2023–24 Super League Greece 2

The 2023–24 Super League 2 was the fifth season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since the restructuring of the Greek football league system.

Super League Greece 2
Season2023–24
Dates23 September 2023 – 26 May 2024
ChampionsLevadiakos
(2nd title)
Athens Kallithea
(1st title)
PromotedLevadiakos
Athens Kallithea
RelegatedAiolikos
Anagennisi Karditsa
Apollon Pontus
Kozani
Giouchtas
Olympiacos B
Panathinaikos B
Tilikratis
Matches played264
Goals scored584 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgos Manalis
Giannis Loukinas (18 goals)
Biggest home winNiki Volos 5–0 Apollon Pontus
(21 February 2024)
Biggest away winPanathinaikos B 1–4 Kalamata
(24 September 2023)
Highest scoringAiolikos 4–2 Kampaniakos
(26 November 2023)
Ionikos 5–1 Egaleo
(13 December 2023)
Iraklis 5–1 Makedonikos
(18 December 2023)
Longest winning runLevadiakos (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAEL (22 matches)
Longest winless runPanachaiki (13 matches)
Longest losing runApollon Pontus
(7 matches)
Highest attendance12,000
AEL 0–0 Levadiakos
(25 February 2024)

The league was conducted by 24 teams and two groups, this was due to the restructure and abolishment of the Football League. The B Teams of Olympiacos, PAOK, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens also competed in the league for a third consecutive year.

Competition

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The championship is held with the participation of a total of 24 teams, six less than the previous season, which were divided into two groups. The deadline for submitting declarations of participation was set at 2 August 2023. The division of the groups and the draw took place on September 11.

The championship was planned to be played with 26 teams. Apollon Smyrnis did not participate and was replaced by the first runner-up team from the 3rd national division, Giouchtas, which had taken the 5th place in the promotion play offs. Before the draw, Ierapetra announced his withdrawal from the league, but without being replaced. So the draw included 25 teams in two groups of 13 and 12 teams.

Although Almopos Aridaias participated normally in the draw, he was expelled from the league following a decision by the Disciplinary Body of Super League 2 as he did not secure a certificate of participation from the E.E.A. After a week the team was vindicated by the Appeals Committee, but was permanently expelled a few days later by a decision of the Board of Directors of the organizing authority. Thus, the division was definitively left with 24 teams, without a new draw in Group A.

Way of Conduct

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The championship will be played in two phases. In the first phase in each group, each team will face all opponents twice (home and away, a total of 22 matches, in 22 games in Group A and 22 games in Group B). At the end of the first phase, the teams finishing 12th in each group will be directly relegated.

The second phase includes ranking matches (play off and play out) for the first place in the group and Promotion to Super League 1, and for the relegation of three more teams, those who will occupy positions 9 to 11.

In the play offs, the first five in the first phase's standings will participate, and they will compete twice with the rest, at home and away. They will include 10 matchdays and 8 matches for each team. In the play offs, the teams will enter with half of the points they had won in the first phase.

The teams that will take the positions 6th to 11th in the regular season will participate in the play outs. As in the play offs, the teams will start with half of the points they collected in the first phase and compete with the rest in double matches home and away (10 matches, 10 matches for each team). The teams that occupy the last three positions in the play outs will be relegated to Gamma Ethniki.

Promotion and Relegation

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A total of two teams will be promoted to Super League 1, the winners of the play offs of each group and a total of 8 teams will be relegated to the Gamma Ethniki.

Team Changes

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From Super League Greece 2

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Promoted to Super League

Relegated to Gamma Ethniki

Relegated to Local Championships

To Super League Greece 2

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Relegated from Super League

Promoted from Gamma Ethniki

North Group

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Teams

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Team City Stadium Capacity
AEK Athens B Spata Spata Training Centre 3,000
AEL Larissa AEL Arena 16,118
Aiolikos Mytilene Μytilene Municipal Stadium 3,000
Anagennisi Karditsa Karditsa Municipal Stadium Karditsa 3,500
Apollon Pontus Polykastro Polykastro Stadium 1,000
Iraklis Chalastra Chalastra Stadium 1,000
Kampaniakos Chalastra Chalastra Municipal Stadium 1,000
Kozani Kozani Kozani Municipal Stadium 4,000
Levadiakos Livadeia Livadeia Municipal Stadium 5,915
Makedonikos Efkarpia Makedonikos Stadium 8,100
Niki Volos Volos Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700
PAOK B Efkarpia Makedonikos Stadium 8,100

