The playoffs for promotion from the 3rd National League to the Super League 2 continued with the third match day, with the “tradition” of the home team of victory also being continued on this match day.

In the previous game. THE Campanian overpowered him Yuhta 2-0 Elias Sapani’s team scored a goal every 45 minutes. First, Ignatidis scored the first goal with a penalty in the 14th minute and Nikos Katharios made the final in the 52nd minute.

He also celebrated his first points in the mini championship Tilykratis of Lefkadawho overcame her Kozani 1:0 Andreas Panziaras’ team scored the goal with Sorovos in the 84th minute. Tilykratis also had a chance to score in the 55th minute, but Papanikos’ attempt from the top of the penalty spot was stopped by the post.

The rating

1. Kampaniakos 6 (3)
2. Yuchtas 3 (2)
3. Tillykratis 3 (2)
4. Aeolian 3 (2)
5. Kozani 3 (3)

• * The top four teams advance to Super League 2
• The matches of the two teams are listed in brackets

Matchday 1 (May 13) – Matchday 6 (June 7)

• Juchtas-Kozani 2-1
• Campanian – Aeolian 2-0
• Day off: Tilykratis of Lefkada

Matchday 2 (May 17) – Matchday 7 (June 11)

• Kozani-Kampaniakos 2-0
• Aeolicus – Tilykratis of Lefkada 2-1
• Day off: Yuchts

Matchday 3 (May 24) – Matchday 8 (June 14)

• Kampaniakos-Yuchtas 2-0
• Tilykratis Lefkada – Kozani 1:0
• Day off: Aeolian

Matchday 4 (May 28) – Matchday 9 (June 18)

• Iuchtas – Tilykratis of Lefkada
• Kozani-Aeolikos
• Day off: Campanian

Matchday 5 (June 3rd) – Matchday 10 (June 25th)

• Aeolian – Yuchtas
• Tilykratis of Lefkada – Campania
• Day off: Kozani

The promotion playoffs from the 3rd national league to the Super League 2 continued with the second day of play, in which the hosts again took the three points.

Kozani defeated Kampaniakos 2-0, scoring a goal every 45 minutes. Bakalis was the one who opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, while Voriazidis’ headed the ball home for Nikos Badimas’ team. It should be noted that the hosts also scored in the 16th minute but Kanounas was unmasked according to the assistant.

In Mytilene, Aeolikos overcame Tilykratis Lefkada’s obstacle to win 2-1 thanks to two well-placed penalties. Plellas scored the first goal in the 9th minute, just before the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Makris sent the ball into the net. In the 65th minute, the Iptanisians reduced the score through Peristeris but failed to get any further.

The rating

1. Juchtas 3 (1)
2. Campanian 3 (2)
3. Kozani 3 (2)
4. Aeolian 3 (2)
5. Tillycrates 0 (1)

* The top four teams advance to Super League 2

Matchday 1 (May 13) – Matchday 6 (June 7)

• Juchtas-Kozani 2-1
• Campanian – Aeolian 2-0
• Day off: Tilykratis of Lefkada

Matchday 2 (May 17) – Matchday 7 (June 11)

• Kozani-Kampaniakos 2-0
• Aeolicus – Tilykratis of Lefkada 2-1
• Day off: Yuchts

Matchday 3 (May 24) – Matchday 8 (June 14)

• Kampaniakos-Yuchtas
• Tilykratis Lefkada – Kozani
• Day off: Aeolian

Matchday 4 (May 28) – Matchday 9 (June 18)

• Iuchtas – Tilykratis of Lefkada
• Kozani-Aeolikos
• Day off: Campanian

Matchday 5 (June 3rd) – Matchday 10 (June 25th)

• Aeolian – Juchtas
• Tilykratis of Lefkada – Campania
• Day off: Kozani

On Saturday (May 13th) the mini-promotion championship of the 3rd national team in the Super League 2 starts. The five champions of the third division of Greek football, Campanian (1st group), Kozani (2nd group), Tilykratis of Lefkada (3rd group), Aeolian (4th group) and Yuchts (5th group) claims the four promotion tickets and the last one remains in the 3rd national team and the new season.

It is recalled that last season seven teams were found in the corresponding procedure, but in the end all except Agrotiko Asteras were promoted to Super League 2. This season it is the league’s will to prevent that from happening should a gap arise again it will not be replaced but nothing should be taken for granted.

The Ascension Process

The mini league will be played in ten games and will end on June 25th. All teams play each other home and away and also have two days off. The draw was made by lottery before the end of the regular season in the 3rd national league.

