Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsAEK Athens
PromotedAEK Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki
RelegatedApollon Kalamarias
Serres
Fokikos
Tyrnavos
Aiginiakos
Pierikos
Alimos
Fostiras
Paniliakos
Enosi Ermionida
Episkopi
Iraklis Psachna
Top goalscorerChristos Aravidis (17 goals)

The 2014–15 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the fifth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This is the second season since 1982–83, and the third season overall, that the league has more than one group. The groups are created based on geographical criteria.

Notes

Doxa Drama and Aris withdrew from the league before the North Group draw. As a result of this the group left with only 12 teams and Fokikos moved from the South Group to the North Group.

North Group

In the North Group, as well as in the South Group, the top three teams of each group will qualify for a playoff round, to determine which two teams will be promoted to the Super League. The bottom three teams of each group will be relegated. The teams in the 5th - 10th positions of each group will qualify for the relegation playoff round, to determine which six teams will also be relegated. For this season there will be 12 teams relegated in total (the bottom three teams from each group and the six teams from the relegation playoff), in order for the 2015-16 Football League to have only one group of 20 teams.

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AELLarissaAEL FC Arena16,118FL 2,Group 2 , 1st
Agrotikos AsterasEvosmosAgrotikos Asteras Ground2,267FL 2,Group 1 , 1st
AiginiakosAiginioMunicipal Stadium of Aiginio1,000North Group, 3rd & Play-offs, 6th
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaKarditsa Stadium9,500North Group, 5th
Apollon KalamariaKalamariaKalamaria Stadium6,500North Group, 7th
PAE SerresSerresSerres Municipal Stadium9,500North Group, 8th
FokikosAmfissaAmfissa Municipal Stadium2,000South Group, 9th
Iraklis ThessalonikiThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770North Group, 4th & Play-offs, 7th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250South Group, 8th
LamiaLamiaLamia Stadium6,000FL 2,Group 3 , 1st
Olympiacos VolosVolosVolos Municipal Stadium9,000South Group, 1st & Play-offs, 3rd
PierikosKateriniKaterini Municipal Stadium4,956North Group, 11th
TyrnavosTyrnavosAlcazar Stadium13,108North Group, 6th
ZakynthosZakynthosZakynthians Olympic Champions Ground2,000North Group, 9th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Iraklis Thessaloniki (Q) 24 17 6 1 34 8 +26 57 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 AEL (Q) 24 14 3 7 27 11 +16 45
3 Olympiacos Volos (Q) 24 14 3 7 33 21 +12 45
4 Lamia 24 12 7 5 24 17 +7 43
5 Zakynthos (Q) 24 11 6 7 26 27 −1 39 Qualification to relegation play-offs
6 Anagennisi Karditsa (Q) 24 10 2 12 26 27 −1 32
7 Aiginiakos (Q) 24 8 6 10 23 19 +4 30
8 Pierikos (Q) 24 7 9 8 19 29 −10 30
9 Agrotikos Asteras (Q) 24 8 5 11 23 27 −4 29
10 Tyrnavos (Q) 24 7 8 9 16 24 −8 29
11 Apollon Kalamarias (R) 24 7 5 12 19 23 −4 26 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
12 Serres (R) 24 3 6 15 11 30 −19 15
13 Fokikos (R) 24 2 6 16 12 30 −18 12
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches

Home \ Away AEL AGR EGN KRD APO SFC FOK IRT LAM OVL PIE TYR ZAK
AEL 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0
Agrotikos Asteras 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1
Aiginiakos 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–4 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–1
Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 5–0
Serres 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–0
Fokikos 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–2
Iraklis Thessaloniki 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0
Lamia 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–31 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1
Olympiacos Volos 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–2
Pierikos 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Tyrnavos 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Zakynthos 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The match Lamia vs Anagennisi Karditsa 2–1, later awarded 0–3 w/o against Lamia for fielding a suspended player.

South Group

The same rules from the North Group apply to the South Group.

