2011–12 Football League (Greece)

The Football League is the second division of the professional football system of Greece. The 2011–12 Football League was held for the second year under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki.

Football League
Season2011–12
ChampionsPanthrakikos
PromotedPanthrakikos
Veria
Platanias
RelegatedAgrotikos Asteras
Ethnikos Asteras
Diagoras Rodos
Matches played306
Goals scored652 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home winAnagennisi Epanomi 6–0 Diagoras Rodos
Biggest away winAnagennisi Epanomi 0–5 Kallithea
Highest scoringAnagennisi Epanomi 6-1 Panachaiki
Kallithea 5–2 Panachaiki
AEL 5–2 Anagennisi Epanomi
Thrasyvoulos 4-3 Fokikos

The regular season began late, on 29 October, due to the Koriopolis scandal and the relegation of five teams for various offences.[1] Promotion play-offs are scheduled to take place immediately afterwards,[2] while the relegation play-outs were abolished by decision of 8 December 2011.[3]

Teams

A total of three teams gained promotion to the 2011–12 Super League after the 2010–11 Football League season. Champions Panetolikos and runners-up PAS Giannina were directly promoted,[4] and the remaining spot was taken by promotion play-off group winners OFI.[4] The teams that replaced the three promoted teams were initially Iraklis, after it was found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window,[5] AEL and Panserraikos. Later however, Iraklis got stripped from its professional licence and got relegated to the Delta Ethniki. Also, Levadiakos and Doxa Drama gained promotion to the 2011–12 Super League to take the place of Olympiacos Volos and Kavala which were relegated due to Koriopolis scandal.[6] For the same scandal Panachaiki was docked five points on 24 October 2011.[7]

On the bottom end of the table, Ethnikos Piraeus, Ionikos, Anagennisi Karditsa and Trikala were demoted to the 2011–12 Delta Ethniki[4] after having been found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window.[8][9] Ilioupoli was found guilty of match-fixing, so it was automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League 2.[10] The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Football League 2 South champions Panachaiki, North champions Anagennisi Epanomi, South runner-up Vyzas, North runner-up Kalloni, Iraklis Psachna, Fokikos, Platanias and Anagennisi Giannitsa.[4]

Location of teams in 2011–12 Football League
TeamLocationLast season
AELLarissaSL, 14th
Agrotikos AsterasThessaloniki10th
Anagennisi EpanomiEpanomiFL2 North, 1st
Anagennisi GiannitsaGiannitsaFL2 North, 4th
Diagoras RodosRhodes6th
Ethnikos AsterasAthens11th
FokikosAmfissaFL2 North, 3rd
Iraklis PsachnaPsachnaFL2 South, 3rd
KallitheaKallithea13th
KalloniKalloniFL2 North, 2nd
PanachaikiPatrasFL2 South, 1st
PanserraikosSerresSL, 15th
PanthrakikosKomotini7th
PierikosKaterini9th
PlataniasPlataniasFL2 South, 5th
ThrasyvoulosFyli12th
VeriaVeria8th
VyzasMegaraFL2 South, 2nd

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Panthrakikos (C, P) 34 22 7 5 49 16 +33 73 Promotion to Super League
2 Veria (P) 34 22 6 6 56 19 +37 72
3 Kallithea 34 19 7 8 58 32 +26 64 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Panachaiki[lower-alpha 1] 34 20 6 8 55 33 +22 61
5 Platanias (O, P) 34 17 9 8 41 20 +21 60
6 AEL Kalloni 34 15 12 7 46 29 +17 57
7 Panserraikos 34 16 9 9 39 22 +17 57
8 Pierikos 34 16 7 11 41 30 +11 55
9 Anagennisi Epanomi 34 13 5 16 42 46 −4 44
10 AEL 34 11 10 13 38 29 +9 43
11 Iraklis Psachna 34 10 12 12 29 23 +6 42
12 Thrasyvoulos 34 11 9 14 37 40 −3 42
13 Anagennisi Giannitsa 34 10 9 15 29 44 −15 39
14 Fokikos 34 8 11 15 27 38 −11 35
15 Vyzas 34 9 7 18 24 42 −18 34
16 Agrotikos Asteras (R) 34 9 7 18 24 41 −17 34 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
17 Ethnikos Asteras[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 5 9 20 14 62 −48 21 Relegation to Football League 2
18 Diagoras[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 1 2 31 3 86 −83 3 Relegation to Delta Ethniki[lower-alpha 4]
Source: Football League standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. On 24 October 2011, Panachaiki was docked 5 points for bribing during the 2010–11 Football League 2 season.[7]
  2. On 29 December 2011, Ethnikos Asteras was docked 3 points because of the suspension of the Greek Cup match against PAOK with fault of their fans on 21 December.[11]
  3. Diagoras Rodos was docked 2 points.
  4. On 16 February 2012, Diagoras was expelled from the championship by the Greek Professional Sports Committee.[12]

Results
Home \ Away AEL AGR ANE AGN DIA ETA FOK IPS KLT KAL PCK PSE PTH PIE PLA THR VER VYZ
AEL 4–1 5–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Agrotikos Asteras 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 1–0 1–2 6–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–5 1–4 6–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Diagoras 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–1
Ethnikos Asteras 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3
Fokikos 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Iraklis Psachna 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0
Kallithea 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–3 5–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0
AEL Kalloni 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1
Panachaiki 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0
Panserraikos 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Panthrakikos 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–0
Pierikos 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–0
Platanias 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Thrasyvoulos 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–0 4–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Veria 0–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 1–0
Vyzas 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3
Source: Football League matchdays (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation PLA KLT KAL PCK
1 Platanias (O, P) 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 11 Promotion to Super League 0–1 3–0 1–0
2 Kallithea 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 10 2–0 0–0 2–2
3 AEL Kalloni 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8 0–0 1–0 4–0
4 Panachaiki 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 8 2–3 2–1 1–0
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[13]
1 Cape Verde Furtado Panachaiki 22
2 South Africa Calvin Kadi Veria 19
3 Greece Christos Koutsospyros Pierikos 12
Brazil Leozinho AEL Kalloni
5 Brazil Alexandre D'Acol Kallithea/Thrasyvoulos 11
6 Guinea Sambégou Bangoura Panserraikos 10
Greece Giannis Katsaros Kallithea
Greece Markos Maragoudakis Platanias
9 Greece Giannis Gesios Anagennisi Epanomi 8
Greece Giorgos Manousos AEL Kalloni

Updated to games played on 16 May 2012.

References
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  2. "Proclamation of the 2010–11 Football League". epae.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2011., Article 8 (Προβιβασμός – Υποβιβασμός ομάδας) (in Greek)
  3. "Board decisions". epae.org (in Greek). 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. "Confirmation of 2010–11 Football League & Football League 2 standings". epae.org (in Greek). 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  5. "Αnnouncement for the teams receiving UEFA licence for the 2011–12 season". epo.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
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  12. "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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