2010–11 Football League (Greece)

Football League

Season	2010–11
Matches played	306
Goals scored	653 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win	PAS Giannina 5–0 Veria PAS Giannina 5–0 Diagoras
Biggest away win	Agrotikos Asteras 1–4 Kallithea
Highest scoring	Eth. Asteras 4–3 Diagoras Ethnikos 4–3 Kallithea
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the first season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its regular season began on 12 September 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011; the promotion play-offs, originally scheduled to take place immediately afterwards, were postponed to late July 2011 in wake of the Koriopolis scandal.

Teams

A total of three teams gained promotion to the 2010–11 Superleague after the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki season. Champions Olympiakos Volos and runners-up Kerkyra were directly promoted, while the remaining spot was taken by promotion playoff group winners Panserraikos. The three promoted teams were replaced by Levadiakos, PAS Giannina and Panthrakikos, who finished in the bottom three places of the 2009–10 Superleague.

On the bottom end of the table, Rodos, Kalamata and Egaleo were relegated to the 2010–11 Football League 2, the former Gamma Ethniki. Kalamata and Egaleo were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table, while Rodos finished bottom in the relegation playoff group. The relegated teams were replaced by 2009-10 Gamma Ethniki South champions Kallithea, North champions Veria and promotion playoff match winners Trikala.

E. Asteras
Ilioupoli
Kallithea

Agrotikos Ast.

Anagennisi

Diagoras

Doxa

Ethnikos P.
Ionikos

Levadiakos

OFI

Panetolikos

Panthrakikos

PAS Giannina

Pierikos

Thrasyvoulos

Trikala

Veria

Location of teams in 2010–11 Football League

Team	Location	Last season
Agrotikos Asteras	Thessaloniki	10th
Anagennisi Karditsa	Karditsa	12th
Diagoras	Rhodes	8th
Doxa Drama	Drama	14th
Ethnikos Asteras	Athens	11th
Ethnikos Piraeus	Piraeus	4th
Ilioupoli	Athens	9th
Ionikos	Piraeus	15th
Kallithea	Kallithea	GE South, 1st
Levadiakos	Livadeia	SL, 14th
OFI	Heraklion	3rd
Panetolikos	Agrinio	7th
Panthrakikos	Komotini	SL, 16th
PAS Giannina	Ioannina	SL, 15th
Pierikos	Katerini	6th
Thrasyvoulos	Athens	13th
Trikala	Trikala	GE North, 2nd
Veria	Veria	GE North, 1st

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Panetolikos (C) (P)	34	23	6	5	47	19	+28	75	Promotion to 2011–12 Superleague Greece
2	PAS Giannina (P)	34	22	8	4	55	17	+38	74
3	OFI (P)	34	21	6	7	42	20	+22	69	Qualification for promotion playoffs
4	Levadiakos (P)	34	17	9	8	48	33	+15	60
5	Doxa Drama (P)	34	16	8	10	51	28	+23	56
6	Diagoras	34	15	7	12	36	36	0	52
7	Panthrakikos	34	13	8	13	36	38	−2	47
8	Veria	34	12	8	14	37	42	−5	44
9	Pierikos	34	11	10	13	39	43	−4	43
10	Agrotikos Asteras	34	11	7	16	34	41	−7	40
11	Ethnikos Asteras	34	9	11	14	27	38	−11	38
12	Thrasyvoulos	34	9	9	16	33	36	−3	36
13	Kallithea	34	3	10	21	27	54	−27	19
14	Ethnikos Piraeus (R)	33	8	8	17	28	48	−20	32	Relegation to 2011–12 Delta Ethniki ^1,4
15	Ionikos (R)	35	9	9	17	25	51	−26	36
16	Anagennisi Karditsa (R)	34	9	6	19	20	43	−23	17
17	Ilioupoli (R)	34	10	6	18	29	50	−21	36	Relegation to 2011–12 Delta Ethniki ^2,4
	Trikala (R)	34	18	6	10	42	23	+19	60	Relegation to 2011–12 Delta Ethniki ^3,4

Source: Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹Anagennisi Karditsa, Ionikos and Ethnikos Piraeus were automatically placed in the last three positions of the table and demoted to the Football League 2 after having been found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window,^[1] Anagennisi also had 16 points deducted.
² On 3 August 2011, Ilioupoli was found guilty of match-fixing. Therefore, they were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League 2.^[2] Their appeal was unsuccessful.^[3]
3 Trikala were expelled from the league after the conclusion of the season as they were found guilty of forgery. Therefore, they were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League 2.^[4] Though a final decision hasn't been made yet.^[3]
4 On 26 September 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Anagennisi Karditsa, Ionikos, Ethnikos Piraeus, Ilioupoli and Trikala of their professional licence.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AGR

