2007–08 Gamma Ethniki

The 2007–08 Gamma Ethniki was the 25th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 23, 2007 and ended on June 8, 2008. Diagoras and Kavala were crowned champions in South and North Groups, respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. The third promotion ticket was gained by Anagennisi Karditsa, second-placed in North Group, after the win against Ilioupoli, second-placed in South, to the single play-off match which was held on June 14, 2008, at Georgios Kamaras Stadium.^[1]

Gamma Ethniki

Season	2007–08
Champions	Diagoras (South) Kavala (North)
Promoted	Diagoras Kavala Anagennisi Karditsa
Relegated	Thyella Patras Messiniakos Panegialios Acharnaikos Thiva Prosotsani Polykastro AE Giannena
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Prosotsani, Polykastro, A.E. Giannena and Doxa Drama from North Group, and Thyella Patras, Messiniakos, Panegialios, Acharnaikos and Thiva from South were relegated to Delta Ethniki.

Southern Group

Acharnaikos
Fostiras
Ilioupoli

Aias

Aiolikos

Asteras

Atsalenios

Diagoras
Rodos

Koropi

Korinthos

Messiniakos

Panachaiki
Thyella

Panegialios

Panetolikos

Thiva

Vyzas

Location of teams in South Group of 2007–08 Gamma Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Diagoras (C, P)	34	23	4	7	56	24	+32	73	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	Ilioupoli	34	21	8	5	61	32	+29	71	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Panetolikos	34	18	8	8	59	28	+31	62
4	Korinthos	34	15	8	11	39	34	+5	53
5	Panachaiki 2005	34	14	9	11	42	29	+13	51
6	Aiolikos	34	14	7	13	40	41	−1	49
7	Rodos[a]	34	13	9	12	31	27	+4	47
8	Aias Salamina[b]	34	13	9	12	42	47	−5	47
9	Atsalenios	34	13	7	14	33	45	−12	46
10	Fostiras	34	13	6	15	44	39	+5	45
11	Vyzas	34	13	6	15	37	43	−6	45
12	Neos Asteras Rethymno	34	12	8	14	38	41	−3	44
13	Koropi	34	11	10	13	27	36	−9	43
14	Thyella Patras (R)	34	9	14	11	24	37	−13	41	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
15	Messiniakos (R)	34	9	12	13	28	36	−8	39
16	Panegialios (R)	34	9	8	17	35	49	−14	35
17	Acharnaikos (R)	34	9	7	18	31	43	−12	34
18	Thiva (R)	34	3	8	23	24	60	−36	17

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rodos had 1 point deducted after failing to field at least 8 Greek players in home match against Thiva.
2. Aias Salamina had 1 point deducted after failing to field at least two U-21 players in home match against Koropi.

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	AIA	AIO	ATS	DIA	FOS	ILI	KOR	AOK	MES	NAS	PGE	EGI	PAN	ROD	THI	THY	VYZ
Acharnaikos		2–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Aias Salamina	0–1		4–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Aiolikos	2–1	3–1		0–0	1–0	3–2	2–3	3–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
Atsalenios	1–0	2–1	1–0		0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–1
Diagoras	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–1	1–0
Fostiras	2–0	5–0	4–0	3–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	4–3	4–0	2–1
Ilioupoli	5–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–2
Korinthos	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2		2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Koropi	1–0	3–0[a]	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3		2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–0
Messiniakos	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	5–0		1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Neos Asteras Rethymno	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–3
Panachaiki	0–0	0–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1
Panegialios	1–3	3–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	3–2		1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2
Panetolikos	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	6–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	4–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0
Rodos	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		0–3[b]	3–0	2–0
Thiva	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	3–3	0–0		0–1	1–2
Thyella Patras	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2		2–1
Vyzas	2–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–0

Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match between Koropi and Aias Salamina, originally a 1-1 draw, was annulled, Koropi won the match 3-0 in cards and Aias Salamina had 1 point deducted after failing to field at least 2 U-21 players.
2. The match between Rodos and Thiva was annulled, Thiva won the match 0-3 in cards and Rodos had 1 point deducted after failing to field at least 8 Greek players.

