2019–20 Football League (Greece)

The 2019–20 Football League Greece was the first season as a third-tier professional league of the Greek football league system since its restructuring and the ninth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 16 to 14.[1] On 2 June 2020, the season was officially ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Trikala announced as champions.[2]

Football League Greece
Season2019–20
Dates28 September 2019 – 8 March 2020
ChampionsTrikala
PromotedTrikala
Ionikos
Diagoras Rodos
Ierapetra
Relegatednone
Matches played160
Goals scored319 (1.99 per match)
Top goalscorerStelios Kritikos
(13 goals)
Biggest home winIalysos Rodos 4–0 Olympiacos Volos 1937
(16 February 2020)
Biggest away winAspropyrgos 0–3 Diagoras Rodos
(22 December 2019)
Highest scoringThesprotos 2–4 Veria
(23 February 2020)
Longest winning runTrikala
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runTrikala
(12 matches)
Longest winless runKalamata
(13 matches)
Longest losing runKalamata
(5 matches)
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2020.

Teams
Locations of the 2019–20 Football League clubs
Club Finishing position last season Location Stadium Capacity
AspropyrgosGamma Ethniki (Group 8), 1stAspropyrgosAspropyrgos Municipal Stadium2,000
Diagoras RodosGamma Ethniki (Group 6), 2ndRhodesDiagoras Stadium3,693
EgaleoGamma Ethniki (Group 7), 1stEgaleoStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ialysos RodosGamma Ethniki (Group 6), 1stIalysosEconomideio Municipal Stadium2,000
IerapetraGamma Ethniki (Group 5), 1stIerapetraPetros Vouzounerakis Stadium3,000
IonikosGamma Ethniki (Group 5), 2ndNikaiaNeapoli Stadium6,000
KalamataGamma Ethniki (Group 8), 2ndKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium5,613
KavalaGamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1stKavalaAnthi Karagianni Stadium10,550
Niki VolosGamma Ethniki (Group 4), 2ndVolosNeapoli Volos Municipal Stadium2,500
Olympiacos Volos 1937Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1stVolosNeapoli Volos Municipal Stadium2,500
ThesprotosGamma Ethniki (Group 3), 2ndIgoumenitsaIgoumenitsa Municipal Stadium3,500
TrigliaGamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2ndTrigliaTriglia Municipal Stadium5,000
TrikalaFootball League 2018–19, 12thTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000
VeriaGamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1stVeriaVeria Stadium7,000

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Aspropyrgos Greece Georgios Vazakas Greece Panagiotis Zonas Zeus Tzoudas S.A
Diagoras Rodos Greece Petros Routzieris Greece Stathis Provatidis Macron N/A
Egaleo Greece Thomas Grafas Greece Ilias Tsiligiris Macron Kyriakoulis
Ialysos Rodos Greece Nikos Pantelis Greece Dionysis Makrydimitris Umbro Aplos Fresko
Ierapetra Greece Timos Kavakas Greece Giannis Tzelepis Macron Chrissi Daily Cruises
Ionikos Greece Apostolos Charalampidis Greece Giannis Gotsoulias Nike Agioutantis Group
Kalamata Greece Nikos Anastopoulos Greece Grigoris Makos Capelli Volterra
Kavala Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis Greece Vasilis Gavriilidis Macron Ellagrolip
Niki Volos Greece Staikos Vergetis Greece Manolis Apostolidis Macron Car.gr
Olympiacos Volos 1937 Greece Ilias Solakis Greece Nikos Boutzikos Nike N/A
Thesprotos Argentina Juan Ramón Rocha Greece Christos Nonis Luanvi Car.gr
Triglia Greece Giannis Pollaetidis Greece Giannis Milkoudis Macron N/A
Trikala Greece Periklis Amanatidis Greece Pantelis Rizogiannis Givova Autodeal
Veria Greece Kostas Georgiadis Greece Alexandros Vergonis GSA Sport thefoodballer

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Trikala (C, P) 23 13 7 3 28 14 +14 46 Promotion to the Super League 2
2 Ionikos (P) 23 11 7 5 26 13 +13 40
3 Diagoras Rodos[lower-alpha 1] (P) 23 10 8 5 27 15 +12 38
4 Ierapetra[lower-alpha 2] (P) 23 10 7 6 23 19 +4 37
5 Niki Volos 23 10 7 6 27 20 +7 37
6 Kavala 23 9 9 5 23 12 +11 36
7 Veria[lower-alpha 3] 23 9 7 7 27 21 +6 31
8 Olympiacos Volos 1937 23 8 7 8 28 32 −4 31
9 Egaleo 23 7 6 10 14 22 −8 27
10 Thesprotos 23 7 3 13 26 33 −7 24
11 Aspropyrgos 23 5 9 9 23 32 −9 24
12 Ialysos Rodos 23 6 6 11 17 28 −11 24
13 Kalamata 23 6 3 14 19 27 −8 21
14 Triglia 23 4 6 13 16 35 −19 18
Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Diagoras replacing Platanias in Super League 2.
  2. Ierapetra replacing Panionios in Super League 2.
  3. Veria has 3 points deducted, from the HFF.

Results
Home \ Away TRI ION DIA NVL OFI KAV VER OLV EGA THE EAS IAL KAL TRG
Trikala — 1–0 0–1 — 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 — 2–0
Ionikos 0–0 — 3–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Diagoras Rodos 1–2 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 — 3–1 2–0 —
Niki Volos 2–0 1–2 2–1 — 0–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Ierapetra 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] — 3–0
Kavala 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1
Veria 1–1 — 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–2 — — 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–1
Egaleo 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1
Thesprotos 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 2–4 4–1 0–1 — 1–0 — 3–1 3–0
Aspropyrgos 1–1 — 0–3 — 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 2–2
Ialysos Rodos — 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–2
Kalamata 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 0–1 — 2–2 2–0 — 1–0
Triglia 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 — — 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 —
Source: sl2fl.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ierapetra.[6]
  2. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Kalamata.[7]

Top scorers
As of 1 March 2020
Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Greece Stelios Kritikos Ionikos 13
2 Greece Giannis Pasas Veria 10
3 Argentina Antonio Rojano Niki Volos 8
4 Greece Christos Kollas Thesprotos 7
Greece Georgios Barbarousis Diagoras Rodos 7
Argentina Mauro Dalla Costa Thesprotos 7
7 Greece Andreas Stamatis Trikala 6
Greece Pantelis Rizogiannis Trikala 6
Albania Florenc Keri Diagoras Rodos / Olympiacos Volos 1937 6
Greece Thomas Tsitas Olympiacos Volos 1937 6
Greece Stelios Pozoglou Olympiacos Volos 1937 / Veria 6
12 Greece Aristidis Lottas Trikala 5
Ivory Coast Brahima Koné Ialysos Rodos 5
Albania Georgios Kakko Aspropyrgos 5
Greece Ilias Tsiligiris Egaleo 5
Greece Spyros Glynos Diagoras Rodos 5

References
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  6. "Κατακυρώθηκε υπέρ του ΟΦΙ το ματς με τον Ιάλυσο". www.prismanews.gr. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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