1996–97 Gamma Ethniki

Gamma Ethniki
Season	1996–97
Champions	Ethnikos Asteras (South); Anagennisi Karditsa (North);
Promoted	Ethnikos Asteras; Kallithea; Anagennisi Karditsa; ILTEX Lykoi;
Relegated	Ilisiakos; Atromitos; Irodotos; Patra; Enosis Rodos-Diagoras; Varvasiakos; Almopos Aridea; Lamia; Iraklis Ptolemaida; Anagennisi Giannitsa; Nigrita; Anagennisi Kolindros;
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Gamma Ethniki was the 14th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Ethnikos Asteras and Anagennisi Karditsa were crowned champions in Southern and Northern Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki.^[1] Kallithea and ILTEX Lykoi also won promotion as a runners-up of the groups.^[1]

Ilisiakos, Atromitos, Irodotos, Patra, Enosis Rodos-Diagoras, Varvasiakos, Almopos Aridea, Lamia, Iraklis Ptolemaida, Anagennisi Giannitsa, Nigrita and Anagennisi Kolindros were relegated to Delta Ethniki.^[1]

Southern Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ethnikos Asteras (C, P)	34	21	6	7	69	32	+37	69	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	Kallithea (P)	34	19	8	7	49	28	+21	65	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
3	Ialysos	34	17	12	5	63	30	+33	63
4	Aiolikos	34	16	9	9	50	36	+14	57
5	Panegialios	34	15	7	12	43	33	+10	52
6	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	34	14	9	11	46	36	+10	51
7	Agios Nikolaos	34	14	8	12	46	37	+9	50
8	Marko	34	14	7	13	41	33	+8	49
9	Kerkyra	34	12	13	9	45	40	+5	49
10	Ergotelis	34	13	10	11	49	37	+12	49
11	Egaleo	34	12	12	10	49	40	+9	48
12	Korinthos	34	14	6	14	41	36	+5	48
13	Ilisiakos (R)	34	14	6	14	52	53	−1	48	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
14	Atromitos (R)	34	12	7	15	34	43	−9	43
15	Irodotos (R)	34	11	8	15	42	55	−13	41
16	Patra (R)	34	6	10	18	32	67	−35	28
17	Enosis Rodos-Diagoras (R)	34	6	6	22	26	74	−48	24
18	Varvasiakos^[a] (R)	34	2	4	28	20	87	−67	4

Source: ^[1]^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Varvasiakos had 6 points deducted.

Northern Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Anagennisi Karditsa (C, P)	34	19	8	7	50	32	+18	65	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	ILTEX Lykoi (P)	34	17	12	5	53	25	+28	63	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
3	Apollon Larissa	34	16	10	8	52	31	+21	58
4	Tyrnavos	34	14	14	6	44	29	+15	56
5	Orestis Orestiada	34	15	9	10	34	22	+12	54
6	Aetos Skydra	34	15	9	10	49	34	+15	54
7	Agrotikos Asteras	34	15	8	11	39	25	+14	53
8	Ampelokipi	34	14	7	13	34	39	−5	49
9	Pierikos	34	14	6	14	41	42	−1	48
10	Poseidon Michaniona	34	13	8	13	39	44	−5	47
11	Anagennisi Arta	34	12	10	12	32	28	+4	46
12	Olympiacos Volos	34	12	10	12	42	34	+8	46
13	Almopos Aridea (R)	34	11	11	12	43	54	−11	44	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
14	Lamia (R)	34	10	12	12	35	36	−1	42
15	Iraklis Ptolemaida (R)	34	10	8	16	36	50	−14	38
16	Anagennisi Giannitsa (R)	34	10	7	17	35	46	−11	37
17	Nigrita (R)	34	5	7	22	21	54	−33	22
18	Anagennisi Kolindros (R)	34	3	6	25	22	76	−54	15

Source: ^[1]^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Greece 1996/97". rsssf.org.
^ ^a ^b "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". rsssf.org.

[table_note_VAR0.46362382148561-2] Varvasiakos had 6 points deducted.

[rsssf1-1] "Greece 1996/97". rsssf.org.

[rsssf2-3] "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". rsssf.org.

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