2022–23 Super League Greece 2

The 2022–23 Super League 2, known as Super League 2 betsson for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since the restructuring of the Greek football league system.

Super League Greece 2
Season2022–23
Dates4 November 2022 – 20 June 2023
ChampionsPanserraikos
(5th title)
PromotedPanserraikos, Kifisia
RelegatedVeria, Apollon Larissa, Thesprotos, Iraklis Larissa
Apollon Smyrnis, Ierapetra, Irodotos, Proodeftiki, Episkopi, PAO Rouf
All statistics correct as of 17 June 2023.

The season is set to start on 4 November 2022 and will finish on 20 June 2023. The league will be conducted of 30 teams and two groups, this is due to the restructure and abolishment of the Football League. The B Teams of Olympiacos, PAOK, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens will also compete in the league for a second consecutive year. B Teams, however, are ineligible for promotion or relegation.

On 22 July 2022, Greek Football Federation decided the promotion of the winners of both groups, removing the past play off system that existed last season.[1]

The league was indefinitely suspended on 2 February 2023 by a unanimous decision from all 30 teams, as the Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis announced that €1,700,000 are to be awarded to the Super League 2 teams from taxation of betting companies instead of the €5,100,000 that the teams claim to have been agreed at the start of the season, leading to great financial instability for all of the teams.[2] On 8 February 2023, Avgenakis declined having agreed to a total funding of €5,100,000, and stated that he will not discuss with the 30 teams unless they resume the league.[3] On 22 February 2023, the Super League Greece 2 president Leoutsakos stated that he would resign if funding was found.[4] On 8 March 2023, after Leoutsakos' resignation, Super League 2 elected Petros Martsoukos as a new president,[5] and agreed to resume the championship, and opting to communicate with Avgenakis for funding, as Avgenakis had set a prerequisite for funding that Leoutsakos is removed from president of Super League 2.[6] The talks between Martsoukos and Avgenakis did not start immediately as Rokakis, the adversary of Martsoukos for the Super League 2 presidency, appealed the result of the election. The appeal was rejected on 11 April 2023.[7] On 26 April 2023, Avgenakis and Martsoukos agreed for a total funding of €2,542,000 for the 24 Super League 2 teams, since B teams were excluded, as well as Apollon Larissa and Irodotos who had withdrawn from the league at the time.[8]

Team changes

From Super League Greece 2

Promoted to Super League

Relegated to Gamma Ethniki

Relegated to Local Championships

To Super League Greece 2

Relegated from Super League

Promoted from Gamma Ethniki

North Group

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
AELLarisaAlcazar Stadium13,108
Almopos ArideaAridaiaAridea Municipal Stadium700
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaMunicipal Stadium Karditsa3,500
Apollon LarissaLarisaFilippoupoli Stadium5,000
Apollon PontusPolykastroPolykastro Stadium1,000
DiagorasRhodesDiagoras Stadium3,700
IraklisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
Iraklis LarissaLarisaNeapoli Stadium1,000
MakedonikosThessalonikiMakedonikos Stadium8,100
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,700
Panathinaikos BAthensAspropyrgos Municipal Stadium2,000
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500
PAOK BThessalonikiMakedonikos Stadium8,100
ThesprotosIgoumenitsaMunicipal Stadium Igoumenitsa3,500
VeriaVeriaVeria Stadium7,000

