2017–18 Football League (Greece)

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]

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

Teams
Location of teams in 2017–18 Football League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
Acharnaikos1AcharnesAcharnes Stadium 4,450FL, 13th
A.E. KaraiskakisArtaMunicipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium1,900Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Aiginio1,000FL, 10th
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500FL, 12th
AO Chania KissamikosChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,000FL, 11th
Apollon LarissaLarissaAlcazar Stadium13,108Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st
Apollon PontouThessalonikiApollon Kalamaria Stadium6,500Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st
ArisThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,800FL, 3rd
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,240Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Drama Stadium7,000Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 2nd
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,200FL, 14th
OFIHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium8,500FL, 4th
PanachaikiPatraKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 1st
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium7,000FL, 9th
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500FL, 8th
SpartiSpartaSparta Municipal Stadium1,500FL, 7th
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000FL, 5th
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000SL, 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

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
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[lower-alpha 1] 34 16 1 17 45 54 −9 43
11 Aiginiakos[lower-alpha 2] 34 11 7 16 36 54 −18 37
12 Sparti[lower-alpha 1] 34 11 7 16 29 46 −17 34
13 Anagennisi Karditsa[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 11 7 16 32 41 −9 34 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14 Panserraikos[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 9 6 19 43 52 −9 27
15 Panegialios[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 8 7 19 29 57 −28 25
16 Kallithea[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 6 9 19 26 40 −14 21
17 Veria[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 5 2 26 13 70 −57 5
18 Acharnaikos[lower-alpha 4] (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. 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
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 Pontus 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
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 Thessaloniki 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

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