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is the second division of the professional

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system of Greece. The 2011–12 Football League was held for the second year under the name Football League after previously being known as ''Beta Ethniki''. The regular season began late, on 29 October, due to the

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scandal and the relegation of five teams for various offences. Promotion play-offs are scheduled to take place immediately afterwards,, Article 8 (Προβιβασμός – Υποβιβασμός ομάδας) while the relegation play-outs were abolished by decision of 8 December 2011.

Teams

A total of three teams gained promotion to the 2011–12 Super League after the 2010–11 Football League season. Champions

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

and runners-up

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

were directly promoted, and the remaining spot was taken by promotion play-off group winners OFI. The teams that replaced the three promoted teams were initially Iraklis, after it was found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window, AEL and

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and ...

. Later however, Iraklis got stripped from its professional licence and got relegated to the

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. Also,

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...

and

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gained promotion to the 2011–12 Super League to take the place of Olympiacos Volos and

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which were relegated due to

scandal. For the same scandal

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

was docked five points on 24 October 2011. On the bottom end of the table,

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

, Ionikos,

Anagennisi Karditsa Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας) is a Greek professional football club based in Karditsa, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system. T ...

and

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

were demoted to the 2011–12 Delta Ethniki after having been found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window.

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was found guilty of match-fixing, so it was automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League 2. The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 Football League 2 South champions Panachaiki, North champions Anagennisi Epanomi, South runner-up Vyzas, North runner-up

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, Iraklis Psachna, Fokikos,

Platanias Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platania ...

and Anagennisi Giannitsa.

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will comprise the teams ranked 3rd through 6th during the regular season, and they are scheduled to take place immediately after the conclusion of the regular season.

Top scorers

''Updated to games played on 16 May 2012.''

References

External links

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