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
AEL Panagiotis Goutsidis Kostas TheodoropoulosLegeaN/A
Almopos Aridea Georgios Tyriakidis Rafail PettasErreaLoutra Pozar
Anagennisi Karditsa Periklis Amanatidis Nikos GoliasNikeN/A
Apollon Larissa Michalis Bizios Pavlos DivanesGivovaPsaragores Thalassa
Apollon Pontus Dimitris Kalaitzidis Dimitrios AmarantidisNikeN/A
Diagoras Angelos DigozisNikeBread Factory
Iraklis Sakis Tsiolis Marios KostoulasJomaN/A
Iraklis Larissa Christos Chatziliadis Alexandros GalitsiosAcerbisN/A
Makedonikos Theodosis Theodosiadis Stelios TsoukanisGivovaMetrosport
Niki Volos Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Stavros TsoukalasMacronCar.gr
Panathinaikos B Sotiris Antoniou Andreas AthanasakopoulosKappaN/A
Panserraikos Pavlos Dermitzakis Anastasios PapazoglouMacronSpyropoulos
PAOK B Pablo García Zisis ChatzistravosMacronStoiximan
Thesprotos Juan Ramón Rocha Charilaos BikasNikeCar.gr
Veria Anastasios Anthymiadis (caretaker) Michalis BoukouvalasZeusDa Cristo

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Panserraikos Giannis Giokas (caretaker)[9]End of tenure as caretaker20 May 2022Pre-season Dimitris Eleftheropoulos[10]1 July 2022
Panathinaikos B Javier Vázquez[11]End of contract30 June 2022 Jasminko Velić[12]1 July 2022
Apollon Larissa Thomas Grafas[13] Vangelis Moras[14]5 July 2022
Iraklis Larissa Christos Chatziliadis[15]Demoted to assistant manager Panagiotis Dilberis[15]12 July 2022
Veria Pavlos Dermitzakis[16]End of contract Konstantinos Anyfantakis[17]21 July 2022
Diagoras Giannis Providas Paraskevas Andralas[18]31 August 2022
Panathinaikos B Jasminko Velić[19]Resigned22 September 2022 Sotiris Antoniou[20]24 October 2022
Panserraikos Dimitris Eleftheropoulos[21]Sacked21 November 20227th Pavlos Dermitzakis[22]22 November 2022
Iraklis Konstantinos Georgiadis[23]5 December 20229th Tasos Katsabis (caretaker)[24]8 December 2022
Veria Konstantinos Anyfantakis[25]Resigned7 December 20227th Giannis Matziaridis (caretaker)[26]8 December 2022
Apollon Larissa Vangelis Moras[27]10 December 20225th Stavros Diamantopoulos (caretaker)[28]10 December 2022
Stavros Diamantopoulos (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker13 December 20226th Vangelis Stournaras[29]13 December 2022
Iraklis Tasos Katsabis (caretaker)14 December 202212th Sakis Tsiolis[30]14 December 2022
Niki Volos Alekos Vosniadis[31]Resigned12 December 20228th Dimitris Eleftheropoulos[32]16 December 2022
Iraklis Larissa Panagiotis Dilberis[33]Sacked20 December 202215th Christos Chatziliadis[33]20 December 2022
AEL Panagiotis Goutsidis[34]23 December 20223rd Giannis Taousianis[35]23 December 2022
Veria Giannis Matziaridis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker29 December 20229th Kostas Velitzelos[36]29 December 2022
Kostas Velitzelos[37]Sacked5 January 2023 Spyros Baxevanos[38]6 January 2023
Apollon Larissa Vangelis Stournaras[39]31 January 202314th Michalis Bizios[40]10 February 2023
Diagoras Paraskevas Andralas[41]21 February 202310th Kostas Velitzelos[42]22 February 2023
AEL Giannis Taousianis[43]14 March 20234th Panagiotis Goutsidis[43]14 March 2023
Makedonikos Giorgos Amanatidis[44]Resigned27 March 202310th Angelos Zazopoulos[45]30 March 2023
Diagoras Kostas Velitzelos[46]Sacked24 April 2023 Vangelis Chosadas (caretaker)[46]24 April 2023
Vangelis Chosadas (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker27 April 2023 Angelos Digozis[47]27 April 2023
Veria Spyros Baxevanos[48]Resigned19 May 202312th Nikos Karydas (caretaker)[48]19 May 2023
Makedonikos Angelos Zazopoulos[49]23 May 202311th Theodosis Theodosiadis[50]24 May 2023
Veria Nikos Karydas (caretaker)[51]12 June 202312th Anastasios Anthymiadis (caretaker)[51]12 June 2023