KRD

DIA

DDR

ETA

ETH

ILI

ION

KLT

LEV

OFI

PNT

PTH

PAS

PIE

THR

TRI

VER

Agrotikos Asteras

3–1

3–0

1–3

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–4

0–1

2–0

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–0

0–0

3–2

Anagennisi Karditsa

2–0

0–3

2–1^2

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

0–3

0–1

2–3

Diagoras

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

Doxa Drama

4–0

4–0

2–0

0–0

4–0

2–0

5–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

0–1

2–2

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

Ethnikos Asteras

2–1

2–1

4–3

0–0

2–1

1–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

Ethnikos Piraeus

0–3^3

0–0

2–4

2–2

0–2

0–1

1–2

4–3

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

Ilioupoli

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–2

2–2

0–0

0–2

2–0

2–4

1–2

2–3

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

Ionikos

1–0

0–3^4

2–1

0–0

0–0

1–0

3–0

0–0

0–3

1–2

0–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

0–2

0–0

Kallithea

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

0–3

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–4

Levadiakos

1–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

4–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–2

3–1

2–2

OFI

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

4–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

4–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

Panetolikos

4–0

3–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

2–0

4–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

Panthrakikos

3–2

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–1

0–2

3–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

PAS Giannina

1–0

1–0

5–0

1–0

3–0

3–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

2–0

5–0

Pierikos

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–0^5

2–2

2–2

1–1

0–1

4–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

3–2

Thrasyvoulos

2–2

0–0

0–2

4–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

4–1

3–2

0–1

0–1

0–1

3–2

0–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

Trikala

1–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

4–0

4–0

1–0

4–0

0–1

2–0

4–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

Veria

0–0

2–0

1–2

1–3

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² Anagennisi Karditsa won the match 2–1, but was later penalized for forgery and lost the match with 0–3.
³ Ethnikos Piraeus won the match 2–0, but was later penalized for forgery and lost the match with 0–3.
⁴ Ionikos won the match 1–0, but was later penalized for forgery and lost the match with 0–3.
⁵ Ionikos drew the match 0–0, but was later penalized for unpaid debts and lost the match with 0–3.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

A number of teams were scheduled to take part in two different double round-robin tournaments after the conclusion of the regular season, with four teams to compete for the third available promotion spot and four teams to avoid relegation. However, the relegation play-offs were cancelled after several teams were demoted because of financial irregularities.

Each play-off participant was assigned a number of bonus points in relation to their result of the regular season. The worst-placed team of each group started the play-off with 0 points. The number of points earned during the regular season by these teams was then subtracted from the points of each other team of the respective group; the result was divided by four and rounded to the nearest whole number of points, if necessary.

Promotion playoffs

The promotion playoffs initially comprised the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, OFI, Trikala, Levadiakos and Doxa Drama and were scheduled to take place in late May, immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. However, the round was postponed due to the investigations in the Koriopolis scandal. Trikala were eventually found guilty of forgery and demoted to the amateur leagues; their spot in the promotion play-off was taken by 7th-placed Diagoras.

As outlined above, Diagoras' earned total of 52 points during the regular season were taken as a base for the calculation of bonus points for the other play-off participants. OFI had collected 69 points, 17 more than Diagoras, and hence were assigned a four-point bonus. Similarly, Levadiakos (60 points) were awarded two bonus points and Doxa Drama (56 points) were given a one-point bonus. OFI won the play-off and were promoted to 2011-12 Superleague Greece. Levadiakos and Doxa Drama were also promoted because Olympiakos Volou and Kavala F.C. were relegated because of Koriopolis.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	OFI (O) (P)	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	18	Promotion to 2011–12 Superleague Greece
2	Levadiakos (P)	6	4	1	1	12	2	+10	15	Promotion to 2011–12 Superleague Greece ^1
3	Doxa Drama (P)	6	1	2	3	5	13	−8	6
4	Diagoras	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1

Updated to games played on 30 July 2011.
Source: Soccerway
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.
¹ Levadiakos and Doxa Drama could be promoted, as Olympiakos Volou and Kavala FC were not granted a Super League License for 2011-12 Superleague Greece, if AE Larissa and Panserraikos are relegated.

Home ╲ Away	DIA	DDR	LEV	OFI
Diagoras		0–1	0–1	1–2
Doxa Drama	1–1		0–3^2	3–3
Levadiakos	4–0	3–0		0–1
OFI	3–0	3–0^2	1–1

Updated to games played on 30 July 2011.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²w.o. (The matches were awarded by a score of 3–0 as Doxa Drama had not enough players to field a full side.)^[5]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

The relegation playoffs initially comprised the teams ranked 13th through 16th during the regular season, Ionikos, Ilioupoli, Thrasyvoulos and Ethnikos Piraeus and were scheduled to take place in late May, immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. However, the round was eventually cancelled after Trikala, Anagennisi Karditsa, Ionikos and Asteras Piraeus were all found guilty of forgery and demoted from the league.

Top goalscorers

Source: Soccerway

19 goals

• Ibrahima Bakayoko (PAS Giannina)

18 goals

• Marko Markovski (Doxa Dramas)

15 goals

• Giorgos Zacharopoulos (Thrasyvoulos)

11 goals

• Anestis Agritis (OFI)
• Giorgos Barkoglou (Levadiakos)
• Giorgos Saitiotis (Veria)
• Dimitris Sialmas (PAS Giannina)

10 goals

• Giorgos Theodoridis (Panetolikos)

9 goals

• Giorgos Gougoulias (Pierikos)
• Vaggelis Kontogoulidis (Trikala)
• Bartosz Tarachulski (Diagoras)

References

1. "Regegation for Ethnikos and Ionikos" (in Greek). Contra.gr. September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
2. "Ilioupoli punished with relegation" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
3. "Decisions of Appeal Committee (5 September 2011)" (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
4. "Trikala got disqualified" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
5. "OFI earns last Super League ticket". ekathimerini.com. Ekathimerini. September 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.