2015–16 Football League (Greece)

The 2015–16 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the sixth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its season began on 27 September 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016.

Football League
Season2015–16
ChampionsAEL
PromotedAEL
Kerkyra
RelegatedZakynthos
Panachaiki
Olympiacos Volos
Ergotelis

Teams
Location of teams in 2015–16 Football League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AcharnaikosMenidiAcharnes Stadium4,450South Group, 7th & South Group Relegation Play-offs, 1st
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,118North Group, 2nd & Promotion Play-offs, 4th
Agrotikos AsterasEvosmosAgrotikos Asteras Ground2,267North Group, 9th & North Group Relegation Play-offs, 1st
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500North Group, 6th & North Group Relegation Play-offs, 3rd
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856South Group, 3rd & Promotion Play-offs, 3rd
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium2,800South Group, 4th
Ergotelis*HeraklionPankritio Stadium26,000SL, 15th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250South Group, 8th & South Group Relegation Play-offs, 3rd
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium2,191SL, 18th ( Kerkyra relegated for illegal transfer of shares and was given the last position of the league table.)
KissamikosKissamosMaleme Stadium700Gamma Ethniki, Group 4 , 1st
LamiaLamiaLamia Stadium6,000North Group, 4th
Olympiacos Volos *VolosVolos Municipal Stadium9,000North Group, 3rd & Promotion Play-offs, 5th
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321South Group, 2nd & Promotion Play-offs, 6th
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium4,500South Group, 6th & South Group Relegation Play-offs, 2nd
PanelefsiniakosEleusinaMunicipal Stadium of Eleusina2,100Gamma Ethniki, Group 3 , 1st
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500Gamma Ethniki, Group 1 , 1st
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium14,000Gamma Ethniki, Group 2 , 1st
ZakynthosZakynthosZakynthians Olympic Champions Ground2,000North Group, 5th & North Group Relegation Play-offs, 2nd

* withdrew during the season

Notes

OFI and Niki Volos withdrew from the league. As a result of this they will participate in 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki.

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 four 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AEL (C, P) 34 24 6 4 49 15 +34 78 Promotion to Super League
2 Kerkyra (P) 34 23 6 5 57 24 +33 75
3 Trikala 34 19 10 5 53 22 +31 67
4 Apollon Smyrnis[lower-alpha 1] 34 18 10 6 46 19 +27 61
5 Lamia 34 16 11 7 41 24 +17 59
6 Kissamikos 34 13 12 9 29 19 +10 51
7 Kallithea[lower-alpha 2] 34 15 7 12 41 31 +10 49
8 Anagennisi Karditsa 34 13 6 15 30 34 −4 45
9 Acharnaikos 34 12 9 13 30 29 +1 45
10 Panserraikos 34 12 7 15 39 43 −4 43
11 Agrotikos Asteras 34 11 10 13 27 24 +3 43
12 Chania 34 10 11 13 34 37 −3 41
13 Panegialios 34 11 8 15 34 40 −6 41
14 Panelefsiniakos 34 10 5 19 34 53 −19 35
15 Zakynthos[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 10 7 17 31 32 −1 34 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
16 Panachaiki[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 8 7 19 26 47 −21 28
17 Olympiacos Volos[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 5 4 24 16 69 −53 10
18 Ergotelis[lower-alpha 4] (R) 33 5 4 24 18 73 −55 7
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Apollon Smyrnis were deducted 3 points for illegal use of foreign players.
  2. Zakynthos, Kallithea and Panachaiki were deducted 3 points.
  3. Olympiacos Volos withdrew from the league and they were deducted 9 points.
  4. Ergotelis withdrew from the league and they were deducted 12 points.

Matches
Home \ Away AEL ACH AGR KRD APS CHA ERG KLT KER KIS LAM OVL PCK PEG PNF PSE TRI ZAK
AEL 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0
Acharnaikos 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–31 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0
Agrotikos Asteras 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–02 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–03 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–03 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Apollon Smyrnis 0–0 0–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–03 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–2
Chania 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–02 0–1 0–34 0–1 1–3 3–03 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Ergotelis 0–32 0–32 1–2 0–32 0–32 0–1 0–32 0–32 0–32 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–32 1–1 0–32
Kallithea 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Kerkyra 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
Kissamikos 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Lamia 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–02 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–03 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0
Olympiacos Volos 0–33 0–33 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–33 0–33 0–33 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 0–33 0–33 0–33
Panachaiki 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–02 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–03 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–0
Panegialios 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–02 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–03 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Panelefsiniakos 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–02 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–03 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Panserraikos 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–5 2–2 3–02 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–0
Trikala 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 3–02 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–03 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0
Zakynthos 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Source: (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Chania.
  • 2 The opponents of Ergotelis awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 3 The opponents of Olympiakos Volos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 4 The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Kerkyra.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Updated to games played 29 May 2016
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Greece Nikos Kouskounas Trikala 18
2 Cape Verde José Emílio Furtado Panserraikos 13
3 Greece Mattheos Maroukakis AEL 12
4 Brazil Jone Lamia 11
5 Equatorial Guinea Viera Ellong Kerkyra 9
Greece Alexandros Kontos Kerkyra 9
Brazil Wanderson Apollon Smyrnis 9
Greece Michalis Fragos Kallithea 9
Greece Nikos Giannitsanis Panelefsiniakos 9

References
  1. "Football League statistics". sport24.gr (in Greek).
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