2019–20 Football League (Greece)
The 2019–20 Football League Greece was the first season as a third-tier professional league of the Greek football league system since its restructuring and the ninth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 16 to 14.[1] On 2 June 2020, the season was officially ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Trikala announced as champions.[2]
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 28 September 2019 – 8 March 2020 |
Champions | Trikala |
Promoted | Trikala Ionikos Diagoras Ierapetra |
Relegated | none |
Matches played | 160 |
Goals scored | 319 (1.99 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stelios Kritikos (13 goals) |
Biggest home win | Ialysos 4–0 Olympiacos Volos 1937 (16 February 2020) |
Biggest away win | Aspropyrgos 0–3 Diagoras (22 December 2019) |
Highest scoring | Thesprotos 2–4 Veria (23 February 2020) |
Longest winning run | Trikala (6 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Trikala (12 matches) |
Longest winless run | Kalamata (13 matches) |
Longest losing run | Kalamata (5 matches) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2020. |
Teams
- Niki Volos and Kalamata were accepted to play in the Football League by decision of the HFF, taking the place of Iraklis and Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew its participation.[3][4][5]
- Trikala placed 12th in the 2018–19 Football League, thus becoming ineligible to play in the Super League 2, the country's newly founded Second Division.
Personnel and sponsoring
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aspropyrgos | Georgios Vazakas | Panagiotis Zonas | Zeus | Tzoudas S.A |
Diagoras | Petros Routzieris | Stathis Provatidis | Macron | N/A |
Egaleo | Thomas Grafas | Ilias Tsiligiris | Macron | Kyriakoulis |
Ialysos | Nikos Pantelis | Dionysis Makrydimitris | Umbro | Aplos Fresko |
Ierapetra | Timos Kavakas | Giannis Tzelepis | Macron | Chrissi Daily Cruises |
Ionikos | Apostolos Charalampidis | Giannis Gotsoulias | Nike | Agioutantis Group |
Kalamata | Nikos Anastopoulos | Grigoris Makos | Capelli | Volterra |
Kavala | Pavlos Dermitzakis | Vasilis Gavriilidis | Macron | Ellagrolip |
Niki Volos | Staikos Vergetis | Manolis Apostolidis | Macron | Car.gr |
Olympiacos Volos 1937 | Ilias Solakis | Nikos Boutzikos | Nike | N/A |
Thesprotos | Juan Ramón Rocha | Christos Nonis | Luanvi | Car.gr |
Triglia | Giannis Pollaetidis | Giannis Milkoudis | Macron | N/A |
Trikala | Periklis Amanatidis | Pantelis Rizogiannis | Givova | Autodeal |
Veria | Kostas Georgiadis | Alexandros Vergonis | GSA Sport | thefoodballer |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Trikala (C, P) | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 46 | Promotion to the Super League 2 |
2 | Ionikos (P) | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 40 | |
3 | Diagoras[lower-alpha 1] (P) | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | |
4 | Ierapetra[lower-alpha 2] (P) | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 37 | |
5 | Niki Volos | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 37 | |
6 | Kavala | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 36 | |
7 | Veria[lower-alpha 3] | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 31 | |
8 | Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 31 | |
9 | Egaleo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 27 | |
10 | Thesprotos | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 24 | |
11 | Aspropyrgos | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 24 | |
12 | Ialysos | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 24 | |
13 | Kalamata | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
14 | Triglia | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 18 |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: sl2fl.gr
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; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
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; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
- Diagoras replacing Platanias in Super League 2.
- Ierapetra replacing Panionios in Super League 2.
- Veria has 3 points deducted, from the HFF.
Results
Top scorers
- As of 1 March 2020
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[8] |
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1 | Stelios Kritikos | Ionikos | 13 |
2 | Giannis Pasas | Veria | 10 |
3 | Antonio Rojano | Niki Volos | 8 |
4 | Christos Kollas | Thesprotos | 7 |
Georgios Barbarousis | Diagoras | 7 | |
Mauro Dalla Costa | Thesprotos | 7 | |
7 | Andreas Stamatis | Trikala | 6 |
Pantelis Rizogiannis | Trikala | 6 | |
Florenc Keri | Diagoras / Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 6 | |
Thomas Tsitas | Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 6 | |
Stelios Pozoglou | Olympiacos Volos 1937 / Veria | 6 | |
12 | Aristidis Lottas | Trikala | 5 |
Brahima Koné | Ialysos | 5 | |
Giorgos Kakko | Aspropyrgos | 5 | |
Ilias Tsiligiris | Egaleo | 5 | |
Spyros Glynos | Diagoras | 5 | |
References
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