Football League set to start on October 14

Following a Board of Directors meeting on Friday, it’s been decided that the 2018/2019 Football League season will commence on October 14, with 16 clubs participating in the championship.

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Until Friday, there was no set date for the start of the 2018/2019 Football League season, but it’s now been confirmed that the campaign will begin on Sunday 14 October. As expected, 16 teams will participate in the championship, and a television contract for the upcoming season has been sealed.

However, due to the changes coming to the structure of the footballing system in Greece, only the winner of the 2018/2019 Football League will earn direct promotion to the Super League. The club in second position will compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against the team in 13th place of the 2018/2019 Super League.

Next year, the Football League will become the third level of Greek football, as a Super League 2 is in the process of creation and will be the second tier instead. The clubs in 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th positions of the 2018/2019 Football League suffer relegation to the Gamma Ethniki which will turn into the fourth level.

2018/2019 Football League participant list:

Aiginiakos

Aittitos Spata

AO Chania Kissamikos

Apollon Larissa

Apollon Pontou

Doxa Dramas

Ergotelis

Iraklis

Irodotos

Karaiskakis

AOK Kerkyra

Panachaiki

Platanias

Sparta

Trikala

Volos

by Shaun Nicolaides

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