2014–15 Football League (Greece)

The 2014–15 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the fifth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This is the second season since 1982–83, and the third season overall, that the league has more than one group. The groups are created based on geographical criteria.

Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsAEK Athens
PromotedAEK Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki
RelegatedApollon Kalamarias
Serres
Fokikos
Tyrnavos
Aiginiakos
Pierikos
Alimos
Fostiras
Paniliakos
Enosi Ermionida
Episkopi
Iraklis Psachna
Top goalscorerChristos Aravidis (17 goals)

Notes

Doxa Drama and Aris withdrew from the league before the North Group draw. As a result of this the group left with only 12 teams and Fokikos moved from the South Group to the North Group.

North Group

In the North Group, as well as in the South Group, the top three teams of each group will qualify for a playoff round, to determine which two teams will be promoted to the Super League. The bottom three teams of each group will be relegated. The teams in the 5th - 10th positions of each group will qualify for the relegation playoff round, to determine which six teams will also be relegated. For this season there will be 12 teams relegated in total (the bottom three teams from each group and the six teams from the relegation playoff), in order for the 2015-16 Football League to have only one group of 20 teams.

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,118FL 2,Group 2 , 1st
Agrotikos AsterasEvosmosAgrotikos Asteras Ground2,267FL 2,Group 1 , 1st
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Aiginio1,000North Group, 3rd & Play-offs, 6th
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500North Group, 5th
Apollon KalamariaKalamariaKalamaria Stadium6,500North Group, 7th
PAE SerresSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500North Group, 8th
FokikosAmfissaAmfissa Municipal Stadium2,000South Group, 9th
Iraklis ThessalonikiThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770North Group, 4th & Play-offs, 7th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250South Group, 8th
LamiaLamiaLamia Stadium6,000FL 2,Group 3 , 1st
Olympiacos VolosVolosVolos Municipal Stadium9,000South Group, 1st & Play-offs, 3rd
PierikosKateriniKaterini Municipal Stadium4,956North Group, 11th
TyrnavosTyrnavosAlcazar Stadium13,108North Group, 6th
ZakynthosZakynthosZakynthians Olympic Champions Ground2,000North Group, 9th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Iraklis Thessaloniki (Q)241761348+2657Qualification to promotion play-offs
2AEL (Q)2414372711+1645
3Olympiacos Volos (Q)2414373321+1245
4Lamia2412752417+743
5Zakynthos (Q)2411672627−139Qualification to relegation play-offs
6Anagennisi Karditsa (Q)24102122627−132
7Aiginiakos (Q)2486102319+430
8Pierikos (Q)247981929−1030
9Agrotikos Asteras (Q)2485112327−429
10Tyrnavos (Q)247891624−829
11Apollon Kalamarias (R)2475121923−426Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
12Serres (R)2436151130−1915
13Fokikos (R)2426161230−1812
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches

Home \ AwayAELAGREGNKRDAPOSFCFOKIRTLAMOVLPIETYRZAK
AEL1–02–02–02–04–01–00–10–00–12–00–02–0
Agrotikos Asteras0–31–01–21–11–01–01–13–11–12–32–01–1
Aiginiakos0–12–01–01–02–04–01–20–11–21–10–04–0
Anagennisi Karditsa1–01–01–20–11–04–00–40–12–04–10–01–1
Apollon Kalamarias0–10–20–11–01–10–00–11–00–10–01–05–0
Serres2–10–20–00–31–01–10–10–11–23–00–10–0
Fokikos0–12–00–01–21–20–00–11–11–10–24–11–2
Iraklis Thessaloniki0–11–02–12–03–00–01–00–01–02–23–02–0
Lamia1–01–02–10–311–12–01–01–12–13–01–12–1
Olympiacos Volos2–03–12–02–03–23–21–00–11–04–02–30–2
Pierikos0–01–01–11–02–11–01–00–10–00–11–11–1
Tyrnavos1–21–20–01–01–02–01–00–22–10–00–00–1
Zakynthos2–11–11–05–10–21–01–01–10–11–02–12–0
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The match Lamia vs Anagennisi Karditsa 2–1, later awarded 0–3 w/o against Lamia for fielding a suspended player.

South Group

The same rules from the North Group apply to the South Group.

