2009–10 Beta Ethniki

2009–10 was a season of Beta Ethniki (Greek: Β' Εθνική), the Greek professional football second division (see Greek football league system).

Overview

• Atromitos, PAS Giannina and Kavala have earned the promotion to Super League Greece, while Kastoria, Kallithea and Veria relegated to Gamma Ethniki (see Beta Ethniki 2008-09).
• Thrasyvoulos, Panserraikos and OFI will compete in Beta Ethniki this season after being relegated from the Super League in 2008–09.
• Doxa Drama and Ilioupoli will compete in Beta Ethniki this season after earning promotion from Gamma Ethniki in 2008–09. Ilisiakos merged with Egaleo, which was relegated to Delta Ethniki in 2008–2009 season and renamed as Egaleo in August 2009.
• Panetolikos earned promotion from Gamma Ethniki by beating Rodos in Gamma Ethniki promotion playoffs.
• Rodos earned promotion from Gamma Ethniki by qualifying for the Gamma Ethniki playoffs and replacing the suspended Apollon Kalamarias.

Final league table

Last Updated, 16 May 2010

Egaleo
E. Asteras
Ilioupoli

Agrotikos Ast.

Anagennisi

Diagoras
Rodos

Doxa

Ethnikos P.
Ionikos

Kalamata

Kerkyra

OFI

Olympiakos V.

Panetolikos

Panserraikos

Pierikos

Thrasyvoulos

Location of teams in 2009–10 Beta Ethniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Olympiakos Volou (C) (P)	34	21	5	8	73	36	37	68	Promotion to Super League Greece
2	Kerkyra (P)	34	18	9	7	45	25	20	63
3	OFI	34	18	8	8	44	35	9	62	Qualification to Promotion play-off
4	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	14	11	9	43	30	13	53
5	Panserraikos (P)	34	14	10	10	36	35	1	52
6	Pierikos	34	12	14	8	41	31	10	50
7	Panetolikos	34	13	11	10	43	36	7	50
8	Diagoras	34	14	6	14	43	42	1	48
9	Ilioupoli	34	12	10	12	33	35	−2	46
10	Agrotikos Asteras	34	10	15	9	36	31	5	45
11	Ethnikos Asteras	34	12	9	13	39	37	2	45
12	Anegennisi Karditsa	34	10	14	10	29	28	1	44
13	Thrasyvoulos	34	9	14	11	42	42	0	41	Qualification to Relegation play-off
14	Doxa Dramas	34	10	10	14	37	49	−12	40
15	Ionikos	34	10	9	15	32	45	−13	39
16	Rodos (R)	34	9	7	18	31	46	−15	34
17	Kalamata (R)	34	6	10	18	21	49	−28	28	Relegation to 2010–11 Football League 2
18	Egaleo (R)	34	5	6	23	19	55	−36	21

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

	Promotion to Super League
	Play-Off promotion to Super League
	Play-Out relegation to Gamma Ethniki
	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki

Starting from this season,a play-off group will be held between the teams which finished in positions 3-6 for the last promotion spot, and a play-out group between the teams which finished in positions 13-16 for the last relegation spot.

The same system which is used to the European play-off of First Division (see Superleague Greece) will be applied. The play-off and play-out of Second Division (Football League). Teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing sixth in the Football League will start the play-off with 0 points. The sixth placed team's end of season tally of points is subtracted from the sum of the points that other teams have. The only difference with European play-off of Superleague is that this number is then divided by four (instead to five in Superleague), to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league. If necessary, points will be rounded.

As a result, the teams will start the play-offs with the following number of points:

• OFI – 3 points ((62–50) / 4 )
• Ethikos Peiraeus – 1 point ((53–50) / 4 = 0.75, rounded to 1)
• Panserraikos– 1 point ((52–50) / 4 = 0.5, rounded to 1)
• Pierikos – 0 points ((50–50) / 4 = 0)

Also, the teams will start the play-out with the following number of points:

• Thrasyvoulos - 2 points ((41-34) / 4 = 1.75, rounded to 2)
• Doxa Dramas - 2 points ((40-34) / 4 = 1.5, rounded to 2)
• Ionikos - 1 point ((39-34) / 4=1.25, rounded to 1)
• Rodos - 0 points ((34–34) / 4 = 0)

Play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Panseraikos (P)	6	4	1	1	9	3	6	14
2	OFI	6	2	3	1	9	8	1	12
3	Ethnikos Piraeus	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	9
4	Pierikos	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Promotion to Super League

Play-outs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Doxa Dramas	6	2	3	1	8	5	3	11
2	Thrasyvoulos	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	10
3	Ionikos	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	9
4	Rodos (R)	6	0	5	1	7	8	−1	5

Relegation to Gamma Ethniki

Teams by region

Region	Number of teams	Teams
Attica	6	Ethnikos Asteras, Ethnikos Piraeus, Ilioupoli, Egaleo F.C., Ionikos, Thrasyvoulos
Central Macedonia	3	Agrotikos Asteras, Panserraikos, Pierikos
Thessaly	2	Anagennisi Karditsas, Olympiakos Volou
South Aegean	2	Diagoras, Rodos
East Macedonia and Thrace	1	Doxa Dramas
Ionian Islands	1	Kerkyra
Peloponnese	1	Kalamata
Crete	1	OFI
West Greece	1	Panetolikos