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Panserraikos (C, P)2820444313+3064Promotion to Super League
2AEL2818465019+3158
3Niki Volos2815764120+2152
4PAOK B[a]2814775133+1849
5Iraklis[b]2815855622+3447
6Anagennisi Karditsa[c]2813873421+1341
7Almopos Aridea2871562317+636
8Makedonikos2889112830−233[d]
9Panathinaikos B[a]2871293941−233[d]
10Diagoras2896133842−433[d]
11Apollon Pontus2895142137−1632
12Veria (R)2887132832−431Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13Iraklis Larissa (R)2875161742−2526Relegation to Local Championships
14Thesprotos[e] (R)2848162649−2317Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
15Apollon Larissa[f] (R, W)283124885−774Withdrew
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAELALMANKAPLAPPDIAIRAILRMAKNKVPTBPNSPKBTHEVER
AEL2–00–13–0[a]1–05–00–23–02–01–02–20–03–22–01–0
Almopos Aridea0–21–03–0[a]0–00–02–00–00–02–20–00–10–01–12–0
Anagennisi Karditsa2–22–23–0[a]2–04–11–02–02–01–00–20–01–21–01–0
Apollon Larissa0–20–00–30–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–21–01–40–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]
Apollon Pontus0–30–11–00–10–10–51–03–12–22–10–21–20–10–0
Diagoras1–01–10–25–00–12–20–00–01–24–10–12–32–31–0
Iraklis1–11–11–16–0[b]2–02–14–10–01–12–32–01–05–11–1
Iraklis Larissa0–30–00–23–0[a]0–10–10–30–00–11–02–01–41–02–1
Makedonikos1–31–00–03–0[a]1–21–02–02–32–01–10–13–12–00–1
Niki Volos1–2[c]0–01–13–0[a]3–03–01–01–02–00–03–02–02–01–1
Panathinaikos B2–11–12–25–20–04–21–13–11–10–20–11–41–11–2
Panserraikos2–12–02–03–0[a]3–03–10–24–02–02–02–00–01–12–0
PAOK B1–00–12–06–11–13–30–33–03–33–13–10–12–11–1
Thesprotos0–20–50–06–02–31–41–40–01–10–12–20–20–11–1
Veria1–31–01–01–22–00–21–23–01–20–21–11–31–13–0
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

South Group

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens BSpataSpata Training Centre3,000
A.E. KifisiaKifisiaZirineio Municipal Stadium1,650
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,000
Athens KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium6,300
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium4,527
EgaleoAigaleoStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
EpiskopiLappaGallos Stadium1,500
OF IerapetraIerapetraIerapetra Municipal Stadium3,000
IrodotosHeraklionMunicipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium1,500
IlioupoliIlioupoliIlioupoli Municipal Stadium2,000
KalamataKalamataKalamata Municipal Stadium5,613
PAO RoufAthensRouf Municipal Stadium1,600
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
ProodeftikiKorydallosNikaia Municipal Stadium5,000
Olympiacos BPiraeusRentis Training Centre3,000

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
AEK Athens B Sokratis Ofrydopoulos Vasilios ChatziemmanouilNikeOPAP
A.E. Kifisia Giorgos Petrakis Antonis PapasavvasLottoPeugeot Besikos
Apollon Smyrnis Giannis Tatsis Fatjon AndoniAdmiralVeneti
Athens Kallithea Giorgos Simos Michalis KyrgiasKappaN/A
Chania Giannis Taousianis Christos BatziosSallerMare Magnum
Egaleo Timos Kavakas Ilias TsiligirisGivovaKyriakoulis
Episkopi Konstantinos Anyfantakis Antonis StathopoulosLottoAvin
OF Ierapetra Stefanos Xirofotos Dijilly VouhoMacronN/A
Ilioupoli Nikos Pantelis Giannis GotsouliasLegeaN/A
Irodotos Dimitris Dimitriou Minas ChalkiadakisStannoN/A
Kalamata Antonis Mavreas (caretaker) Panagiotis KonstantinopoulosNikeSpourgitis
Olympiacos B Ariel Ibagaza Georgios MarinosAdidasStoiximan.gr
Panachaiki Giorgos Tantaros (caretaker) Lyberis StergidisKappaN/A
PAO Rouf Giannis Goumas Gerasimos KounadisKappaN/A
Proodeftiki Paraskevas Andralas Charalampos PavlidisLottoEllagrolip

