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

Season	2018–19
Dates	27 October 2018 – 5 May 2019
Champions	Volos N.F.C. (1st title)
Promoted	Volos N.F.C.
Relegated	Irodotos Aittitos Spata Aiginiakos Sparti
Matches played	240
Goals scored	547 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christos Eleftheriadis Miguel Bianconi (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Volos N.F.C. 7–0 Karaiskakis (27 October 2018) Platanias 7–0 Sparti (27 March 2019)
Biggest away win	Sparti 0–7 Doxa Drama (13 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Volos N.F.C. 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 run	6 matches Volos N.F.C.
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Volos N.F.C.
Longest winless run	11 matches Aittitos Spata
Longest losing run	9 matches Aittitos Spata
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 5 May 2019.

Team changes

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

To Football League Promoted from Gamma Ethniki Aittitos Spata Iraklis Thessaloniki Irodotos Volos N.F.C. Relegated from Super League Kerkyra Platanias

From Football League Promoted to Super League OFI Aris Thessaloniki Relegated to Gamma Ethniki Acharnaikos Anagennisi Karditsa Kallithea Panegialios Panserraikos Veria

Stadiums

Aittitos Spata

Apollon Pontus
Iraklis Thessaloniki

Aiginiakos

Volos N.F.C.

Apollon Larissa

Ergotelis
Irodotos

AO Chania−Kissamikos
Platanias

Panachaiki

Kerkyra

Sparti

Trikala

Karaiskakis

Doxa Drama

Locations of the 2018–19 Football League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aiginiakos	Aiginio	Municipal Stadium "Giannis Paralikidis"	1,000
Aittitos Spata^1	Spata	Spata Municipal Stadium	2,500
AO Chania−Kissamikos	Chania	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	4,527
Apollon Larissa	Larissa	Apollon Ground	5,000
Apollon Pontus	Thessaloniki	Kalamaria Stadium	6,500
Doxa Drama	Drama	Doxa Drama Stadium	9,000
Ergotelis	Heraklion	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
Iraklis Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	27,770
Irodotos	Heraklion	Municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium	3,000
Karaiskakis	Arta	Municipal Agiοi Anargirοi Stadium	1,900
Kerkyra	Corfu	Kerkyra Stadium	3,000
Panachaiki	Patras	Kostas Davourlis Stadium	11,321
Platanias	Chania	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	4,527
Sparti	Sparta	Sparta Municipal Stadium	1,500
Trikala	Trikala	Trikala Municipal Stadium	15,000
Volos N.F.C.	Volos	Neapoli Municipal Stadium	2,500

• ¹ Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season[1]
  

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aiginiakos	Cem Karaca	Stefanos Polyzos	Givova	N/A
Aittitos Spata	Petros Dimitriou	Andreas Iraklis	Givova	N/A
AO Chania−Kissamikos	Alekos Vosniadis	Alexis Seliniotakis	Saller	Dimiourgiki
Apollon Larissa	Arjan Bellaj	Konstantinos Chatzis	Givova	N/A
Apollon Pontus	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Dimitris Samaras	Nike	N/A
Doxa Drama	Dimitrios Spanos	Stavros Petavrakis	Macron	N/A
Ergotelis	Nikki Papavasiliou	Christos Batzios	Capelli	N/A
Iraklis Thessaloniki	Marcello Troisi	Nikos Ziabaris	Givova	N/A
Irodotos	Georgios Lyronis	Michail Fragoulakis	Stanno	Chalet Suites
Karaiskakis	Apostolos Charalampidis	Aristotelis Karagiannidis	Macron	Kotopoula Artas
Kerkyra	Anastasios Theos	Giannis Ioannou	Macron	N/A
Panachaiki	Sakis Tsiolis	Nikos Loumpardeas	Capelli	Bakalaros
Platanias	Giannis Tatsis	Manolis Roussakis	Luanvi	Ergobeton
Sparti	Konstantinos Kladis	Thanasis Pantos	Givova	Mayfair
Trikala	Dimitrios Sitsas	Xenofon Panos	Nike	Goalbet
Volos N.F.C.	Juan Ferrando	Vasilis Mantzis	Luanvi	Goalbet

