2013–14 Football League (Greece)

The 2013–14 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the fourth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This is the first season after 1982–83 that the league has more than one groups. The groups are created based on geographical criteria.

Football League
Season2013–14
ChampionsNiki Volos
PromotedNiki Volos
Kerkyra
RelegatedDoxa Drama
Vataniakos
Kavala
Anagennisi Giannitsa
Asteras Magoula
Glyfada
Vyzas
Matches played273 at each group
Top goalscorerMario Gurma (21 goals)

North Group

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In the north group, as well as in the south group, the bottom three teams are relegated. None of the teams will be promoted directly. The top four teams of each group will qualify to a playoff round, to determine the three teams which will be promoted to Super League.

Teams

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Last season Ref
Aiginiakos Aiginio Municipal Stadium of Eginio 1,000 FL2 North, 4th [citation needed]
Anagennisi Giannitsa Giannitsa Giannitsa Municipal Stadium 8,000 18th [1]
Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa Stadium 9,500 FL2 North, 2nd [citation needed]
Apollon Kalamaria Kalamaria Kalamaria Stadium 6,500 FL2 North, 1st [2]
Doxa Drama Drama Doxa Dramas Stadium 7,000 10th [3]
Ethnikos Gazoros Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 14th [1]
Iraklis Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium 27,770 5th (PO) [4]
Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 10,500 12th [5]
Kerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,776 Super League, 16th [6]
Niki Volos Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700 7th (PO) [7]
Pierikos Katerini Katerini Municipal Stadium 4,956 16th [8]
Tyrnavos Tyrnavos Tyrnavos Stadium 2,000 FL2 North, 5th [9]
Vataniakos1 Katerini Vatan Municipal Stadium 800 FL2 North, 6th [10]
Zakynthos1 Zakynthos Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground 2,000 FL2 North, 7th [citation needed]
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens, Panserraikos, AEL were relegated to Football League 2 and Kerkyra with Kassiopi were merged, the teams became 24 and Vataniakos, Zakynthos, Paniliakos and Glyfada had to get promoted in order to fill the empty spots in Football League.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kerkyra (Q) 26 19 2 5 45 18 +27 59 Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
2 Niki Volos (Q) 26 17 5 4 47 12 +35 56
3 Aiginiakos (Q) 26 14 9 3 45 15 +30 51
4 Iraklis Thessaloniki (Q) 26 15 3 8 36 19 +17 48
5 Anagennisi Karditsa 26 12 8 6 28 20 +8 44
6 Tyrnavos 26 11 8 7 27 22 +5 41
7 Apollon Kalamarias 26 11 4 11 33 32 +1 37
8 Ethnikos Gazoros 26 9 8 9 23 22 +1 35
9 Zakynthos 26 10 1 15 25 35 −10 31
10 Doxa Drama (R) 26 8 6 12 22 30 −8 30 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
11 Pierikos 26 8 5 13 20 34 −14 29
12 Vataniakos (R) 26 5 5 16 20 45 −25 20 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13 Kavala (R) 26 4 5 17 18 49 −31 17
14 Anagennisi Giannitsa (R) 26 3 3 20 15 51 −36 12
Source: footballleaguenews.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches

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Home \ Away EGN AGN APO DDR GAZ IRT ZAK KAV KER NVL KRD PIE TYR VAT
Aiginiakos 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 3–0
Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–1
Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
Doxa Drama 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Ethnikos Gazoros 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 6–0 0–1 3–1
Zakynthos 0–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Kavala 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 1–3 0–0
Kerkyra 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–3
Niki Volos 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Pierikos 1–5 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Tyrnavos 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0
Vataniakos 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

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The same rules to the North Group apply.

