2012–13 Football League (Greece)

The 2012–13 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the third season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its regular season began on 28 September 2012 and will end on 9 June 2013. The promotion play-offs, are scheduled to take place after regular season.

Football League
Season2012–13
ChampionsApollon Smyrnis
PromotedApollon Smyrnis
Ergotelis
AEL Kalloni
Panetolikos
RelegatedPanserraikos
AEL
Thrasyvoulos
Anagennisi Epanomi
Matches played160

Teams edit

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast seasonRef
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,11810th[1]
AEL KalloniKalloniMytilene Municipal Stadium24,0006th[2]
Anagennisi EpanomiEpanomiNikos Sarafis Stadium1,7369th[3]
Anagennisi GiannitsaGiannitsaGiannitsa Municipal Stadium8,00013th[3]
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856FL2 South, 1st[4]
Doxa DramaDramaDoxa Dramas Stadium7,000SL, 16th[5]
ErgotelisHeraklionPankritio Stadium25,780SL, 14th[6]
Ethnikos GazorosGazorosSerres Municipal Stadium19,500FL2 North, 1st[3]
FokikosAmfissaAmfissa Municipal Stadium2,00014th[3]
Iraklis PsachnaPsachnaPsachna Municipal Stadium5,50011th[3]
Iraklis ThessalonikiThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770FL2 North, 5th[7]
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,2503rd[8]
KavalaKavalaAnthi Karagianni Stadium10,500Delta Ethniki, 4th[9]
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,700FL2 North, 2nd[10]
Olympiacos Volos 1937VolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,700-[10]
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,3214th[11]
PanetolikosAgrinioPanetolikos Stadium6,500SL, 15th[12]
PanserraikosSerresSerres Municipal Stadium8,3007th[3]
PierikosKateriniKaterini Municipal Stadium4,9568th[13]
ThrasyvoulosFyliFyli Municipal Stadium3,14212th[3]
VyzasMegaraMegara Municipal Stadium2,35015th[3]
  1. ^ Ethnikos Gazoros' home 500-seater Gazoros Municipal Stadium doesn't meet Football League regulations.[14]
  2. ^ Kalloni's home 800-seater Kalloni Municipal Stadium doesn't meet Football League regulations.[2]

Structure edit

At present, there are twenty one clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams are relegated to the Gamma Ethniki. The top three teams gain automatic promotion. However, teams positioned fourth to seventh take part in a promotion play-off. Unlike in Super League, clubs in the Football League do not get relegated if the club fails to obtain a license. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Apollon Smyrnis (C, P)4022995029+2175Promotion to Super League
2Ergotelis (P)40211184225+1774
3AEL Kalloni (P)40201374822+2673[a]
4Panetolikos (P)40201375523+3273[a]Qualification for promotion play-offs
5Olympiacos Volos40191654923+2673[a]
6Iraklis Thessaloniki40191474925+2471
7Niki Volos40171764423+2168[b]
8Panserraikos (R)401911104029+1168[b]Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
9Doxa Drama401612123527+860
10Iraklis Psachna401316114237+555
11Kavala401411153536−153
12Kallithea401214144244−250
13AEL[c] (R)40161594226+1642Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14Ethnikos Gazoros40914172735−841
15Panachaiki[d]40915163240−839
16Fokikos40813192851−2337
17Vyzas40711222249−2732
18Anagennisi Giannitsa[c]4097243568−3330
19Pierikos[c]40912193361−2829
20Thrasyvoulos[e] (R)40613212247−2522Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
21Anagennisi Epanomi[c] (R)4029292474−509
Source: Football League standings
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: AEL Kalloni: 8 pts, Panetolikos: 4 pts, Olympiacos Volos: 3 pts.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Niki Volos–Panserraikos 3–0, Panserraikos–Niki Volos 0–1.
  3. ^ a b c d AEL was docked 21 points, Pierikos was docked 10 points, Anagennisi Giannitsa was docked 4 points, Anagennisi Epanomi was docked 6 points, because of debts to former players according to HFF decisions.[15]
  4. ^ On 31 December 2012, Panachaiki was docked 3 points because of the suspension of the Greek Cup match against Olympiacos on 19 December 2012.[16]
  5. ^ Thrasyvoulos was docked 6 points because of debts to former players according to HFF decision.[15]
    On 19 April 2013, Thrasyvoulos was docked 3 points because of debts to a former player.[17]