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Volos N.F.C. (C)	30	18	6	6	61	27	+34	60	Promotion to the 2019−20 Super League 1
2	Platanias	30	15	10	5	53	22	+31	55	Qualification for the promotion play-off
3	Apollon Larissa[lower-alpha 1]	30	16	9	5	44	27	+17	54	Eligibility for 2019−20 Super League 2
4	Ergotelis[lower-alpha 2]	30	15	6	9	48	28	+20	48
5	Panachaiki	30	12	12	6	32	25	+7	48
6	AO Chania−Kissamikos	30	13	7	10	40	24	+16	46
7	Apollon Pontus[lower-alpha 3]	30	15	4	11	33	27	+6	46
8	Doxa Drama	30	12	9	9	41	28	+13	45
9	Kerkyra[lower-alpha 4]	30	14	5	11	30	25	+5	44
10	Karaiskakis	30	11	7	12	24	28	−4	40
11	Iraklis Thessaloniki[lower-alpha 5] (R)	30	11	9	10	29	24	+5	39	Withdrew
12	Trikala (R)	30	9	8	13	27	30	−3	35	Relegation to 2019−20 Football League
13	Irodotos[lower-alpha 6] (R)	30	9	4	17	24	50	−26	28	Relegation to 2019–20 Gamma Ethniki
14	Aittitos Spata[lower-alpha 7] (R)	30	5	7	18	18	50	−32	22
15	Aiginiakos[lower-alpha 8] (R)	30	5	4	21	24	66	−42	16
16	Sparti[lower-alpha 9] (R)	30	4	5	21	17	64	−47	11

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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Apollon Larissa were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[2]
2. Ergotelis were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[3]
3. Apollon Pontus were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[4]
4. Kerkyra were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[5]
5. Iraklis Thessaloniki were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[6]
6. Irodotos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[7]
7. Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season.
8. Aiginiakos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.[8]
9. Sparti were deducted twelve points. Three points for fielding 6 foreign players at once during Matchday 18 vs. Ergotelis (awarded the match 3–0) and six points for not showing up at two games and three for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.

Results

Home \ Away	AIG	AIT	CHA	APL	APP	DOX	ERG	IRA	IRO	KAR	KER	PCH	PLA	SPA	TRI	VOL
Aiginiakos		1–2	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–5	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	2–1	1–4
Aittitos Spata	1–0		0–1	2–2	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	2–0	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	0–3	1–1	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–3[lower-alpha 2]
AO Chania−Kissamikos	2–3	3–0[lower-alpha 2]		1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–2
Apollon Larissa	3–2	2–0	0–3		3–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Apollon Pontus	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–0		0–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Doxa Drama	2–0	3–0[lower-alpha 2]	1–0	2–0	4–0		0–2	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3[lower-alpha 3]
Ergotelis	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0[lower-alpha 4]	3–0	2–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–2	0–0	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0
Irodotos	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	0–1	0–4	4–1	1–0	0–2
Karaiskakis	4–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–1
Kerkyra	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1		0–2	1–0	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–1	1–1
Panachaiki	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Platanias	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–3		7–0	2–0	0–0
Sparti	1–0	3–0[lower-alpha 2]	1–1	0–2	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	0–7	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–4	1–2	2–3	0–0		2–0	1–3
Trikala	2–0	3–0[lower-alpha 2]	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–1
Volos N.F.C.	6–0	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–0	7–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1

Source: Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The opponents of Sparti awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
2. The opponents of Aittitos Spata awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
3. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Volos N.F.C..[9]
4. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ergotelis.[10]

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Christos Eleftheriadis	Panachaiki	16
	Miguel Bianconi	Platanias	16
3	Vasilis Mantzis	Volos N.F.C.	14
4	Nikos Kouskounas	Doxa Drama/AO Chania−Kissamikos	11
	Joseph Efford	Ergotelis	11
6	Giannis Loukinas	Platanias	10
7	Emanuel Perrone	Iraklis Thessaloniki	9
	Tasos Kritikos	Doxa Drama	9
9	Michalis Fragos	Volos N.F.C.	8
	Konstantinos Iliopoulos	Volos N.F.C.	8
	Konstantinos Chatzis	Apollon Larissa	8
	Lucão	Apollon Larissa	8
	Christos Tzioras	Karaiskakis	8
	Kostas Doumtsios	Doxa Drama	8
	Nili	Platanias	8

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