The 2015–16 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the sixth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its season began on 27 September 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016.
Teams
Team Location Stadium CapacityLast seasonAcharnaikos Menidi Acharnes Stadium 4,450 AEL Larissa AEL FC Arena16,118Agrotikos Asteras Evosmos Agrotikos Asteras Ground2,267Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa Stadium 9,500 Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,856 Chania Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 2,800 Ergotelis* Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,000 Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250 Kerkyra Corfu Kerkyra Stadium 2,191Kissamikos Kissamos Maleme Stadium 700 Lamia Lamia Lamia Stadium6,000Olympiacos Volos * Volos Volos Municipal Stadium 9,000 Panachaiki Patras Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321 Panegialios Aigio Aigio Stadium 4,500 Panelefsiniakos Eleusina Municipal Stadium of Eleusina 2,100 Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 Trikala Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 14,000 Zakynthos Zakynthos Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground 2,000 * withdrew during the season
Notes OFI and Niki Volos withdrew from the league. As a result of this they will participate in 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki.
Structure There are eighteen clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom four teams are relegated to Gamma Ethniki. The top two teams gain automatic promotion for Super League. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.
League table
Matches
1 The game awarded a 3–0 win to Chania. 2 The opponents of Ergotelis awarded a 3–0 win each. 3 The opponents of Olympiakos Volos awarded a 3–0 win each. 4 The game awarded a 3–0 win to Kerkyra.
Season statistics
Top scorers Updated to games played 29 May 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nikos KouskounasTrikala182 José Emílio FurtadoPanserraikos133 Mattheos MaroukakisAEL124 JoneLamia115 Viera EllongKerkyra9 Alexandros KontosKerkyra9 WandersonApollon Smyrnis9 Michalis FragosKallithea9 Nikos GiannitsanisPanelefsiniakos9
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