2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

The 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki was the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 14, 2008 and finished on May 3, 2009. 36 teams contest the league, divided into two groups of 18 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them have been relegated from Beta Ethniki, while 10 of them have been promoted from Delta Ethniki. Last season's champions of North Group were Kavala, and Diagoras of South Group.

Gamma Ethniki
Season2008–09

Participant clubs

Following clubs were relegated from Beta Ethniki last season:

Following clubs secured a place in Gamma Ethniki by avoiding relegation or by failing to win promotion:

Following clubs were promoted to Gamma Ethniki as champions of their respective Delta Ethniki groups:

Separation into groups

The afore mentioned clubs were divided into two groups depending on their geographical origin. Most of the clubs that come from the southern part of the country (including Attica, Peloponnesus, Crete, the Aegean Islands and half Sterea Ellada) will enter South Group 1, while clubs from Central and Northern Greece (including Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly, the Ionian Islands and part of Sterea Ellada) will take part in North Group 2.

Group 1 (South)

League table
Location of teams in South Group of 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ilioupoli (C, P) 34 25 3 6 63 23 +40 78 Promotion to 2009–10 Beta Ethniki
2 Rodos[lower-alpha 1] (P) 34 22 11 1 56 19 +37 77 Single play-off match against North Group runner-up
3 Panachaiki 34 22 9 3 48 19 +29 75
4 Fostiras[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 18 8 8 47 30 +17 59 Relegation to 2009–10 Delta Ethniki
5 Korinthos 34 12 12 10 41 34 +7 48
6 Keravnos Keratea 34 14 5 15 37 32 +5 47
7 Panargiakos 33 13 7 13 40 39 +1 46
8 Aghia Paraskevi 34 11 13 10 43 43 0 46
9 Vyzas 34 12 9 13 39 33 +6 45
10 Olympiakos Hersonissos 34 11 9 14 39 36 +3 42
11 Atsalenios 34 11 9 14 31 30 +1 42
12 Aias Salaminas 34 11 9 14 36 40 −4 42
13 Chaidari 34 10 9 15 27 34 −7 39
14 Koropi (R) 34 8 15 11 23 25 −2 39 Relegation to 2009–10 Delta Ethniki
15 Aghios Dimitrios (R) 34 11 6 17 39 52 −13 39
16 Asteras Rethymnou (R) 34 8 12 14 31 44 −13 33
17 Egaleo (R) 33 4 8 21 31 70 −39 20
18 Aiolikos[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 4 2 28 13 81 −68 14
Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rodos earned the promotion due to the relegation of Apollon Kalamarias from the Beta Ethniki.
  2. Fostiras relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.
  3. Aiolikos has withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All their remaining matches will be award 3-0 for their opponents.

Results table
Home \ Away AGP AGD AIA AIO ATS CHA CHE EGA FOS ILI KER KOR KRP NAR PGE PRG ROD VYZ
Aghia Paraskevi 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 – – 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
Aghios Dimitrios 0–0 2–0 3–0 – 2–1 1–0 0–0 – – 0–4 1–2 – 2–1 – 2–2 2–3 0–1
Aias Salamina – – 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 – 2–2 –
Aiolikos 0–3 0–3 – 0–2 0–3 0–3 – 0–3 0–3 – 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3
Atsalenios – 0–1 2–1 – 1–0 1–1 3–1 – 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 – 1–2
Chaidari – 2–1 0–0 – 0–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 – 0–0 – 1–1 0–0
Chersonissos – 3–0 – 3–0 1–1 – 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 – 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Egaleo 4–4 – 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 – 1–3 – – 1–1 –
Fostiras 3–1 2–1 – 4–1 1–0 – 2–0 – 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 – 1–1
Ilioupoli 3–1 2–1 3–0 – 2–1 3–0 – 4–1 – 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 –
Keravnos Keratea 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 – 2–0 0–1 0–2 – 1–0 0–0 0–1 – 0–2 –
Korinthos – 1–1 0–1 – 1–1 – 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 – 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1
Koropi 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 – 0–0 1–2 1–2 – – – 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Neos Asteras Rethymno 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 – 4–2 0–2 – – 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 P-P –
Panachaiki 2–1 3–1 1–1 – – 2–1 2–0 2–0 – 1–0 1–0 3–0 – 4–0 1–2 – 2–0
Panargiakos 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 – 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 – 2–1 0–0 – 3–1 – 1–1 2–0
Rodos 2–0 – – 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 – 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 – 2–1 0–0 – 2–1
Vyzas Megara 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 – – 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 – 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
# Name Club Goals
1 Giorgos ZacharopoulosFostiras24
2 Georgios TrichiasRodos18
- Κimonas EvaggelatosAgios Dimitrios18
3 Michalis NikolopoulosIlioupoli15
4 Mario GurmaPanachaiki12

