2023–24 Super League Greece 2 Explained

Competition:Super League Greece 2
Pixels:150
Season:2023–24
Dates:23 September 2023 – 26 May 2024
Winners:Levadiakos
(2nd title)
Athens Kallithea
(1st title)
Promoted:Levadiakos
Athens Kallithea
Relegated:Aiolikos
Anagennisi Karditsa
Apollon Pontus
Kozani
Giouchtas
Olympiacos B
Panathinaikos B
Tilikratis
Matches:264
Total Goals:584
League Topscorer:Giorgos Manalis
Giannis Loukinas (18 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Niki Volos 5–0 Apollon Pontus
(21 February 2024)
Biggest Away Win:Panathinaikos B 1–4 Kalamata
(24 September 2023)
Highest Scoring:Aiolikos 4–2 Kampaniakos
(26 November 2023)
Ionikos 5–1 Egaleo
(13 December 2023)
Iraklis 5–1 Makedonikos
(18 December 2023)
Longest Wins:Levadiakos (10 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:AEL (22 matches)
Longest Winless:Panachaiki (13 matches)
Longest Losses:Apollon Pontus
(7 matches)
Highest Attendance:12,000
AEL 0–0 Levadiakos
(25 February 2024)
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

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.

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

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

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

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

From Super League Greece 2

Promoted to Super League

Relegated to Gamma Ethniki

Relegated to Local Championships

To Super League Greece 2

Relegated from Super League

Promoted from Gamma Ethniki

North Group

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens BSpataSpata Training Centre3,000
AELLarissaAEL Arena16,118
AiolikosMytileneΜytilene Municipal Stadium3,000
Anagennisi KarditsaKarditsaMunicipal Stadium Karditsa3,500
Apollon PontusPolykastroPolykastro Stadium1,000
IraklisChalastraChalastra Stadium 1,000
KampaniakosChalastraChalastra Municipal Stadium 1,000
KozaniKozaniKozani Municipal Stadium4,000
LevadiakosLivadeiaLivadeia Municipal Stadium5,915
MakedonikosEfkarpiaMakedonikos Stadium8,100
Niki VolosVolosPanthessaliko Stadium22,700
PAOK BEfkarpiaMakedonikos Stadium8,100

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturer
AEK Athens B Nikos Koustas Vedad RadonjaNike
AEL Pavlos Dermitzakis Thanasis PapageorgiouLegea
Aiolikos Slobodan Krcmarevic Giorgos ManousosKappa
Anagennisi Karditsa Giorgos Tyriakidis Nikos GoliasNike
Apollon Pontus Cyril Kali Dimitrios AmarantidisNike
Iraklis Soulis Papadopoulos Vasilis VitlisJoma
Giorgos Amanatidis Stathis SavranidisMacron
Kozani Angelos Digozis Xenofon PanosAdmiral
Levadiakos Sokratis Ofridopoulos Alfredo MejiaMacron
Makedonikos Stelios Malezas Stelios TsoukanisGivova
Niki Volos Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Pavlos KyriakidisMacron
PAOK B Alexis Alexiadis Kyriakos GiaxisMacron

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Anagennisi Karditsa Periklis AmanatidisEnd of contract17 June 2023Pre-season Giorgos Tyriakidis24 July 2023
Levadiakos Giannis Petrakis Nikos Nioplias1 July 2023
PAOK B Pablo García Alexis Alexiadis8 August 2023
Apollon Pontus Dimitris KalaitzidisSacked29 June 2023 Cyril Kali1 July 2023
AEL Panagiotis Goutsidis3 October 20238th Pavlos Dermitzakis7 October 2023
Iraklis Sakis Tsiolis17 Νovember 2023 Periklis Amanatidis20 Νοvember 2023
Aiolikos Apostolos Charalampidis16 November 202311th Charalampos Pentarvanis (caretaker)16 November 2023
Charalampos Pentarvanis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker18 November 2023 Slobodan Krcmarevic18 November 2023
Kampaniakos Ilias SapanisResign 24 November 202310th Giorgos Amanatidis 27 November 2023
Levadiakos Nikos NiopliasSacked18 December 20232nd Sokratis Ofridopoulos19 December 2023
Iraklis Periklis Amanatidis6 March 20248th Soulis Papadopoulos7 March 2024

League Table

Play-off round

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.

Play-out round

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.

Play-out Results

South Group

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Chania4,527
3,693
8,217
GiouchtasArchanesIerapetra Municipal Stadium 3,000
IlioupoliIlioupoli Municipal Stadium 2,000
IonikosNikaiaNeapoli Municipal Stadium6,000
5,613
Athens Kallithea6,300
Olympiacos BRentis Training Centre 3,000
Panachaiki11,321
Marousi69,618
TilikratisLefkadaLefkada Municipal Stadium1,300

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturer
Chania Giannis Taousianis Christos BatziosSaller
Diagoras Thomas Grafas Michalis ManiasNike
Egaleo Apostolos Charalampidis Christos KollasGivova
Giouchtas Nikos Sourgias Minas TzanisLegea
Ilioupoli Nikos Pantelis Giannis GotsouliasLegea
Ionikos Dimitris Spanos Kostas TsirigotisKappa
Kalamata Apostolos Terzis Vasilis TriantafyllakisNike
Athens Kallithea Alekos Vosniadis Giannis LoukinasKappa
Olympiacos B Ariel Ibagaza Giannis KostiAdidas
Panachaiki Giannis Tatsis Anestis NastosMacron
Panathinaikos B Sotiris Antoniou Andreas AthanasakopoulosAdidas
Tilikratis Andreas Pantziaras Klajdi ToskaAdmiral

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Ionikos Michalis GrigoriouSacked13 May 2023Pre-season Giorgos Simos5 July 2023
Egaleo Georgios Koudounis (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker18 June 2023 Dragan Zukanović24 July 2023
Kalamata Antonis Mavreas (caretaker) Periklis Amanatidis2 July 2023
Panachaiki Giorgos Tantaros (caretaker) Stefano Franciosa7 August 2023
Athens Kallithea Giorgos SimosEnd of contract19 June 2023 Alekos Vosniadis10 July 2023
Diagoras Angelos Digozis19 June 2023 Thomas Grafas1 July 2023
Kalamata Periklis AmanatidisSacked5 November 20232nd Makis Chavos8 November 2023
Makis Chavos28 January 20245th Apostolos Terzis29 January 2023
Ilioupoli Soulis Papadopoulos18 February 20243rd Nikos Pantelis19 February 2024
Ionikos Giorgos Simos25 February 20244th Dimitris Spanos29 February 2024

League Table

Play-off round

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.

Play-out round

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.

Play-out Results

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