The
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is the second division of the professional
football
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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
Koriopolis 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 and runners-up
PAS Giannina 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. Later however, Iraklis got stripped from its professional licence and got relegated to the
Delta Ethniki. Also,
Levadiakos and
Doxa Drama gained promotion to the 2011–12 Super League to take the place of
Olympiacos Volos and
Kavala which were relegated due to
Koriopolis scandal.
For the same scandal
Panachaiki was docked five points on 24 October 2011.
On the bottom end of the table,
Ethnikos Piraeus,
Ionikos,
Anagennisi Karditsa and
Trikala
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were demoted to the 2011–12 Delta Ethniki
after having been found guilty of forgery during the winter transfer window.
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
Kalloni,
Iraklis Psachna,
Fokikos,
Platanias 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
news & stats
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Second level Greek football league seasons
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