Group 2 (North)

League table
Location of teams in North Group of 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Doxa Drama (C, P) 34 22 10 2 68 22 +46 76 Promotion to 2009–10 Beta Ethniki
2 Panetolikos (P) 34 21 7 6 56 14 +42 70 Single play-off match against North Group runner-up
3 Eordaikos 34 17 14 3 46 18 +28 65
4 Makedonikos 34 14 14 6 47 25 +22 56
5 PAONE 34 13 13 8 41 26 +15 52
6 Zakynthos 34 14 9 11 36 28 +8 51
7 Niki Volos 34 13 10 11 32 26 +6 49
8 Thermaikos Thermi 34 13 8 13 46 40 +6 47
9 Odysseas Anegennisi 34 12 11 11 35 30 +5 47
10 Fokikos 34 12 11 11 38 34 +4 47
11 Ethnikos Filippiada 34 12 11 11 33 35 −2 47
12 Pyrsos Grevena 34 11 13 10 37 28 +9 46
13 Anagennisi Giannitsa 34 12 9 13 32 38 −6 45
14 Lamia (R) 34 10 12 12 33 34 −1 42 Relegation to 2009–10 Delta Ethniki
15 PAS Preveza (R) 34 9 12 13 21 27 −6 39
16 Ethnikos Katerini (R) 34 6 3 25 24 67 −43 21
17 Anagennisi Arta[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 4 5 25 15 76 −61 17
18 Enossi Alexandroupoli[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 4 2 28 9 81 −72 14
Source: [2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Anagennisi Arta has withdrawn from this competition.
  2. Enossi Alexandroupoli has been expelled from this competition and all their wins and draws were converted into 3-0 wins for their opponents (original losses stand as scored). In all likelihood, all their remaining matches will be awarded to their opponents 3-0.

Results
Home \ Away ART GIA DOX EAL EOR ETF ETK FOK LAM MKD NIK ODY PNE PAN PRE PYR THE ZAK
Anagennisi Arta – – 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 – – 1–1 – 0–3 1–2 0–3
Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–0 0–0 – 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 – 1–0 1–2 1–0 – 0–2 – 2–1 1–0
Doxa Drama 4–0 4–1 4–0 – 4–1 – 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 – 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Enosi Alexandroupoli 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 – – – 0–3 0–3 0–3 – 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Eordaikos – – 3–3 3–0 4–1 1–0 – 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 – –
Ethnikos Filippiada 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 – – 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 – 2–0 0–0
Ethnikos Katerini 0–2 0–1 0–4 – 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–4 4–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 – –
Fokikos 3–0 3–1 – 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 – 2–1 – 2–1 2–0 1–2
Lamia 3–0 0–4 – 3–1 0–0 – 3–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–1
Makedonikos 8–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 – – 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 – 1–1 2–2
Niki Volos 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Odysseas Anagennisi 4–0 2–3 0–4 2–1 – – 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 – –
PAONE 3–1 – – 3–0 – 1–1 – 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 – 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1
Panetolikos 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 – 5–0 3–0 3–0 – 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 – 2–0
PAS Preveza 3–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 – 0–0 – 2–0 1–0 – 0–0 – 1–1 1–0 0–0
Pyrsos Grevena 0–0 0–0 1–1 – 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 – 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 – – 0–4 1–0
Thermaikos – 1–1 5–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 – – 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Zakynthos – – 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 – – 0–2 1–2 2–0 – 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
# Name Club Goals
1 Ioannis KatsarosMakedonikos11
2 Lazaros MouratidisDoxa Drama10
3 Petros ZouroudisPanetolikos9
- Christos KaragiannisEordaikos9
- Konstantinos AggosDoxa Drama9
- Panagiotis BrisFokikos9
- Stavros TsoukalasDoxa Drama9

Play-off match
Rodos1 – 2Panetolikos
Bartoz Romanczouk  6' (pen.) Stathis Karamalikis  82'
Thanasis Paleologos  96'
Attendance: 11.000
Referee: M.Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

References
  1. "Gamma Ethniki-South 2008/2009". soccerway.com.
  2. "Gamma Ethniki-North 2008/2009". soccerway.com.
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