2018–19 Football League (Greece)

The 2018–19 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the eighth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 18 to 16.

Football League
Season2018–19
Dates27 October 2018 – 5 May 2019
ChampionsVolos (1st title)
PromotedVolos
RelegatedIrodotos
Aittitos Spata
Aiginiakos
Sparti
Matches played240
Goals scored547 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerChristos Eleftheriadis
Miguel Bianconi
(16 goals)
Biggest home winVolos 7–0 Karaiskakis
(27 October 2018)
Platanias 7–0 Sparti
(27 March 2019)
Biggest away winSparti 0–7 Doxa Drama
(13 April 2019)
Highest scoringVolos 7–0 Karaiskakis
(27 October 2018)
Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–4 Apollon Larissa
(22 November 2018)
Platanias 7–0 Sparti
(27 March 2019)
Sparti 0–7 Doxa Drama
(13 April 2019)
Platanias 4–3 Panachaiki
(17 April 2019)
Longest winning run6 matches
Volos
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Volos
Longest winless run11 matches
Aittitos Spata
Longest losing run9 matches
Aittitos Spata
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

Stadiums
Locations of the 2018–19 Football League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium "Giannis Paralikidis"1,000
Aittitos Spata1SpataSpata Municipal Stadium 2,500
AO Chania−KissamikosChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,527
Apollon LarissaLarissaApollon Ground5,000
Apollon PontusThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Drama Stadium9,000
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,240
Iraklis ThessalonikiThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
IrodotosHeraklionMunicipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium3,000
KaraiskakisArtaMunicipal Agiοi Anargirοi Stadium1,900
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium3,000
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
PlataniasChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,527
SpartiSpartaSparta Municipal Stadium1,500
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000
VolosVolosNeapoli Municipal Stadium2,500
  • 1 Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season[1]

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Aiginiakos Cem Karaca Stefanos Polyzos Givova N/A
Aittitos Spata Petros Dimitriou Andreas Iraklis Givova N/A
AO Chania−Kissamikos Alekos Vosniadis Alexis Seliniotakis Saller Dimiourgiki
Apollon Larissa Arjan Bellaj Konstantinos Chatzis Givova N/A
Apollon Pontus Dimitris Kalaitzidis Dimitris Samaras Nike N/A
Doxa Drama Dimitrios Spanos Stavros Petavrakis Macron N/A
Ergotelis Nikki Papavasiliou Christos Batzios Capelli N/A
Iraklis Thessaloniki Marcello Troisi Nikos Ziabaris Givova N/A
Irodotos Georgios Lyronis Michail Fragoulakis Stanno Chalet Suites
Karaiskakis Apostolos Charalampidis Aristotelis Karagiannidis Macron Kotopoula Artas
Kerkyra Anastasios Theos Giannis Ioannou Macron N/A
Panachaiki Sakis Tsiolis Nikos Loumpardeas Capelli Bakalaros
Platanias Giannis Tatsis Manolis Roussakis Luanvi Ergobeton
Sparti Konstantinos Kladis Thanasis Pantos Givova Mayfair
Trikala Dimitrios Sitsas Xenofon Panos Nike Goalbet
Volos Juan Ferrando Vasilis Mantzis Luanvi Goalbet

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Volos (C) 30 18 6 6 61 27 +34 60 Promotion to the 2019−20 Super League 1
2 Platanias 30 15 10 5 53 22 +31 55 Qualification for the promotion play-off
3 Apollon Larissa[lower-alpha 1] 30 16 9 5 44 27 +17 54 Eligibility for 2019−20 Super League 2
4 Ergotelis[lower-alpha 2] 30 15 6 9 48 28 +20 48
5 Panachaiki 30 12 12 6 32 25 +7 48
6 AO Chania−Kissamikos 30 13 7 10 40 24 +16 46
7 Apollon Pontus[lower-alpha 3] 30 15 4 11 33 27 +6 46
8 Doxa Drama 30 12 9 9 41 28 +13 45
9 Kerkyra[lower-alpha 4] 30 14 5 11 30 25 +5 44
10 Karaiskakis 30 11 7 12 24 28 −4 40
11 Iraklis Thessaloniki[lower-alpha 5] (R) 30 11 9 10 29 24 +5 39 Relegation to 2019–20 Gamma Ethniki
12 Trikala (R) 30 9 8 13 27 30 −3 35 Relegation to 2019−20 Football League
13 Irodotos[lower-alpha 6] (R) 30 9 4 17 24 50 −26 28 Relegation to 2019–20 Gamma Ethniki
14 Aittitos Spata[lower-alpha 7] (R) 30 5 7 18 18 50 −32 22
15 Aiginiakos[lower-alpha 8] (R) 30 5 4 21 24 66 −42 16
16 Sparti[lower-alpha 9] (R) 30 4 5 21 17 64 −47 11
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.
Notes:
  1. Apollon Larissa were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[2]
  2. Ergotelis were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[3]
  3. Apollon Pontus were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[4]
  4. Kerkyra were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[5]
  5. Iraklis Thessaloniki were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[6]
  6. Irodotos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[7]
  7. Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season.
  8. Aiginiakos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[8]
  9. Sparti were deducted twelve points. Three points for fielding 6 foreign players at once during Matchday 18 vs. Ergotelis (awarded the match 3–0) and six points for not showing up at two games and three for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.

Results
Home \ Away AIG AIT CHA APL APP DOX ERG IRA IRO KAR KER PCH PLA SPA TRI VOL
Aiginiakos 1–2 0–4 0–4 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–5 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–4
Aittitos Spata 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–3 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 2]
AO Chania−Kissamikos 2–3 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2
Apollon Larissa 3–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Apollon Pontus 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Doxa Drama 2–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–3[lower-alpha 3]
Ergotelis 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0[lower-alpha 4] 3–0 2–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0
Irodotos 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–4 4–1 1–0 0–2
Karaiskakis 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–1
Kerkyra 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1
Panachaiki 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Platanias 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 4–3 7–0 2–0 0–0
Sparti 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–7 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–4 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–3
Trikala 2–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Volos 6–0 3–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 7–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1
Source: Football League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The opponents of Sparti awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  2. The opponents of Aittitos Spata awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  3. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Volos.[9]
  4. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ergotelis.[10]

Top scorers
As of 5 May 2019
Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1 Christos Eleftheriadis Panachaiki 16
Miguel Bianconi Platanias 16
3 Vasilis Mantzis Volos 14
4 Nikos Kouskounas Doxa Drama/AO Chania−Kissamikos 11
Joseph Efford Ergotelis 11
6 Giannis Loukinas Platanias 10
7 Emanuel Perrone Iraklis Thessaloniki 9
Tasos Kritikos Doxa Drama 9
9 Michalis Fragos Volos 8
Konstantinos Iliopoulos Volos 8
Konstantinos Chatzis Apollon Larissa 8
Lucão Apollon Larissa 8
Christos Tzioras Karaiskakis 8
Kostas Doumtsios Doxa Drama 8
Nili Platanias 8

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