# 2016–17 Football League (Greece)

The 2016–17 Football League was the second division of the Greek professional football system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its season began on 30 October 2016 and concluded on 11 June 2017.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Last season |
| Acharnaikos | Acharnes | Acharnes Stadium | 4,450 | FL, 9th |
| AEL Kalloni$^1$ | Mytilene | Mytilene Municipal Stadium | 3,000 | SL, 16th |
| Agrotikos Asteras | Evosmos | Agrotikos Asteras Ground | 2,267 | FL, 11th |
| Aiginiakos | Aiginio | Municipal Stadium of Aiginio | 2,000 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 2, 1st |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | Karditsa | Karditsa Stadium | 9,500 | FL, 8th |
| AO Chania | Chania | Perivolia Municipal Stadium | 2,800 | FL, 12th |
| Apollon Smyrnis | Athens | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,856 | FL, 4th |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 22,800 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 1, 1st |
| Kallithea | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 | FL, 7th |
| Kissamikos | Kissamos | Maleme Stadium | 700 | FL, 6th |
| Lamia | Lamia | Lamia Stadium | 6,000 | FL, 5th |
| OFI | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 8,500 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 4, 1st |
| Panegialios | Aigio | Aigio Stadium | 4,500 | FL, 13th |
| Panelefsiniakos | Eleusina | Municipal Stadium of Eleusina | 2,100 | FL, 14th |
| Panserraikos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium | 9,500 | FL, 10th |
| Panthrakikos$^2$ | Komotini | Komotini Municipal Stadium | 6,200 | SL, 15th |
| Sparta | Sparta | Sparta Municipal Stadium | 1,500 | Gamma Ethniki,Group 3, 1st |
| Trikala | Trikala | Trikala Municipal Stadium | 15,000 | FL, 3rd |
* $^1$ AEL Kalloni was expelled during the season
* $^2$ Panthrakikos withdrew during the season

## Structure

There are eighteen clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom four teams are relegated to Gamma Ethniki. The top two teams gain automatic promotion for Super League. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Apollon Smyrnis (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 14 | +47 | 83 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Lamia (P) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 11 | +44 | 80 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 77 | |
| 4 | OFI | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 72 | |
| 5 | Trikala | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 19 | +46 | 71 | |
| 6 | Agrotikos Asteras (R) | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 52 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
| 7 | Sparta | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 45 | |
| 8 | Panserraikos | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 | |
| 9 | Panegialios | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 44 | |
| 10 | Aiginiakos | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 41 | |
| 11 | Kissamikos | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 40 | Merged |
| 12 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 39 | |
| 13 | Acharnaikos | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | Kallithea | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | |
| 15 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 28 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
| 16 | AEL Kalloni (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 7 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
| 17 | AO Chania | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 5 | |
| 18 | Panthrakikos (R) | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 81 | −74 | −6 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
* 1 2 3 Panelefsiniakos, AEL Kalloni, Chania and Panthrakikos were all relegated to Gamma Ethniki initially, but decided to withdraw before the league started because of financial problems, ultimately starting next season in the respective local FCA Championships.
* ↑ At the end of the season, Kissamikos merged with AO Chania and formed AO Chania — Kissamikos, continuing in the same division.
* ↑ Acharnaikos deducted 2 points.
* ↑ Kalloni were expelled from the league at 24 May 2017 and they were deducted 12 points.
* ↑ AO Chania deducted 33 points from Hellenic Football Federation because playing games without a certificate of participation. At the end of the season, Chania merged with Kissamikos and formed AO Chania — Kissamikos, continuing in the same division.
* ↑ Panthrakikos withdrew from the league at 26 January 2017 and they were deducted 18 points.

### Matches

| Home \ Away | ACH | KAL | AGR | EGN | KRD | CHA | APS | ARI | KLT | KIS | LAM | OFI | PEG | PNF | PSE | PTH | SPA | TRI |
| Acharnaikos | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| AEL Kalloni | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3$^2$ | 1–3 | 0–3$^2$ | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Agrotikos Asteras | 0–1 | 3–0$^2$ | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0$^1$ | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Aiginiakos | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| AO Chania | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0$^1$ | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Aris | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Kallithea | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Kissamikos | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Lamia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0$^1$ | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Panegialios | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0$^1$ | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Panserraikos | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0$^3$ | 0–3 |
| Panthrakikos | 0–3$^1$ | 0–3$^1$ | 0–1 | 0–3$^1$ | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3$^1$ | 0–3$^1$ | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3$^1$ | 0–3$^1$ | 0–3$^1$ | 1–0 | 0–3$^1$ | | 0–3$^1$ | 0–3$^1$ |
| Sparta | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Trikala | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
* $^1$ The opponents of Panthrakikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
* $^2$ The opponents of Kalloni awarded a 3–0 w/o win each.
* $^3$ Sparta did not show up to the match, so Panserraikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win.

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nikos Kouskounas | Trikala | 20 |
| 2 | Nikos Giannitsanis | Trikala | 15 |
| 2 | Patrick Vouho | OFI | 15 |
| 3 | Andreas Vasilogiannis | Lamia | 12 |
| 4 | Andreas Stamatis | Chania | 11 |
| 5 | Savvas Siatravanis | Apollon Smyrnis | 10 |
| 5 | Stelios Kritikos | Panegialios | 10 |
| 5 | Michalis Fragos | Kalloni / Sparta | 10 |
| 5 | Dimitrios Manos | OFI | 10 |