1980–81 Beta Ethniki

Football league season
  • Rodos (South)
  • Iraklis (North)
Promoted
  • Rodos
  • Iraklis
Relegated

  • Pandramaikos
  • Edessaikos
  • Elassona
  • Odysseas Kordeliou
Matches played306Goals scored653 (2.13 per match)Biggest home winIraklis 12-0 EdessaikosBiggest away winOdysseas Kordeliou 0-6 IraklisHighest scoringIraklis 12-0 Edessaikos
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The 1980–81 Beta Ethniki season was 22nd edition of second tier nationwide championship of Greece.[1] Forty teams participated in the league, divided in two groups, the South and the North Group. Iraklis was named champion of the North Group and got promoted to the Alpha Ethniki. In the South Group Egaleo and Rodos tied and a play-off match, that found Rodos victorious by a 1-0 scoreline, decided the team that was named champion of the South Group and got promoted to the Alpha Ethniki.

On the other hand, Pelopas Kiato, Olympiakos Neon Liosion, AO Patra and Panarkadikos got relegated to the C National Amateur Division from the South Group. Pandramaikos, Edessaikos, PO Elassona and Odysseas Kordeliou were the teams that got relegated from the North Group.

South Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rodos (C, P) 38 24 7 7 84 38 +46 55[a] Promotion to Alpha Ethniki
2 Egaleo 38 22 11 5 81 32 +49 55[a]
3 Diagoras Rodos 38 19 9 10 63 50 +13 47
4 Proodeftiki 38 17 10 11 61 41 +20 44
5 Acharnaikos 38 14 12 12 49 39 +10 40
6 Kallithea 38 15 9 14 50 52 −2 39
7 Panetolikos 38 14 10 14 36 34 +2 38
8 Irodotos 38 14 9 15 39 41 −2 37
9 Vyzas Megara 38 16 5 17 44 54 −10 37
10 Chalkida 38 15 6 17 52 55 −3 36
11 Olympiakos Loutraki 38 13 10 15 39 50 −11 36
12 Panegialios 38 12 12 14 32 47 −15 36
13 Ilisiakos 38 11 13 14 39 41 −2 35
14 Ethnikos Asteras 38 14 7 17 45 48 −3 35
15 Panelefsiniakos 38 15 5 18 42 55 −13 35
16 Fostiras 38 13 10 15 49 58 −9 35[b]
17 Pelopas Kiato (R) 38 12 10 16 38 45 −7 34 Relegation to C National Amateur Division
18 Olympiakos Neon Liosion (R) 38 12 7 19 46 63 −17 31
19 AO Patra (R) 38 10 9 19 36 54 −18 29
20 Panarkadikos (R) 38 10 5 23 35 63 −28 25
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Rodos and Egaleo were decided who promote to the Alpha Ethniki in the play-off match.
  2. ^ 1 point deducted?

Promotion play-off

The Promotion Play-off was played in Heraklion.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Rodos 1–0 (a.e.t.) Egaleo

North Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Iraklis (C, P) 38 26 6 6 99 22 +77 58 Promotion to Alpha Ethniki
2 Pierikos 38 15 14 9 50 34 +16 44
3 Olympiacos Volos 38 16 9 13 53 47 +6 41
4 Agrotikos Asteras 38 17 7 14 51 46 +5 41
5 Makedonikos 38 13 14 11 51 43 +8 40
6 Apollon Kalamarias 38 14 12 12 41 37 +4 40
7 Panthrakikos 38 17 6 15 42 48 −6 40
8 Niki Volos 38 14 11 13 49 43 +6 39
9 Anagennisi Giannitsa 38 17 5 16 37 38 −1 39
10 Xanthi 38 16 7 15 41 47 −6 39
11 Anagennisi Epanomi 38 14 11 13 34 41 −7 39
12 Veria 38 16 6 16 56 50 +6 38
13 Almopos Arideas 38 15 8 15 44 45 −1 38
14 Trikala 38 15 7 16 44 46 −2 37
15 Eordaikos 38 13 11 14 38 43 −5 37
16 Naoussa 38 14 8 16 45 49 −4 36
17 Pandramaikos (R) 38 12 10 16 31 44 −13 34 Relegation to C National Amateur Division
18 Edessaikos (R) 38 12 8 18 46 64 −18 32
19 Elassona (R) 38 8 10 20 29 52 −23 26
20 Odysseas Kordeliou (R) 38 6 10 22 35 77 −42 22
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Greece Ilias Chatzieleftheriou Iraklis 24
2 Greece Panagiotidis Chalkida 22

References

  1. ^ a b c "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". rsssf.org.
  2. ^ "Greece - List of Second Level Topscorers". rsssf.org.

External links

  • RSSSF Greece Beta Ethniki 1980-81
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