Teams

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Last season Ref
Acharnaikos Menidi Acharnes Stadium 4,450 FL2 South, 3rd [11]
Asteras Magoula Magoula Municipal Stadium of Elefsina 1,400 FL2 South, 5th [12]
Chania Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 2,800 FL2 South, 6th [13]
Episkopi Rethimno Episkopi Stadium 1,000 FL2 South, 4th [14]
Fokikos Amfissa Amfissa Municipal Stadium 2,000 17th [1]
Fostiras Tavros Tavros Stadium 4,000 FL2 South, 1st [15]
Glyfada1 Glyfada Elliniko Stadium 10,800 FL2 South, 9th [citation needed]
Iraklis Psachna Psachna Psachna Municipal Stadium 5,500 11th [1]
Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250 13th [16]
Olympiacos Volos 1937 Volos Volos Municipal Stadium 9,000 6th (PO) [7]
Panachaiki Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321 15th [17]
Panegialios Aigio Aigio Stadium 4,500 FL2 South, 2nd [18]
Paniliakos1 Pyrgos Pirgos Municipal Stadium 6,750 FL2 South, 8th [citation needed]
Vyzas Megara Megara Municipal Stadium 2,350 19th [1]
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens, Panserraikos, Larissa were relegated to Football League 2 and Kerkyra with Kassiopi were merged, the teams became 24 and Vataniakos, Zakynthos, Paniliakos and Glyfada had to get promoted in order to fill the empty spots in Football League.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos Volos (Q) 26 17 5 4 54 18 +36 56 Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
2 Chania (Q) 26 13 9 4 29 13 +16 48
3 Fostiras (Q) 26 13 7 6 27 19 +8 46
4 Iraklis Psachna (Q) 26 12 8 6 32 14 +18 44
5 Panegialios 26 12 8 6 27 19 +8 44
6 Panachaiki 26 11 7 8 28 21 +7 40
7 Kallithea 26 9 12 5 32 21 +11 39
8 Acharnaikos 26 10 7 9 26 22 +4 37
9 Fokikos 26 11 3 12 33 31 +2 36
10 Paniliakos 26 10 5 11 30 28 +2 35
11 Episkopi 26 10 4 12 30 28 +2 34
12 Asteras Magoula (R) 26 7 6 13 26 36 −10 27 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
13 Glyfada (R) 26 2 3 21 16 62 −46 9
14 Vyzas (R) 26 2 2 22 17 75 −58 8
Source: footballleaguenews.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Matches

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Home \ Away ACH PNL MGL CHA EPI FOK FOS IPS KLT GLY OVL PCK PEG VYZ
Acharnaikos 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–0
Paniliakos 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Asteras Magoula 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–2
Chania 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1
Episkopi 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0
Fokikos 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0
Fostiras 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Iraklis Psachna 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–0
Kallithea 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–1
Glyfada 0–1 0–7 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–4 0–1 0–2 3–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–1
Panachaiki 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Panegialios 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–0
Vyzas 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–6 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–8 2–4 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoffs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Niki Volos (C, P) 14 8 3 3 18 9 +9 29 Promotion to Super League
2 Kerkyra (P) 14 6 4 4 13 10 +3 28
3 Olympiacos Volos 1937 (Q) 14 4 7 3 10 5 +5 25 Qualification to the Promotion Play-Off Match
4 Chania 14 6 3 5 14 9 +5 22
5 Iraklis Psachna 14 4 7 3 13 11 +2 19
6 Aiginiakos 14 4 4 6 12 18 −6 16
7 Iraklis Thessaloniki 14 3 6 5 9 16 −7 15
8 Fostiras 14 2 4 8 6 18 −12 10
Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Matches

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Home \ Away EGN CHA FOS KER NVL OVL IPS IRT
Aiginiakos 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2
Chania 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Fostiras 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Kerkyra 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Niki Volos 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Olympiacos Volos 1937 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Iraklis Psachna 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Iraklis Thessaloniki 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Mario Gurma Olympiacos Volos 21
2   Añete Niki Volos 20
3   Christos Tzioras Niki Volos 18
4   Zoran Baldovaliev Olympiacos Volos 14
6   Michalis Fragos Fokikos 13
  Konstantinos Neofytos Acharnaikos
7   Stelios Kritikos Iraklis Psachna 11
9   Dimitrios Diamantopoulos Doxa Drama 10
  Olivier Boumal Iraklis Psachna

References

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