2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

The 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki is the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 14, 2008 and it is estimated to be finished in May 2009. 36 teams contest the league, divided into two groups of 18 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them have been relegated from Beta Ethniki, while 10 of them have been promoted from Delta Ethniki. Last season's champions of North Group were Kavala, and Diagoras of South Group.

Participant Clubs

Following clubs were relegated from Beta Ethniki last season:

• Egaleo
• Chaidari
• Agios Dimitrios

Following clubs secured a place in Gamma Ethniki by avoiding relegation or by failing to win promotion:

• Aias Salamina
• Aiolikos (withdrew)
• Neos Asteras Rethymno
• Atsalenios
• Fostiras
• Ilioupoli
• Korinthos
• Koropi
• Panachaiki 2005
• Rodos
• Vyzas

• Alexandroupoli Enosi (dismissed)
• Anagennisi Arta (withdrew)
• Anagennisi Giannitsa
• Doxa Drama (taking the place of Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos after the two Olympiakos Volos clubs' merger in summer 2008)
• Eordaikos 2007
• Ethnikos Katerini
• Lamia
• Neoi Epivates
• Niki Volos
• Panetolikos
• Preveza
• Thermaikos

Following clubs were promoted to Gamma Ethniki as champions of their respective Delta Ethniki groups:

• Odysseas Anagennisi
• Makedonikos Neapoli
• Pyrsos
• Ethnikos Filippiada
• Fokikos

• Zakynthos
• Panargiakos
• Agia Paraskevi
• Keravnos Keratea
• Olympiakos Chersonissos

Separation into Groups

The afore mentioned clubs were divided into two groups depending on their geographical origin. Most of the clubs that come from the southern part of the country (including Attica, Peloponnesus, Crete, the Aegean Islands and half Sterea Ellada) will enter South Group 1, while clubs from Central and Northern Greece (including Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly, the Ionian Islands and part of Sterea Ellada) will take part in North Group 2.

Group 1 (South)

League table

As of May 14, 2009

Ag. Dimitrios
Ag. Paraskevi
Chaidari
Egaleo
Fostiras
Ilioupoli

Aias

Aiolikos

Asteras

Atsalenios

Keravnos

Koropi

Korinthos

Olympiakos

Panachaiki

Panargiakos

Rodos

Vyzas

Location of teams in South Group of 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ilioupoli (C) (P)	34	25	3	6	63	23	+30	78
2	Rodos (P)	34	22	11	1	56	19	+27	77
3	Panachaiki	34	22	9	3	48	19	+19	75
4	Fostiras (R)	34	18	8	8	47	30	+17	59
5	Korinthos	34	12	12	10	41	34	+7	48
6	Keravnos Keratea	34	14	5	15	37	32	+5	47
7	Panargiakos	34	13	7	13	40	39	+1	46
8	Aghia Paraskevi	34	11	13	10	43	43	0	46
9	Vyzas	34	12	9	13	39	33	+6	45
10	Chersonissos	34	11	9	14	39	36	+4	42
11	Atsalenios	34	11	9	14	31	30	+1	42
12	Aias Salaminas	34	11	9	14	36	40	-4	42
13	Chaidari	34	10	9	15	27	34	-7	39
14	Koropi (R)	34	8	15	11	23	25	-2	39
15	Aghios Dimitrios (R)	34	11	6	17	39	52	-13	39
16	Asteras Rethymnou (R)	34	8	12	14	31	44	-13	33
17	Egaleo (R)	33	4	8	21	31	70	-39	20
18	Aiolikos (R)	34	4	2	28	13	81	-68	14

1.^ Aiolikos has withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All their remaining matches will be award 3-0 for their opponents.

2.^ Due to relegation of Apollon Kalamarias Rodos earned promotion.

3.^ Fostiras relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

	Champion - Promotion to Beta Ethniki
	Runner-up - Single play-off match against North Group runner-up.
	Relegation to Delta Ethniki

