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

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Last season Ref
AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena 16,118 10th [1]
AEL Kalloni Kalloni Mytilene Municipal Stadium2 4,000 6th [2]
Anagennisi Epanomi Epanomi Nikos Sarafis Stadium 1,736 9th [3]
Anagennisi Giannitsa Giannitsa Giannitsa Municipal Stadium 8,000 13th [3]
Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,856 FL2 South, 1st [4]
Doxa Drama Drama Doxa Dramas Stadium 7,000 SL, 16th [5]
Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 25,780 SL, 14th [6]
Ethnikos Gazoros Gazoros Serres Municipal Stadium1 9,500 FL2 North, 1st [3]
Fokikos Amfissa Amfissa Municipal Stadium 2,000 14th [3]
Iraklis Psachna Psachna Psachna Municipal Stadium 5,500 11th [3]
Iraklis Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770 FL2 North, 5th [7]
Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250 3rd [8]
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 10,500 Delta Ethniki, 4th [9]
Niki Volos Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700 FL2 North, 2nd [10]
Olympiacos Volos 1937 Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700 - [10]
Panachaiki Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321 4th [11]
Panetolikos Agrinio Panetolikos Stadium 6,500 SL, 15th [12]
Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 8,300 7th [3]
Pierikos Katerini Katerini Municipal Stadium 4,956 8th [13]
Thrasyvoulos Fyli Fyli Municipal Stadium 3,142 12th [3]
Vyzas Megara Megara Municipal Stadium 2,350 15th [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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Apollon Smyrnis (C, P) 40 22 9 9 50 29 +21 75 Promotion to Super League
2 Ergotelis (P) 40 21 11 8 42 25 +17 74
3 AEL Kalloni (P) 40 20 13 7 48 22 +26 73[a]
4 Panetolikos (P) 40 20 13 7 55 23 +32 73[a] Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Olympiacos Volos 40 19 16 5 49 23 +26 73[a]
6 Iraklis Thessaloniki 40 19 14 7 49 25 +24 71
7 Niki Volos 40 17 17 6 44 23 +21 68[b]
8 Panserraikos (R) 40 19 11 10 40 29 +11 68[b] Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
9 Doxa Drama 40 16 12 12 35 27 +8 60
10 Iraklis Psachna 40 13 16 11 42 37 +5 55
11 Kavala 40 14 11 15 35 36 −1 53
12 Kallithea 40 12 14 14 42 44 −2 50
13 AEL[c] (R) 40 16 15 9 42 26 +16 42 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14 Ethnikos Gazoros 40 9 14 17 27 35 −8 41
15 Panachaiki[d] 40 9 15 16 32 40 −8 39
16 Fokikos 40 8 13 19 28 51 −23 37
17 Vyzas 40 7 11 22 22 49 −27 32
18 Anagennisi Giannitsa[c] 40 9 7 24 35 68 −33 30
19 Pierikos[c] 40 9 12 19 33 61 −28 29
20 Thrasyvoulos[e] (R) 40 6 13 21 22 47 −25 22 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
21 Anagennisi Epanomi[c] (R) 40 2 9 29 24 74 −50 9
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 were docked 4 points, Anagennisi Epanomi were 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

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Home \ Away AEL AEP AGN APS DDR ERG GAZ FOK IPS IRT KLT KAL KAV NVL OVL PCK PNT PSE PIE THR VYZ
AEL 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0
Anagennisi Epanomi 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–5 0–0
Anagennisi Giannitsa 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Apollon Smyrnis 4–2 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Doxa Drama 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Ergotelis 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Ethnikos Gazoros 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Fokikos 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis Psachna 1–0 4–3 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Iraklis Thessaloniki 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
Kallithea 0–1 5–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 0–0
AEL Kalloni 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 3–0 3–1
Kavala 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Niki Volos 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Olympiacos Volos 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0
Panachaiki 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Panetolikos 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 4–3 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–0
Panserraikos 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0
Pierikos 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–1
Thrasyvoulos 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0
Vyzas 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation PNT IRT OVL NVL
1 Panetolikos (P) 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 14 Promotion to Super League 2–0 2–1 2–1
2 Iraklis Thessaloniki 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 10 2–1 0–1 4–0
3 Olympiacos Volos 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 9 1–2 4–0 1–1
4 Niki Volos 6 0 3 3 4 10 −6 3 1–1 0–1 1–1
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1   Michalis Manias Apollon Smyrnis 18
2   Alexandre D'Acol Kallithea 16
3   Giorgos Manousos Kalloni 14
4   Milan Bojović Panetolikos 12
5   Patrick Ogunsoto Anagennisi Epanomi/Olympiacos Volos 11
  Leandro Kappel Doxa Drama 11
7   Konstantinos Fligos Niki Volos 10
8   Giannis Katsikis Apollon Smyrnis 9

References

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  10. ^ a b "Ggoa.gr" Πανθεσσαλικό Στάδιο [Panthessaliko Stadium] (in Greek). General Secretariat for the Olympic Utilization. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
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  15. ^ a b Αφαίρεση 18 βαθμών από την ΑΕΛ!!! (in Greek). Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Απόφαση Πειθαρχικής Επιτροπής ΕΠΟ (31-12-2012)".
  17. ^ "Οριστική η αφαίρεση βαθμών για Θρασύβουλο (19-04-2013)".[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ a b "Proclamation of the 2012–13 Football League". epae.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2013., Article 8 (Προβιβασμός – Υποβιβασμός ομάδας) (in Greek)
  19. ^ "Football League statistics".
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