2011–12 Football League (Greece)

Football League
Season	2011–12
Matches played	306
Goals scored	652 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win	Anagennisi Epanomi 6–0 Diagoras
Biggest away win	Anagennisi Epanomi 0–5 Kallithea
Highest scoring	Anagennisi Epanomi 6-1 Panachaiki Kallithea 5–2 Panachaiki Larissa 5–2 Anagennisi Epanomi Thrasyvoulos 4-3 Fokikos
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The Football League is the second division of the professional football system of Greece. The 2011–12 Football League was held for the second year under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki.

The regular season began late, on 29 October, due to the Koriopolis scandal and the relegation of five teams for various offences.^[1] Promotion play-offs are scheduled to take place immediately afterwards,^[2] while the relegation play-outs were abolished by decision of 8 December 2011.^[3]

Teams

A total of three teams gained promotion to the 2011–12 Superleague after the 2010–11 Football League season. Champions Panetolikos and runners-up PAS Giannina were directly promoted,^[4] and the remaining spot was taken by promotion play-off group winners OFI.^[4] The teams that replaced the three promoted teams were initially Iraklis, after it was found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window,^[5] Larissa and Panserraikos. Later however, Iraklis got stripped from its professional licence and got relegated to the Delta Ethniki. Also, Levadiakos and Doxa Drama gained promotion to the 2011–12 Superleague to take the place of Olympiakos Volou and Kavala which were relegated due to Koriopolis scandal.^[6] For the same scandal Panachaiki was docked five points on 24 October 2011.^[7]

On the bottom end of the table, Ethnikos Piraeus, Ionikos, Anagennisi Karditsa and Trikala were demoted to the 2011–12 Delta Ethniki^[4] after having been found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window.^[8]^[9] Ilioupoli was found guilty of match-fixing, so it was automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League 2.^[10] The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Football League 2 South champions Panachaiki, North champions Anagennisi Epanomi, South runner-up Vyzas, North runner-up Kalloni, Iraklis Psachna, Fokikos, Platanias and Anagennisi Giannitsa.^[4]

Location of teams in 2011–12 Football League

Team	Location	Last season
Agrotikos Asteras	Thessaloniki	j !10th
Anagennisi Epanomi	Epanomi	p !FL2 North, 1st
Anagennisi Giannitsa	Giannitsa	p !FL2 North, 4th
Diagoras	Rhodes	f !6th
Ethnikos Asteras	Athens	k !11th
Fokikos	Amfissa	p !FL2 North, 3rd
Iraklis Psachna	Psachna	p !FL2 South, 3rd
Kallithea	Kallithea	m !13th
Kalloni	Kalloni	p !FL2 North, 2nd
Larissa	Larissa	p !SL, 14th
Panachaiki	Patras	p !FL2 South, 1st
Panserraikos	Serres	p !SL, 15th
Panthrakikos	Komotini	g !7th
Pierikos	Katerini	f !9th
Platanias	Platanias	p !FL2 South, 5th
Thrasyvoulos	Fyli	l !12th
Veria	Veria	h !8th
Vyzas	Megara	p !FL2 South, 2nd

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Panthrakikos !Panthrakikos (C) (P)	34	22	7	5	49	16	+33	73	Promotion to 2012–13 Superleague Greece
2	Veria !Veria (P)	34	22	6	6	56	19	+37	72	Promotion to 2012–13 Superleague Greece
3	Kallithea !Kallithea	34	19	7	8	58	32	+26	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Panachaiki !Panachaiki	34	20	6	8	55	33	+22	061¹
5	Platanias !Platanias (O) (P)	34	17	9	8	41	20	+21	60
6	AEL Kalloni !AEL Kalloni	34	15	12	7	46	29	+17	57
7	Panserraikos !Panserraikos	34	16	9	9	39	22	+17	57
8	Pierikos !Pierikos	34	16	7	11	41	30	+11	55
9	Anagennisi Epanomi !Anagennisi Epanomi	34	13	5	16	42	46	−4	44
10	Larissa !Larissa	34	11	10	13	38	29	+9	43
11	Iraklis Psachna !Iraklis Psachna	34	10	12	12	29	23	+6	42
12	Thrasyvoulos !Thrasyvoulos	34	11	9	14	37	40	−3	42
13	Anagennisi Giannitsa !Anagennisi Giannitsa	34	10	9	15	29	44	−15	39
14	Fokikos !Fokikos	34	8	11	15	27	38	−11	35
15	Vyzas !Vyzas	34	9	7	18	24	42	−18	34
16	Agrotikos Asteras !Agrotikos Asteras (R)	34	9	7	18	24	41	−17	34	Relegation to 2012–13 Delta Ethniki
17	Ethnikos Asteras !Ethnikos Asteras (R)	34	5	9	20	14	62	−48	021²	Relegation to 2012–13 Football League 2
18	Diagoras !Diagoras (R)	34	1	2	31	3	86	−83	03^3,4	Relegation to 2012–13 Delta Ethniki ³