The criteria for the tie are the performance of the two teams in each other’s games, then goal difference, and then best attack. In the event that the teams are still tied, a match will be played at a neutral venue and only if it has a significant stake (e.g. if there is a tie between 4th and 5th place in all criteria gives).

So let’s look at the profiles of the five teams. The remarkable performances they have achieved in the 3rd National League and their history in the top division.

Campanian

Campaniakos is based in Halastra, Thessaloniki and has been aiming for a return to the second national division since 1977. The team of the former striker and current coach Elias Sapani faced teams like Kavala, Panthrakikos and Doxa Drama and with a consistent presence managed to take first place with only three losses.

A big weapon for the Chalastra team was Ilias Ignatidis, who scored 22 goals in 27 games while having the best defense in the first group. Equally impressive for Kampaniakos is that he was promoted to EPS Macedonia from the local league last season and is now struggling to break into professional football.

Campaniako’s squad, appearances and goals scored:

goalkeeper

• Giakoumis Asterios 19/-
• Kasapidis Christos 9/-
• Siomos George 1/-

defender

• Voskopoulos Giannis 23/-
• Bouzikos Nikos 24/-
• Vasilis Giannopoulos 15/-
• Kechagias Nikos 22/1
• Antonis Sapoundzis 5/-
• Kalpakidis Thanasis 1/-

Means

• Rakavina’s George 18/-
• Catherine Pavlos 24/-
• Caramelas Christos 17/-
• Catherine Nikos 23/4
• Sarvanidis Stathis 24/7
• Tairis Lambros 22/4
• Proskynitopoulos Markos 26/4
• George Papakonstantinou 13/-
• Magoutis Theodoros 7/-

Aggressive

• Ignatidis Iliad 27/22
• Xanthopoulos Michalis 24/3
• Pozoglou Stelios 14/-
• Dogos Stefanos 15/2
• Manios Panagiotis 22/2
• Hatzivasiliadis Dionysis 11/1
• Mantica Panagiotis 2/-
• Dochi Ergis 1/-

Kozani

Kozani has finished the last season in which they missed out on promotion despite winning their group. his team Nicos Badimas She was the one who easily clarified the promotion case and did not make the claim for first place in the 2nd group a thriller.

Kozani has been consistently in first place, has lost only once in the league (having the fewest losses of any team in the 3rd National League) and wants to return to the 2nd National League after 40 years (their last appearance was in 1982 ). /83 season). . One of the team’s weapons is Thanasis Kanoulas, with B Division experience and 19 goals in the regular season.

Kozani’s squad, appearances and goals scored:

goalkeeper

• Karagiozis Anastasios 24/-
• Blatsiotis Prodromos 2/-

defender

• Panos Xenophon 23/3
• Carpenter Stelios 7/-
• Papargyriou Iordanis 23/-
• Gialamidis Thomas 18/2
• Piritzau’s Thomas 14/1
• Voriazidis Kostas 18/1
• Thanasis Papanikopoulos 10/-
• George Tsapakidis 8/-

Means

• Friday grocer 13/-
• Karagiannis Alexandros 21/1
• Nias Baig 23/8
• Patas Nikos 8/1
• George Apostolidis 20/1
• Bintsis Nikos 22/3
• Psaltis Theocharis 22/-
• Tsotsos Angelos 10/-
• Lampoglou Stratos 15/-
• Stoios Kostas 8/-
• Papadopoulos Yiannis 22/1
• Koufas Adam 22/3
• Isaacson Keaton 6/20

Aggressive

• Kanoulas Thanasis 24/19
• Adamis Vangelis 2/-
• Katanas Panagiotis 1/1

Tilykratis of Lefkada

Lefkada’s Tylycratis put up a tough fight with AO Hypatos but came out on top despite the pressure. his team Andreas Panziaras has a stable presence with very good years in this category and this year will claim to compete in the 3rd National League for the first time in its history.

This is not the first time they have won the championship as they had already won it in 2018, but they didn’t manage to get promoted to the Football League, finishing behind Heracles and Volos. For two years there was a professional team (2011/13) that played in the then professional third national team. Fotis Goudroubis was the team’s top scorer with 14 goals.

