2013–14 Football League (Greece)

The 2013–14 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the fourth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This is the first season after 1982–83 that the league has more than one groups. The groups are created based on geographical criteria.

Football League
Season2013–14
ChampionsNiki Volos
PromotedNiki Volos
Kerkyra
RelegatedDoxa Drama
Vataniakos
Kavala
Anagennisi Giannitsa
Asteras Magoula
Glyfada
Vyzas
Matches played273 at each group
Top goalscorerMario Gurma (21 goals)

North Group

In the north group, as well as in the south group, the bottom three teams are relegated. None of the teams will be promoted directly. The top four teams of each group will qualify to a playoff round, to determine the three teams which will be promoted to Super League.

Teams
Location of teams in North Group of 2013–14 Football League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast seasonRef
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Eginio1,000FL2 North, 4th
Anagennisi GiannitsaGiannitsaGiannitsa Municipal Stadium8,00018th[1]
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500FL2 North, 2nd
Apollon KalamariaKalamariaKalamaria Stadium6,500FL2 North, 1st[2]
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Dramas Stadium7,00010th[3]
Ethnikos GazorosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,50014th[1]
Iraklis ThessalonikiThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,7705th (PO)[4]
KavalaKavalaAnthi Karagianni Stadium10,50012th[5]
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,776Super League, 16th[6]
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,7007th (PO)[7]
PierikosKateriniKaterini Municipal Stadium4,95616th[8]
TyrnavosTyrnavosTyrnavos Stadium2,000FL2 North, 5th[9]
Vataniakos1KateriniVatan Municipal Stadium800FL2 North, 6th[10]
Zakynthos1ZakynthosZakynthians Olympic Champions Ground2,000FL2 North, 7th
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens, Panserraikos, AEL were relegated to Football League 2 and Kerkyra with Kassiopi were merged, the teams became 24 and Vataniakos, Zakynthos, Paniliakos and Glyfada had to get promoted in order to fill the empty spots in Football League.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kerkyra (Q) 26 19 2 5 45 18 +27 59 Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
2 Niki Volos (Q) 26 17 5 4 47 12 +35 56
3 Aiginiakos (Q) 26 14 9 3 45 15 +30 51
4 Iraklis Thessaloniki (Q) 26 15 3 8 36 19 +17 48
5 Anagennisi Karditsa 26 12 8 6 28 20 +8 44
6 Tyrnavos 26 11 8 7 27 22 +5 41
7 Apollon Kalamarias 26 11 4 11 33 32 +1 37
8 Ethnikos Gazoros 26 9 8 9 23 22 +1 35
9 Zakynthos 26 10 1 15 25 35 −10 31
10 Doxa Drama (R) 26 8 6 12 22 30 −8 30 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
11 Pierikos 26 8 5 13 20 34 −14 29
12 Vataniakos (R) 26 5 5 16 20 45 −25 20 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13 Kavala (R) 26 4 5 17 18 49 −31 17
14 Anagennisi Giannitsa (R) 26 3 3 20 15 51 −36 12
Source: footballleaguenews.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches
Home \ Away EGN AGN APO DDR GAZ IRT ZAK KAV KER NVL KRD PIE TYR VAT
Aiginiakos 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 3–0
Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–1
Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
Doxa Drama 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Ethnikos Gazoros 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 6–0 0–1 3–1
Zakynthos 0–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Kavala 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 1–3 0–0
Kerkyra 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–3
Niki Volos 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Pierikos 1–5 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Tyrnavos 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0
Vataniakos 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

The same rules to the North Group apply.