Updated to games played on 23 May 2012.
Source: Football League standings (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ On 24 October 2011, Panachaiki was docked 5 points for bribing during the 2010–11 Football League 2 season.^[7]
² On 29 December 2011, Ethnikos Asteras was docked 3 points because of the suspension of the Greek Cup match against PAOK with fault of their fans on 21 December.^[11]
³ Diagoras was docked 2 points. ⁴ On 16 February 2012, Diagoras was expelled from the championship by the Greek Professional Sports Committee.^[12]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Agrotikos Asteras !AGR	Anagennisi Epanomi !ANE	Anagennisi Giannitsa !AGN	Diagoras !DIA	Ethnikos Asteras !ETA	Fokikos !FOK	Iraklis Psachna !IPS	Kallithea !KLT	AEL Kalloni !KAL	Larissa !AEL	Panachaiki !PCK	Panserraikos !PSE	Panthrakikos !PTH	Pierikos !PIE	Platanias !PLA	Thrasyvoulos !THR	Veria !VER	Vyzas !VYZ
Agrotikos Asteras !Agrotikos Asteras		1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2
Anagennisi Epanomi !Anagennisi Epanomi	1–0		1–2	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–5	1–4	1–0	6–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	3–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa !Anagennisi Giannitsa	1–0	0–1		3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1
Diagoras !Diagoras	0–3	0–3	0–0		0–3	2–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–1
Ethnikos Asteras !Ethnikos Asteras	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0		2–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	2–1	0–3
Fokikos !Fokikos	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0
Iraklis Psachna !Iraklis Psachna	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	3–0
Kallithea !Kallithea	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1		0–3	1–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0
AEL Kalloni !AEL Kalloni	0–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Larissa !Larissa	4–1	5–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0
Panachaiki !Panachaiki	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0
Panserraikos !Panserraikos	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–1		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Panthrakikos !Panthrakikos	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0
Pierikos !Pierikos	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1		0–2	1–2	1–3	2–0
Platanias !Platanias	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	3–0
Thrasyvoulos !Thrasyvoulos	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–0	4–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0
Veria !Veria	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	5–0	1–0		1–0
Vyzas !Vyzas	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–3

Updated to games played on 23 May 2012.
Source: Football League matchdays (Greek)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season.^[2]

Playoff table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Platanias !Platanias (O) (P)	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	11	Promotion to 2012–13 Superleague Greece
2	Kallithea !Kallithea	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	10
3	AEL Kalloni !AEL Kalloni	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
4	Panachaiki !Panachaiki	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	8

Updated to games played on June 30th, 2012.
Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoff results

Home ╲ Away	Kallithea !KLT	AEL Kalloni !KAL	Panachaiki !PCK	Platanias !PLA
Kallithea !Kallithea		0–0	2–2	2–0
AEL Kalloni !AEL Kalloni	1–0		4–0	0–0
Panachaiki !Panachaiki	2–1	1–0		2–3
Platanias !Platanias	0–1	3–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 28 June 2012.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[13]
1	Furtado	Panachaiki	22
2	Calvin Kadi	Veria	19
3	Christos Koutsospyros	Pierikos	12
3	Leozinho	Kalloni	12
5	D'Acol	Kallithea / Thrasyvoulos	11
6	Sambégou Bangoura	Panserraikos	10
	Giannis Katsaros	Kallithea
	Markos Maragoudakis	Platanias
9	Giannis Gesios	Anagennisi Epanomi	8
9	Giorgos Manousos	Kalloni	8

Updated to games played on 16 May 2012.

References

↑ "Kick-off at last". Contra.gr (in Greek). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
1 2 3 "Proclamation of the 2010–11 Football League". epae.org. , Article 8 (Προβιβασμός – Υποβιβασμός ομάδας) (Greek)
↑ "Board decisions". epae.org (in Greek). 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
1 2 3 4 "Confirmation of 2010–11 Football League & Football League 2 standings". epae.org (in Greek). 3 August 2011.
↑ "Αnnouncement for the teams receiving UEFA licence for the 2011–12 season". epo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2011.
↑ "Doxa Dramas and Levadiakos to Superleague". Sport24 (in Greek). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
1 2 "Decision of Appeal Committee (24 October 2011)". epo.gr (in Greek).
↑ "Announcement of relegation of Ethnikos and Ionikos". epae.org (in Greek). 22 June 2011.
↑ "Relegation for Trikala and Anagennisi Karditsas". Rizospastis (in Greek). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
↑ "Relegation of Ilioupoli". Kathimerini (in Greek). 4 August 2011.
↑ Korkodilos. "Απόφαση Πειθαρχικής Επιτροπής ΕΠΟ (29-12-2011)". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
↑ "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
↑ "Football League statistics". sport24.gr.

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