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
AEK AthensMaroussiOlympic Stadium69,618FL 2,Group 6 , 1st
AcharnaikosMenidiAcharnes Stadium4,450South Group, 7th
AlimosAlimosAgios Dimitrios Stadium4,000FL 2,Group 5 , 1st
Apollon SmyrnisAthensGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856SL, 17th
ChaniaChaniaPerivolia Municipal Stadium2,800South Group, 2nd & Play-offs, 4th
EpiskopiRethimnoDAK Gallos Stadium1,300South Group, 11th
Enosi ErmionidaKranidiMunicipal Kranidi Stadium800FL 2,Group 4 , 1st
FostirasTavrosTavros Stadium4,000South Group, 3rd & Play-offs, 8th
Iraklis PsachnaPsachnaPsachna Municipal Stadium5,500South Group, 4th & Play-offs, 5th
KallitheaKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250South Group, 8th
PanachaikiPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321South Group, 6th
PanegialiosAigioAigio Stadium4,500South Group, 5th
PaniliakosPyrgosPirgos Municipal Stadium6,750South Group, 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 24 22 2 0 67 10 +57 65 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Panachaiki (Q) 24 14 4 6 41 22 +19 46
3 Apollon Smyrnis (Q) 24 13 6 5 32 17 +15 45
4 Chania 24 12 6 6 28 20 +8 42
5 Enosi Ermionida (Q) 24 12 5 7 30 28 +2 41 Qualification to relegation play-offs
6 Panegialios (Q) 24 11 7 6 24 12 +12 40
7 Acharnaikos (Q) 24 9 8 7 28 22 +6 35
8 Kallithea (Q) 24 9 6 9 25 25 0 33
9 Episkopi (Q) 24 7 5 12 25 34 −9 26
10 Iraklis Psachna (Q) 24 6 5 13 23 37 −14 23
11 Alimos (R) 24 5 6 13 15 25 −10 21 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
12 Fostiras (R) 24 4 3 17 20 43 −23 15
13 Paniliakos[lower-alpha 2] (R) 24 0 1 23 7 70 −63 1
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.
  2. ↑ Paniliakos withdrew from the league on 15 December 2014.

Matches

Home \ Away AEK ACH ALI APS CHA ENE EPI FOS IPS KLT PCK PEG PNL
AEK Athens 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 7–0 4–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 3–01
Acharnaikos 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 3–1
Alimos 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1
Apollon Smyrnis 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2
Chania 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–01
Enosi Ermionida 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–01
Episkopi 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1
Fostiras 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–3 3–01
Iraklis Psachna 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–01
Kallithea 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–01
Panachaiki 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–01
Panegialios 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–01
Paniliakos 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 2–4 0–2
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The opponents of Paniliakos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.

Promotion play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 AEK Athens (C, P) 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 28 Promotion to Super League
2 Iraklis Thessaloniki (P) 10 6 1 3 10 5 +5 26
3 Apollon Smyrnis 10 6 2 2 16 10 +6 20
4 AEL 10 4 1 5 10 11 −1 13
5 Olympiacos Volos 10 3 1 6 8 12 −4 10
6 Panachaiki 10 1 2 7 12 23 −11 5
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

Home \ Away AEK AEL APS IRT OVL PCK
AEK Athens 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0
AEL 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–0
Apollon Smyrnis 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0
Olympiacos Volos 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–3
Panachaiki 1–1 2–3 4–3 1–1 1–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Agrotikos Asteras 10 7 1 2 16 7 +9 22
2 Zakynthos 10 4 2 4 14 10 +4 20
3 Anagennisi Karditsa 10 5 2 3 11 12 −1 19
4 Tyrnavos (R) 10 5 2 3 12 8 +4 17 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5 Aiginiakos (R) 10 4 2 4 12 5 +7 15
6 Pierikos[lower-alpha 1] (R) 10 0 1 9 0 20 −20 −3
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Pierikos withdrew from Relegation play-offs on 15 May 2015.

Matches

Home \ Away AGR EGN KRD PIE TYR ZAK
Agrotikos Asteras 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Aiginiakos 3–0 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 0–1 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–1
Pierikos 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Tyrnavos 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2
Zakynthos 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The opponents of Pierikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Acharnaikos 10 7 1 2 13 9 +4 26
2 Panegialios 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 23
3 Kallithea 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 21
4 Enosi Ermionida (R) 10 4 1 5 15 13 +2 21 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5 Iraklis Psachna (R) 10 3 4 3 11 9 +2 13
6 Episkopi (R) 10 0 1 9 4 20 −16 1
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

Home \ Away ACH ENE EPI IPS KLT PEG
Acharnaikos 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1
Enosi Ermionida 3–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 3–1
Episkopi 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1
Iraklis Psachna 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3
Kallithea 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Panegialios 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to games played 14 June 2015
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Christos Aravidis AEK Athens 17
4 Greece Giannis Loukinas Iraklis Thessaloniki 15
Greece Dimitrios Diamantopoulos Olympiacos Volos
Serbia Marko Pavićević Ermionida
6 Serbia Ivan Jesić Acharnaikos 14
Spain Igor Angulo Apollon Smyrnis
7 Greece Vasilios Tabakis Acharnaikos 13
8 Greece Leonidas Kyvelidis Apollon Smyrnis/Panachaiki 10
9 Greece Mattheos Maroukakis Panachaiki 9
12 Serbia Ivan Brečević AEK Athens 8
Greece Petros Mantalos AEK Athens
Greece Vangelis Platellas AEK Athens

References

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