# 2019–20 Football League (Greece)

The 2019–20 Football League Greece was the first season as a third-tier professional league of the Greek football league system since its restructuring and the ninth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. This year the participating teams were reduced from 16 to 14. On 2 June 2020, the season was officially ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Trikala announced as champions.

## Teams

| Club | Finishing position last season | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aspropyrgos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 1st | Aspropyrgos | Aspropyrgos Municipal Stadium | 2,000 |
| Diagoras Rodos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 2nd | Rhodes | Diagoras Stadium | 3,693 |
| Egaleo | Gamma Ethniki (Group 7), 1st | Egaleo | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
| Ialysos Rodos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 1st | Ialysos | Economideio Municipal Stadium | 2,000 |
| Ierapetra | Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 1st | Ierapetra | Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium | 3,000 |
| Ionikos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 5), 2nd | Nikaia | Neapoli Stadium | 6,000 |
| Kalamata | Gamma Ethniki (Group 8), 2nd | Kalamata | Kalamata Municipal Stadium | 5,613 |
| Kavala | Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st | Kavala | Anthi Karagianni Stadium | 10,550 |
| Niki Volos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 2nd | Volos | Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium | 2,500 |
| Olympiacos Volos 1937 | Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 1st | Volos | Neapoli Volos Municipal Stadium | 2,500 |
| Thesprotos | Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 2nd | Igoumenitsa | Igoumenitsa Municipal Stadium | 3,500 |
| Triglia | Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 2nd | Triglia | Triglia Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Trikala | Football League 2018–19, 12th | Trikala | Trikala Municipal Stadium | 15,000 |
| Veria | Gamma Ethniki (Group 2), 1st | Veria | Veria Stadium | 7,000 |
* Niki Volos and Kalamata were accepted to play in the Football League by decision of the HFF, taking the place of Iraklis and Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew its participation.
* Trikala placed 12th in the 2018–19 Football League, thus becoming ineligible to play in the Super League 2, the country's newly founded Second Division.

## Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| Aspropyrgos | Georgios Vazakas | Panagiotis Zonas | Zeus | Tzoudas S.A |
| Diagoras Rodos | Petros Routzieris | Stathis Provatidis | Macron | N/A |
| Egaleo | Thomas Grafas | Ilias Tsiligiris | Macron | Kyriakoulis |
| Ialysos Rodos | Nikos Pantelis | Dionysis Makrydimitris | Umbro | Aplos Fresko |
| Ierapetra | Timos Kavakas | Giannis Tzelepis | Macron | Chrissi Daily Cruises |
| Ionikos | Apostolos Charalampidis | Giannis Gotsoulias | Nike | Agioutantis Group |
| Kalamata | Nikos Anastopoulos | Grigoris Makos | Capelli | Volterra |
| Kavala | Pavlos Dermitzakis | Vasilis Gavriilidis | Macron | Ellagrolip |
| Niki Volos | Staikos Vergetis | Manolis Apostolidis | Macron | Car.gr |
| Olympiacos Volos 1937 | Ilias Solakis | Nikos Boutzikos | Nike | N/A |
| Thesprotos | Juan Ramón Rocha | Christos Nonis | Luanvi | Car.gr |
| Triglia | Giannis Pollaetidis | Giannis Milkoudis | Macron | N/A |
| Trikala | Periklis Amanatidis | Pantelis Rizogiannis | Givova | Autodeal |
| Veria | Kostas Georgiadis | Alexandros Vergonis | GSA Sport | thefoodballer |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Trikala (C, P) | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 46 | Promotion to the Super League 2 |
| 2 | Ionikos (P) | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 40 | Promotion to the Super League 2 |
| 3 | Diagoras Rodos (P) | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | Promotion to the Super League 2 |
| 4 | Ierapetra (P) | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 37 | Promotion to the Super League 2 |
| 5 | Niki Volos | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 37 | |
| 6 | Kavala | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 36 | |
| 7 | Veria | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Olympiacos Volos | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 31 | |
| 9 | Egaleo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 27 | |
| 10 | Thesprotos | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | Aspropyrgos | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 24 | |
| 12 | Ialysos Rodos | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 24 | |
| 13 | Kalamata | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
| 14 | Triglia | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 18 | |
* ↑ Diagoras replacing Platanias in Super League 2.
* ↑ Ierapetra replacing Panionios in Super League 2.
* ↑ Veria has 3 points deducted, from the HFF.

### Results

| Home \ Away | TRI | ION | DIA | OFI | NVL | KAV | VER | OLV | EGA | THE | EAS | IAL | KAL | TRG |
| Trikala | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Ionikos | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Diagoras Rodos | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | — |
| Ierapetra | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Niki Volos | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kavala | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Veria | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | — | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Egaleo | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Thesprotos | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Aspropyrgos | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Ialysos Rodos | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Kalamata | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Triglia | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Ierapetra.
* ↑ The game awarded a 3–0 w/o win to Kalamata.

## Top scorers

    As of 1 March 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stelios Kritikos | Ionikos | 13 |
| 2 | Giannis Pasas | Veria | 10 |
| 3 | Antonio Rojano | Niki Volos | 8 |
| 4 | Christos Kollas | Thesprotos | 7 |
| 4 | Georgios Barbarousis | Diagoras Rodos | 7 |
| 4 | Mauro Dalla Costa | Thesprotos | 7 |
| 7 | Andreas Stamatis | Trikala | 6 |
| 7 | Pantelis Rizogiannis | Trikala | 6 |
| 7 | Florenc Keri | Diagoras Rodos / Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 6 |
| 7 | Thomas Tsitas | Olympiacos Volos 1937 | 6 |
| 7 | Stelios Pozoglou | Olympiacos Volos 1937 / Veria | 6 |
| 12 | Aristidis Lottas | Trikala | 5 |
| 12 | Brahima Koné | Ialysos Rodos | 5 |
| 12 | Georgios Kakko | Aspropyrgos | 5 |
| 12 | Ilias Tsiligiris | Egaleo | 5 |
| 12 | Spyros Glynos | Diagoras Rodos | 5 |