Results Table

Home/Away	AGP	AGD	AIA	AIO	ATS	CHA	CHE	EGA	FOS	ILI	KER	KOR	KRP	NAR	PGE	PRG	ROD	VYZ
Aghia Paraskevi		1-0	3-2	3-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	3-1	1-2	-	-	1-1	1-1	-	1-1	1-1	1-1	2-1
Aghios Dimitrios	0-0		2-0	3-0	-	2-1	1-0	0-0	-	-	0-4	1-2	-	2-1	-	2-2	2-3	0-1
Aias Salamina	-	-		3-0	1-0	1-2	2-1	2-1	1-1	2-0	2-0	1-3	0-0	2-2	0-0	-	2-2	-
Aiolikos	0-3	0-3	-		0-2	0-3	0-3	-	0-3	0-3	-	0-3	0-3	0-1	1-2	0-3	0-3	0-3
Atsalenios	-	0-1	2-1	-		1-0	1-1	3-1	-	1-2	3-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	2-0	-	1-2
Chaidari	-	2-1	0-0	-	0-0		2-0	4-2	0-1	2-1	1-0	0-1	1-0	-	0-0	-	1-1	0-0
Chersonissos	-	3-0	-	3-0	1-1	-		3-0	2-1	1-0	0-0	-	0-0	1-1	0-1	2-1	0-2	2-0
Egaleo	4-4	-	3-1	3-2	1-0	0-2	0-4		0-2	0-2	0-1	2-2	-	1-3	-	-	1-1	-
Fostiras	3-1	2-1	-	4-1	1-0	-	2-0	-		0-3	2-1	1-1	1-1	2-0	2-1	4-1	-	1-1
Ilioupoli	3-1	2-1	3-0	-	2-1	3-0	-	4-1	-		2-0	3-1	3-0	1-1	1-1	2-0	2-1	-
Keravnos Keratea	4-1	3-1	1-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	-	2-0	0-1	0-2		-	1-0	0-0	0-1	-	0-2	-
Korinthos	-	1-1	0-1	-	1-1	-	2-2	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-1		2-0	-	0-1	2-0	1-2	2-1
Koropi	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-1	0-0	-	0-0	1-2	1-2	-	-		-	2-2	1-0	0-0	0-0
Neos Asteras Rethymno	0-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	1-1	-	4-2	0-2	-	-	0-0	0-0		0-1	2-2	P-P	-
Panachaiki	2-1	3-1	1-1	-	-	2-1	2-0	2-0	-	1-0	1-0	3-0	-	4-0		1-2	-	2-0
Panargiakos	1-0	1-2	1-0	3-0	-	1-1	1-0	4-2	0-0	-	2-1	0-0	-	3-1	-		1-1	2-0
Rodos	2-0	-	-	2-1	3-0	1-0	1-0	-	2-1	0-0	2-1	1-1	-	2-1	0-0	-		2-1
Vyzas Megara	0-0	2-2	3-0	2-0	-	-	1-1	4-1	1-1	0-1	2-3	-	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-2

Top scorers

#	Name	Club	Goals
1	Giorgos Zacharopoulos	Fostiras	24
2	Giorgos Trichias	Rodos	18
-	Κimonas Evaggelatos	Agios Dimitrios	18
3	Michalis Nikolopoulos	Ilioupoli	15
4	Mario Gurma	Panachaiki	12

Group 2 (North)

League table

As of May 14, 2009

PAONE
Thermaikos

Alexandroupoli

Anagennisi A.

Anagennisi G.

Doxa

Eordaikos

Ethnikos F.

Ethnikos K.

Fokikos

Lamia

Makedonikos

Niki

Odysseas

Panetolikos

Preveza

Pyrsos

Zakynthos

Location of teams in North Group of 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Doxa Drama (C) (P)	34	22	10	2	68	22	+46	76
2	Panetolikos (P)	34	21	7	6	56	14	+32	70
3	Eordaikos	34	17	14	3	46	18	+28	65
4	Makedonikos	34	14	14	6	47	25	+22	56
5	PAONE	34	13	13	8	41	26	+15	52
6	Zakynthos	34	14	9	11	36	28	+8	51
7	Niki Volos	34	13	10	11	32	26	+6	49
8	Thermaikos Thermi	34	13	8	13	46	40	+6	47
9	Odysseas Anegennisi	34	12	11	11	35	30	+5	47
10	Fokikos	34	12	11	11	38	34	+4	47
11	Ethnikos Filippiada	34	12	11	11	33	35	-2	47
12	Pyrsos Grevena	34	11	13	10	37	28	+9	46
13	Anagennisi Giannitsa	34	12	9	13	32	38	-6	45
14	Lamia (R)	34	10	12	12	33	34	-1	42
15	PAS Preveza (R)	34	9	12	13	21	27	-6	39
16	Ethnikos Katerini (R)	34	6	3	25	24	67	-43	21
17	Anagennisi Arta (R)	34	4	5	25	15	76	-61	17
18	Enossi Alexandroupoli (R)	34	4	2	28	9	81	-72	14

1.^ Enossi Alexandroupoli has been expelled from this competition and all their wins and draws were converted into 3-0 wins for their opponents (original losses stand as scored). In all likelihood, all their remaining matches will be awarded to their opponents 3-0.

