Gamma Ethniki 2008-09
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The 2008–09 Gamma Ethniki will be the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It will begin in September 2008, and will end in May 2009. 36 teams will contest the league, divided into two groups of 16 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs will have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them will have been relegated from Beta Ethniki while 10 of them will have been promoted from the Regional Championship. Last season's champions of Group 1 were Kavala, while the Group 1 champions are yet to be determined.
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[edit] Participant Clubs
Following clubs were relegated to Gamma Ethniki at the end of the Beta Ethniki 2007-08 season:
Following clubs secured a place in Gamma Ethniki by avoiding relegation or by failing to win promotion:
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Following clubs were promoted to Gamma Ethniki as champions of their respective Regional Championship groups:
[edit] Separation into Groups
The afore mentioned clubs will be divided into two groups depending on their geographical origin. All the clubs that come from the southern part of the country (including Attica, Peloponnesus, Crete, the Aegean Islands and half Sterea Ellada) will enter Group 1 (South), while clubs from Central and Northern Greece (icluding Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly and part of Sterea Ellada) will take part in Group 2 (North). The official separation of Gamma Ethniki clubs between the two groups will be decided later in June, after the end of current Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki championships.
