2020–21 Football League (Greece)

Football League Greece
Season	2020–21
Dates	27 March 2021 – 27 June 2021
Champions	Veria; Kalamata
Relegated	AEP Kozani; Ialysos Rodos; Santorini 2020; Aspropyrgos
Matches played	180
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Football League Greece was the second season as a third-tier professional league of the Greek football league system since its restructuring and the tenth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. That was the first season after 2014–15 that the league has more than one groups. The groups are created based on geographical criteria. That was the last season of the league before their abolishment and a merger with Super League Greece 2, as a result of a new restructuring of the Greek league system. The 2020-21 season start has been delayed due to the COVID-19 second lockdown in Greece that began in November 2020.

North Group

Teams

Locations the 2020–21 Football League North Group clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEP Kozani	Kozani	Kozani Municipal Stadium	4,000
Almopos Aridea	Aridaea	Aridea Municipal Stadium	700
Apollon Pontus	Thessaloniki	Kalamaria Stadium	6,500
Kavala	Kavala	Anthi Karagianni Stadium	10,550
Olympiacos Volos	Volos	Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium	2,500
Panserraikos	Serres	Serres Municipal Stadium	9,500
Pierikos	Katerini	Katerini Municipal Stadium	4,995
Thesprotos	Igoumenitsa	Igoumenitsa Municipal Stadium	3,500
Triglia	Triglia	Triglia Municipal Stadium	5,000
Veria	Veria	Veria Stadium	7,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
AEP Kozani	Roman Nádvorník	N/A	Macron	N/A
Almopos Aridea	Georgios Tyriakidis	N/A	Erreà	Loutra Pozar
Apollon Pontus	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	N/A	Nike	N/A
Kavala	Konstantinos Anyfantakis	Vasilis Gavriilidis	Macron	Ellagrolip
Olympiacos Volos	Vasilis Vouzas	N/A	Nike	Iama
Panserraikos	Petros Stoilas	N/A	Macron	Spyropoulos
Pierikos	Sakis Papavasiliou	N/A	Macron	N/A
Thesprotos	Juan Ramón Rocha	Charilaos Bikas	Kappa	Car.gr
Triglia	Kostas Georgiadis	Manolis Papasterianos	Macron	N/A
Veria	Pavlos Dermitzakis	N/A	GSA Sport	Dacristo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Veria (C)	18	11	5	2	24	6	+18	38	Eligibility for Super League 2
2	Kavala	18	11	2	5	32	18	+14	35
3	Panserraikos	18	10	1	7	21	12	+9	31
4	Olympiacos Volos	18	9	2	7	23	21	+2	29
5	Pierikos	18	7	5	6	23	21	+2	26
6	Thesprotos	18	6	4	8	19	24	−5	22
7	Triglia	18	4	9	5	14	16	−2	21
8	Almopos Aridea	18	5	5	8	18	21	−3	20
9	Apollon Pontus^[a]	18	5	4	9	15	24	−9	19
10	AEP Kozani (R)	18	0	7	11	7	33	−26	7	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki

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

^ Apollon Pontus was readmitted to the Super League 2 due to departure of teams.

Results

Home \ Away	AKO	ALM	APP	KAV	OLV	PIE	PSE	THE	TRG	VER
AEP Kozani	—	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Almopos Aridea	1–1	—	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0
Apollon Pontus	3–0	3–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–3
Kavala	5–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0
Olympiacos Volos	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	—	3–3	0–1	4–2	1–0	0–2
Pierikos	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1
Panserraikos	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0
Thesprotos	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	—	0–0	3–2
Triglia	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–0
Veria	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

South Group

Teams

Locations the 2020–21 Football League South Group clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aspropyrgos	Aspropyrgos	Aspropyrgos Municipal Stadium	2,000
Asteras Vlachioti	Vlachioti	Vlachioti Municipal Stadium	600
Egaleo	Egaleo	Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium	8,217
Episkopi	Episkopi	Gallos Stadium	1,500
Ialysos Rodos	Ialysos	Economideio Municipal Stadium	2,000
Kalamata	Kalamata	Kalamata Municipal Stadium	5,613
Kallithea	Kallithea	Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium	4,200
Niki Volos	Volos	Panthessaliko Stadium	22,700
Rodos	Rhodes	Diagoras Stadium	3,693
Santorini	Santorini	Kamari Stadium	1,500

