2008–09 Gamma Ethniki

Gamma Ethniki
Season	2008–09
Champions	Ilioupoli (South); Doxa Drama (North);
Promoted	Ilioupoli; Rodos; Doxa Drama; Panetolikos;
Relegated	Fostiras; Koropi; Agios Dimitrios; Asteras Rethymnou; Egaleo; Aiolikos; Lamia; PAS Preveza; Ethnikos Katerini; Anagennisi Arta; Enossi Alexandroupoli;
	← 2007–08 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:

Aias Salamina
~~Aiolikos~~ (withdrew)
Neos Asteras Rethymno
Atsalenios
Fostiras
Ilioupoli
Korinthos
Koropi
Panachaiki 2005
Rodos
Vyzas
~~Alexandroupoli Enosi~~ (dismissed)
~~Anagennisi Arta~~ (withdrew)
Anagennisi Giannitsa
Doxa Drama (taking the place of Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos after the two Olympiacos Volos clubs' merger in summer 2008)
Eordaikos 2007
Ethnikos Katerini
Lamia
Neoi Epivates
Niki Volos
Panetolikos
Preveza
Thermaikos

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

Ag. Dimitrios
Ag. Paraskevi
Chaidari
Egaleo
Fostiras
Ilioupoli

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

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:

^ Rodos earned the promotion due to the relegation of Apollon Kalamarias from the Beta Ethniki.
^ Fostiras relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.
^ 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	Giorgos Zacharopoulos	Fostiras	24
2	Georgios Trichias	Rodos	18
2	Κimonas Evaggelatos	Agios Dimitrios	18
4	Michalis Nikolopoulos	Ilioupoli	15
5	Mario Gurma	Panachaiki	12

Northern Group

League table

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:

^ Anagennisi Arta has withdrawn from this competition.
^ 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	Ioannis Katsaros	Makedonikos	11
2	Lazaros Mouratidis	Doxa Drama	10
3	Petros Zouroudis	Panetolikos	9
	Christos Karagiannis	Eordaikos
	Konstantinos Aggos	Doxa Drama
	Panagiotis Bris	Fokikos
	Stavros Tsoukalas	Doxa Drama

Play-off match

23 May 2009

17:00 EEST

Rodos	1–2	Panetolikos
Romanczouk 6' (pen.)		Karamalikis 82' Paleologos 90+6'

Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Rodos

Panetolikos


RODOS:
GK	99	Antonis Panagiotopoulos
DF	5	Theopistos Papadopoulos (c)
DF	30	Georgios Zacharatos
DF	2	Nikitas Maliakas
DF	37	Kostas Meresiotis	69'
MF	22	Dimitrios Chaloulos
MF	23	Bartoz Romanczouk	69'
MF	20	Paulos Gigani	81'
MF	11	Nikitaras Pelekis
FW	31	Georgios Trichias
FW	10	Dionisis Liosatos
Substitutes:
DF	47	Nikos Antoniou	60'
MF	27	Reisis Mailis	69'
DF	4	Thomas Bibiris	81'
Manager:
Dimitris Spanos


PANETOLIKOS:
GK	89	Nikos Babaniotis
DF	30	Christos Naintos (c)	52'	78'
DF	33	Theodosis Theodosiadis	67'
DF	77	Michalis Bakakis		70'
DF	16	Periklis Papapostolou
MF	7	Makis Belevonis	43'	54'
MF	19	Thanasis Paleologos
MF	20	Tasos Dentsas
MF	81	Stathis Karamalikis
MF	6	Hussein Mumin
FW	38	Chiquinho Delgado
Substitutes:
FW	9	Petros Zouroudis		78'
DF	32	Charalabos Charalabakis		70'
FW	18	Panagiotis Zorbas		54'
Manager:
Vasilis Delaperas

References

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

[table_note_ROD0.72918217849414-1] Rodos earned the promotion due to the relegation of Apollon Kalamarias from the Beta Ethniki.

[table_note_FOS0.72918217849414-2] Fostiras relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.

[table_note_AIO0.72918217849414-3] Aiolikos has withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All their remaining matches will be award 3-0 for their opponents.

[table_note_ART0.59261766429647-5] Anagennisi Arta has withdrawn from this competition.

[table_note_EAL0.59261766429647-6] 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.

[soccerway1-4] "Gamma Ethniki-South 2008/2009". soccerway.com.

[soccerway2-7] "Gamma Ethniki-North 2008/2009". soccerway.com.

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