# 1996–97 Gamma Ethniki

The 1996–97 Gamma Ethniki was the 14th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Ethnikos Asteras and Anagennisi Karditsa were crowned champions in Southern and Northern Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Kallithea and ILTEX Lykoi also won promotion as a runners-up of the groups.
Ilisiakos, Atromitos, Irodotos, Patra, Enosis Rodos-Diagoras, Varvasiakos, Almopos Aridea, Lamia, Iraklis Ptolemaida, Anagennisi Giannitsa, Nigrita and Anagennisi Kolindros were relegated to Delta Ethniki.

## Southern Group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ethnikos Asteras (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 32 | +37 | 69 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 2 | Kallithea (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 65 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 3 | Ialysos | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 63 | |
| 4 | Aiolikos | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 57 | |
| 5 | Panegialios | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 52 | |
| 6 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 51 | |
| 7 | Agios Nikolaos | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | Marko | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 49 | |
| 9 | Kerkyra | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | |
| 10 | Ergotelis | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 49 | |
| 11 | Egaleo | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 48 | |
| 12 | Korinthos | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 | |
| 13 | Ilisiakos (R) | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 48 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 14 | Atromitos (R) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 43 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 15 | Irodotos (R) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 41 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 16 | Patra (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 28 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 17 | Enosis Rodos-Diagoras (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 74 | −48 | 24 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 18 | Varvasiakos (R) | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 87 | −67 | 4 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
* ↑ Varvasiakos had 6 points deducted.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGN | AIO | ATR | EGA | ERD | ERG | ETA | IAL | ILS | IRO | KLT | KER | KOR | MAR | NAP | PNG | PAT | VAR |
| Agios Nikolaos | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Aiolikos | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Atromitos | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Egaleo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Enosis Rodos-Diagoras | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Ergotelis | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Ialysos | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 |
| Ilisiakos | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Irodotos | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Kallithea | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kerkyra | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Korinthos | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Marko | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Panegialios | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Patra | 2–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| Varvasiakos | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |

## Northern Group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Anagennisi Karditsa (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 65 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 2 | ILTEX Lykoi (P) | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 63 | Promotion to Beta Ethniki |
| 3 | Apollon Larissa | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 58 | |
| 4 | Tyrnavos | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 56 | |
| 5 | Orestis Orestiada | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 54 | |
| 6 | Aetos Skydra | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 54 | |
| 7 | Agrotikos Asteras | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 53 | |
| 8 | Ampelokipi | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 49 | |
| 9 | Pierikos | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 48 | |
| 10 | Poseidon Michaniona | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 47 | |
| 11 | Anagennisi Arta | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 46 | |
| 12 | Olympiacos Volos | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 46 | |
| 13 | Almopos Aridea (R) | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 44 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 14 | Lamia (R) | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 42 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 15 | Iraklis Ptolemaida (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 38 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 16 | Anagennisi Giannitsa (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 37 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 17 | Nigrita (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 22 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |
| 18 | Anagennisi Kolindros (R) | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 15 | Relegation to Delta Ethniki |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AET | AGR | ALM | AMP | ART | AGN | KRD | AKL | APL | LYK | IPT | LAM | NIG | OLV | ORE | PIE | PNM | TYR |
| Aetos Skydra | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Agrotikos Asteras | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 9–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Almopos Aridea | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Ampelokipi | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Anagennisi Arta | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Anagennisi Kolindros | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Apollon Larissa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| ILTEX Lykoi | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Iraklis Ptolemaida | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lamia | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Nigrita | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Orestis Orestiada | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pierikos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Poseidon Michaniona | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Tyrnavos | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |