Saturday 21 July 2018

Greece - 2017/18 Gamma Ethniki


Gamma Ethniki (GreekΓ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division), is the third highest football league in Greece

The 2017–18 Gamma Ethniki is the 35th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It will start on 1 October 2017. After the finish of the eight groups, the first team of each group will qualify for a playoff round of two groups, to determine which four teams will be promoted to Football League.
97 teams are divided into eight groups according to geographical criteria.
Panelefsiniakos, AO Chania, AEL Kalloni, Panthrakikos, Eordaikos, A.E. Istiaia, Mavroi Aetoi Eleftherochori, Amvrakia Kostakioi, APO Kanaris Nenita, Pyrsos Grevena, AO Syros, Poseidon Neoi Poroi and AO Polykratis Pythagoreio withdrew from the league before the group draw.


The New Format

Last season the Gamma Ethniki consisted of four group, 15-16 teams in each group, and the four group winners were awarded promotion to the Greek Football League. However, the 2017/18 Gamma Ethniki will be played under a new format with more groups consisting of less teams in each group. 

This season, the Greek Third Division will consist of 8 groups which will include 11-14 teams in each group and a total of four teams will be promoted to the Football League. Each team within a group will play their opponents in home and away fixtures and at the end of the regular season, the eight group winners will be split into two “mini-leagues” for promotion. 

The winners of groups 1-4 will be placed in one “mini-league” while the winners of group 5-8 will be placed in a second “mini-league.” The teams within their respective “mini-leagues” will play each other in home and away fixtures and after six games, the top two teams from each group will be promoted to the Football League.  

The number of teams from each group that will be relegated to the local championships will be determined by the Hellenic Football Federation at a later date.

The Groups

Below is a list of the eight groups in this year’s Gamma Ethniki and the teams that will partake in each group.  

Group 1 (12 Teams)

EPS Evrou (1) : Didimoteichou SC
EPS Thrakis (2) : Doxa Proskiniton, Doxa Neou Sidirochoriou
EPS Xanthis (2) : Orfeas Xanthis, Aris Avatou
EPS Dramas (1) : Megas Alexandros Xiropotamou
EPS Kavalas (3) : Kavala, Nestos Chrysoupolis, Aetos Orfanou
EPS Serron (3) : Apollon Paralimniou, Elpis Skoutareos, Megas Alexandros Karperis




Group 2 (14 Teams)

EPS Makedonias (6) : APE Lagada, Kampaniakos, Kardias SC, Makedonikos, Agrotikos Asteras, Iraklis
EPS Chalkidikis (1) : Aris Paleochoriou
EPS Kilkis (1) : Kilkisiakos
EPS Pellas (2) : Almopos Aridaias, Edessaikos
EPS Imathias (3) : FAS Naousas, Megas Alexandros Trikalon, Filipos Alexandreias
EPS Pierias (2) : Pierikos, Poseidon Neon Poron



Group 3 (13 Teams)

EPS Florinas (1) : Ermis Amyntaiou
EPS Kastorias (1) : Kastoria
EPS Ipirou (1) : Doxa Kranoulas
EPS Thesprotias (2) : Thesprotos, Asteras Parapotamou
EPS Artas (1) : Skoufas Kobotiou
EPS Prevezas/Lefkadas (3) : Tilkratis, Ethnikos Filipiadas, Panlefkadios
EPS Kerkyras (1) : Lefkimis SC
EPS Aitoloakarnanias (1) : Panamvrakikos Boukas
EPS Kozanis (2) : Makedonikos Foufa, AEP Karagiannion



Group 4 (13 Teams)

EPS Larisas (1) : Achilleas Farsalon
EPS Trikalon (1) : Digenis Neochoriou
EPS Karditsas (1) : Sellanon SC
EPS Thessalias (5) : Olympiacos Volou, Niki Volou, Rigas Feraios, Almiros SC, Volos NPS
EPS Fthiotidas (1) : Opountios Martimou
EPS Evrytanias (1) : APOK Velouchi
EPS Fokidas (1) : Asteras Iteas
EPS Voiotias (2) : Thiva SC, APO Amvrisseas





Group 5 (12 Teams)

EPS Kefallinias (1) : Palliksouriakos
EPS Zakynthou (1) : Zakynthos
EPS Achaias (2) : Achaiki, Diagoras Vrahneikon
EPS Ileias (3) : PAO Vardas, Asteras Amaliadas, Paniliakos
EPS Messinias (2) : Tsiklitiras Pilou, Kalamata
EPS Lakonias (1) : Asteras Vlahioti
EPS Arkadias (2) : Panarkadikos, Leonidio



Group 6 (12 Teams)

EPS Peiraia (4) : Ionikos, Ethnikos, Proodeftiki, APO Keratsini
EPS Korinthou (3) : Loutraki SC, Zevgolatiou SC, Pelopas Kiatou
EPS Dodekanisou (3) : Ialysos Rodou, Rodos SC, Diagoras Rodou
EPS Dytikis Attikis (2) : Enosi Panaspropyrgiakou/Doxas





Group 7 (11 Teams)

EPS Anatolikis Attikis (3) : Triglia Rafinas, Thyela Rafinas, Aittitos Spaton
EPS Argolidas (3) : Ermionidas SC, Panargeiakos, Ermis Kiveriou
EPS Lesvou (2) : Aiolikos, Diagoras Agias Paraskeuis
EPS Kykladon (1) : Panthiraikos,
EPS Evoias (2) : Chalkis SC, Taminaikos





Group 8 (11 Teams)

EPS Athinon (5) : Agios Ierotheos, Fostiras, Kifisia SC, Ilisiakos, Aigaleo
EPS Chanion (1) : Paleochoras SC
EPS Rethymnou (2) : Ermis Zonianon, Mylopotamou SC
EPS Irakleiou (2) : Atsalenios, Irodotos
EPS Lasithiou (1) : Ierapetras SC





PROMOTION PLAYOFFS SET

The regular season of this year’s Gamma Ethniki has come to close and eight teams will fight for a place in next year’s Greek Football League. 
The winner of each of the eight Gamma Ethniki groups will compete in the promotion playoffs for four spots to next year’s Greek Football League. The eight group winners will be separated into two groups of four, based on geographic location (North and South) and after a total of six group matches (home and away against each team), the top two teams will be promoted to Greece’s second division. 
One of Greece’s most historic clubs, Iraklis, will compete in the promotion playoffs and will be one of the favorites to return to the Football League, after being demoted from last year's Super League due to financial reasons. Some more known team competing in the Gamma Ethniki that failed to win their respective groups and as a result miss out on promotion include:  Kavala, Agrotikos Asteras, Niki Volou, Olympiacos Volou, Panarkadikos, Kalamata, Proodeftiki, and Ionikos, who just barely achieved safety from the drop zone.  

The eight Gamma Ethniki group winners are listed below. The schedule for the playoffs will be announced after next Wednesday’s draw and will kick off on April 22.  

North Promotion Playoff Group
Group 1: Apollon Paralimniou
Group 2: Iraklis
Group 3: Tilikratis
Group 4: NSP Volos

South Promotion Playoff Group
Group 5: Asteras Amaliadas
Group 6: Ethnikos Piraeus
Group 7: Aittitos Spaton
Group 8:  Irodotos



Aititos Spata and Irodotos (South Group), Iraklis and Volos NFC (North Group) promoted to Football League.

Irodotos

A total of 41 teams were relegated from the Gamma Ethniki to their local championships and they are listed below. Among the names include one of Greece’s oldest clubs that once competed in the Greek A’ Ethniki, Fostiras.

Group 1: AE Didimoteichou, Megas Alexandros Xiropotamou, Doxa Proskiniton, Doxa Neou Sidirochoriou, Megas Alexandros Karperis
Group 2: Naoussa, Kilkisiakos, AO Kardias, AE Karitsas, Megas Alexandros Trikalon, Filippos Alexandreias, Kampbaniakos
Group 3: AEP Karagiannion, Ethnikos Filippiadas, Panleykadios, Skoufas Kobotiou, Asteras Parapotamou, Kastoria
Group 4: Rigas Feraios, Thyva, Digenis Neochoriou, Achilleas Farsalon, Opountios Martinou, APOK Velouchi
Group 5: Achaiki, Zakynthos, Tsiklitiras Pylou, Pallixouriakos, Leonidio
Group 6: Rhodos, Loutraki, Pelops Kiatou, Zevgolatio 
Group 7: Diagoras Agias Paraskevis, Ermis Kiveriou, Triglia Rafinas, Taminaikos
Group 8: Fostiras, Kifisia, AE Milopotamou, Ermis Zonianon 

Source: https://www.epo.gr
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Monday 28 May 2018

Spain - 2017/18 Tercera Division


Tercera División  is the fourth level of the Spanish football league system. The top three are the Primera División, often referred to as "La Liga" in English, the Segunda División, and Segunda División B.



Since 2006, the Tercera División features 360 teams divided into 18 regional groups, corresponding to the Autonomous communities of Spain (due to its huge size, Andalusia is divided into two different groups, East and West; Ceuta is allocated to West Andalusia, while Melilla is allocated to the East). Each Group is administered by a regional football federation. At the end of the season the first four teams in each group qualify for promotion play-offs to decide which teams are promoted to Segunda División B. At least the three teams finishing bottom of each group may be relegated to the Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol. However the number of teams relegated can vary. The eighteen group champions also qualify for the following season's Copa del Rey. However reserve teams are ineligible. Along with teams from Segunda División B, the remaining teams from the division compete in the Copa Federación.
Since the 2008–09 season, the eighteen group winners have the opportunity to promote directly to the Segunda División B. The 18 group winners are drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners promote to the Segunda División B. The nine losing clubs enter the playoff round for the last nine promotion spots.
The 18 runners-up are drawn against one of the seventeen fourth-place clubs outside their group and the 18 third-placed clubs are drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners advance with the nine losing clubs from the champions' series to determine the 18 teams that enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club plays at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (like the group winners in the champions' series or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.



