Football League, former Beta Ethniki (Greek: Β΄ Εθνική, II National Category), is the second highest professional football league in Greece, being a feeder-league to the top-level Superleague Greece.
The 2014–15 Football League is the fifth season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki.
This is the second and last season after 1982–83 that the league has
more than one groups. The groups are created based on geographical
criteria.
At present, there are twenty six clubs that compete in the Football
League, divided in two groups playing each other in a home and away
series. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams are relegated
to the Football League 2.
The top three teams gain automatic promotion. However, teams positioned
fourth to seventh take part in a promotion play-off. Unlike the Superleague, clubs in the Football League do not get relegated if the club fails to obtain a license. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup. From the 2014-15 season the top teams wont get a direct promotion to Superleague but they will play in a 14 game play-offs where the top 3 teams will move to Superleague .
Doxa Drama and Aris withdrew from the league before the North Group draw. As a result of this the group left with only 12 teams and Fokikos moved from the South Group to the North Group.
North Group (Notios)
Agrotikos Asteras, Aiginiakos, Anagennisi Karditsa , Apollon Kalamarias, Ethnikos Gazoros, Fokikos, Iraklis, Lamia, Larissa, Olympiakos Volos, Pierikos, Tyrnavos and Zakynthos
South Group (Voreios)
Paniliakos Pyrgos withdrew from the league on 15th December 2014
Source: http://www.epae.org/
http://www.e-soccer.gr
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