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
OF Ierapetra Staikos Vergetis[59]Resigned3 May 2022Pre-season Angelos Digozis[60]1 July 2022
Kalamata Arjan Bellaj (caretaker)[61]End of tenure as caretaker Sakis Tsiolis[62]
A.E. Kifisia Dimitris Eleftheropoulos[63]End of contract30 June 2022 Giorgos Petrakis[64]
AEK Athens B Nikos Panagiotaras[65] Sokratis Ofrydopoulos[65]
Episkopi Jasminko Velić[66] Daryl Willard[67]
Irodotos Vasilis Vouzas[68]30 June 2022 Stathis Stathopoulos[69]4 July 2022
Apollon Smyrnis Babis Tennes[70] Giannis Tatsis[71]13 July 2022
Chania Nikos Papadopoulos[72] Spyros Baxevanos[73]20 August 2022
Egaleo Apostolos Charalampidis[74]Sacked22 August 2022 Thomas Grafas[75]25 August 2022
Kalamata Sakis Tsiolis[76]18 September 2022 Nikos Anastopoulos[77]19 September 2022
Irodotos Stathis Stathopoulos[78]Resigned24 September 2022 Thomas Stratos[79]27 September 2022
Olympiacos B Ariel Ibagaza[80]27 September 2022 Ioannis Okkas[81]1 October 2022
Episkopi Daryl Willard[82]Sacked16 October 2022 Sakis Papavasiliou[83]20 October 2022
Irodotos Thomas Stratos[84]Resigned25 October 2022 Alkiviadis Plousis (caretaker)25 October 2022
Chania Spyros Baxevanos[85]Sacked13 November 202213th Stavros Labrakis (caretaker)[85]13 November 2022
Irodotos Alkiviadis Plousis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker21 November 202215th Ilias Fyntanis[86]21 November 2022
Episkopi Sakis Papavasiliou[87]Sacked20 November 202211th Panagiotis Karantathas (caretaker)[88]1 December 2022
Athens Kallithea Leonidas Vokolos[89]29 November 20228th Giorgos Simos[90]2 December 2022
Proodeftiki Giannis Mangos[91]4 December 202211th Antonis Nikopolidis[92]6 December 2022
PAO Rouf Isidoros Stavrianos[93]3 December 202214th Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker)3 December 2022
Episkopi Panagiotis Karantathas (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker10 December 202213th Konstantinos Anyfantakis[94]10 December 2022
PAO Rouf Lefteris Velentzas (caretaker)14 December 202214th Giannis Goumas[95]14 December 2022
Kalamata Nikos Anastopoulos[96]Sacked19 January 20236th Nikos Kakaletris (caretaker)[96]19 January 2023
Nikos Kakaletris (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker4 February 20237th Ilčo Gjorgioski[97]4 February 2023
Apollon Smyrnis Giannis Tatsis[98]Sacked6 February 20232nd Alekos Vosniadis[99]17 February 2023
Proodeftiki Antonis Nikopolidis[100]Resigned9 March 202310th Nektarios Pantazis (caretaker)[100]9 March 2023
Nektarios Pantazis (caretaker)[101]End of tenure as caretaker13 March 2023 Apostolos Charalampidis[101]13 March 2023
OF Ierapetra Angelos Digozis[102]Resigned28 March 20235th Vangelis Stournaras[103]31 March 2023
Irodotos Ilias Fyntanis[104]31 March 202315th Dimitris Dimitriou[105]1 April 2023
Olympiacos B Ioannis Okkas[106]Sacked7 April 202313th Ariel Ibagaza[106]7 April 2023
Panachaiki Soulis Papadopoulos[107]Mutual agreement10 April 20234th Giannis Vogiatzis[108]12 April 2023
Chania Stavros Labrakis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker20 April 20238th Giannis Taousianis[109]20 April 2023
Egaleo Thomas Grafas[110]Resigned4 May 202310th Timos Kavakas[111]9 May 2023
Apollon Smyrnis Alekos Vosniadis[112]Sacked7 May 20233rd Giannis Tatsis[113]9 May 2023
Kalamata Ilčo Gjorgioski[114]19 May 20236th Antonis Mavreas (caretaker)[114]19 May 2023
Proodeftiki Apostolos Charalampidis[115]Resigned23 May 202311th Georgios Alexopoulos (caretaker)[115]23 May 2023
OF Ierapetra Vangelis Stournaras[116]Demoted to assistant manager23 May 20234th Stefanos Xirofotos[117]23 May 2023
Panachaiki Giannis Vogiatzis[118]Resigned22 May 20237th Giorgos Tantaros (caretaker)[119]25 May 2023
Proodeftiki Georgios Alexopoulos (caretaker)30 May 202311th Paraskevas Andralas[120]30 May 2023

