2019–20 Football League (Greece)

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.

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]

Teams

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Locations of the 2019–20 Football League clubs
Club Finishing position last season Location Stadium Capacity
Aspropyrgos Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 1st Aspropyrgos Aspropyrgos Municipal Stadium 2,000
Diagoras Rodos Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 2nd Rhodes Diagoras Stadium 3,693
Egaleo Gamma Ethniki (Group 7), 1st Egaleo Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Ialysos Rodos Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 1st Ialysos Economideio Municipal Stadium 2,000
Ierapetra Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 1st Ierapetra Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium 3,000
Ionikos Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 2nd Nikaia Neapoli Stadium 6,000
Kalamata Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 2nd Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium 5,613
Kavala Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 10,550
Niki Volos Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 2nd Volos Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium 2,500
Olympiacos Volos 1937 Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st Volos Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium 2,500
Thesprotos Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 2nd Igoumenitsa Igoumenitsa Municipal Stadium 3,500
Triglia Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd Triglia Triglia Municipal Stadium 5,000
Trikala Football League 2018–19, 12th Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000
Veria Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st Veria Veria Stadium 7,000

Personnel and sponsoring

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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

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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[a] (P) 23 10 8 5 27 15 +12 38
4 Ierapetra[b] (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[c] 23 9 7 7 27 21 +6 31
8 Olympiacos Volos 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

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Home \ Away TRI ION DIA OFI NVL 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 0–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Diagoras Rodos 1–2 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 — 3–1 2–0 —
Ierapetra 0–1 0–0 0–0 — 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0[a] — 3–0
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
Kavala 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1
Veria 1–1 — 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 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 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–2
Kalamata 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–1 3–0[b] 1–2 0–1 — 2–2 2–0 — 1–0
Triglia 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 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

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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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  1. ^ "Στάλθηκε η νέα προκήρυξη". footballleaguenews.gr (in Greek). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Πρωταθλητής ο ΑΟ Τρίκαλα – Οριστικό τέλος στο πρωτάθλημα της Football League". www.trikalanews.gr (in Greek). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Εισήγηση για Νίκη Βόλου-Καλαμάτα - Σεπτέμβριο η τελική απόφαση!". Mikriliga.com (in Greek). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Οριστικό: Στην FL Καλαμάτα-Νίκη Βόλου!". Mikriliga.com (in Greek). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Η Καλαμάτα στη Football League! (Greek)". fosonline.gr. 19 August 2019.
  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.
  7. ^ "Επίσημο: Πήρε το ματς με τη Βέροια η Καλαμάτα!". www.mikriliga.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Football League statistics". sport24.gr (in Greek).
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