The 2016–17 Football League was the second division of the Greek professional football system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its season began on 30 October 2016 and concluded on 11 June 2017.
Teams
Team Location Stadium CapacityLast seasonAcharnaikos Acharnes Acharnes Stadium 4,450 AEL Kalloni1 Mytilene Mytilene Municipal Stadium3,000Agrotikos Asteras Evosmos Agrotikos Asteras Ground2,267Aiginiakos Aiginio Municipal Stadium of Aiginio 2,000 Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa Stadium 9,500 AO Chania Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 2,800 Apollon Smyrnis Athens Georgios Kamaras Stadium 14,856 Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,250 Kissamikos Kissamos Maleme Stadium 700 Lamia Lamia Lamia Stadium6,000OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 8,500Panegialios Aigio Aigio Stadium 4,500 Panelefsiniakos Eleusina Municipal Stadium of Eleusina 2,100 Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 Panthrakikos2 Komotini Komotini Municipal Stadium 6,200 Sparta Sparta Sparta Municipal Stadium 1,500 Trikala Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000 1 AEL Kalloni was expelled during the season 2 Panthrakikos withdrew during the season
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 opponents of Panthrakikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each. 2 The opponents of Kalloni awarded a 3–0 w/o win each. 3 Sparta did not show up to the match, so Panserraikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nikos KouskounasTrikala202 Nikos GiannitsanisTrikala15 Patrick VouhoOFI153 Andreas VasilogiannisLamia124 Andreas StamatisChania115 Savvas SiatravanisApollon Smyrnis10 Stelios KritikosPanegialios10 Michalis FragosKalloni / Sparta10 Dimitrios ManosOFI10
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