a two-digit figure. You are now second in the top scorer list. Is the top scorer position a clear personal goal for you?
"Yes, this is still my goal. My goal is to score as many more goals compared to last season. I wish I will make it."

Mr Georgiadis stated the following:
"Stefanos, I wish to congratulate you for this accomplishment. I wish you much success and I wish PAOK to be always at the top."