2017–18 Football League (Greece)

Football League
Season 2017–18

The 2017–18 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. It will start at 28 October,[1]

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
Acharnaikos1AcharnesAcharnes Stadium 4,450FL, 13th
A.E. KaraiskakisArtaMunicipal Agiοi Anargirοi Stadium1,900Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Aiginio1,000FL, 10th
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500FL, 12th
AO Chania KissamikosChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000FL, 11th
Apollon LarissaLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st
Apollon PontouThessalonikiApollon Kalamaria Stadium6,500Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800FL, 3rd
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,240Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Drama Stadium7,000Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 2nd
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,200FL, 14th
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium8,500FL, 4th
PanachaikiPatraKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 1st
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium7,000FL, 9th
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500FL, 8th
SpartiSpartaSparta Municipal Stadium1,500FL, 7th
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000FL, 5th
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000SL, 16th
  • 1 Acharnaikos was expelled during the season[2]
1.^ Agrotikos Asteras withdrew from the league. As a result of this they will participate in 2017–18 Gamma Ethniki. A.E. Karaiskakis were promoted from the Gamma Ethniki in their place.
2.^ Iraklis Thessaloniki withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The Founding Club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The Original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis will decide if a new Football Team will start from The Third Category of the Local Championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if The Football Team Of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. Doxa Dramas were promoted from the Gamma Ethniki in their place.

Structure

There are eighteen clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom six teams are relegated to Gamma Ethniki. The top two teams gain automatic promotion for Superleague. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 OFI Crete (C) (P) 34 27 5 2 86 14 +72 86 Promotion to Superleague
2 Aris (P) 34 26 7 1 65 13 +52 85
3 Panachaiki 34 22 7 5 50 21 +29 73
4 AO Chania − Kissamikos 34 19 7 8 64 32 +32 64
5 Doxa Drama 34 18 9 7 57 25 +32 63
6 Trikala 34 16 10 8 31 22 +9 58
7 Apollon Pontus 34 14 11 9 43 27 +16 53
8 A.E. Karaiskakis 34 13 9 12 35 32 +3 48
9 Ergotelis 34 13 7 14 56 47 +9 46
10 Apollon Larissa 34 16 1 17 45 54 −9 0433
11 Aiginiakos 34 11 7 16 36 54 −18 0374
12 Sparti 34 11 7 16 29 46 −17 0343
13 Anagennisi Karditsa (R) 34 11 7 16 32 41 −9 0343 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14 Panserraikos (R) 34 9 6 19 43 52 −9 0273
15 Panegialios (R) 34 8 7 19 29 57 −28 0253
16 Kallithea (R) 34 6 9 19 26 39 −13 0213
17 Veria (R) 33 5 2 26 13 70 −57 052
18 Acharnaikos (R) 33 1 0 32 2 95 −93 0-511

Updated to games played on 28 May 2018.
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. [3]

  • 1 Acharnaikos were deducted fifty four points, for unpaid wages to former club players.[4]
  • 4 Aiginiakos were deducted three points , after their failure to pass the first stage of surveillance


Matches

Home \ Away[1] ACH KAR EGNKRDKISAPLAPOARIDDRERGKLTOFIPCKPEGPSESPATRIVER
Acharnaikos 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 1–0 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32 0–32
A.E. Karaiskakis 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–03
Aiginiakos 3–02 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Anagennisi Karditsa 3–02 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–03
AO Chania − Kissamikos 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 7–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–03
Apollon Larissa 3–02 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–3 3–2 4–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–3
Apollon Pontus 3–02 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–03
Aris 3–02 0–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–03
Doxa Drama 3–02 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 7–0 0–0 3–03
Ergotelis 3–02 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 5–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 3–03
Kallithea 3–02 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
OFI 3–02 3–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 1–2 7–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 3–0
Panachaiki 3–02 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
Panegialios 3–02 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–03
Panserraikos 3–02 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–3 3–4 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0
Sparti 3–02 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–03
Trikala 3–02 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–03
Veria 4 0–2 0–33 1–0 0–33 0–33 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–33 0–33 0–33 3–1 0–33 1–0 0–1

Updated to games played on 28 May 2018.
Source: Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

  • 2 The opponents of Acharnaikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 3 The opponents of Veria awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 4 Game did not held.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 28 May 2018
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Greece Dimitrios Manos OFI Crete 27
2 Belgium Hugo Cuypers Ergotelis 22
3 Greece Nikos Kouskounas OFI Crete/Doxa Drama 18
4 Greece Dimitris Diamantopoulos Aris Thessaloniki 16
5 Greece Panagiotis Moraitis Panachaiki 13
6 Greece Giannis Loukinas A.E. Karaiskakis 11
Greece Giorgos Xydas AO Chania Kissamikos 11
8 Greece Thanasis Dinas Trikala/OFI Crete 10
Greece Vasilios Koutsianikoulis OFI Crete 10

References

  1. ↑ "28η Οκτωβρίου κι επίσημα η σέντρα στη Football League". gazzetta.gr.
  2. ↑ "Η Football League απέβαλλε τον Αχαρναϊκό". www.sport24.gr. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "ΒαθμολοΥίες: Football League 2017-18". www.footballleaguenews.gr (in Greek).
  4. ↑ "Στο... -51 ο Αχαρναϊκός" (in Greek). footballleaguenews.gr. 13 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ενημέρωσε τη Football League για την απόσυρση η Bέροια". www.sport24.gr. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Οριστικά -3 η Βέροια! (pic)" (in Greek). footballleaguenews.gr. 16 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Δεύτερη αφαίρεση βαθμών για τη Βέροια" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 20 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Οριστική αφαίρεση βαθμών!". www.footballleaguenews.gr. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Football League statistics". sport24.gr (in Greek).
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