2020–21 Super League Greece 2

Super League Greece 2
Season	2020–21
Dates	16 January 2021 – 19 May 2021
Champions	Ionikos
Promoted	Ionikos
Relegated	Panachaiki; Doxa Drama
Top goalscorer	Matías Castro; (15 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Super League 2 was the second season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since restructuring of the Greek football league system.

Season's start has been delayed due to the COVID-19 second lockdown in Greece that began in November 2020 and started on 16 January 2021.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

Teams

Locations of the 2020–21 Super League 2 clubs

The following 12 clubs are competing in the Super League 2 during the 2020–21 season.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Apollon Larissa	Larisa	AEL FC Arena	16,118
Chania	Chania	Perivolia Municipal Stadium	4,527
Diagoras Rodos	Rhodes	Diagoras Stadium	3,700
Doxa Drama	Drama	Doxa Drama Stadium	9,000
Ergotelis	Heraklion	Pankritio Stadium	26,240
O.F. Ierapetra	Ierapetra	Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium	3,000
Ionikos	Nikaia	Neapolis Public Stadium	6,000
Karaiskakis	Arta	Municipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium	1,900
Levadiakos	Livadeia	Levadia Municipal Stadium	5,915
Panachaiki	Patra	Kostas Davourlis Stadium	11,321
Trikala	Trikala	Trikala Municipal Stadium	15,000
Xanthi	Xanthi	Xanthi FC Arena	7,244

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Apollon Larissa	Kostas Frantzeskos	Konstantinos Chatzis	Nike	Psaragores Thalassa
Chania	Nikos Papadopoulos	Paschalis Kassos	Saller	Mare Magnum
Diagoras Rodos	Sakis Theodosiadis	Fotis Georgiou	Nike	Bread Factory
Doxa Drama	Kostas Vasilakakis	Alexandros Kontos	Macron	N/A
Ergotelis	Giannis Taousianis	Christos Batzios	Capelli	N/A
O.F. Ierapetra	Timos Kavakas	Christos Chrysofakis	Macron	N/A
Ionikos	Dimitrios Spanos	Giannis Gotsoulias	Nike	Car.gr
Karaiskakis	Giannis Mangos	Nikos Papanikou	Macron	Agrotikos Ptinotrofikos Syneterismos "Arta"
Levadiakos	Sokratis Ofrydopoulos	Zisis Karachalios	Kappa	Kompotis
Panachaiki	Christos Karapitsos	Nikos Kouskounas	Kappa	N/A
Trikala	Soulis Papadopoulos	Christos Niaros	Givova	Autodeal
Xanthi	Babis Tennes	Giannis Stathis	Joma	N/A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ionikos	22	14	5	3	35	19	+16	47	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	Levadiakos	22	11	8	3	32	12	+20	41
3	Xanthi	22	11	8	3	24	10	+14	41
4	Ergotelis	22	11	3	8	29	15	+14	36
5	Chania	22	9	8	5	18	13	+5	35
6	Diagoras Rodos	22	8	6	8	18	23	−5	30
7	Panachaiki	22	7	8	7	19	20	−1	29	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	Trikala	22	5	9	8	16	20	−4	24
9	Apollon Larissa	22	6	6	10	13	19	−6	24
10	Doxa Drama	22	6	3	13	17	37	−20	21
11	Karaiskakis	22	3	7	12	14	32	−18	16
12	O.F. Ierapetra	22	2	7	13	17	32	−15	13

Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).

Results

Home \ Away	APL	CHA	DIA	DOX	ERG	OFI	ION	KAR	LEV	PCH	TRI	XAN
Apollon Larissa	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–1
Chania	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Diagoras Rodos	0–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–0
Doxa Drama	0–1	0–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–0	0–3
Ergotelis	1–0	0–1	2–0	6–0	—	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–1
O.F. Ierapetra	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	—	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2
Ionikos	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
Karaiskakis	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Levadiakos	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	—	3–0	0–0	1–1
Panachaiki	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–0
Trikala	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	—	0–0
Xanthi	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet once (5 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 Super League Greece as well as deciding the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	ION	XAN	LEV	ERG	CHA	DIA
1	Ionikos (C)	27	16	5	6	44	29	+15	53	Promotion to Super League	—	0–2	2–3	2–1	—	—
2	Xanthi (Q)	27	14	9	4	29	12	+17	51	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs	—	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	—
3	Levadiakos	27	14	8	5	42	16	+26	50		—	—	—	0–1	3–0	4–0
4	Ergotelis	27	15	3	9	37	18	+19	48		—	—	—	—	2–0	3–1
5	Chania	27	11	9	7	22	19	+3	42		1–0	—	—	—	—	2–0
6	Diagoras Rodos	27	8	6	13	22	38	−16	30		3–5	0–1	—	—	—	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.^[4]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-out round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	PCH	TRI	APL	DOX	KAR	OFI
7	Panachaiki (R)	27	9	10	8	29	29	0	37	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	—	—
8	Trikala	27	6	11	10	21	25	−4	29		—	—	3–1	1–1	0–1	—
9	Apollon Larissa	27	7	8	12	19	27	−8	29		—	—	—	0–2	2–2	1–0
10	Doxa Drama (R)	27	8	4	15	24	47	−23	28	Relegation to Gamma Ethniki	—	—	—	—	2–4	0–3
11	Karaiskakis	27	5	9	13	24	42	−18	24		3–3	—	—	—	—	0–3
12	O.F. Ierapetra	27	4	8	15	25	36	−11	20		2–3	0–0	—	—	—	—

Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-out); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-out); 4) Regular season position.^[4]
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 16 May 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Matías Castro	Ionikos	15
2	Georgios Manousakis	Ergotelis	10
3	Veljko Batrović	Panachaiki	8
4	Tyrone Conraad	Ergotelis	7
4	Dimitrios Mavrias	Doxa Drama	7
6	Miguel Bianconi	Levadiakos	6
	Christos Aravidis	Panachaiki	6
	Nikos Kouskounas	Panachaiki	6
	Antonis Kapnidis	Xanthi	6

References

^ "Super League 2: Σέντρα την 1η Νοεμβρίου | Gazzetta".
^ Σεπ 2020 14:08, Επιμέλεια: Κώστας Χολίδης Δημοσίευση: 24. "Super League 2: Το πρόγραμμα της σεζόν 2020-21". www.sport24.gr.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Αναβλήθηκε η πρεμιέρα της Superleague 2! Πότε θα ξεκινήσουν οι αγώνες". 14 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Superleague Greece". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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[1] "Super League 2: Σέντρα την 1η Νοεμβρίου | Gazzetta".

[2] Σεπ 2020 14:08, Επιμέλεια: Κώστας Χολίδης Δημοσίευση: 24. "Super League 2: Το πρόγραμμα της σεζόν 2020-21". www.sport24.gr.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Αναβλήθηκε η πρεμιέρα της Superleague 2! Πότε θα ξεκινήσουν οι αγώνες". 14 October 2020.

[RefA-4] "Superleague Greece". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[sl2fl.gr-5] "Superleague 2 statistics". sl2fl.gr (in Greek).

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