1997–98 Gamma Ethniki

Gamma Ethniki
Season	1997–98
Champions	Ialysos (South); PAS Giannina (North);
Promoted	Ialysos; Agios Nikolaos; PAS Giannina; Pierikos;
Relegated	Pamisos Messini; Ergotelis; Kerkyra; Agia Eleousa; Korinthos; Pyrgos; Orfeas Alexandroupoli; Tyrnavos; Orestis Orestiada; Agrotikos Asteras; Apollon Larissa; Anagennisi Arta;
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Gamma Ethniki was the 15th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Ialysos Rodos and PAS Giannina were crowned champions in Southern and Northern Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki.^[1] Agios Nikolaos and Pierikos also won promotion as a runners-up of the groups.^[1]

Pamisos Messini, Ergotelis, Kerkyra, Agia Eleousa, Korinthos, Pyrgos, Orfeas Alexandroupoli, Tyrnavos, Orestis Orestiada, Agrotikos Asteras, Apollon Larissa and Anagennisi Arta were relegated to Delta Ethniki.^[1]

Southern Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ialysos Rodos (C, P)	28	16	7	5	56	27	+29	55	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	Agios Nikolaos (P)	28	16	5	7	43	23	+20	53	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
3	Marko	28	16	2	10	51	35	+16	50
4	Keratsini	28	15	2	11	57	38	+19	47
5	Rethymniakos	28	12	9	7	41	26	+15	45
6	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	28	12	6	10	47	36	+11	42
7	Panegialios	28	11	9	8	48	37	+11	42
8	Aiolikos	28	10	10	8	30	31	−1	40
9	Egaleo	28	12	4	12	36	38	−2	40
10	Pamisos Messini (R)	28	12	3	13	24	32	−8	39	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
11	Ergotelis (R)	28	12	2	14	40	45	−5	38
12	Kerkyra (R)	28	8	7	13	26	34	−8	31
13	Agia Eleousa (R)	28	7	9	12	26	40	−14	30
14	Korinthos (R)	28	6	1	21	25	76	−51	19
15	Pyrgos^[a] (R)	28	5	4	19	35	67	−32	7

Source: ^[1]^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Pyrgos had 12 points deducted.

Results

Home \ Away	AGE	AGN	AIO	EGA	ERG	IAL	KRT	KER	KOR	MAR	NAP	PAM	PNG	PYR	RTY
Agia Eleousa		1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–1
Agios Nikolaos	2–0		2–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2
Aiolikos	5–1	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Egaleo	3–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1
Ergotelis	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–3
Ialysos Rodos	4–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–1
Keratsini	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	0–2		7–1	11–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Kerkyra	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		2–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1
Korinthos	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–4	2–1	1–4	1–3	1–0		1–2	2–7	0–1	0–2	2–1	3–2
Marko	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	5–0		3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–2
Nafpaktiakos Asteras	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–4	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–0	6–2	2–0	0–0
Pamisos Messini	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–2
Panegialios	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	6–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	4–0		1–0	1–1
Pyrgos	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–7	0–2	0–3	3–2	2–4	4–3	2–1	5–9		1–1
Rethymniakos	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	PAS Giannina (C, P)	28	14	11	3	42	21	+21	53	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
2	Pierikos (P)	28	12	11	5	35	23	+12	47	Promotion to Beta Ethniki
3	Kozani	28	12	9	7	37	21	+16	45
4	Ampelokipi	28	11	10	7	29	26	+3	43
5	Preveza	28	11	8	9	44	34	+10	41
6	Poseidon Michaniona	28	10	10	8	28	23	+5	40
7	Aetos Skydra	28	10	10	8	28	29	−1	40
8	Olympiacos Volos	28	11	7	10	36	34	+2	40
9	Naoussa	28	11	6	11	36	26	+10	39
10	Orfeas Alexandroupoli (R)	28	10	8	10	32	32	0	38	Relegation to Delta Ethniki
11	Tyrnavos (R)	28	11	4	13	34	46	−12	37
12	Orestis Orestiada (R)	28	7	12	9	22	28	−6	33
13	Agrotikos Asteras (R)	28	7	10	11	25	28	−3	31
14	Apollon Larissa (R)	28	5	7	16	24	45	−21	22
15	Anagennisi Arta (R)	28	4	5	19	17	53	−36	17

Source: ^[1]^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AET	AGR	AMP	ART	APL	KOZ	NAO	OLV	ORE	ORF	PAS	PIE	PNM	PRE	TYR
Aetos Skydra		2–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0
Agrotikos Asteras	0–0		3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0
Ampelokipi	1–1	1–2		0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1
Anagennisi Arta	0–2	0–0	0–1		1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–4	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–3
Apollon Larissa	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–4		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Kozani	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Naoussa	4–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1
Olympiacos Volos	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–1
Orestis Orestiada	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2		0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Orfeas Alexandroupoli	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1
PAS Giannina	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	3–2	4–3
Pierikos	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	2–1
Poseidon Michaniona	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1
Preveza	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–1		3–0
Tyrnavos	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Greece 1997/98". rsssf.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". rsssf.org.

[table_note_PYR0.062838366284426-2] Pyrgos had 12 points deducted.

[rsssf1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Greece 1997/98". rsssf.org.

[rsssf2-3] "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". rsssf.org.

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v t e Third level Greek football league seasons
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¹Gamma Ethniki was played as fourth level in 2019–20 and 2020–21