# 1996–97 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki 1996–97 complete season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Panionios (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 67 | Promotion to Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | Proodeftiki (P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 65 | Promotion to Alpha Ethniki |
| 3 | Ethnikos Piraeus (P) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 64 | Promotion to Alpha Ethniki |
| 4 | Panetolikos | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 62 | |
| 5 | Panargiakos | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 58 | |
| 6 | AEL | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 55 | |
| 7 | Niki Volos | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 55 | |
| 8 | Trikala | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 52 | |
| 9 | Doxa Vyronas | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 52 | |
| 10 | Apollon Kalamarias | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 49 | |
| 11 | Levadiakos | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 48 | |
| 12 | Panelefsiniakos | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 47 | |
| 13 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 40 | |
| 14 | Panserraikos | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 38 | |
| 15 | Rethymniakos (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 16 | PAS Giannina (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 17 | Naoussa (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 25 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 18 | Pyrgos (R) | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 116 | −98 | 17 | Withdraw |
* ↑ Pyrgos were played with an amateur team in the second half of season due to financial problems.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEL | APK | DOX | DXV | ETH | LEV | NAO | NVL | PNT | PNF | PRG | PGSS | PSE | PAS | PRO | PYR | RTY | TRI |
| AEL | | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Doxa Vyronas | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Levadiakos | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Naoussa | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Niki Volos | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Panetolikos | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Panargiakos | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Panionios | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Panserraikos | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Proodeftiki | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Pyrgos | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Rethymniakos | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 2–3 |
| Trikala | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Match awarded.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Giannis Paflias | Niki Volos | 18 |
| 2 | Sakis Almanidis | Proodeftiki | 16 |
| 3 | Michalis Klokidis | Levadiakos | 15 |
| 4 | Ademar | Panserraikos | 13 |
| 4 | Thanasis Giannakidis | Niki Volos | 13 |