2012–13 Football League 2 (Greece)

Football League 2
Season	2012–13
Champions	Fostiras; Apollon Kalamarias
Promoted	Fostiras; Acharnaikos; Episkopi; Chania; Paniliakos; Glyfada; Apollon Kalamarias; Kassiopi; Aiginiakos; Tyrnavos; Vataniakos; Zakynthos
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Football League 2 was the 30th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It is scheduled to start on 21 October 2012.^[1] 25 teams are separated into two groups, 13 in Group 1 (South) and 12 in Group 2 (North) according to geographical criteria.

Group 1 (South)[]

Teams[]

Acharnaikos
E. Asteras
Fostiras
Glyfada
Proodeftiki

Chania

Korinthos

Rouvas

Location of teams in South Group of 2012–13 Football League 2

Team	Location	Last season
Fostiras	Athens	D Group 8, 1st
Asteras Magoula	Magoula	8th
Chania	Chania	7th
Glyfada	Athens	4th
Panegialios	Aigio	D Group 6, 1st
Kalamata	Kalamata	5th
Paniliakos	Pyrgos	3rd
Proodeftiki	Athens	9th
Korinthos	Korinthos	D Group 7, 1st
Rouvas	Gergeri	6th
Ethnikos Asteras	Athens	FL, 17th
Episkopi	Episkopi	D Group 10, 1st
Acharnaikos	Athens	D Group 9, 1st

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Fostiras (C, P)	24	12	7	5	28	13	+15	43	Promotion to Football League
2	Panegialios (P)	24	12	6	6	37	21	+16	42
3	Acharnaikos (P)	24	12	5	7	34	21	+13	41
4	Episkopi (P)	24	11	6	7	36	26	+10	39^[a]
5	Asteras Magoula (P)	24	11	6	7	32	26	+6	39^[a]
6	Chania (P)	24	11	5	8	31	24	+7	38
7	Paniliakos (P)	24	8	10	6	30	24	+6	34^[b]
8	Glyfada (P)	24	8	10	6	33	33	0	34^[b]
9	Proodeftiki^[c]	24	10	6	8	34	26	+8	34
10	Rouvas	24	8	6	10	27	27	0	30
10	Korinthos	24	5	11	8	24	28	−4	26
12	Kalamata	24	5	8	11	18	23	−5	23
13	Ethnikos Asteras^[d]	24	0	0	24	0	72	−72	−2

Source: Football League 2 standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b AST 2-1 EPI ; EPI 2-0 AST
^ ^a ^b PAN 4-1 GLI ; GLI 1-0 PAN
^ Proodeftiki was docked 2 points.
^ Championship organizer cancelled matches of Ethnikos Asteras against Korinthos (0-3) and Panegialios (0-3) and was docked 2 points after HFF decision because of debt to football players. Ethnikos Asteras forfeited from the league.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anastasios Triantafyllou	Episkopi	7
2	Spiros Dorovinis	Fostiras	4
	Vasilis Bounas	Panegialios	4
	Giannis Lazanas	Panegialios	4
5	Andreas Nomikos	Paniliakos	3
	Giorgos Panagiotopoulos	Proodeftiki	3
	Alexis Seliniotakis	Episkopi	3
	Nikos Lekkas	Proodeftiki	3
	Kostas Neophytos	Acharnaikos	3
	Giannis Chrysafis	Asteras Magoula	3

Updated to games played on 6 January 2013.^[2]

Group 2 (North)[]

Teams[]

Apollon
Odysseas

Kassiopi

Zakynthos

Location of teams in North Group of 2012–13 Football League 2

Team	Location	Last season
Apollon Kalamarias	Thessaloniki	4th
Zakynthos	Zakynthos	2nd
Odysseas Kordeliou	Thessaloniki	D Group 2, 1st
Doxa Kranoula	Kranoula (Ioannina)	9th
Ethnikos Sidirokastro	Sidirokastro	D Group 1, 1st
Oikonomos	Tsaritsani	3rd
Vataniakos	Katerini	8th
Anagennisi Karditsa	Karditsa	D Group 4, 1st
Tilikratis	Lefkada	6th
Kassiopi	Kassiopi	D Group 5, 1st
Tyrnavos 2005	Tyrnavos	7th
Aiginiakos	Aiginio	Eps Pierias A, 1st

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Apollon Kalamarias (P)	22	14	6	2	33	12	+21	48	Promotion to Football League
2	Anagennisi Karditsa (P)	22	14	5	3	42	19	+23	47
3	Kassiopi (P)	22	13	4	5	35	14	+21	43
4	Aiginiakos (P)	22	9	10	3	34	21	+13	37
5	Tyrnavos (P)	22	11	2	9	28	26	+2	35
6	Vataniakos^[a] (P)	22	9	4	9	27	30	−3	31
7	Zakynthos (P)	22	8	5	9	22	25	−3	29^[b]
8	Odysseas Kordeliou	22	9	2	11	35	28	+7	29^[b]
9	Ethnikos Sidirokastro	22	7	6	9	23	24	−1	27
10	Doxa Kranoula	22	4	6	12	23	35	−12	18
11	Tilikratis	22	3	6	13	17	37	−20	15
12	Oikonomos^[c]	22	1	3	18	6	55	−49	6

Source: Football League 2 standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference
(P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Vataniakos were promoted due to the bankruptcy of AEK Athens.
^ ^a ^b ZAK 2-1 ODK ; ODK 0-1 ZAK
^ Oikonomos forfeited from the league.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christos Athanasiadis	Anagennisi Karditsa	7
1	Ilias Manikas	Vataniakos	7
3	Christos Karagiannis	Kassiopi	6
4	Konstantinos Exarchos	Aiginiakos	4
4	Matthaios Platakis	Aiginiakos	4
6	Giorgos Kakavitsis	Tyrnavos 2005	3
	Pavlos Leptokaridis	Apollon Kalamarias	3
	Vassilis Sachinidis	Tilikratis	3
	Gentian Kiptiou	Tyrnavos 2005	3
	Fotis Kiskabanis	Apollon Kalamarias	3

Updated to games played on 6 January 2013.^[3]

References[]

^ "Kick-off on 21 October". Sport24 (in Greek). October 2, 2012.
^ "Football League statistics".
^ "Football League statistics".

[table_hth_MGL0.37515191937571-2] AST 2-1 EPI ; EPI 2-0 AST

[table_hth_PNL0.37515191937571-3] PAN 4-1 GLI ; GLI 1-0 PAN

[table_note_PRD0.37515191937571-4] Proodeftiki was docked 2 points.

[table_note_EAS0.37515191937571-5] Championship organizer cancelled matches of Ethnikos Asteras against Korinthos (0-3) and Panegialios (0-3) and was docked 2 points after HFF decision because of debt to football players. Ethnikos Asteras forfeited from the league.

[table_note_VAT0.87752390460927-7] Vataniakos were promoted due to the bankruptcy of AEK Athens.

[table_hth_ZAK0.87752390460927-8] ZAK 2-1 ODK ; ODK 0-1 ZAK

[table_note_OIK0.87752390460927-9] Oikonomos forfeited from the league.

[1] "Kick-off on 21 October". Sport24 (in Greek). October 2, 2012.

[6] "Football League statistics".

[10] "Football League statistics".

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