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aspropyrgos	Ilias Fyntanis	N/A	Kappa	Endless
Asteras Vlachioti	Georgios Vazakas	N/A	Saller	Martsoukos
Egaleo	Thomas Grafas	Ilias Tsiligiris	Macron	Kyriakoulis
Episkopi	Jasminko Velić	Dimitris Soubasakis	Lotto	Avin
Ialysos Rodos	Vangelis Chantes	Vangelis Reklitis	Erreà	N/A
Kalamata	Nikos Anastopoulos	Michalis Zacharopoulos	Capelli	Volterra
Kallithea	Giannis Tatsis	Mattheos Maroukakis	Zeus	N/A
Niki Volos	Alekos Vosniadis	Sotiris Balafas	Macron	Car.gr
Rodos	Kostas Velitzelos	Georgios Delaportas	Kappa	Mitsis Hotels
Santorini	Nikos Pantelis	N/A	Macron	Katselis

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kalamata (C)	18	10	5	3	20	7	+13	35	Eligibility for Super League 2
2	Episkopi	18	6	9	3	15	10	+5	27
3	Rodos	18	8	6	4	19	15	+4	27^[a]
4	Ialysos Rodos^[b] (R)	18	6	6	6	16	22	−6	24	Relegation to Local Championship
5	Santorini^[b] (R)	18	6	6	6	15	16	−1	24	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
6	Kallithea	18	7	5	6	18	16	+2	23^[c]	Eligibility for Super League 2
7	Egaleo	18	6	5	7	14	14	0	23
8	Niki Volos	18	4	10	4	18	14	+4	22
9	Asteras Vlachioti^[d]	18	6	4	8	16	14	+2	22
10	Aspropyrgos (R)	18	2	2	14	10	34	−24	8	Relegation to Local Championship

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

^ Rodos has 3 points deducted, from the Football League for invalid bulletins.
^ ^a ^b Relegation due to non-issuance of a Super League 2 certificate.
^ Kallithea has 3 points deducted, from the Football League for irregular player participation.
^ Asteras Vlachioti was readmitted to the Super League 2 due to departure of teams.

Results

Home \ Away	EAS	AVL	EGA	EPI	IAL	KAL	KLT	NVL	ROD	SAN
Aspropyrgos	—	0–4	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	0–3	3–2	0–2	1–2
Asteras Vlachioti	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0^[a]	0–0	0–0	2–1
Egaleo	1–0	1–0	—	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Episkopi	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Ialysos Rodos	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0
Kalamata	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Kallithea	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	2–3	1–1
Niki Volos	6–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	—	1–2	1–1
Rodos	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	—	0–3^[b]
Santorini 2020	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

^ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Asteras Vlachioti.^[1]
^ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Santorini.^[2]

References

^ "Football League: Ήττα με 3-0 και αφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην Καλλιθέα" (in Greek). www.fosonline.gr. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Football League: Αφαίρεση 3 βαθμών στη Ρόδο – Καταθέτει έφεση". mikriliga (in Greek). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[table_note_APP0.60147708030486-1] Apollon Pontus was readmitted to the Super League 2 due to departure of teams.

[table_hth_ROD0.28259701062115-2] Rodos has 3 points deducted, from the Football League for invalid bulletins.

[table_note_IAL0.28259701062115-3] Relegation due to non-issuance of a Super League 2 certificate.

[table_hth_KLT0.28259701062115-4] Kallithea has 3 points deducted, from the Football League for irregular player participation.

[table_note_AVL0.28259701062115-5] Asteras Vlachioti was readmitted to the Super League 2 due to departure of teams.

[table_note_1_AVL_KLT0.60696169389736-7] The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Asteras Vlachioti.^[1]

[table_note_1_ROD_SAN0.60696169389736-9] The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Santorini.^[2]

[6] "Football League: Ήττα με 3-0 και αφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην Καλλιθέα" (in Greek). www.fosonline.gr. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[8] "Football League: Αφαίρεση 3 βαθμών στη Ρόδο – Καταθέτει έφεση". mikriliga (in Greek). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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