1980–81 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki
Season	1980–81
Champions	Rodos (South); Iraklis (North);
Promoted	Rodos; Iraklis;
Relegated	Pelopas Kiato; Olympiakos Neon Liosion; AO Patra; Panarkadikos; Pandramaikos; Edessaikos; Elassona; Odysseas Kordeliou;
Matches played	306
Goals scored	653 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win	Iraklis 12–0 Edessaikos
Biggest away win	Odysseas Kordeliou 0–6 Iraklis
Highest scoring	Iraklis 12–0 Edessaikos
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Beta Ethniki season was 22nd edition of second tier nationwide championship of Greece.^[1] Forty teams participated in the league, divided in two groups, the South and the North Group. Iraklis was named champion of the North Group and got promoted to the Alpha Ethniki. In the South Group Egaleo and Rodos tied and a play-off match, that found Rodos victorious by a 1-0 scoreline, decided the team that was named champion of the South Group and got promoted to the Alpha Ethniki.

On the other hand, Pelopas Kiato, Olympiakos Neon Liosion, AO Patra and Panarkadikos got relegated to the C National Amateur Division from the South Group. Pandramaikos, Edessaikos, PO Elassona and Odysseas Kordeliou were the teams that got relegated from the North Group.

South Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rodos (C, P)	38	24	7	7	84	38	+46	55^[a]	Promotion to Alpha Ethniki
2	Egaleo	38	22	11	5	81	32	+49	55^[a]
3	Diagoras Rodos	38	19	9	10	63	50	+13	47
4	Proodeftiki	38	17	10	11	61	41	+20	44
5	Acharnaikos	38	14	12	12	49	39	+10	40
6	Kallithea	38	15	9	14	50	52	−2	39
7	Panetolikos	38	14	10	14	36	34	+2	38
8	Irodotos	38	14	9	15	39	41	−2	37
9	Vyzas Megara	38	16	5	17	44	54	−10	37
10	Chalkida	38	15	6	17	52	55	−3	36
11	Olympiakos Loutraki	38	13	10	15	39	50	−11	36
12	Panegialios	38	12	12	14	32	47	−15	36
13	Ilisiakos	38	11	13	14	39	41	−2	35
14	Ethnikos Asteras	38	14	7	17	45	48	−3	35
15	Panelefsiniakos	38	15	5	18	42	55	−13	35
16	Fostiras	38	13	10	15	49	58	−9	35^[b]
17	Pelopas Kiato (R)	38	12	10	16	38	45	−7	34	Relegation to C National Amateur Division
18	Olympiakos Neon Liosion (R)	38	12	7	19	46	63	−17	31
19	AO Patra (R)	38	10	9	19	36	54	−18	29
20	Panarkadikos (R)	38	10	5	23	35	63	−28	25

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion play-off

The Promotion Play-off was played in Heraklion.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rodos	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Egaleo

North Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Iraklis (C, P)	38	26	6	6	99	22	+77	58	Promotion to Alpha Ethniki
2	Pierikos	38	15	14	9	50	34	+16	44
3	Olympiacos Volos	38	16	9	13	53	47	+6	41
4	Agrotikos Asteras	38	17	7	14	51	46	+5	41
5	Makedonikos	38	13	14	11	51	43	+8	40
6	Apollon Kalamarias	38	14	12	12	41	37	+4	40
7	Panthrakikos	38	17	6	15	42	48	−6	40
8	Niki Volos	38	14	11	13	49	43	+6	39
9	Anagennisi Giannitsa	38	17	5	16	37	38	−1	39
10	Xanthi	38	16	7	15	41	47	−6	39
11	Anagennisi Epanomi	38	14	11	13	34	41	−7	39
12	Veria	38	16	6	16	56	50	+6	38
13	Almopos Arideas	38	15	8	15	44	45	−1	38
14	Trikala	38	15	7	16	44	46	−2	37
15	Eordaikos	38	13	11	14	38	43	−5	37
16	Naoussa	38	14	8	16	45	49	−4	36
17	Pandramaikos (R)	38	12	10	16	31	44	−13	34	Relegation to C National Amateur Division
18	Edessaikos (R)	38	12	8	18	46	64	−18	32
19	Elassona (R)	38	8	10	20	29	52	−23	26
20	Odysseas Kordeliou (R)	38	6	10	22	35	77	−42	22

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Ilias Chatzieleftheriou	Iraklis	24
2	Panagiotidis	Chalkida	22

References

External links

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1980–81 Beta Ethniki

Contents

South Group

League table

Promotion play-off

North Group

League table

Top scorers

References

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