Gamma Ethniki regular season comes to an end

The 2018/19 Gamma Ethniki season came to an end on Sunday and AGONAsport looks at which teams were promoted to next year’s Football League.

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This year’s Greek third tier consisted of eight groups with 12-14 teams in each group. The group winners gained automatic promotion to next year’s Football League, while the eight runner-ups will compete in a playoff for the remaining four promotion spots to the 2019/20 Football League.

After the restructuring of Greece’s domestic leagues, the Football League will be the new third division as of the 2019/20 season while the Super League 2 will be the second division and the the Super League will remain the top flight. During this transition to the new structure, some teams will be negatively impacted for their efforts in the 2018/19 season, including the 12 clubs that will gain promotion from this year’s Gamma Ethniki.

Although these 12 teams will gain ‘promotion’ to the Football League, they will compete once again in the Greek third division as opposed to the second division. Thus, they will need to re-gain promotion from next year’s Football League to compete in the Greek second tier, the Super League 2.

The eight Gamma Ethniki group winners that will compete in next season’s Football League include: Kavala, Veria, Kronos Argyradon, Olympiacos Volou, Ierapetra, Ialysos, Egaleo, and Aspropyrgos.

The eight group runner-ups that will compete in the promotion playoffs for four spots in next year’s Football League include: Nestos Chrysoupolis, P.O Triglias, Thesprotos, Niki Volou, Ionikos, Diagoras Rodou, Aiolikos, and Kalamata

Thirty nine teams were relegated from this year’s Gamma Ethniki with notable names including Proodeftiki, Anagennisi Karditsas, and Panegialios.

AGONAsport takes a look at the eight Gamma Ethniki groups

GROUP 1

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Kavala

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Nestos Chrysoupolis

Relegated: AE Kalampakiou, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, Aspida Xanthis, Ethnikos Sidirokastrou, PAO Kosmiou

GROUP 2

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Veria

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): P.O. Triglias

Relegated: Olympiacos Kyminon, PAO Koufalion, Meliteas Melitis, Ermis Amintaiou, Lagadas

GROUP 3

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Kronos Argyradon

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Thesprotos

Relegated: Megas Alexandros Kallitheas, Thriamvos Servianon, Makedonikos Siatistas, Grevena Aerata, AO Floriadas

GROUP 4

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Olympiacos Volou

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Niki Volou

Relegated: Achilleas Neokaisarias, Apollon Makrychoriou, Stylida, Fokikos, Anagennisi Karditsas

GROUP 5

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Ierapetra

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Ionikos

Relegated: Proodeftiki, Ampelakiakos, Palaichora, Atromitos Piraeus, Neapoli

GROUP 6

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Ialysos

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Diagoras Rodou

Relegated: Panegialios, Niki Traganou, Panmovriakos Riolou, Foivos Kremastis, Asteras Amaliadas

GROUP 7

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Egaleo

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Aiolikos

Relegated: Charaugiakos, Chalkia, Korinthos, Apollon Eretrias

GROUP 8

Group Winner (Promotion to Football League): Aspropyrgos

Runner-up (Promotion playoff): Kalamata

Relegated: Amvrysseas Distomou, Mandraikos, Enosi Lernas, Pamisos Messini, AP Eikosimias

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