Tilycratis squad, appearances and goals scored:

goalkeeper

• Balaoura’s Nikos 1/-
• Pardalos Michalis 25/-

defender

• Origin of Spiros 9/-
• Papanikou Nikos 22/-
• Bekatoros Alexandros 20/1
• Giorgos Takidis 25/6
• Gianniotis Dimitris 25/1
• Katsogiannis Charalambos 5/-
  

Means

• Tegusis Kostas 14/-
• Zdravos Kostas 25/4
• Kyriakis Dimitris 23/1
• Tosca Clyde 25/9
• Ktenas Pavlos 1/-
• Skiadas Vasilis 22/2
• Chalkiopoulos Efstathios 9/-
• Vanna’s Vangelis 1/-
• Carlos Eduardo Manso 2/18
• Sorovos Giannis 15/-

Aggressive

• Goudroubis Fotis 25/14
• Peristeris Theodoros 26/5
• Kolovos Alexander 1/-
• Suleiman Okan 9/2
• Niforopoulos Grigoris 26/8
• Katsis Nikos 22/1
• Cola Christos 4/1

Aeolian

Aeolikos took first place in Group 4 in a thrilling battle in which Rhodes, Panionios and AE Mykonos remained until the final games. THE Dimitris Papaspyrou was in the lead and the Mytilini team managed to cut the thread first with an excellent second lap.

Aeolikos recorded the most wins of any other team in the regular season (20). The last participation of Aeolikos in the Second National League was in the 1985/86 season. His squad includes players with experience like Vangelis Platellas, while Vangelis Makris was the top scorer with 13 goals.

Aeolik’s squad, appearances and goals scored:

goalkeeper

• Mouzakis Marios 21/-
• Raphael Pittatzis 5/-

defender

• Yiannis Poturidis 15/-
• Arnautoglou Panagiotis 12/-
• Moraitis Yiannis 14/-
• Gancher Brian 13/-
• Pastor Zechariah 16/-
• Nikos Kanellopoulos 25/1
• Annitsakis Michalis 17/1
• Nikolaou Stamatis 12/-
• Souvatzoglou Chariton 6/-

Means

• Platellas Vangelis 4/-
• Nastos Anestis 21/-
• Moukidis Vassilis 23/-
• Diniotakis Yiannis 13/10
• Antoniou Evgenios 18/-
• Dermitzakis Andreas 21/3
• Spoliary Luka 8/-
• Stefanovic Luka 24/3
• Mariolas Pavlos 1/-
• Balomenos Lambros 1/-

Aggressive

• Kostas Apostolopoulos 25/11
• Carlito’s 6/1
• Makris Vangelis 25/13
• Bielobrek David 9/2
• Anthis Michalis 18/1
• Mastorakis Kyriakos 1/-
• Moucha Angelos 6/-

Yuchts

Juchtas experienced one of the greatest moments in his history by winning the championship in the 5th group, in a rather difficult group. The team from Archanes wants to make it into the Second National League for the first time and thus put the icing on the cake.

For his team Nikos Sourgias The main actor is Manolis Rovithis with 12 goals in 25 appearances, but also other well-known footballers.

Juhta’s squad, appearances and goals scored:

goalkeeper

• Kollias George 7/-
• Christou Manolis 18/-

defender

• Tzanis Minas 22/2
• Gialousis Lefteris 22/5
• Roussaki’s Manolis 10/-
• Geladaris Lazaros 25/2
• Logothetis Manolis 2/-
• George Touglis 14/-

Means

• Rich Dominic 19/-
• Rovithis Manolis 25/12
• George Kontogiannis 19/-
• Nyktaris Michalandreas 23/1
• Archilesi Daniele 24/-
• Nikos Kornilakis 5/-
• Yannis Stakakis 1/-
• Psarras Kostas 19/-
• Kissas Giorgos 12/1
• Daskalakis Antonis 24/2
• Stefanos Tsamantiotis 4/-

Aggressive

• Domatas Yiannis 23/2
• Vretto’s Nikos 14/1
• Litska’s George 9/-
• Azizi Nektarios 18/4
• Red John 9/-
• Gini Renato 9/1
• Kefalukos Dimitris 3/-

After looking at the teams, their history and squads, let’s take a look at the detailed schedule of the Super League 2 play-offs.

The Super League 2 play-off schedule

Matchday 1 (May 13) – Matchday 6 (June 7)

• Juchtas-Kozani
• Campanian – Aeolian
• Day off: Tilykratis of Lefkada

Matchday 2 (May 17) – Matchday 7 (June 11)

• Kozani-Kampaniakos
• Aeolicus – Tilykratis of Lefkada
• Day off: Yuchts

Matchday 3 (May 24) – Matchday 8 (June 14)

• Kampaniakos-Yuchtas
• Tilykratis Lefkada – Kozani
• Day off: Aeolian

Matchday 4 (May 28) – Matchday 9 (June 18)

• Iuchtas – Tilykratis of Lefkada
• Kozani-Aeolikos
• Day off: Campanian

Matchday 5 (June 3rd) – Matchday 10 (June 25th)

• Aeolian – Juchtas
• Tilykratis of Lefkada – Campania
• Day off: Kozani