2008–09 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki
Season	2008–09
Champions	Atromitos
Promoted	Atromitos; PAS Giannina; Kavala
Relegated	Apollon Kalamarias; Veria; Kallithea; Kastoria
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Beta Ethniki 2008–09 complete season.

Overview

The season started on 14 September 2008 and was scheduled to end on 17 May 2009.
Last season champions Panserraikos, runners-up Thrasyvoulos and third-placed Panthrakikos earned promotion to Super League Greece, while Agios Dimitrios, Chaidari and Egaleo were relegated to Gamma Ethniki (see 2007–08 Beta Ethniki).
Apollon Kalamarias, Veria and Atromitos will compete in Beta Ethniki this season after being relegated from the Super League in 2007–08.
Diagoras, Kavala, and Anagennisi Karditsa will compete in Beta Ethniki this season after earning promotion from Gamma Ethniki in 2007–08.

League table

Atromitos
E. Asteras
Ilisiakos
Kallithea

Agrotikos Ast.
Apollon

Location of teams in 2008–09 Beta Ethniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Atromitos (C, P)	34	22	8	4	54	30	+24	74	Promotion to 2009–10 Super League
2	PAS Giannina (P)	34	20	9	5	70	36	+34	69
3	Kavala (P)	34	19	8	7	56	28	+28	65
4	Ionikos	34	15	10	9	43	37	+6	55
5	Kerkyra	34	14	9	11	45	40	+5	51
6	Ilisiakos	34	13	7	14	42	40	+2	46
7	Agrotikos Asteras	34	13	6	15	39	39	0	45
8	Diagoras	34	11	11	12	46	38	+8	44
9	Kalamata	34	11	10	13	33	43	−10	43
10	Pierikos	34	11	9	14	33	43	−10	42
11	Olympiacos Volos 1937	34	9	14	11	32	36	−4	41
12	Apollon Kalamarias (R)	34	11	8	15	34	45	−11	41	Relegation to 2009–10 Delta Ethniki^[a]
13	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	8	16	10	42	41	+1	40
14	Ethnikos Asteras	34	11	7	16	40	41	−1	40
15	Anagennisi Karditsa	34	10	9	15	30	43	−13	39
16	Veria^[b] (R)	34	10	11	13	27	46	−19	38	Relegation to 2009–10 Gamma Ethniki
17	Kallithea (R)	34	7	13	14	25	43	−18	34
18	Kastoria (R)	34	3	11	20	29	61	−32	20

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Apollon Kalamarias relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.
^ Veria has a three-point detraction for the game against Ilisiakos. The match interrupted at the end of the first half, due to attack from Veria's owner to the referee. The score was 0-0 at that point.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	AGR	KRD	APL	ATR	DIA	ETA	ETH	ILS	ION	KAL	KLT	KAS	KAV	KER	OLV	PAS	PIE	VER
Agrotikos Asteras		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–1
Anagennisi Karditsa	1–2		1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1
Apollon Kalamarias	0–0	2–2		1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0
Atromitos	2–1	1–0	3–1		2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0
Diagoras	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–1		1–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0
Ethnikos Asteras	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–2
Ethnikos Piraeus	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1
Ilisiakos	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–1
Ionikos	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–4	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–4	1–1	2–2	1–0
Kalamata	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1		2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Kallithea	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	3–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1
Kastoria	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–5	2–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	1–3	0–0		2–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
Kavala	4–1	5–1	0–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Kerkyra	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0		2–3	2–2	2–1	3–1
Olympiacos Volos 1937	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
PAS Giannina	2–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	6–2	2–1	2–1	8–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	5–2		2–0	1–0
Pierikos	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0		0–2
Veria	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikos Soultanidis	Kavala	21
2	Georgios Saitiotis	PAS Giannina	19
3	Ilias Solakis	PAS Giannina	18
3	Ilias Kampas	Ilisiakos	18
5	Ilias Ioannou	Olympiacos Volos	15
6	Brito	Atromitos	14

Teams by region

Region	Number of teams	Teams
Attica	6	Atromitos, Ethnikos Asteras, Ethnikos Piraeus, Ilisiakos, Ionikos and Kallithea
Central Macedonia	4	Agrotikos Asteras, Apollon Kalamarias, Pierikos and Veria
Thessaly	2	Anagennisi Karditsas and Olympiacos Volos 1937
Eastern Macedonia	1	Nea Kavala
Epirus	1	PAS Giannina
Ionian Islands	1	Kerkyra
Peloponnese	1	Kalamata
South Aegean	1	Diagoras
West Macedonia	1	Kastoria

References

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External links

RSSSF.com

[table_note_res_R10.77084173810242-1] Apollon Kalamarias relegated to Delta Ethniki due to unsettled debts.

[table_note_VER0.77084173810242-3] Veria has a three-point detraction for the game against Ilisiakos. The match interrupted at the end of the first half, due to attack from Veria's owner to the referee. The score was 0-0 at that point.^[1]

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