The 2017–18 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. It will start at 28 October,
Teams
Team Location Stadium CapacityLast seasonAcharnaikos1 Acharnes Acharnes Stadium 4,450 A.E. KaraiskakisArta Municipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium 1,900 Aiginiakos Aiginio Municipal Stadium of Aiginio 1,000 Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Karditsa Stadium 9,500 AO Chania−Kissamikos Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,000 Apollon Larissa Larissa Alcazar Stadium 13,108 Apollon Pontus Thessaloniki Apollon Kalamaria Stadium 6,500 Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800 Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240 Doxa Drama Drama Doxa Drama Stadium 7,000 Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 4,200 OFI Heraklion Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium 8,500Panachaiki Patra Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321 Panegialios Aigio Aigio Stadium 7,000 Panserraikos Serres Serres Municipal Stadium 9,500 Sparti Sparta Sparta Municipal Stadium 1,500 Trikala Trikala Trikala Municipal Stadium 15,000 Veria Veria Veria Stadium 7,000
1 Acharnaikos was expelled during the season
1. Agrotikos Asteras withdrew from the league. As a result of this they will participate in 2017–18 Gamma Ethniki. A.E. Karaiskakis were promoted from the Gamma Ethniki in their place.
2. Iraklis withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The Founding Club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The Original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis will decide if a new Football Team will start from The Third Category of the Local Championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if The Football Team Of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. Doxa Dramas were promoted from the Gamma Ethniki in their place.
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 six 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 Acharnaikos awarded a 3–0 w/o win each. 2 The opponents of Veria awarded a 3–0 w/o win each. 3 Game did not held
Top scorers Updated to games played on 28 May 2018 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dimitrios ManosOFI272 Hugo CuypersErgotelis223 Nikos KouskounasOFI/Doxa Drama184 Dimitrios DiamantopoulosAris165 Panagiotis MoraitisPanachaiki136 Giannis LoukinasA.E. Karaiskakis11 Georgios XydasAO Chania−Kissamikos118 Athanasios DinasTrikala/OFI10 Vasilios KoutsianikoulisOFI10
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