Results edit

Home \ AwayAELAEPAGNAPSDDRERGGAZFOKIPSIRTKLTKALKAVNVLOVLPCKPNTPSEPIETHRVYZ
AEL3–13–02–10–00–12–15–01–00–02–10–11–01–13–01–10–00–14–21–11–0
Anagennisi Epanomi0–10–31–30–11–20–01–31–11–32–12–10–11–20–11–10–00–00–02–50–0
Anagennisi Giannitsa2–02–20–00–11–20–10–01–20–00–00–30–21–10–10–10–31–03–12–12–1
Apollon Smyrnis4–22–04–22–02–11–12–00–01–13–10–01–01–10–12–10–20–12–01–01–0
Doxa Drama1–12–02–30–11–02–01–11–10–21–21–02–01–10–01–00–11–12–01–01–0
Ergotelis0–02–04–11–01–01–00–01–00–12–10–02–10–02–01–02–10–02–12–01–0
Ethnikos Gazoros0–01–00–11–01–00–14–01–11–32–00–00–11–10–01–00–00–12–11–10–1
Fokikos0–01–13–01–20–12–11–01–20–10–00–03–20–20–01–10–11–31–01–01–0
Iraklis Psachna1–04–35–10–02–00–11–01–10–30–01–02–01–31–10–10–10–02–02–02–1
Iraklis Thessaloniki1–02–03–10–10–01–13–32–21–10–00–11–00–00–12–00–22–03–02–13–0
Kallithea0–15–03–22–10–02–11–02–11–10–11–02–21–00–23–31–12–33–11–00–0
AEL Kalloni1–03–12–00–21–00–00–03–02–11–12–02–10–22–22–02–01–05–23–03–1
Kavala1–13–02–11–31–20–02–21–00–00–01–01–01–01–02–10–00–10–11–11–0
Niki Volos0–04–11–01–10–01–11–01–00–01–03–10–00–21–13–13–03–01–12–02–0
Olympiacos Volos0–02–01–03–02–02–02–00–02–01–01–11–12–00–00–10–02–14–13–13–0
Panachaiki1–11–01–11–20–01–32–03–01–10–00–10–00–10–11–11–00–00–01–02–1
Panetolikos0–14–11–00–02–01–02–21–01–23–01–10–10–00–03–24–30–04–03–03–0
Panserraikos1–02–12–11–00–12–00–12–11–02–21–01–32–10–12–22–10–03–00–03–0
Pierikos0–01–04–00–10–31–11–03–12–20–11–11–11–12–00–20–00–41–01–02–1
Thrasyvoulos0–11–04–10–20–40–11–01–11–10–20–00–11–01–01–10–01–30–00–00–0
Vyzas0–33–01–20–11–11–10–01–02–10–22–10–01–12–00–01–00–30–11–10–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs edit

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season.[18] Niki Volos started the playoffs with a one-point disadvantage, because of their worse position in contrast to the other teams, when the main season finished.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegationPNTIRTOVLNVL
1Panetolikos (P)6411106+414Promotion to Super League2–02–12–1
2Iraklis Thessaloniki630378−1102–10–14–0
3Olympiacos Volos622296+391–24–01–1
4Niki Volos6033410−631–10–11–1
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals[19]
1 Michalis ManiasApollon Smyrnis18
2 Alexandre D'AcolKallithea16
3 Giorgos ManousosKalloni14
4 Milan BojovićPanetolikos12
5 Patrick OgunsotoAnagennisi Epanomi/Olympiacos Volos11
Leandro KappelDoxa Drama11
7 Konstantinos FligosNiki Volos10
8 Giannis KatsikisApollon Smyrnis9

References edit

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