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AEK AthensMaroussiOlympic Stadium69,618FL 2,Group 6 , 1st
AcharnaikosMenidiAcharnes Stadium4,450South Group, 7th
AlimosAlimosAgios Dimitrios Stadium4,000FL 2,Group 5 , 1st
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856SL, 17th
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium2,800South Group, 2nd & Play-offs, 4th
EpiskopiRethimnoDAK Gallos Stadium1,300South Group, 11th
Enosi ErmionidaKranidiMunicipal Kranidi Stadium800FL 2,Group 4 , 1st
FostirasTavrosTavros Stadium4,000South Group, 3rd & Play-offs, 8th
Iraklis PsachnaPsachnaPsachna Municipal Stadium5,500South Group, 4th & Play-offs, 5th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250South Group, 8th
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321South Group, 6th
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium4,500South Group, 5th
PaniliakosPyrgosPirgos Municipal Stadium6,750South Group, 10th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1AEK Athens[a] (Q)2422206710+5765Qualification to promotion play-offs
2Panachaiki (Q)2414464122+1946
3Apollon Smyrnis (Q)2413653217+1545
4Chania2412662820+842
5Enosi Ermionida (Q)2412573028+241Qualification to relegation play-offs
6Panegialios (Q)2411762412+1240
7Acharnaikos (Q)249872822+635
8Kallithea (Q)249692525033
9Episkopi (Q)2475122534−926
10Iraklis Psachna (Q)2465132337−1423
11Alimos (R)2456131525−1021Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
12Fostiras (R)2443172043−2315
13Paniliakos[b] (R)240123770−631
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Matches

Home \ AwayAEKACHALIAPSCHAENEEPIFOSIPSKLTPCKPEGPNL
AEK Athens2–03–02–14–14–07–04–05–15–12–13–03–01
Acharnaikos1–20–00–00–00–24–21–10–01–04–20–13–1
Alimos0–10–10–11–23–20–02–02–00–20–10–01–1
Apollon Smyrnis1–11–02–01–04–21–01–02–11–00–01–14–2
Chania0–22–21–00–01–32–01–03–02–12–11–03–01
Enosi Ermionida0–02–12–01–00–01–02–11–01–10–21–03–01
Episkopi0–21–10–23–10–14–12–32–01–11–20–02–1
Fostiras1–30–21–00–20–01–10–11–21–41–20–33–01
Iraklis Psachna1–30–20–02–11–10–21–34–22–01–11–23–01
Kallithea0–21–11–10–31–00–02–01–00–02–11–03–01
Panachaiki1–32–03–01–01–23–01–03–13–02–00–03–01
Panegialios0–10–11–01–12–03–00–02–01–01–01–13–01
Paniliakos0–310–310–310–310–310–310–310–310–310–312–40–2
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The opponents of Paniliakos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.

Promotion play-offs

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1AEK Athens (C, P)10532149+528Promotion to Super League
2Iraklis Thessaloniki (P)10613105+526
3Apollon Smyrnis106221610+620
4AEL104151011−113
5Olympiacos Volos10316812−410
6Panachaiki101271223−115
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

Home \ AwayAEKAELAPSIRTOVLPCK
AEK Athens1–12–11–01–03–0
AEL0–10–10–23–01–0
Apollon Smyrnis3–33–11–00–02–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki2–11–00–11–02–0
Olympiacos Volos1–00–10–10–14–3
Panachaiki1–12–34–31–11–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

North Group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1Agrotikos Asteras10712167+922
2Zakynthos104241410+420
3Anagennisi Karditsa105231112−119
4Tyrnavos (R)10523128+417Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5Aiginiakos (R)10424125+715
6Pierikos[a] (R)10019020−20−3
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Matches

Home \ AwayAGREGNKRDPIETYRZAK
Agrotikos Asteras2–15–01–01–00–0
Aiginiakos3–01–13–0[a]0–11–0
Anagennisi Karditsa0–11–03–0[a]2–13–1
Pierikos0–3[a]0–3[a]0–00–10–3[a]
Tyrnavos2–10–01–03–0[a]2–2
Zakynthos1–21–01–23–0[a]2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

South Group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1Acharnaikos10712139+426
2Panegialios10523129+323
3Kallithea10532168+821
4Enosi Ermionida (R)104151513+221Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5Iraklis Psachna (R)10343119+213
6Episkopi (R)10019420−161
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

Home \ AwayACHENEEPIIPSKLTPEG
Acharnaikos3–12–11–00–22–1
Enosi Ermionida3–15–10–11–13–1
Episkopi0–10–21–10–20–1
Iraklis Psachna1–12–02–01–12–3
Kallithea0–11–03–12–10–0
Panegialios0–12–01–00–03–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to games played 14 June 2015
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Christos AravidisAEK Athens17
4 Giannis LoukinasIraklis Thessaloniki15
Dimitrios DiamantopoulosOlympiacos Volos
Marko PavićevićErmionida
6 Ivan JesićAcharnaikos14
Igor AnguloApollon Smyrnis
7 Vasilios TabakisAcharnaikos13
8 Leonidas KyvelidisApollon Smyrnis/Panachaiki10
9 Mattheos MaroukakisPanachaiki9
12 Ivan BrečevićAEK Athens8
Petros MantalosAEK Athens
Vangelis PlatellasAEK Athens

References