# 1997–98 Gamma Ethniki

The 1997–98 Gamma Ethniki was the 15th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Ialysos Rodos and PAS Giannina were crowned champions in Southern and Northern Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Agios Nikolaos and Pierikos also won promotion as a runners-up of the groups.
Pamisos Messini, Ergotelis, Kerkyra, Agia Eleousa, Korinthos, Pyrgos, Orfeas Alexandroupoli, Tyrnavos, Orestis Orestiada, Agrotikos Asteras, Apollon Larissa and Anagennisi Arta were relegated to Delta Ethniki.

## Southern Group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ialysos Rodos (C, P) | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 55 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 2 | Agios Nikolaos (P) | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 53 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 3 | Marko | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 50 | |
| 4 | Keratsini | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 47 | |
| 5 | Rethymniakos | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 45 | |
| 6 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 42 | |
| 7 | Panegialios | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 42 | |
| 8 | Aiolikos | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Egaleo | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Pamisos Messini (R) | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 39 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 11 | Ergotelis (R) | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 12 | Kerkyra (R) | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 31 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 13 | Agia Eleousa (R) | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 30 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 14 | Korinthos (R) | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 76 | −51 | 19 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 15 | Pyrgos (R) | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 7 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
* ↑ Pyrgos had 12 points deducted.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGE | AGN | AIO | EGA | ERG | IAL | KRT | KER | KOR | MAR | NAP | PAM | PNG | PYR | RTY |
| Agia Eleousa | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Agios Nikolaos | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Aiolikos | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Egaleo | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Ergotelis | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Ialysos Rodos | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Keratsini | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | | 7–1 | 11–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Kerkyra | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Korinthos | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Marko | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pamisos Messini | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Panegialios | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Pyrgos | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–7 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 5–9 | | 1–1 |
| Rethymniakos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Northern Group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | PAS Giannina (C, P) | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 53 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 2 | Pierikos (P) | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 47 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 3 | Kozani | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 45 | |
| 4 | Ampelokipi | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 43 | |
| 5 | Preveza | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 41 | |
| 6 | Poseidon Michaniona | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 40 | |
| 7 | Aetos Skydra | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 40 | |
| 8 | Olympiacos Volos | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Naoussa | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 39 | |
| 10 | Orfeas Alexandroupoli (R) | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 11 | Tyrnavos (R) | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 37 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 12 | Orestis Orestiada (R) | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 33 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 13 | Agrotikos Asteras (R) | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 31 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 14 | Apollon Larissa (R) | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 22 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 15 | Anagennisi Arta (R) | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 17 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AET | AGR | AMP | ART | APL | KOZ | NAO | OLV | ORE | ORF | PAS | PIE | PNM | PRE | TYR |
| Aetos Skydra | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Agrotikos Asteras | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Ampelokipi | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Anagennisi Arta | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Apollon Larissa | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Kozani | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Naoussa | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Orestis Orestiada | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Orfeas Alexandroupoli | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| PAS Giannina | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Pierikos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Poseidon Michaniona | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Preveza | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| Tyrnavos | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |