2016–17 Football League (Greece)
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apollon Smyrni |
| Promoted | Lamia |
| Relegated | AO Chania Panelefsiniakos Kalloni Panthrakikos |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
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.
Contents
1 Teams
2 Structure
3 League table
3.1 Matches
3.2 Top scorers
4 References
Teams
Anagennisi K.
Sparti
Lamia
Acharnaikos
Kallithea
Apollon
Chania
Aris
Agrotikos Asteras
Panegialios
Aiginiakos
OFI
Panelefsiniakos
Trikala
Kissamikos
Panserraikos
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Last season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acharnaikos | Acharnes | Acharnes Stadium | 4,450 | FL, 9th |
| Agrotikos Asteras | Evosmos | Agrotikos Asteras Ground | 2,267 | FL, 11th |
| Aiginiakos | Aiginio | Municipal Stadium of Aiginio | 2,000 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 2, 1st |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | Karditsa | Karditsa Stadium | 9,500 | FL, 8th |
| Apollon Smyrni | Athens | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,856 | FL, 4th |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 1, 1st |
| Chania | Chania | Perivolia Municipal Stadium | 2,800 | FL, 12th |
| Kallithea | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 | FL, 7th |
| Kissamikos | Kissamos | Maleme Stadium | 700 | FL, 6th |
| Lamia | Lamia | Lamia Stadium | 6,000 | FL, 5th |
| OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 8,500 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 4, 1st |
| Panegialios | Aigio | Aigio Stadium | 4,500 | FL, 13th |
| Panelefsiniakos | Eleusina | Municipal Stadium of Eleusina | 2,100 | FL, 14th |
| Panserraikos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium | 9,500 | FL, 10th |
| Sparta | Sparta | Sparta Municipal Stadium | 1,500 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 3, 1st |
| Trikala | Trikala | Trikala Municipal Stadium | 15,000 | FL, 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 Superleague. 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 | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollon Smyrni (C) (P) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 14 | +47 | 83 | Promotion to Superleague |
| 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 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 52 | |
| 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 | AO Chania − Kissamikos | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 40 | |
| 12 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 39 | |
| 13 | Acharnaikos | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 0361 | |
| 14 | Kallithea | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | |
| 15 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 28 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 16 | AEL Kalloni (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 072 | |
| 17 | Chania (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 054 | |
| 18 | Panthrakikos (R) | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 81 | −74 | 0-63 |
Updated to games played on complete.
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
[1]
1Acharnaikos deducted 2 points.
2Kalloni were expelled from the league at 24 May 2017 and they were deducted 12 points.
3Panthrakikos withdrew from the league at 26 January 2017 and they were deducted 18 points.
4AO Chania deducted 33 points from Hellenic Football Federation because playing games without a certificate of participation.
Matches
| Home Away[1] | 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 | 3–02 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Agrotikos Asteras | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3–03 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
Apollon Smyrni | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 0–33 | 1–3 | 0–33 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
AO Chania − 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–02 | 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 | 3–04 | 0–3 | |
Panthrakikos | 0–32 | 0–1 | 0–32 | 0–0 | 0–32 | 0–32 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–32 | 1–0 | 0–32 | 0–32 | 0–32 | 1–0 | 0–32 | 0–32 | 0–32 | |
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 |
Updated to games played on complete.
Source: [1](in Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
- 2 The opponents of Panthrakikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
- 3 The opponents of Kalloni awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
- 4 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 |  Nikos Kouskounas | Trikala | 20 |
| 2 | Nikos Giannitsanis | Trikala | 15 |
 Patrick Vouho | OFI Crete | 15 | |
| 3 | Andreas Vasilogiannis | Lamia | 12 |
| 4 | Andreas Stamatis | Chania | 11 |
| 5 | Savvas Siatravanis | Apollon Smyrni | 10 |
| Stelios Kritikos | Panegialios | 10 | |
| Michalis Frangos | Kalloni - Sparta | 10 | |
| Dimitris Manos | OFI Crete | 10 |
References
^ https://www.footballleaguenews.gr/statistics/pages-3/contacts.html
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