2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

Football league season
Promoted
  • Ilioupoli
  • Rodos
Relegated
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2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki was the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 14, 2008 and finished on May 3, 2009. 36 teams contest the league, divided into two groups of 18 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them have been relegated from Beta Ethniki, while 10 of them have been promoted from Delta Ethniki. Last season's champions of North Group were Kavala, and Diagoras of South Group.

Participant clubs

Following clubs were relegated from Beta Ethniki last season:

Following clubs secured a place in Gamma Ethniki by avoiding relegation or by failing to win promotion:

Following clubs were promoted to Gamma Ethniki as champions of their respective Delta Ethniki groups:

Separation into groups

The afore mentioned clubs were divided into two groups depending on their geographical origin. Most of the clubs that come from the southern part of the country (including Attica, Peloponnesus, Crete, the Aegean Islands and half Sterea Ellada) will enter South Group 1, while clubs from Central and Northern Greece (including Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly, the Ionian Islands and part of Sterea Ellada) will take part in North Group 2.

Southern Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ilioupoli (C, P) 34 25 3 6 63 23 +40 78 Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2 Rodos[a] (P) 34 22 11 1 56 19 +37 77 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Panachaiki 34 22 9 3 48 19 +29 75
4 Fostiras[b] (R) 34 18 8 8 47 30 +17 59 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
5 Korinthos 34 12 12 10 41 34 +7 48
6 Keravnos Keratea 34 14 5 15 37 32 +5 47
7 Panargiakos 33 13 7 13 40 39 +1 46
8 Agia Paraskevi 34 11 13 10 43 43 0 46
9 Vyzas 34 12 9 13 39 33 +6 45
10 Olympiakos Hersonissos 34 11 9 14 39 36 +3 42
11 Atsalenios 34 11 9 14 31 30 +1 42
12 Aias Salaminas 34 11 9 14 36 40 −4 42
13 Chaidari 34 10 9 15 27 34 −7 39
14 Koropi (R) 34 8 15 11 23 25 −2 39 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
15 Agios Dimitrios (R) 34 11 6 17 39 52 −13 39
16 Asteras Rethymnou (R) 34 8 12 14 31 44 −13 33
17 Egaleo (R) 33 4 8 21 31 70 −39 20
18 Aiolikos[c] (R) 34 4 2 28 13 81 −68 14
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rodos earned the promotion due to the relegation of Apollon Kalamarias from the Beta Ethniki.
  2. ^ Fostiras relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.
  3. ^ Aiolikos has withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All their remaining matches will be award 3-0 for their opponents.

Results

Home \ Away AGP AGD AIA AIO ATS CHA CHE EGA FOS ILI KER KOR KRP NAR PGE PRG ROD VYZ
Agia Paraskevi 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
Agios Dimitrios 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–6 0–4 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–1
Aias Salamina 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0
Aiolikos 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3
Atsalenios 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2
Chaidari 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Chersonissos 3–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Egaleo 4–4 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–3
Fostiras 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1
Ilioupoli 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Keravnos Keratea 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–2
Korinthos 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1
Koropi 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 – 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Neos Asteras Rethymno 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1
Panachaiki 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–0
Panargiakos 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0
Rodos 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Vyzas Megara 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Greece Giorgos Zacharopoulos Fostiras 24
2 Greece Georgios Trichias Rodos 18
Greece Κimonas Evaggelatos Agios Dimitrios
4 Greece Michalis Nikolopoulos Ilioupoli 15
5 Albania Mario Gurma Panachaiki 12