2.^ Anagennisi Arta has withdrawn from this competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

	Champion - Promotion to Beta Ethniki
	Runner-up - Single play-off match against North Group runner-up.
	Relegation to Delta Ethniki

Results

Home/Away	ART	GIA	DOX	EAL	EOR	ETF	ETK	FOK	LAM	MKD	NIK	ODY	PNE	PAN	PRE	PYR	THE	ZAK
Anagennisi Arta		-	-	3-0	0-1	2-2	0-3	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-3	-	-	1-1	-	0-3	1-2	0-3
Anagennisi Giannitsa	0-0		0-0	-	0-2	0-1	1-0	0-0	1-0	-	1-0	1-2	1-0	-	0-2	-	2-1	1-0
Doxa Drama	4-0	4-1		4-0	-	4-1	-	1-1	2-0	1-0	-	-	1-0	2-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0
Enosi Alexandroupoli	0-3	0-3	0-3		0-2	0-1	0-3	-	-	-	0-3	0-3	0-3	-	0-3	0-3	0-3	0-3
Eordaikos	-	-	3-3	3-0		4-1	1-0	-	3-1	0-0	2-2	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	-	-
Ethnikos Filippiada	1-0	1-1	1-1	3-0	1-0		-	-	3-1	1-3	-	0-0	0-0	1-3	1-0	-	2-0	0-0
Ethnikos Katerini	0-2	0-1	0-4	-	1-1	0-4		0-2	0-2	0-4	4-1	0-1	1-3	0-2	2-0	1-1	-	-
Fokikos	3-0	3-1	-	3-0	0-0	1-1	2-0		2-2	1-2	3-1	2-1	-	2-1	-	2-1	2-0	1-2
Lamia	3-0	0-4	-	3-1	0-0	-	3-0	0-0		-	0-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-1	0-3	3-1	1-1
Makedonikos	8-0	2-1	0-0	3-1	0-0	-	-	2-1	0-0		-	1-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	-	1-1	2-2
Niki Volos	2-0	0-0	0-1	-	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0		1-2	0-1	2-1	-	-	3-0	1-0
Odysseas Anagennisi	4-0	2-3	0-4	2-1	-	-	3-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	2-0		0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	-	-
PAONE	3-1	-	-	3-0	-	1-1	-	4-1	0-0	1-1	0-0	-		0-0	2-0	0-0	3-1	2-1
Panetolikos	3-0	4-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	-	5-0	3-0	3-0	-	-	0-0	3-1		3-0	2-1	-	2-0
PAS Preveza	3-0	0-0	0-2	3-0	0-0	1-0	-	0-0	-	2-0	1-0	-	0-0	-		1-1	1-0	0-0
Pyrsos Grevena	0-0	0-0	1-1	-	0-0	3-0	4-1	1-0	-	3-1	0-0	3-0	1-1	-	-		0-4	1-0
Thermaikos	-	1-1	5-2	3-0	1-2	0-0	2-1	-	-	0-0	-	2-1	1-2	0-0	3-1	2-0		2-1
Zakynthos	-	-	0-0	3-0	1-1	1-0	3-2	-	-	0-2	1-2	2-0	-	1-0	0-0	2-0	3-2

Top scorers

#	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ioannis Katsaros	Makedonikos	11
2	Lazaros Mouratidis	Doxa Drama	10
3	Petros Zouroudis	Panetolikos	9
-	Christos Karagiannis	Eordaikos	9
-	Konstantinos Aggos	Doxa Drama	9
-	Panagiotis Bris	Fokikos	9
-	Stavros Tsoukalas	Doxa Drama	9

Play-off match

Rodos v Panetolikos

23 May 2009 17:00

Rodos	1 – 2	Panetolikos
Bartoz Romanczouk  6' (pen.)		Stathis Karamalikis  82' Thanasis Paleologos  96'

Nea Smyrni Stadium Athens Attendance: 11.000 Referee: M.Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Rodos

Panetolikos

RODOS: GK 99 Antonis Panagiotopoulos DF 5 Theopistos Papadopoulos (c) DF 30 Georgios Zacharatos DF 2 Nikitas Maliakas DF 37 Kostas Meresiotis  69' MF 22 Dimitrios Chaloulos MF 23 Bartoz Romanczouk  69' MF 20 Paulos Gigani  81' MF 11 Nikitaras Pelekis FW 31 Georgios Trichias FW 10 Dionisis Liosatos Substitutes: DF 47 Nikos Antoniou  60' MF 27 Reisis Mailis  69' DF 4 Thomas Bibiris  81' Manager: Dimitris Spanos

PANETOLIKOS: GK 89 Nikos Babaniotis DF 30 Christos Naintos (c)  52'  78' DF 33 Theodosis Theodosiadis  67' DF 77 Michalis Bakakis  70' DF 16 Periklis Papapostolou MF 7 Makis Belevonis  43'  54' MF 19 Thanasis Paleologos MF 20 Tasos Dentsas MF 81 Stathis Karamalikis MF 6 Hussein Mumin FW 38 Chiquinho Delgado Substitutes: FW 9 Petros Zouroudis  78' DF 32 Charalabos Charalabakis  70' FW 18 Panagiotis Zorbas  54' Manager: Vasilis Delaperas