Gamma Ethniki
Season2016–17

The 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki was the 34th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on 11 September 2016 and ended at May 2017.

61 teams were separated into four groups, according to geographical criteria.

Ethnikos Neo Agioneri, Zakynthos and Doxa Nea Manolada withdrew from the league before the group draw.

Group 1

Teams

TeamLocationLast season
Nestos ChrysoupoliChrysoupoliGroup 1, 2nd
Doxa ProskinitesProskinitesThrace FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 1 winner
Apollon KalamariasKalamariaGroup 1, 5th
Orfeas XanthiXanthiXanthi FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 1 runner-up
KavalaKavalaGroup 1, 4th
AO KardiaKardiaMacedonia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 2 winner
Apollon ParalimnioParalimnioSerres FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 2 runner-up
Almopos ArideaAridaeaPella FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 3 winner
APE LangadasLangadasGroup 1, 6th
KampaniakosChalastraGroup 1, 8th
NaoussaNaousaImathia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 3 runner-up
Makedonikos FoufasFoufasKozani FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 4 winner
EordaikosPtolemaidaGroup 1, 9th
Doxa DramaDramaGroup 1, 3rd
AE Pontion VatolakkosVatolakkosGrevena FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 4 runner-up

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Apollon Kalamarias (C, P) 28 25 1 2 75 16 +59 73[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Football League
2 Doxa Dramas (P) 28 22 3 3 67 16 +51 69
3 APE Langadas 28 16 2 10 38 30 +8 50
4 Nestos Chrysoupoli 28 14 3 11 37 35 +2 45
5 Orfeas Xanthi 28 11 11 6 31 22 +9 44
6 Kavala 28 11 10 7 43 26 +17 43
7 Apollon Paralimnio 28 12 6 10 44 23 +21 42
8 Naoussa 28 11 7 10 28 32 4 40
9 Kampaniakos 28 12 2 14 34 44 10 38
10 AO Kardia 28 10 7 11 33 38 5 35[lower-alpha 2]
11 Makedonikos Foufas 28 9 5 14 29 34 5 32
12 Almopos Aridea 28 9 3 16 24 31 7 30
13 Doxa Proskinites 28 6 7 15 26 46 20 25
14 Eordaikos 28 4 5 19 23 68 45 17
15 AE Pontion Vatolakkos (R) 28 1 2 25 4 75 71 1[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to FCA championships
Source: Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Apollon Kalamaria deducted three points for this season by Hellenic Football Federation.
  2. AO Kardia deducted two points for this season and also two points for the 2017–18 season by Hellenic Football Federation.
  3. AE Pontion Vatolakkos withdrew from the league on 1 February 2017. They were deducted six points for this season and also six points for the 2016–17 season by Hellenic Football Federation.

Group 2

Teams

TeamLocationLast season
Pydna KitrosKitrosGroup 2, 4th
PierikosKateriniGroup 2, 7th
Mavroi Aetoi EleftherochoriEleftherochoriTrikala FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 5 winner
Diagoras SevastiSevastiPieria FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 6 runner-up
Ethnikos FilippiadaFilippiadaGroup 2, 9th
Asteras PetritiPetritiKerkyra FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 5 runner-up
ThesprotosIgoumenitsaGroup 2, 5th
A.E. KaraiskakisArtaGroup 2, 2nd
Apollon LarissaLarissaLarissa FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 6 winner
A.E IstiaiaIstiaiaEuboea FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 7 runner-up
Achilleas NeokaisareiaNeokaisareiaGroup 2, 8th
Niki VolosNea Ionia VolosGroup 2, 3rd
Rigas FeraiosVelestinoGroup 2, 6th
Olympiacos Volos 1937VolosFootball League, 17th
TilikratisLefkadaPreveza-Lefkada FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 8 winner
Amvrakia KostakioiArtaArta FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 8 runner-up

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Apollon Larissa (C, P) 30 23 4 3 64 17 +47 73 Promotion to Football League
2 Karaiskakis (P) 30 20 6 4 43 14 +29 66
3 Olympiacos Volos 1937 30 18 8 4 46 16 +30 62
4 Diagoras Sevasti 30 19 4 7 47 27 +20 61
5 Pydna Kitros 30 15 8 7 42 24 +18 53
6 Niki Volos 30 15 5 10 36 30 +6 50
7 Tilikratis 30 11 10 9 28 28 0 43
8 A.E Istiaia 30 11 2 17 29 39 10 35
9 Thesprotos 30 10 4 16 36 40 4 34
10 Pierikos 30 8 9 13 21 35 14 33
11 Rigas Feraios 30 8 8 14 35 46 11 32
12 Amvrakia Kostakioi 30 9 3 18 26 42 16 30
13 Mavroi Aetoi Eleftherochori 30 7 9 14 25 42 17 30
14 Ethnikos Filippiada 30 6 10 14 22 37 15 28
15 Achilleas Neokaisareia (R) 30 7 5 18 30 54 24 26 Relegation to FCA championships
16 Asteras Petriti (R) 30 3 5 22 26 54 28 14
Source: Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Teams