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Kifisia (C, P)2820626216+4666Promotion to Super League
2Kallithea2820535422+3265
3Apollon Smyrnis (R)2816843720+1756Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
4Chania2814953818+2051
5OF Ierapetra (R)2814683925+1448Relegation to Local Championships
6Kalamata2813873316+1747
7Ilioupoli2811893632+441
8Panachaiki[a]28126103229+336
9Olympiacos B[b]28135103936+334[c]
10Egaleo28810102731−434[c]
11AEK Athens B[d]2878133035−529[e]
12Proodeftiki (R)2885152337−1429[e]Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13Episkopi (R)2844201753−3616
14PAO Rouf (R)2833222560−3512Relegation to Local Championships
15Irodotos[f] (R, E)281126668−62−11Expelled
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation).
(C) Champions; (E) Expelled; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAKBKIFAPSATKCHAEGAEPKILPIROKLMOFIOLBPANPRDROU
AEK Athens B0–10–21–30–13–10–00–03–0[a]0–00–11–24–13–03–1
A.E. Κifisia3–02–32–00–32–06–02–03–0[b]1–11–00–03–01–14–1
Apollon Smyrnis1–00–01–11–00–03–12–45–20–21–11–01–03–01–0
Athens Kallithea3–03–33–02–12–02–03–03–0[a]2–12–13–0[c]3–11–03–1
Chania1–10–02–00–02–13–21–00–01–01–14–21–22–04–0
Egaleo1–10–30–01–10–02–31–13–0[a]1–10–20–00–21–12–1
Episkopi1–01–50–10–3[d]0–20–10–13–0[a]1–20–31–10–00–32–3
Ilioupoli3–10–21–21–00–02–30–03–00–12–31–02–11–13–1
Irodotos0–4[e]0–3[a]0–11–20–3[a]0–10–10–21–20–10–3[a]0–20–3[a]0–3[a]
Kalamata0–11–20–00–11–10–21–00–12–03–04–00–01–13–0
OF Ierapetra3–20–10–10–12–00–02–01–13–0[a]0–02–02–12–14–0
Olympiacos B1–10–3[f]0–05–42–02–13–00–14–00–23–24–21–02–0
Panachaiki4–01–20–00–00–01–02–12–23–0[a]0–22–02–10–11–0
Proodeftiki0–00–40–30–11–20–21–03–21–01–21–20–10–12–1
PAO Rouf1–11–31–41–20–31–33–0[g]2–21–20–11–11–20–10–1
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

Top scorers

As of 20 June 2023

19 goals

18 goals

14 goals

13 goals

12 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

References