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
AEK Athens B   Nikos Koustas   Vedad Radonja Nike
AEL   Pavlos Dermitzakis   Thanasis Papageorgiou Legea
Aiolikos   Slobodan Krcmarevic   Giorgos Manousos Kappa
Anagennisi Karditsa   Giorgos Tyriakidis   Nikos Golias Nike
Apollon Pontus   Cyril Kali   Dimitrios Amarantidis Nike
Iraklis   Soulis Papadopoulos   Vasilis Vitlis Joma
Kampaniakos   Giorgos Amanatidis   Stathis Savranidis Macron
Kozani   Angelos Digozis   Xenofon Panos Admiral
Levadiakos   Sokratis Ofridopoulos   Alfredo Mejia Macron
Makedonikos   Stelios Malezas   Stelios Tsoukanis Givova
Niki Volos   Dimitris Eleftheropoulos   Pavlos Kyriakidis Macron
PAOK B   Alexis Alexiadis   Kyriakos Giaxis Macron

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Anagennisi Karditsa   Periklis Amanatidis End of contract 17 June 2023 Pre-season   Giorgos Tyriakidis 24 July 2023
Levadiakos   Giannis Petrakis   Nikos Nioplias 1 July 2023
PAOK B   Pablo García   Alexis Alexiadis 8 August 2023
Apollon Pontus   Dimitris Kalaitzidis Sacked 29 June 2023   Cyril Kali 1 July 2023
AEL   Panagiotis Goutsidis 3 October 2023 8th   Pavlos Dermitzakis 7 October 2023
Iraklis   Sakis Tsiolis 17 Νovember 2023   Periklis Amanatidis 20 Νοvember 2023
Aiolikos   Apostolos Charalampidis 16 November 2023 11th   Charalampos Pentarvanis (caretaker) 16 November 2023
  Charalampos Pentarvanis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 18 November 2023   Slobodan Krcmarevic 18 November 2023
Kampaniakos   Ilias Sapanis Resign 24 November 2023 10th   Giorgos Amanatidis 27 November 2023
Levadiakos   Nikos Nioplias Sacked 18 December 2023 2nd   Sokratis Ofridopoulos 19 December 2023
Iraklis   Periklis Amanatidis 6 March 2024 8th   Soulis Papadopoulos 7 March 2024

League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation[a]
1 Levadiakos (Q) 22 17 4 1 36 9 +27 55 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 AEL (Q) 22 14 7 1 32 12 +20 49
3 Niki Volos (Q) 22 10 2 10 33 24 +9 32
4 AEK Athens B (Q) 22 8 8 6 23 17 +6 32
5 Makedonikos (Q) 22 7 10 5 24 23 +1 31
6 PAOK B (Q) 22 9 3 10 31 27 +4 30 Qualification for the Play-out round
7 Anagennisi Karditsa (Q) 22 8 5 9 22 24 −2 29
8 Iraklis (Q) 22 7 8 7 25 20 +5 29
9 Kozani (Q) 22 6 6 10 10 17 −7 24
10 Kampaniakos (Q) 22 7 2 13 18 32 −14 23
11 Aiolikos (Q) 22 4 7 11 20 36 −16 19
12 Apollon Pontus (R) 22 3 2 17 12 45 −33 11 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation).
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK B and AEK Athens B are ineligible for promotion.

