2022–23 Greek A Division (women's football)

Greek A Division
Season	2022–23
Dates	20 November 2022 – 28 May 2023
Champions	PAOK; 18th title
Relegated	Aris; Avantes Chalkida; Doxa Pigadakia; Ialysos; Leontikos; Odysseas
Women's Champions League	PAOK
Matches played	148
Goals scored	500 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kiyani Johnson; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Ergotelis 10–0 Doxa Pigadakia; Ergotelis 10–0 Ialysos
Biggest away win	Elpides Karditsas 0–8 Trikala; Avantes Chalkida 0–8 PAOK
Highest scoring	Ergotelis 10–0 Doxa Pigadakia; Ergotelis 10–0 Ialysos
Longest winning run	18 games; PAOK
Longest unbeaten run	18 games; PAOK
Longest winless run	14 games; Avantes Chalkida
Longest losing run	14 games; Avantes Chalkida
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 1 August 2023.

The 2022–23 Greek A Division is the 34th season of the women's football top-level league in Greece. PAOK won their 9th consecutive title and their 18th overall.

Format

The Greek A Division for the 2022–23 season will be held in 2 groups of 8 teams, 16 teams in total. The separation of the teams into these groups will take place based on geographical criteria.

The league will be held in two phases: the first phase will be the regular season and the second phase will be a play-off round.

After the final ranking of the teams of Phase 1, the teams that will occupy the first 3 positions in each of the two groups will compete in play-off matches to crown a champions for the 2022–23 season.

At the end of the season, 6 teams will be relegated to the Greek B Division, four of which directly and two after play-out matches. After the final ranking of the teams of the regular season, the teams that will occupy the 7th and 8th place (the last two places) in each of the two groups will be directly relegated to the second tier for the 2023–24 season. Also, the teams that will occupy the 4th, 5th and 6th place at the and of Phase 1 in each of the two groups will compete in a play-out group, for the relegation of two more teams to the second division.^[1]

Team changes

Promoted from 2021–22 Greek B Division	Relegated from 2021–22 Greek A Division
Doxa Pigadakia Leontikos Trianton Ialysos Volos	AEK Mesologgiou Agia Paraskevi Agrotikos Asteras Doxa 2016 Feidon Argos Giannena

First phase

Group 1

Teams

Locations of the 2022–23 season Group 1 clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki	Mikra Stadium	1,000
Avantes Chalkida	Chalcis	Municipal Football Stadium of Avlida	2,000
Elpides Karditsas	Karditsa	Municipal Stadium of Karditsa	6,000
Kastoria	Kastoria	Municipal Stadium of Kastoria	8,000
AEL	Larissa	Alcazar Stadium	13,108
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Toumba Stadium	28,703
Trikala 2011	Trikala	Trikala Municipal Stadium	15,000
Volos 2004	Volos	Alli Meria Stadium	1,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PAOK	14	14	0	0	57	2	+55	42	Qualification for the play-off round
2	AO Trikala 2011	14	9	1	4	31	8	+23	28
3	AEL	14	6	4	4	23	10	+13	22
4	Elpides Karditsas	14	5	3	6	25	32	−7	18	Qualification for the play-out round
5	Kastoria GPO	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16
6	Volos 2004	14	4	4	6	24	19	+5	16
7	Aris Thessaloniki	14	4	4	6	17	26	−9	16	Relegation to Greek B Division
8	Avantes Chalkida	14	0	0	14	0	84	−84	0	Relegation to Greek B Division

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ARI	AVA	ELP	KAS	AEL	PAO	TRI	VOL
Aris Thessaloniki	—	6–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0
Avantes Chalkida	0–6	—	0–6	0–7	0–3	0–8	0–6	0–5
Elpides Karditsas	1–2	8–0	—	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–8	2–0
Kastoria GPO	5–1	6–0	0–1	—	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1
AEL	0–0	6–0	0–1	1–1	—	1–2	2–0	3–0
PAOK	9–0	3–0	6–0	6–0	2–0	—	1–0	5–0
AO Trikala 2011	3–0	6–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	—	0–0
Volos 2004	3–0	8–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	—

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

Group 2

Teams

Odysseas
Leontikos
Olympiada

Locations of the 2022–23 Football League clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Doxa Pigadakia	Pigadakia, Zakynthos	Machairado Municipal Stadium	200
Ergotelis	Heraklion	Nikos Kazantzakis Stadium	1,000
Leontikos Kifisia	Kifissia	Fotis Vardaxis Stadium
Odysseas Moschato	Moschato	Municipal Stadium of Moschato	900
OFI Crete	Heraklion	Krousonas Municipal Stadium	1,500
Olympiada Imittos	Ymittos	Hymettus Municipal Stadium	1,000
REA	Rethymno	Sohora Municipal Stadium
Trianton Ialysos	Ialysos	AS Chalkis Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ergotelis	14	12	2	0	56	7	+49	38	Qualification for the play-off round
2	OFI	14	9	3	2	41	9	+32	30
3	REA	14	9	2	3	27	9	+18	29
4	Olympiada Imittos	14	6	4	4	27	21	+6	22	Qualification for the play-out round
5	Odysseas Moschato	14	5	3	6	19	18	+1	18
6	Leontikos Kifisia	14	4	3	7	11	27	−16	15
7	Trianton Ialysos	14	1	1	12	9	54	−45	4	Relegation to Greek B Division
8	Doxa Pigadakia	14	1	0	13	11	56	−45	3	Relegation to Greek B Division

