# 2018–19 Football League (Greece)

The 2018–19 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the eighth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 18 to 16.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

### To Football League

Promoted from Gamma Ethniki
* Aittitos Spata
* Iraklis Thessaloniki
* Irodotos
* Volos
Relegated from Super League
* Kerkyra
* Platanias

#### From Football League

Promoted to Super League
* OFI
* Aris
Relegated to Gamma Ethniki
* Acharnaikos
* Anagennisi Karditsa
* Kallithea
* Panegialios
* Panserraikos
* Veria

## Stadiums

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aiginiakos | Aiginio | Municipal Stadium "Giannis Paralikidis" | 1,000 |
| Aittitos Spata$^1$ | Spata | Spata Municipal Stadium | 2,500 |
| AO Chania−Kissamikos | Chania | Perivolia Municipal Stadium | 4,527 |
| Apollon Larissa | Larissa | Apollon Ground | 5,000 |
| Apollon Pontou | Thessaloniki | Kalamaria Stadium | 6,500 |
| Doxa Drama | Drama | Doxa Drama Stadium | 9,000 |
| Ergotelis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 26,240 |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
| Irodotos | Heraklion | Municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium | 3,000 |
| Karaiskakis | Arta | Municipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium | 1,900 |
| Kerkyra | Corfu | Kerkyra Stadium | 3,000 |
| Panachaiki | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 |
| Platanias | Chania | Perivolia Municipal Stadium | 4,527 |
| Sparti | Sparta | Sparta Municipal Stadium | 1,500 |
| Trikala | Trikala | Trikala Municipal Stadium | 15,000 |
| Volos | Volos | Neapoli Municipal Stadium | 2,500 |
* $^1$ Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season

## Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| Aiginiakos | Cem Karaca | Stefanos Polyzos | Givova | N/A |
| Aittitos Spata | Petros Dimitriou | Andreas Iraklis | Givova | N/A |
| AO Chania−Kissamikos | Alekos Vosniadis | Alexis Seliniotakis | Saller | Dimiourgiki |
| Apollon Larissa | Arjan Bellaj | Konstantinos Chatzis | Givova | N/A |
| Apollon Pontou | Dimitris Kalaitzidis | Dimitris Samaras | Nike | N/A |
| Doxa Drama | Dimitrios Spanos | Stavros Petavrakis | Macron | N/A |
| Ergotelis | Nikki Papavasiliou | Christos Batzios | Capelli | N/A |
| Iraklis | Marcello Troisi | Nikos Ziabaris | Givova | N/A |
| Irodotos | Georgios Lyronis | Michail Fragoulakis | Stanno | Chalet Suites |
| Karaiskakis | Apostolos Charalampidis | Aristotelis Karagiannidis | Macron | Kotopoula Artas |
| Kerkyra | Anastasios Theos | Giannis Ioannou | Macron | N/A |
| Panachaiki | Sakis Tsiolis | Nikos Loumpardeas | Capelli | Bakalaros |
| Platanias | Giannis Tatsis | Manolis Roussakis | Luanvi | Ergobeton |
| Sparti | Konstantinos Kladis | Thanasis Pantos | Givova | Mayfair |
| Trikala | Dimitrios Sitsas | Xenofon Panos | Nike | Goalbet |
| Volos | Juan Ferrando | Vasilis Mantzis | Luanvi | Goalbet |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Volos (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 60 | Promotion to the Super League 1 |
| 2 | Platanias | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 55 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 3 | Apollon Larissa | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 54 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 4 | Ergotelis | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 48 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 5 | Panachaiki | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 48 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 6 | Chania | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 46 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 7 | Apollon Pontou | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 46 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 8 | Doxa Drama | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 45 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 9 | Kerkyra | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 44 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 10 | Karaiskakis | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 40 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 11 | Iraklis (R) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 39 | Withdrew |
| 12 | Trikala (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 35 | Relegation to Football League |
| 13 | Irodotos (R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 14 | Aittitos Spata (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 15 | Aiginiakos (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 16 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 16 | Sparti (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 64 | −47 | 11 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
* ↑ Apollon Larissa were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Ergotelis were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Apollon Pontus were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Kerkyra were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Iraklis Thessaloniki were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF. The team decided to withdraw for financial reasons, and played in the Third Macedonian FCA Championship for the 2019–20 season. The team returned to Gamma Ethniki for the 2020–21 season by merging for one year with Iraklis Ampelokipi.
* ↑ Irodotos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Aittitos Spata was expelled during the season.
* ↑ Aiginiakos were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Sparti were deducted twelve points. Three points for fielding 6 foreign players at once during Matchday 18 vs. Ergotelis (awarded the match 3–0) and six points for not showing up at two games and three for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIG | AIT | CHA | APL | APP | DOX | ERG | IRA | IRO | KAR | KER | PCH | PLA | SPA | TRI | VOL |
| Aiginiakos | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Aittitos Spata | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| AO Chania−Kissamikos | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Apollon Larissa | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Pontou | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Ergotelis | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Iraklis | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Irodotos | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Karaiskakis | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Kerkyra | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Panachaiki | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Platanias | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sparti | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Trikala | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Volos | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 3 The opponents of Sparti awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The opponents of Aittitos Spata awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
* ↑ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Volos
* ↑ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ergotelis.

## Top scorers

    As of 5 May 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Christos Eleftheriadis | Panachaiki | 16 |
| 1 | Miguel Bianconi | Platanias | 16 |
| 3 | Vasilios Mantzis | Volos | 14 |
| 4 | Nikos Kouskounas | Doxa Drama/AO Chania−Kissamikos | 11 |
| 4 | Joseph Efford | Ergotelis | 11 |
| 6 | Giannis Loukinas | Platanias | 10 |
| 7 | Emanuel Perrone | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 9 |
| 7 | Anastasios Kritikos | Doxa Drama | 9 |
| 9 | Michalis Fragos | Volos | 8 |
| 9 | Konstantinos Iliopoulos | Volos | 8 |
| 9 | Konstantinos Chatzis | Apollon Larissa | 8 |
| 9 | Lucão | Apollon Larissa | 8 |
| 9 | Christos Tzioras | Karaiskakis | 8 |
| 9 | Konstantinos Doumtsios | Doxa Drama | 8 |
| 9 | Nili | Platanias | 8 |