2016–17 Football League (Greece)

The 2016–17 Football League was the second division of the Greek professional football system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its season began on 30 October 2016 and concluded on 11 June 2017.

Football League
Season2016–17
ChampionsApollon Smyrnis
PromotedLamia
RelegatedAO Chania
Panelefsiniakos
Kalloni
Panthrakikos

Teams
Location of teams in 2016-17 Football League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AcharnaikosAcharnesAcharnes Stadium4,450FL, 9th
Agrotikos AsterasEvosmosAgrotikos Asteras Ground2,267FL, 11th
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Aiginio2,000Gamma Ethniki,Group 2, 1st
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500FL, 8th
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856FL, 4th
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800Gamma Ethniki,Group 1, 1st
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium2,800FL, 12th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250FL, 7th
Kalloni1MytileneMytilene Municipal Stadium3,000SL, 16th
KissamikosKissamosMaleme Stadium700FL, 6th
LamiaLamiaLamia Stadium6,000FL, 5th
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium8,500Gamma Ethniki,Group 4, 1st
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium4,500FL, 13th
PanelefsiniakosEleusinaMunicipal Stadium of Eleusina2,100FL, 14th
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500FL, 10th
Panthrakikos2KomotiniKomotini Municipal Stadium6,200SL, 15th
SpartaSpartaSparta Municipal Stadium1,500Gamma Ethniki,Group 3, 1st
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000FL, 3rd
  • 1 Kalloni was expelled during the season
  • 2 Panthrakikos withdrew during the season

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 Apollon Smyrnis (C, P) 34 25 8 1 61 14 +47 83 Promotion to Super League
2 Lamia (P) 34 25 5 4 55 11 +44 80
3 Aris 34 23 8 3 58 17 +41 77
4 OFI 34 22 6 6 68 20 +48 72
5 Trikala 34 22 5 7 65 19 +46 71
6 Agrotikos Asteras (R) 34 16 4 14 49 35 +14 52 Relegation to FCA Championships[lower-alpha 1]
7 Sparti 34 12 9 13 38 42 −4 45
8 Panserraikos 34 12 8 14 38 44 −6 44
9 Panegialios 34 11 11 12 33 28 +5 44
10 Aiginiakos 34 11 8 15 44 52 −8 41
11 Kissamikos 34 11 7 16 29 38 −9 40
12 Anagennisi Karditsa 34 10 9 15 26 38 −12 39
13 Acharnaikos[lower-alpha 2] 34 11 5 18 38 51 −13 36
14 Kallithea 34 9 6 19 42 49 −7 33
15 Panelefsiniakos (R) 34 6 10 18 21 56 −35 28 Relegation to FCA Championships[lower-alpha 1]
16 AEL Kalloni[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 4 7 23 21 75 −54 7
17 Chania[lower-alpha 4] (R) 34 11 5 18 37 60 −23 5
18 Panthrakikos[lower-alpha 5] (R) 34 3 3 28 7 81 −74 −6
Source: Football League and footballleaguenews.gr[1]
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. Panelefsiniakos, AEL Kalloni, Chania and Panthrakikos were all relegated to Gamma Ethniki initially, but decided to withdraw before the league started because of financial problems, ultimately starting next season in the respective local FCA Championships.
  2. Acharnaikos deducted 2 points.
  3. Kalloni were expelled from the league at 24 May 2017 and they were deducted 12 points.
  4. AO Chania deducted 33 points from Hellenic Football Federation because playing games without a certificate of participation.
  5. Panthrakikos withdrew from the league at 26 January 2017 and they were deducted 18 points.

Matches
Home \ Away ACH AGR EGN KRD APS ARI CHA KLT KAL KIS LAM OFI PEG PNF PSE PTH SPA TRI
Acharnaikos 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–01 1–2 0–1
Agrotikos Asteras 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–3 3–02 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–01 3–0 3–1
Aiginiakos 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 5–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Anagennisi Karditsa 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–01 0–2 0–2
Apollon Smyrnis 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–01 1–0 0–0
Aris 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–01 2–1 3–2
Chania 2–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–3 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–01 2–2 1–0
Kallithea 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–01 2–2 0–1
AEL Kalloni 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–32 1–3 0–32 1–1 0–0 0–2
Kissamikos 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–01 2–1 1–3
Lamia 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–01 2–0 1–0
OFI 3–0 4–0 6–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–01 6–1 0–1
Panegialios 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–4 1–0
Panelefsiniakos 1–3 0–6 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–01 1–1 1–0
Panserraikos 1–0 2–1 4–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 4–2 2–1 0–0 3–03 0–3
Panthrakikos 0–31 0–1 0–31 0–0 0–31 0–31 0–2 2–1 0–31 1–0 0–31 0–31 0–31 1–0 0–31 0–31 0–31
Sparti 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0
Trikala 5–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Source: (in Greek)
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 Panthrakikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
  • 3 Sparti did not show up to the match, so Panserraikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Greece Nikos Kouskounas Trikala 20
2 Greece Nikos Giannitsanis Trikala 15
Ivory Coast Patrick Vouho OFI 15
3 Greece Andreas Vasilogiannis Lamia 12
4 Greece Andreas Stamatis Chania 11
5 Greece Savvas Siatravanis Apollon Smyrnis 10
Greece Stelios Kritikos Panegialios 10
Greece Michalis Fragos Kalloni / Sparta 10
Greece Dimitrios Manos OFI 10

References
  1. "Βαθμολογίες: STOIXIMAN.GR FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016-17".
  2. "Football League statistics". sport24.gr (in Greek).
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