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]

Football League Greece

Season	2019–20
Dates	28 September 2019 – 8 March 2020
Champions	Trikala
Promoted	Trikala Ionikos Diagoras Rodos Ierapetra
Relegated	none
Matches played	160
Goals scored	319 (1.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stelios Kritikos (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Ialysos Rodos 4–0 Olympiacos Volos 1937 (16 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Aspropyrgos 0–3 Diagoras Rodos (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

Diagoras

Ialysos

Egaleo

Aspropyrgos

Ierapetra

Ionikos

Kavala

Veria

Triglia

Kalamata

Niki Volos
Olympiacos Volos

Thesprotos

Trikala

Locations of the 2019–20 Football League clubs

Club	Finishing position last season	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aspropyrgos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 1st	Aspropyrgos	Aspropyrgos Municipal Stadium	2,000
Diagoras Rodos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 2nd	Rhodes	Diagoras Stadium	3,693
Egaleo	Gamma Ethniki (Group 7), 1st	Egaleo	Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium	8,217
Ialysos Rodos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 1st	Ialysos	Economideio Municipal Stadium	2,000
Ierapetra	Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 1st	Ierapetra	Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium	3,000
Ionikos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 2nd	Nikaia	Neapoli Stadium	6,000
Kalamata	Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 2nd	Kalamata	Kalamata Municipal Stadium	5,613
Kavala	Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st	Kavala	Anthi Karagianni Stadium	10,550
Niki Volos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 2nd	Volos	Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium	2,500
Olympiacos Volos 1937	Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st	Volos	Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium	2,500
Thesprotos	Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 2nd	Igoumenitsa	Igoumenitsa Municipal Stadium	3,500
Triglia	Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd	Triglia	Triglia Municipal Stadium	5,000
Trikala	Football League 2018–19, 12th	Trikala	Trikala Municipal Stadium	15,000
Veria	Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st	Veria	Veria Stadium	7,000

• 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 Rodos	Petros Routzieris	Stathis Provatidis	Macron	N/A
Egaleo	Thomas Grafas	Ilias Tsiligiris	Macron	Kyriakoulis
Ialysos Rodos	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
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 Rodos[a] (P)	23	10	8	5	27	15	+12	38
4	Ierapetra[b] (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[c]	23	9	7	7	27	21	+6	31
8	Olympiacos Volos	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 Rodos	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

Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Diagoras replacing Platanias in Super League 2.
2. Ierapetra replacing Panionios in Super League 2.
3. Veria has 3 points deducted, from the HFF.

Results

Home \ Away	TRI	ION	DIA	OFI	NVL	KAV	VER	OLV	EGA	THE	EAS	IAL	KAL	TRG
Trikala	—	1–0	0–1	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	—	2–0
Ionikos	0–0	—	3–2	0–1	2–0	—	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Diagoras Rodos	1–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	—	3–1	2–0	—
Ierapetra	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0[a]	—	3–0
Niki Volos	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2
Kavala	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–1
Veria	1–1	—	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	—	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–2	—	—	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–1
Egaleo	1–0	1–2	0–2	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1
Thesprotos	1–2	0–2	1–2	—	0–1	1–0	2–4	4–1	0–1	—	1–0	—	3–1	3–0
Aspropyrgos	1–1	—	0–3	3–0	—	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–2
Ialysos Rodos	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	0–0	1–2
Kalamata	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	3–0[b]	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	2–0	—	1–0
Triglia	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	—	—	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ierapetra.^[6]
2. The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Kalamata.^[7]

Top scorers

As of 1 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Stelios Kritikos	Ionikos	13
2	Giannis Pasas	Veria	10
3	Antonio Rojano	Niki Volos	8
4	Christos Kollas	Thesprotos	7
	Georgios Barbarousis	Diagoras Rodos	7
	Mauro Dalla Costa	Thesprotos	7
7	Andreas Stamatis	Trikala	6
	Pantelis Rizogiannis	Trikala	6
	Florenc Keri	Diagoras Rodos / 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 Rodos	5
	Georgios Kakko	Aspropyrgos	5
	Ilias Tsiligiris	Egaleo	5
	Spyros Glynos	Diagoras Rodos	5

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