TeamLocationLast season
Tsiklitiras PylosPylosMessenia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 13 winner
ZevgolateioZevgolateioCorinthia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 11 runner-up
PanargiakosArgosGroup 3, 2nd
ChalkidaChalkidaGroup 3, 9th
PAO VardaVardaGroup 3, 5th
AchaikiKato AchaiaAchaia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 12 winner
PanarkadikosTripoliGroup 3, 3rd
FostirasTavrosGroup 4, 2nd
Asteras AmaliadaAmaliadaElis FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 12 runner-up
ThivaThivaBoeotia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 7 winner
PanachaikiPatrasFootball League, 16th
Enosi ErmionidaKranidiGroup 3, 8th
A.O.LoutrakiLoutrakiGroup 3, 6th
AiolikosMytileneGroup 3, 4th
Doxa MegalopolisMegalopolisArcadia FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 13 runner-up

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Panachaiki (C, P) 28 20 5 3 47 9 +38 65 Promotion to Football League
2 Chalkida 28 14 10 4 34 22 +12 52
3 PAO Varda 28 14 6 8 39 26 +13 48
4 Enosi Ermionida 28 11 10 7 40 31 +9 43
5 Asteras Amaliada 28 10 8 10 25 30 5 38
6 Thiva 28 9 10 9 32 29 +3 37
7 Fostiras 28 9 9 10 25 20 +5 36
8 Panarkadikos 28 9 9 10 21 24 3 36
9 Aiolikos 28 8 11 9 32 25 +7 35
10 Panargiakos 28 11 2 15 24 35 11 35
11 A.O.Loutraki 28 10 4 14 22 35 13 34
12 Achaiki 28 10 6 12 26 32 6 33[lower-alpha 1]
13 Tsiklitiras Pylos 28 7 9 12 22 26 4 30
14 Zevgolateio 28 6 8 14 15 37 22 26
15 Doxa Megalopolis (R) 28 6 7 15 24 47 23 25 Relegation to FCA championships
Source: Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Achaiki deducted three points for this season by Hellenic Football Federation.

Group 4

Teams

TeamLocationLast season
AEEK INKAChaniaChania FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 14 runner-up
Agios IerotheosPeristeriAthens FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 9 runner-up
Thyella RafinaRafina(Diastavrosi neighborhood)East Attica FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 11 winner
Ermis ZonianaZonianaGroup 4, 6th
PanthiraikosSantoriniCyclades FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 10 runner-up
ProodeftikiNikaiaPiraeus FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 9 winner
AtsaleniosHeraklion(Atsalenio neighborhood)Heraklion FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 14 winner
IlisiakosZografouGroup 4, 8th
A.E. KifisiaKifisiaGroup 4, 9th
Triglia RafinaRafinaGroup 4, 3rd
ErgotelisHeraklionFootball League, 18th
RodosRhodesDodecanese FCA champion, FCA Winners' Championship Group 10 winner
Ethnikos PiraeusPiraeusGroup 4, 4th
IonikosNikaiaGroup 4, 7th
Ialysos RodosIalysosGroup 4, 5th

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ergotelis (C, P) 28 19 7 2 50 21 +29 64 Promotion to Football League
2 Ionikos 28 19 6 3 55 18 +37 63
3 Agios Ierotheos 28 15 9 4 40 23 +17 54
4 Ethnikos Piraeus 28 11 7 10 34 33 +1 40
5 Atsalenios 28 12 4 12 37 43 6 40
6 Proodeftiki 28 10 9 9 31 27 +4 39
7 Ermis Zoniana 28 9 7 12 25 33 8 34
8 Triglia Rafina 28 8 8 12 35 42 7 32
9 Panthiraikos 28 7 11 10 28 32 4 32
10 Rodos 28 8 7 13 29 41 12 31
11 A.E. Kifisia 28 7 9 12 30 36 6 30
12 Thyella Rafina 28 6 11 11 29 36 7 29
13 Ialysos Rodos 28 7 8 13 29 41 12 29
14 Ilisiakos 28 6 9 13 24 35 11 27
15 AEEK INKA (R) 28 7 6 15 25 39 14 27 Relegation to FCA championships
Source: Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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