Northern Group

League table

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Location of teams in North Group of 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Doxa Drama (C, P) 34 22 10 2 68 22 +46 76 Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2 Panetolikos (P) 34 21 7 6 56 14 +42 70 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Eordaikos 34 17 14 3 46 18 +28 65
4 Makedonikos 34 14 14 6 47 25 +22 56
5 PAONE 34 13 13 8 41 26 +15 52
6 Zakynthos 34 14 9 11 36 28 +8 51
7 Niki Volos 34 13 10 11 32 26 +6 49
8 Thermaikos Thermi 34 13 8 13 46 40 +6 47
9 Odysseas Anegennisi 34 12 11 11 35 30 +5 47
10 Fokikos 34 12 11 11 38 34 +4 47
11 Ethnikos Filippiada 34 12 11 11 33 35 −2 47
12 Pyrsos Grevena 34 11 13 10 37 28 +9 46
13 Anagennisi Giannitsa 34 12 9 13 32 38 −6 45
14 Lamia (R) 34 10 12 12 33 34 −1 42 Relegation to Delta Ethniki
15 PAS Preveza (R) 34 9 12 13 21 27 −6 39
16 Ethnikos Katerini (R) 34 6 3 25 24 67 −43 21
17 Anagennisi Arta[a] (R) 34 4 5 25 15 76 −61 17
18 Enossi Alexandroupoli[b] (R) 34 4 2 28 9 81 −72 14
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Anagennisi Arta has withdrawn from this competition.
  2. ^ Enossi Alexandroupoli has been expelled from this competition and all their wins and draws were converted into 3-0 wins for their opponents (original losses stand as scored). In all likelihood, all their remaining matches will be awarded to their opponents 3-0.

Results

Home \ Away ART GIA DOX EAL EOR ETF ETK FOK LAM MKD NIK ODY PNE PAN PRE PYR THE ZAK
Anagennisi Arta 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3
Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0
Doxa Drama 4–0 4–1 4–0 3–3 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Enosi Alexandroupoli 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Eordaikos 3–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 – 1–1
Ethnikos Filippiada 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Ethnikos Katerini 0–2 0–1 0–4 3–0 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–4 4–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–1
Fokikos 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Lamia 3–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–1
Makedonikos 8–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Niki Volos 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Odysseas Anagennisi 4–0 2–3 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
PAONE 3–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1
Panetolikos 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
PAS Preveza 3–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Pyrsos Grevena 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0
Thermaikos 3–0 1–1 5–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Zakynthos 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Greece Ioannis Katsaros Makedonikos 11
2 Greece Lazaros Mouratidis Doxa Drama 10
3 Greece Petros Zouroudis Panetolikos 9
Greece Christos Karagiannis Eordaikos
Greece Konstantinos Aggos Doxa Drama
Greece Panagiotis Bris Fokikos
Greece Stavros Tsoukalas Doxa Drama

Play-off match

Rodos1–2Panetolikos
  • Romanczouk 6' (pen.)
Rodos
Panetolikos

RODOS:
GK 99 Greece Antonis Panagiotopoulos
DF 5 Greece Theopistos Papadopoulos (c)
DF 30 Greece Georgios Zacharatos
DF 2 Greece Nikitas Maliakas
DF 37 Greece Kostas Meresiotis downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 22 Greece Dimitrios Chaloulos
MF 23 Poland Bartoz Romanczouk downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 20 Greece Paulos Gigani downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 11 Greece Nikitaras Pelekis
FW 31 Greece Georgios Trichias
FW 10 Greece Dionisis Liosatos
Substitutes:
DF 47 Greece Nikos Antoniou upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 27 Greece Reisis Mailis upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 4 Greece Thomas Bibiris upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Greece Dimitris Spanos
PANETOLIKOS:
GK 89 Greece Nikos Babaniotis
DF 30 Greece Christos Naintos (c) Yellow card 52' downward-facing red arrow 78'
DF 33 Greece Theodosis Theodosiadis Yellow card 67'
DF 77 Greece Michalis Bakakis downward-facing red arrow 70'
DF 16 Greece Periklis Papapostolou
MF 7 Greece Makis Belevonis Yellow card 43' downward-facing red arrow 54'
MF 19 Greece Thanasis Paleologos
MF 20 Greece Tasos Dentsas
MF 81 Greece Stathis Karamalikis
MF 6 Greece Hussein Mumin
FW 38 Portugal Chiquinho Delgado
Substitutes:
FW 9 Greece Petros Zouroudis upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 32 Greece Charalabos Charalabakis upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 18 Greece Panagiotis Zorbas upward-facing green arrow 54'
Manager:
Greece Vasilis Delaperas

References

  1. ^ a b "Gamma Ethniki-South 2008/2009". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ a b "Gamma Ethniki-North 2008/2009". soccerway.com.
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