Teams
Location of teams in South Group of 2013–14 Football League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast seasonRef
AcharnaikosMenidiAcharnes Stadium4,450FL2 South, 3rd[11]
Asteras MagoulaMagoulaMunicipal Stadium of Elefsina1,400FL2 South, 5th[12]
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium2,800FL2 South, 6th[13]
EpiskopiRethimnoEpiskopi Stadium1,000FL2 South, 4th[14]
FokikosAmfissaAmfissa Municipal Stadium2,00017th[1]
FostirasTavrosTavros Stadium4,000FL2 South, 1st[15]
Glyfada1GlyfadaElliniko Stadium10,800FL2 South, 9th
Iraklis PsachnaPsachnaPsachna Municipal Stadium5,50011th[1]
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,25013th[16]
Olympiacos Volos 1937VolosVolos Municipal Stadium9,0006th (PO)[7]
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,32115th[17]
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium4,500FL2 South, 2nd[18]
Paniliakos1PyrgosPirgos Municipal Stadium6,750FL2 South, 8th
VyzasMegaraMegara Municipal Stadium2,35019th[1]
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens, Panserraikos, Larissa were relegated to Football League 2 and Kerkyra with Kassiopi were merged, the teams became 24 and Vataniakos, Zakynthos, Paniliakos and Glyfada had to get promoted in order to fill the empty spots in Football League.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos Volos (Q) 26 17 5 4 54 18 +36 56 Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
2 Chania (Q) 26 13 9 4 29 13 +16 48
3 Fostiras (Q) 26 13 7 6 27 19 +8 46
4 Iraklis Psachna (Q) 26 12 8 6 32 14 +18 44
5 Panegialios 26 12 8 6 27 19 +8 44
6 Panachaiki 26 11 7 8 28 21 +7 40
7 Kallithea 26 9 12 5 32 21 +11 39
8 Acharnaikos 26 10 7 9 26 22 +4 37
9 Fokikos 26 11 3 12 33 31 +2 36
10 Paniliakos 26 10 5 11 30 28 +2 35
11 Episkopi 26 10 4 12 30 28 +2 34
12 Asteras Magoula (R) 26 7 6 13 26 36 −10 27 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13 Glyfada (R) 26 2 3 21 16 62 −46 9
14 Vyzas (R) 26 2 2 22 17 75 −58 8
Source: footballleaguenews.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches
Home \ Away ACH PNL MGL CHA EPI FOK FOS IPS KLT GLY OVL PCK PEG VYZ
Acharnaikos 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–0
Paniliakos 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Asteras Magoula 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–2
Chania 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1
Episkopi 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0
Fokikos 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0
Fostiras 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Iraklis Psachna 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–0
Kallithea 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–1
Glyfada 0–1 0–7 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–4 0–1 0–2 3–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–1
Panachaiki 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Panegialios 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–0
Vyzas 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–6 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–8 2–4 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Niki Volos (C, P) 14 8 3 3 18 9 +9 29 Promotion to Super League
2 Kerkyra (P) 14 6 4 4 13 10 +3 28
3 Olympiacos Volos 1937 (Q) 14 4 7 3 10 5 +5 25 Qualification to the Promotion Play-Off Match
4 Chania 14 6 3 5 14 9 +5 22
5 Iraklis Psachna 14 4 7 3 13 11 +2 19
6 Aiginiakos 14 4 4 6 12 18 −6 16
7 Iraklis Thessaloniki 14 3 6 5 9 16 −7 15
8 Fostiras 14 2 4 8 6 18 −12 10
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Matches
Home \ Away EGN CHA FOS KER NVL OVL IPS IRT
Aiginiakos 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2
Chania 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Fostiras 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Kerkyra 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Niki Volos 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Olympiacos Volos 1937 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Iraklis Psachna 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Iraklis Thessaloniki 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Albania Mario Gurma Olympiacos Volos 21
2 Spain Añete Niki Volos 20
3 Greece Christos Tzioras Niki Volos 18
4 North Macedonia Zoran Baldovaliev Olympiacos Volos 14
6 Greece Michalis Fragos Fokikos 13
Greece Konstantinos Neofytos Acharnaikos
7 Greece Stelios Kritikos Iraklis Psachna 11
9 Greece Dimitrios Diamantopoulos Doxa Drama 10
Cameroon Olivier Boumal Iraklis Psachna

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