  • The top four eligible teams in each group will play the promotion playoffs.
  • The champion of each group will qualify to 2018–19 Copa del Rey. If the champion is a reserve team, the first non-reserve team qualified will join the Copa.
  • In each group, at least three teams will be relegated to Regional Divisions.

These area the 18 champions:
Group I: Compostela.
Group II: Real Oviedo B.
Group III: Gimnástica de Torrelavega.
Group IV: SCD Durango.
Group V: Espanyol B.
Group VI: Atlético Levante.
Group VII: SADCF Internacional DSL.
Group VIII: Unionistas de Salamanca.
Group IX: Atlético Malagueño.
Group XI: Mallorca B.
Group X: Cadiz B
Group XII: Tenerife B.
Group XIII: Yeclano Deportivo.
Group XIV: Don Benito.
Group XV: Mutilvera.
Group XVI: Calahorra.
Group XVII: Teruel.
Group XVIII: Conquense


Play Off (Champions)


Group III: Gimnástica de Torrelavega

Cultural Durango - Group 4

Inter - Group VII

Unionistas Salamanca- Group VIII

Cadiz B- Group X

Group XI: Mallorca B.

Don Beniyo- Group XIV


Calahorra - Group XVI

CD Teruel- Group XVII

UB Conquense- Group XVIII


Play Offs




Monday 14 May 2018

Portugal - 2017/18 Primeira Liga


The 2017–18 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica are the three-time defending champions, having won their fourth consecutive league title in the previous season.




Eighteen teams will compete in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the LigaPro.

Portimonense became the first club to be promoted on 23 April 2017 and will play in Primeira Liga for the first time since the 2010–11 season. On 21 May 2017, after a 2–1 win in Azores against Santa Clara, they were crowned champions. The other team promoted were runners-up Desportivo das Aves, following a 2–2 draw against União da Madeira on 30 April 2017. This will mark the return of the Vila das Aves' team to the top flight after a 10-season absence.
The two promoted clubs replaced Nacional and Arouca. Nacional confirmed their relegation on 5 May 2017, 15 years after their promotion, when Moreirense, who were also struggling to escape relegation, beat Braga. On the last matchday, Arouca's 4–2 defeat against Estoril sealed their relegation, four seasons after having been promoted for the first time to Primeira Liga.


Paços Ferreira and Estorial Praia relegated


Porto is the champion



More Information : http://www.ligaportugal.pt


Source: https://twitter.com/cof_2015
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Sunday 13 May 2018

Portugal - 2017/18 Ledman LigaPro


The LigaPro  also referred to as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system, after the Primeira Liga. At the end of each season, the top-finishing teams are promoted to the Primeira Liga, and the lowest-ranked teams are relegated to the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.
The LigaPro was founded in 1990 as the Segunda Divisão de Honra (Second Division of Honour), superseding the now-folded Segunda Divisão (Second Division) as the second tier of Portuguese football. When the division came under the auspices of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) in 1999, it was renamed to Segunda Liga (Second League), a designation that was kept until 2016, with the exception of a period between 2005 and 2012, when it was known as Liga de Honra (League of Honour). The current branding and sponsorship were introduced during the 2015–16 season.


The 2017–18 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) will be the 28th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the second season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 20 teams compete in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams. This number will be reduced to 18 teams for the 2018–19 season.

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2016–17 season, two teams relegated from the 2016–17 Primeira Liga and two promoted from the 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal.
Promoted from 2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal: Oliveirense (North zone promotion group winner) and Real (South zone promotion group winner)

Relegated from 2016–17 Primeira Liga: Arouca and Nacional



Santa Clara

Real Queluz



Nacional and Santa Clra promoted 
Real SC, Gil Vicente, Spporting Band Uniao Madeira relegated



Nacional have won league


France - 2017/18 Championnat National

The Championnat de France National ), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2 and the Championnat National 2, the fourth division of French football.
Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 34 games each, totalling 272 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Saturdays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.

The 2017-2018 season of National is the 21st edition of the National Football Championship of France. The third level of French football this season opposes seventeen clubs in a series of thirty-two games played from August 4, 2017 to May 11, 2018. This is the highest level that can reach amateur teams since beyond, clubs must have professional status to participate in the Ligue 2 French Football Championship.

The following 17 clubs will compete in the Championnat National during the 2017–18 season


Paris FC were promoted to fill the vacant spot created by the administrative relegation of SC Bastia from Ligue 1 to Championnat National. On 10 August, the FFF announced that SC Bastia would be denied entry to Championnat National due to financial issues. The club will therefore take the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3 and Championnat National will operate with 17 clubs.

Fixtures can be downloaded here



At the end of the championship, according to the classification:
- Teams ranked 1st and 2nd place are promoted in Ligue 2
- The team ranked 3rd must play a play-off against the 18th of Ligue 2 and win it to advance in Ligue 22.
- Teams ranked 4th to 14th will again participate in the National.
- Teams ranked 15th to 17th are relegated to National 2.

Red Star was the champion



Les Herbieres played French Cup Final and was relegated to National 2 the same season

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