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	DXP	ERG	LEO	ODY	OFI	OLY	REA	IAL
Doxa Pigadakia	—	1–5	2–3	0–3	0–5	0–5	0–3	3–1
Ergotelis	10–0	—	5–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	10–0
Leontikos Kifisia	3–1	0–2	—	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–0
Odysseas Moschato	2–0	1–5	0–0	—	0–1	3–3	0–0	5–0
OFI	4–1	0–3	4–0	3–1	—	7–1	1–2	7–0
Olympiada Imittos	5–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–0
REA	3–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	—	5–0
Trianton Ialysos	4–3	1–6	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–2	1–2	—

Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Play-off round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	PAO	ERG	REA	OFI	TRI	AEL
1	PAOK (C)	16	15	0	1	47	8	+39	45	Qualification for the Champions League qualifiers	—	2–0	4–1	3–1	—	—
2	Ergotelis	16	12	2	2	37	12	+25	38		2–0	—	—	—	3–0	2–0
3	REA	16	9	2	5	24	14	+10	29		0–1	—	—	—	3–0	1–0
4	OFI	16	8	4	4	29	14	+15	28		2–3	—	—	—	1–0	2–0
5	AO Trikala 2011	16	7	2	7	20	16	+4	23		—	4–1	0–1	0–0	—	—
6	AEL	16	4	2	10	16	26	−10	14		—	1–4	1–4	0–3	—	—

Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Play-out round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ELP	OLY	VOL	KAS	ODY	LEO
1	Elpides Karditsas	16	5	3	8	18	41	−23	18		—	2–1	—	—	1–2	2–0
2	Olympiada Imittos	16	4	6	6	22	26	−4	18		4–1	—	0–0	0–0	—	—
3	Volos 2004	16	4	5	7	15	25	−10	17		—	1–3	—	—	2–1	1–0
4	Kastoria GPO	16	4	5	7	16	22	−6	17		—	2–0	—	—	2–0	1–0
5	Odysseas Moschato	16	3	5	8	16	28	−12	14	Relegation to Greek B Division	1–1	—	2–2	3–2	—	—
6	Leontikos Kifisia	16	2	2	12	6	34	−28	8	Relegation to Greek B Division	4–2	—	0–1	0–4	—	—

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 June 2023^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikola Rybanská	OFI	17
2	Kiyani Johnson	Ergotelis	16
	Thomai Vardali	PAOK
	Gisela Arrieta	REA
3	Samaria Gómez	Elpides Karditsas	14
4	Esse Akida	PAOK	12
5	Ioanna Chamalidou	OFI	11
6	Tamara Brown	Ergotelis	10
6	Nikoleta Tziara	Kastoria	10
7	Mila-Michaela Ivits	Olympiada Imittou	9
7	Vasiliki Giannaka	PAOK	9
8	Maria Kapnisi	Odysseas Moschatou	8

Awards

Best Greek Player

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Vasia Giannaka	PAOK	Danai Sidira Ioanna Chamalidou	^[3]

Best Foreign Player

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Nikola Rybanská	OFI	Esse Akida Gisela Arrieta Betancourt	^[3]

Best Goalkeeper

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Zoi Nasi	Trikala	Panagiota Vlasiadou Dimitra Giannakouli	^[3]

Best Young Player

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Georgia Chalatsogianni	PAOK	Vasia Giannaka Konstantina Kostopoulou	^[3]

Top Scorer

Winner	Club	Goals	Source
Nikola Rybanská	OFI	17	^[3]

Best Coach

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Lefteris Kanatas	PAOK	Nikos Kyriakopoulos Giorgos Loules	^[3]

Best Greek Female Player Abroad

Winner	Club	Nominees	Source
Veatriki Sarri	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eleni Markou Anastasia Spyridonidou	^[3]

References

^ "ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ Α΄ ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ 2022 - 2023" (PDF). epo.gr. EPO. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Ο Τελικός πίνακας των σκορερ της Α' Εθνικής 2022-2023". womensfootball.gr. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠΠ 2023: Κορυφαίος Έλληνας ο Ιωαννίδης, ξένος ο Πινέδα, προπονητής ο Αλμέιδα". sport24.gr. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

External links

EPO

[1] "ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ Α΄ ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ 2022 - 2023" (PDF). epo.gr. EPO. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[2] "Ο Τελικός πίνακας των σκορερ της Α' Εθνικής 2022-2023". womensfootball.gr. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[sport24-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠΠ 2023: Κορυφαίος Έλληνας ο Ιωαννίδης, ξένος ο Πινέδα, προπονητής ο Αλμέιδα". sport24.gr. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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