Results

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Home \ Away AKB AEL AIL ANK APP IRA KAM KOZ LEV MAK NKV PKB
AEK Athens B 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–0
AEL 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Aiolikos 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–2
Anagennisi Karditsa 2–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3
Apollon Pontus 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–1
Iraklis 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0
Kampaniakos 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–0
Kozani 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–1
Levadiakos 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
Makedonikos 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–2
Niki Volos 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–2
PAOK B 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–0
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-off round

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In the play-offs, the first five teams in the first phase's standings will participate, and they will compete twice with the rest, at home and away to decide the North Group's Champion who will also be promoted to next year's Super League 1. They will include 10 matchdays and 8 matches for each team. The teams will enter with half of the points they had won in the first phase.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Levadiakos (C, P) 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 47 Promotion to Super League 1
2 AEL 8 2 4 2 16 14 +2 35
3 Makedonikos 8 2 3 3 13 15 −2 25
4 Niki Volos 8 2 3 3 8 11 −3 25
5 AEK Athens B 8 1 3 4 9 18 −9 22
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Play-off Results

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Home \ Away LEV AEL MAK NKV AKB
Levadiakos 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–0
AEL 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–0
Makedonikos 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–2
Niki Volos 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
AEK Athens B 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-out round

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The teams that will take the positions 6th to 11th in the regular season will participate in the play-outs. As in the play-offs, the teams will start with half of the points they collected in the first phase and compete with the rest in double matches home and away (10 matches, 10 matches for each team). The teams that occupy the last three positions in the play outs will be relegated to next year's Gamma Ethniki.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 PAOK B 10 6 1 3 21 17 +4 34
2 Iraklis 10 3 6 1 10 8 +2 30
3 Kampaniakos 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 29
4 Kozani (R) 10 3 5 2 15 12 +3 26 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5 Anagennisi Karditsa (R) 10 2 4 4 6 10 −4 25
6 Aiolikos (R) 10 1 2 7 7 15 −8 15 Relegation to Local Championships
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion.)
(R) Relegated

Play-out Results

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Home \ Away PKB IRA KAM KOZ ANK AIL
PAOK B 2–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–1
Iraklis 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Kampaniakos 4–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Kozani 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1
Anagennisi Karditsa 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Aiolikos 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

South Group

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Teams

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Team City Stadium Capacity
Chania Chania Perivolia Municipal Stadium 4,527
Diagoras Rhodes Diagoras Stadium 3,693
Egaleo Aigaleo Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium 8,217
Giouchtas Archanes Ierapetra Municipal Stadium 3,000
Ilioupoli Ilioupoli Ilioupoli Municipal Stadium 2,000
Ionikos Nikaia Neapoli Municipal Stadium 6,000
Kalamata Kalamata Kalamata Municipal Stadium 5,613
Athens Kallithea Kallithea Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium 6,300
Olympiacos B Piraeus Rentis Training Centre 3,000
Panachaiki Patra Kostas Davourlis Stadium 11,321
Panathinaikos B Marousi Olympic Stadium of Athens 69,618
Tilikratis Lefkada Lefkada Municipal Stadium 1,300

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Chania   Giannis Taousianis   Christos Batzios Saller
Diagoras   Thomas Grafas   Michalis Manias Nike
Egaleo   Apostolos Charalampidis   Christos Kollas Givova
Giouchtas   Nikos Sourgias   Minas Tzanis Legea
Ilioupoli   Nikos Pantelis   Giannis Gotsoulias Legea
Ionikos   Dimitris Spanos   Kostas Tsirigotis Kappa
Kalamata   Apostolos Terzis   Vasilis Triantafyllakis Nike
Kallithea   Alekos Vosniadis   Giannis Loukinas Kappa
Olympiacos B   Ariel Ibagaza   Giannis Kosti Adidas
Panachaiki   Giannis Tatsis   Anestis Nastos Macron
Panathinaikos B   Sotiris Antoniou   Andreas Athanasakopoulos Adidas
Tilikratis   Andreas Pantziaras   Klajdi Toska Admiral

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ionikos   Michalis Grigoriou Sacked 13 May 2023 Pre-season   Giorgos Simos 5 July 2023
Egaleo   Georgios Koudounis (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 18 June 2023   Dragan Zukanović 24 July 2023
Kalamata   Antonis Mavreas (caretaker)   Periklis Amanatidis 2 July 2023
Panachaiki   Giorgos Tantaros (caretaker)   Stefano Franciosa 7 August 2023
Kallithea   Giorgos Simos End of contract 19 June 2023   Alekos Vosniadis 10 July 2023
Diagoras   Angelos Digozis 19 June 2023   Thomas Grafas 1 July 2023
Kalamata   Periklis Amanatidis Sacked 5 November 2023 2nd   Makis Chavos 8 November 2023
  Makis Chavos 28 January 2024 5th   Apostolos Terzis 29 January 2023
Ilioupoli   Soulis Papadopoulos 18 February 2024 3rd   Nikos Pantelis 19 February 2024
Ionikos   Giorgos Simos 25 February 2024 4th   Dimitris Spanos 29 February 2024

