2011–12 Football League 2 (Greece)

Football League 2
Season2011–12
Champions
Promoted
Relegated

The 2011–12 Football League 2 was the 29th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It is scheduled to start on 27 November 2011.[1] 23 teams are separated into two groups, 11 in Group 1 (South) and 12 in Group 2 (North) according to geographical criteria.

Southern Group

Teams

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Location of teams in South Group of 2011–12 Football League 2
Team Location Last season
Apollon Smyrni Athens 7th
Asteras Magoula Magoula D Group 7, 1st
Chania Chania 9th
Glyfada Athens D Group 8, 1st
Ilisiakos Athens D Group 8, 9th
Kalamata Kalamata D Group 6, 1st
Paniliakos Pyrgos 12th
Proodeftiki Athens D Group 9, 1st
Rouf Athens 11th
Rouvas Gergeri D Group 10, 1st
Zakynthos Zakynthos FL2 North, 13th

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Apollon Smyrni (C, P) 20 12 4 4 28 12 +16 40 Promotion to Football League
2 Paniliakos 20 10 5 5 24 16 +8 35 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Zakynthos 20 9 2 9 20 25 −5 29
4 Glyfada 20 7 8 5 24 19 +5 29
5 Kalamata 20 6 10 4 13 15 −2 28
6 Rouvas 20 7 4 9 18 22 −4 25
7 Chania 20 6 6 8 18 20 −2 24
8 Asteras Magoula 20 5 8 7 19 22 −3 23
9 Proodeftiki 20 5 7 8 16 20 −4 22 Qualification for Relegation play-off
10 Ilisiakos (R) 20 5 6 9 17 22 −5 21 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
11 Rouf (R) 20 3 10 7 22 26 −4 19
Source: Football League 2 standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away APS MGL CHA GLY ILI KLM PNL PRO ROF ROU ZAK
Apollon Smyrni 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–0
Asteras Magoula 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 3–1
Chania 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0
Glyfada 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–3 1–2
Ilisiakos 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Kalamata 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Paniliakos 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Proodeftiki 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1
Rouf 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2
Rouvas 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Zakynthos 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Source: Football League 2 matchdays (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Group

Teams

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Location of teams in North Group of 2011–12 Football League 2
Team Location Last season
Aetos Skydra Skydra 10th
Anagennisi Serres Serres 9th
Apollon Kalamarias Thessaloniki D Group 2, 1st
Doxa Kranoula Kranoula 7th
Ethnikos Gazoros Gazoros D Group 1, 1st
Megas Alexandros Irakleia Irakleia 12th
Niki Volos Volos 11th
Oikonomos Tsaritsani D Group 4, 1st
AEP-Iraklis Thessaloniki-Katerini 5th
Tilikratis Lefkada D Group 5, 1st
Tyrnavos 2005 Tyrnavos 8th
Vataniakos Katerini D Group 3, 1st

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ethnikos Gazoros (C, P) 22 13 4 5 37 17 +20 43 Promotion to Football League
2 Niki Volos (P) 22 11 7 4 31 11 +20 40 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Oikonomos 22 11 6 5 27 16 +11 39
4 Apollon Kalamarias 22 10 8 4 25 15 +10 38
5 AEP-Iraklis 22 9 9 4 31 14 +17 36 Promotion to Football League[a]
6 Tilikratis 22 10 5 7 22 15 +7 35
7 Tyrnavos 22 9 8 5 22 17 +5 35
8 Vataniakos 22 6 6 10 16 26 −10 24
9 Doxa Kranoula 22 5 7 10 17 25 −8 22
10 Megas Alexandros Irakleia (R) 22 5 5 12 20 43 −23 20[b] Qualification for Relegation play-off
11 Anagennisi Serres (R) 22 4 8 10 15 30 −15 20[b] Relegation to Delta Ethniki
12 Aetos Skydra[c] (R) 22 2 1 19 14 48 −34 −4
Source: Football League 2 standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ AEP-Iraklis were promoted as Iraklis Thessaloniki to Football League because of a decision from EPO that decided to run a Football League with 21 teams, 4 of which would be promoted to the first division.
  2. ^ a b Megas Alexandros and Anagennisi Serres will play a tie-break match. The loser of this match will be relegated, while the winner will qualify for the relegation play-off against Proodeftiki.
  3. ^ Aetos Skydra are deducted 11 points for fixing their 2010–11 season matches against Doxa Kranoula and Pontioi Katerini.[2]

Results

Home \ Away AET ANS APO DOK GAZ MAI NVL OIK IRA TIL TYR VAT
Aetos Skydra 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1
Anagennisi Serres 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0
Doxa Kranoula 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Ethnikos Gazoros 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–1
Megas Alexandros Irakleia 4–5 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Niki Volos 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 7–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Oikonomos 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
AEP-Iraklis 6–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0
Tilikratis 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 5–0
Tyrnavos 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1
Vataniakos 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Source: Football League 2 matchdays (in Greek)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Tie-break match

Megas Alexandros Irakleia4 – 1Anagennisi Serres
Salmas 14'
Diamantis 72', 90+1'
Veletanis 89'		 9' Basioukas

Relegation play-off

Proodeftiki1 – 0Megas Alexandros Irakleia
Kalaitzidis 83'

Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 2nd and 3rd from both groups during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Niki Volos (O, P) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 13 Promotion to Football League
2 Oikonomos 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12
3 Zakynthos 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5
4 Paniliakos 6 0 3 3 7 16 −9 5
Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

  1. ^ "Kick-off on 27 November". Sport24 (in Greek). November 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Aetos Skydra got off easy". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). November 9, 2011.