Northern Group

AE Giannena

Alexandroupoli

Anagennisi A.

Anagennisi G.

Anagennisi K.

Doxa

Eordaikos

Ethnikos K.

E. Olympiacos
Niki

Kavala

Lamia

PAONE
Thermaikos

Polykastro

Preveza

Prosotsani

Location of teams in North Group of 2007–08 Gamma Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kavala (C, P)	32	21	9	2	49	18	+31	72	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	Anagennisi Karditsa (P)	32	19	6	7	44	19	+25	63	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	PAONE	32	16	11	5	40	23	+17	59
4	Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos	32	15	8	9	36	33	+3	53
5	Thermaikos	32	14	10	8	42	31	+11	52
6	Enosi Alexandroupoli	32	12	11	9	27	26	+1	47
7	Preveza	32	12	9	11	38	28	+10	45
8	Ethnikos Katerini	32	13	6	13	35	26	+9	45
9	Anagennisi Giannitsa	32	12	9	11	46	38	+8	45
10	Niki Volos	32	11	11	10	37	33	+4	44
11	Eordaikos 2007	32	11	10	11	26	29	−3	43
12	Anagennisi Arta	32	11	8	13	39	36	+3	41
13	Lamia	32	9	13	10	30	31	−1	40
14	Prosotsani (R)	32	7	12	13	28	38	−10	33	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
15	Polykastro (R)	32	8	7	17	26	40	−14	31
16	AE Giannena (R)	32	6	6	20	32	45	−13	24
17	Doxa Drama[a]	32	2	0	30	5	86	−81	−66	Spared from relegation

Source: ^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Forfeited due to financial problems after Matchday 7, but it was later readmitted to Gamma Ethniki taking the place of Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos after the two Olympiacos Volos clubs' merger in summer 2008.

Results

Home \ Away	AEG	ART	GIA	KRD	DOX	EAL	EOR	ETH	EOV	KAV	LAM	NIK	PNE	POL	PRE	PRO	THE
AE Giannena		1–1	0–3	0–1	3–0[a]	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–3	7–2
Anagennisi Arta	2–1		4–0	0–6	3–0[a]	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa	2–0	0–2		4–2	3–0[a]	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–3	0–2
Anagennisi Karditsa	1–0	2–0	3–0		3–0[a]	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Doxa Drama	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]		0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	2–0	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	1–0	0–3[a]	1–3	0–3[a]
Enosi Alexandroupoli	1–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	3–0[a]		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1
Eordaikos 2007	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1
Ethnikos Katerini	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0[a]	4–0	2–1		2–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	3–0[a]	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0
Kavala	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Lamia	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0[a]	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Niki Volos	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0[a]	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0		0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
PAONE	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–2		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Polykastro	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0[a]	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1		0–2	2–0	1–1
Preveza	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0[a]	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0		2–1	1–2
Prosotsani	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0[a]	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–0		0–0
Thermaikos	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0[a]	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Doxa Drama forfeited due to financial problems after Matchday 7. Since then all matches have been awarded to their opponents, with further deduction of three points for every cancelled match.

Play-off match

14 June 2008

18:00 EEST

Ilioupoli	0–2	Anagennisi Karditsa
	Report	Boudouris 38' (pen.), 78'

Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Rizoupoli

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Fotis Papadopoulos	Thermaikos	17
	Sokratis Boudouris	Anagennisi Karditsa
3	Giorgos Zacharopoulos	Fostiras	16
	Stathis Karamalikis	Ilioupoli
	Eddy Oum	Diagoras
6	Tassos Triantafyllou	Diagoras	14
7	Antonis Macheroudis	Anagennisi Giannitsa	13
	Christos Chatzipantelidis	Niki Volos
	Nikos Aposkitis	Neos Asteras Rethymno
10	Fanis Labrogeorgos	Kavala	11