League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation[a]
1 Kallithea (Q) 22 14 5 3 31 14 +17 47 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 Chania (Q) 22 13 5 4 39 14 +25 44
3 Kalamata (Q) 22 10 6 6 27 15 +12 36
4 Ionikos (Q) 22 10 6 6 34 23 +11 36
5 Ilioupoli (Q) 22 11 2 9 20 23 −3 35
6 Diagoras (Q) 22 8 3 11 21 30 −9 27 Qualification for the Play-out round
7 Egaleo (Q) 22 7 4 11 15 25 −10 25
8 Olympiacos B[b] (Q) 22 8 9 5 31 21 +10 23
9 Giouchtas (Q) 22 5 7 10 20 28 −8 22
10 Panathinaikos B (Q) 22 6 3 13 19 36 −17 21
11 Panachaiki (Q) 22 4 9 9 24 32 −8 21
12 Tilikratis (R) 22 5 3 14 17 37 −20 18 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation).
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Olympiacos B and Panathinaikos B are ineligible for promotion.
  2. ^ Olympiacos B has a penalty of 10 points deducted from the previous season.

Results

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Home \ Away KLT CHA DIA EGA GIO ILP ION KLM OLB PAN PNB TIL
Kallithea 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–0
Chania 1–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0
Diagoras 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2
Egaleo 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Giouchtas 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0
Ilioupoli 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0
Ionikos 0–1 0–3 1–0 5–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0
Kalamata 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Olympiacos B 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 4–1
Panachaiki 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
Panathinaikos B 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 2–1
Tilikratis 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–0
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-off round

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In the play-offs, the first five teams in the first phase's standings will participate, and they will compete twice with the rest, at home and away to decide the South Group's Champion who will also be promoted to next year's Super League 1. They will include 10 matchdays and 8 matches for each team. The teams will enter with half of the points they had won in the first phase.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kallithea (C, P) 8 5 2 1 18 5 +13 41 Promotion to Super League 1
2 Chania 8 4 1 3 19 14 +5 35
3 Ionikos (R) 8 2 5 1 9 6 +3 29 Relegation to Local Championships
4 Ilioupoli 8 3 2 3 11 19 −8 29
5 Kalamata 8 0 2 6 2 15 −13 20
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-off Results

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Home \ Away KLT CHA ILP ION KLM
Athens Kallithea 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–1
Chania 2–1 6–2 0–1 2–0
Ilioupoli 0–4 4–2 0–0 2–1
Ionikos 0–2 5–1 2–2 0–0
Kalamata 0–1 0–5 0–1 0–0
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-out round

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The teams that will take the positions 6th to 11th in the regular season will participate in the play-outs. As in the play-offs, the teams will start with half of the points they collected in the first phase and compete with the rest in double matches home and away (10 matches, 10 matches for each team). The teams that occupy the last three positions in the play-outs will be relegated to next year's Gamma Ethniki.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Egaleo 10 4 5 1 10 5 +5 30
2 Panachaiki 10 6 1 3 11 10 +1 30
3 Diagoras 10 3 6 1 8 6 +2 29
4 Olympiacos B (R) 10 3 2 5 17 13 +4 23 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
5 Giouchtas (R) 10 3 1 6 8 15 −7 21
6 Panathinaikos B (R) 10 2 3 5 6 11 −5 20
Source: sl2.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion.)
(R) Relegated

Play-out Results

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Home \ Away EGA PAN DIA OLB GIO PNB
Egaleo 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Panachaiki 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Diagoras 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Olympiacos B 1–3 5–0 1–1 3–1 0–1
Giouchtas 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1
Panathinaikos B 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–4 3–0
Source: sl2.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

References

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