2017–18 Football League (Greece)

Football League
Season2017–18
Dates28 October 2017 – 28 May 2018
ChampionsOFI
PromotedOFI
Aris

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

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Football League
Team Location Stadium Capacity Last season
Acharnaikos1 Acharnes Acharnes Stadium 4,450 FL, 13th
A.E. Karaiskakis Arta Municipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium 1,900 Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd
Aiginiakos Aiginio Municipal Stadium of Aiginio 1,000 FL, 10th
Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa Stadium 9,500 FL, 12th
AO Chania−Kissamikos Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,000 FL, 11th
Apollon Larissa Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108 Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st
Apollon Pontou Thessaloniki Apollon Kalamaria Stadium 6,500 Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st
Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 FL, 3rd
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240 Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st
Doxa Drama Drama Doxa Drama Stadium 7,000 Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 2nd
Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,200 FL, 14th
OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 8,500 FL, 4th
Panachaiki Patra Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321 Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 1st
Panegialios Aigio Aigio Stadium 7,000 FL, 9th
Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 FL, 8th
Sparti Sparta Sparta Municipal Stadium 1,500 FL, 7th
Trikala Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000 FL, 5th
Veria Veria Veria Stadium 7,000 SL, 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

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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 Super League. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 OFI (C, P) 34 27 5 2 86 14 +72 86 Promotion to Super League
2 Aris Thessaloniki (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[a] 34 16 1 17 45 54 −9 43
11 Aiginiakos[b] 34 11 7 16 36 54 −18 37
12 Sparti[a] 34 11 7 16 29 46 −17 34
13 Anagennisi Karditsa[a] (R) 34 11 7 16 32 41 −9 34 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14 Panserraikos[a] (R) 34 9 6 19 43 52 −9 27
15 Panegialios[a] (R) 34 8 7 19 29 57 −28 25
16 Kallithea[a] (R) 34 6 9 19 26 40 −14 21
17 Veria[c] (R) 33 5 2 26 13 70 −57 5
18 Acharnaikos[d] (R) 33 1 0 32 2 95 −93 −51
Source: Soccerway and Football League News
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f Panegialios, Kallithea, Panserraikos, Sparti, Apollon Larissa, Anagennisi Karditsa were deducted six points, after their failure to pass the first stage of surveillance twice.[3]
  2. ^ Aiginiakos were deducted three points , after their failure to pass the first stage of surveillance
  3. ^ Veria withdrew from the league on 22 February 2018[4] and were deducted twelve points, for unpaid wages to former club players Antonio Tomás[5] & Roberto Battión.[6]
  4. ^ Acharnaikos were deducted fifty four points, for unpaid wages to former club players.[7]


Matches

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Home \ Away ACH KAR EGN KRD KIS APL APO ARI DDR ERG KLT OFI PCK PEG PSE SPA TRI VER
Acharnaikos 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 1–0 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31
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 3–02
Aiginiakos 3–01 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 3–01 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 3–02
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 3–02
Apollon Larissa 3–01 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 Pontou 3–01 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 3–02
Aris 3–01 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 3–02
Doxa Drama 3–01 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 3–02
Ergotelis 3–01 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 3–02
Kallithea 3–01 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 3–01 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 3–01 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 3–01 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 3–02
Panserraikos 3–01 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 3–01 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 3–02
Trikala 3–01 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 3–02
Veria –3 0–2 0–32 1–0 0–32 0–32 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–32 0–32 0–32 3–1 0–32 1–0 0–1
Source: Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The opponents of Acharnaikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 2 The opponents of Veria awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 3 Game did not held

Top scorers

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

References

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