# 2012–13 Football League (Greece)

The 2012–13 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the third season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its regular season began on 28 September 2012 and will end on 9 June 2013. The promotion play-offs, are scheduled to take place after regular season.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Last season |
| AEL | Larissa | AEL FC Arena | 16,118 | 10th |
| AEL Kalloni | Kalloni | Mytilene Municipal Stadium | 4,000 | 6th |
| Anagennisi Epanomi | Epanomi | Nikos Sarafis Stadium | 1,736 | 9th |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | Giannitsa | Giannitsa Municipal Stadium | 8,000 | 13th |
| Apollon Smyrnis | Athens | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,856 | FL2 South, 1st |
| Doxa Drama | Drama | Doxa Dramas Stadium | 7,000 | SL, 16th |
| Ergotelis | Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | 25,780 | SL, 14th |
| Ethnikos Gazoros | Gazoros | Serres Municipal Stadium | 9,500 | FL2 North, 1st |
| Fokikos | Amfissa | Amfissa Municipal Stadium | 2,000 | 14th |
| Iraklis Psachna | Psachna | Psachna Municipal Stadium | 5,500 | 11th |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 | FL2 North, 5th |
| Kallithea | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 | 3rd |
| Kavala | Kavala | Anthi Karagianni Stadium | 10,500 | Delta Ethniki, 4th |
| Niki Volos | Volos | Panthessaliko Stadium | 22,700 | FL2 North, 2nd |
| Olympiacos Volos 1937 | Volos | Panthessaliko Stadium | 22,700 | - |
| Panachaiki | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 | 4th |
| Panetolikos | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 6,500 | SL, 15th |
| Panserraikos | Serres | Serres Municipal Stadium | 8,300 | 7th |
| Pierikos | Katerini | Katerini Municipal Stadium | 4,956 | 8th |
| Thrasyvoulos | Fyli | Fyli Municipal Stadium | 3,142 | 12th |
| Vyzas | Megara | Megara Municipal Stadium | 2,350 | 15th |
* ^ Ethnikos Gazoros' home 500-seater Gazoros Municipal Stadium doesn't meet Football League regulations.
* ^ Kalloni's home 800-seater Kalloni Municipal Stadium doesn't meet Football League regulations.

## Structure

At present, there are twenty one clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams are relegated to the Gamma Ethniki. The top three teams gain automatic promotion. However, teams positioned fourth to seventh take part in a promotion play-off. Unlike in Super League, clubs in the Football League do not get relegated if the club fails to obtain a license. 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) | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 75 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Ergotelis (P) | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 74 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | AEL Kalloni (P) | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 73 | Promotion to Super League |
| 4 | Panetolikos (P) | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Olympiacos Volos | 40 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 40 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Niki Volos | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 68 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 8 | Panserraikos (R) | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 68 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 9 | Doxa Drama | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 60 | |
| 10 | Iraklis Psachna | 40 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 55 | |
| 11 | Kavala | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 53 | |
| 12 | Kallithea | 40 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 50 | |
| 13 | AEL (R) | 40 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 42 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 14 | Ethnikos Gazoros | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 41 | |
| 15 | Panachaiki | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 39 | |
| 16 | Fokikos | 40 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 37 | |
| 17 | Vyzas | 40 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 49 | −27 | 32 | |
| 18 | Anagennisi Giannitsa | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 30 | |
| 19 | Pierikos | 40 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 29 | |
| 20 | Thrasyvoulos (R) | 40 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 21 | Anagennisi Epanomi (R) | 40 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 9 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: AEL Kalloni: 8 pts, Panetolikos: 4 pts, Olympiacos Volos: 3 pts.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Niki Volos–Panserraikos 3–0, Panserraikos–Niki Volos 0–1.
* 1 2 3 4 AEL was docked 21 points, Pierikos was docked 10 points, Anagennisi Giannitsa were docked 4 points, Anagennisi Epanomi were docked 6 points, because of debts to former players according to HFF decisions.
* ↑ On 31 December 2012, Panachaiki was docked 3 points because of the suspension of the Greek Cup match against Olympiacos on 19 December 2012.
* ↑ Thrasyvoulos was docked 6 points because of debts to former players according to HFF decision. On 19 April 2013, Thrasyvoulos was docked 3 points because of debts to a former player.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | AEP | AGN | APS | DDR | ERG | GAZ | FOK | IPS | IRT | KLT | KAL | KAV | NVL | OVL | PCK | PNT | PSE | PIE | THR | VYZ |
| AEL | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Anagennisi Epanomi | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ergotelis | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Gazoros | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Fokikos | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Iraklis Psachna | 1–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Kallithea | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AEL Kalloni | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Kavala | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Niki Volos | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Panachaiki | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Panetolikos | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Panserraikos | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Pierikos | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Thrasyvoulos | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vyzas | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. Niki Volos started the playoffs with a one-point disadvantage, because of their worse position in contrast to the other teams, when the main season finished.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | PNT | IRT | OVL | NVL |
| 1 | Panetolikos (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 14 | Promotion to Super League | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Volos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Niki Volos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michalis Manias | Apollon Smyrnis | 18 |
| 2 | Alexandre D'Acol | Kallithea | 16 |
| 3 | Giorgos Manousos | Kalloni | 14 |
| 4 | Milan Bojović | Panetolikos | 12 |
| 5 | Patrick Ogunsoto | Anagennisi Epanomi/Olympiacos Volos | 11 |
| 5 | Leandro Kappel | Doxa Drama | 11 |
| 7 | Konstantinos Fligos | Niki Volos | 10 |
| 8 | Giannis Katsikis | Apollon Smyrnis | 9 |