2018–19 Football League (Greece)

The 2018–19 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the eighth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 18 to 16.

Football League
Season2018–19
Dates27 October 2018 – 5 May 2019
ChampionsVolos (1st title)
PromotedVolos
RelegatedIrodotos
Aittitos Spata
Aiginiakos
Sparti
Matches played240
Goals scored547 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerChristos Eleftheriadis
Miguel Bianconi
(16 goals)
Biggest home winVolos 7–0 Karaiskakis
(27 October 2018)
Platanias 7–0 Sparti
(27 March 2019)
Biggest away winSparti 0–7 Doxa Drama
(13 April 2019)
Highest scoringVolos 7–0 Karaiskakis
(27 October 2018)
Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–4 Apollon Larissa
(22 November 2018)
Platanias 7–0 Sparti
(27 March 2019)
Sparti 0–7 Doxa Drama
(13 April 2019)
Platanias 4–3 Panachaiki
(17 April 2019)
Longest winning run6 matches
Volos
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Volos
Longest winless run11 matches
Aittitos Spata
Longest losing run9 matches
Aittitos Spata
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

Stadiums

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium "Giannis Paralikidis"1,000
Aittitos Spata1SpataSpata Municipal Stadium 2,500
AO Chania−KissamikosChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,527
Apollon LarissaLarissaApollon Ground5,000
Apollon PontouThessalonikiKalamaria Stadium6,500
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Drama Stadium9,000
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium26,240
IraklisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
IrodotosHeraklionMunicipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium3,000
KaraiskakisArtaMunicipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium1,900
KerkyraCorfuKerkyra Stadium3,000
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
PlataniasChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,527
SpartiSpartaSparta Municipal Stadium1,500
TrikalaTrikalaTrikala Municipal Stadium15,000
VolosVolosNeapoli Municipal Stadium2,500

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
Aiginiakos Cem Karaca Stefanos PolyzosGivovaN/A
Aittitos Spata Petros Dimitriou Andreas IraklisGivovaN/A
AO Chania−Kissamikos Alekos Vosniadis Alexis SeliniotakisSallerDimiourgiki
Apollon Larissa Arjan Bellaj Konstantinos ChatzisGivovaN/A
Apollon Pontou Dimitris Kalaitzidis Dimitris SamarasNikeN/A
Doxa Drama Dimitrios Spanos Stavros PetavrakisMacronN/A
Ergotelis Nikki Papavasiliou Christos BatziosCapelliN/A
Iraklis Marcello Troisi Nikos ZiabarisGivovaN/A
Irodotos Georgios Lyronis Michail FragoulakisStannoChalet Suites
Karaiskakis Apostolos Charalampidis Aristotelis KaragiannidisMacronKotopoula Artas
Kerkyra Anastasios Theos Giannis IoannouMacronN/A
Panachaiki Sakis Tsiolis Nikos LoumpardeasCapelliBakalaros
Platanias Giannis Tatsis Manolis RoussakisLuanviErgobeton
Sparti Konstantinos Kladis Thanasis PantosGivovaMayfair
Trikala Dimitrios Sitsas Xenofon PanosNikeGoalbet
Volos Juan Ferrando Vasilis MantzisLuanviGoalbet

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Volos (C)3018666127+3460Promotion to the Super League 1
2Platanias30151055322+3155Qualification for the promotion play-off
3Apollon Larissa[a]3016954427+1754Eligibility for Super League 2
4Ergotelis[b]3015694828+2048
5Panachaiki30121263225+748
6Chania30137104024+1646
7Apollon Pontou[c]30154113327+646
8Doxa Drama3012994128+1345
9Kerkyra[d]30145113025+544
10Karaiskakis30117122428−440
11Iraklis[e] (R)30119102924+539Withdrew
12Trikala (R)3098132730−335Relegation to Football League
13Irodotos[f] (R)3094172450−2628Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14Aittitos Spata[g] (R)3057181850−3222
15Aiginiakos[h] (R)3054212466−4216
16Sparti[i] (R)3045211764−4711
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAIGAITCHAAPLAPPDOXERGIRAIROKARKERPCHPLASPATRIVOL
Aiginiakos1–20–40–42–21–32–01–00–11–20–10–00–53–0[a]2–11–4
Aittitos Spata1–00–12–20–3[b]2–00–3[b]0–31–10–3[b]0–01–10–00–01–10–3[b]
AO Chania−Kissamikos2–33–0[b]1–11–00–11–20–12–01–01–00–02–24–11–01–2
Apollon Larissa3–22–00–33–10–02–21–01–10–12–01–01–01–13–11–1
Apollon Pontou1–00–11–31–00–03–00–13–02–10–20–00–11–01–01–0
Doxa Drama2–03–0[b]1–02–04–00–22–02–32–00–11–12–22–01–20–3[c]
Ergotelis4–13–11–01–22–02–01–14–11–11–22–12–23–0[d]3–02–0
Iraklis1–12–10–03–40–20–02–11–00–11–10–02–23–01–02–0
Irodotos4–21–02–10–10–10–01–01–12–00–20–10–44–11–00–2
Karaiskakis4–01–00–00–10–20–01–01–01–01–10–10–10–01–30–1
Kerkyra1–00–21–01–20–23–02–11–02–00–10–21–03–0[a]1–11–1
Panachaiki2–22–11–31–01–12–20–11–02–00–01–01–01–02–11–1
Platanias3–02–10–00–03–10–01–02–15–12–02–04–37–02–00–0
Sparti1–03–0[b]1–10–20–3[a]0–70–20–13–00–41–22–30–02–01–3
Trikala2–03–0[b]2–01–10–12–31–10–02–00–01–00–01–01–00–1
Volos6–03–11–41–32–02–11–10–25–07–02–12–13–13–01–1
Source: Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2019
RankPlayerClubGoals[11]
1 Christos EleftheriadisPanachaiki16
Miguel BianconiPlatanias16
3 Vasilios MantzisVolos14
4 Nikos KouskounasDoxa Drama/AO Chania−Kissamikos11
Joseph EffordErgotelis11
6 Giannis LoukinasPlatanias10
7 Emanuel PerroneIraklis Thessaloniki9
Anastasios KritikosDoxa Drama9
9 Michalis FragosVolos8
Konstantinos IliopoulosVolos8
Konstantinos ChatzisApollon Larissa8
LucãoApollon Larissa8
Christos TziorasKaraiskakis8
Konstantinos DoumtsiosDoxa Drama8
NiliPlatanias8

References