2024-04-28 01:02:59
From the salons to the threshing floor, “Ajax of Epirus” and in a degraded league with a strong background smell and with a fixed income of only 163,000 euros
As soon as the two Super League games are over, the second national team’s curtain will rise in Ioannina and new roads will be opened for the barren line. No one knows when the people of Ioannina will see their beloved PAS in the big league again. It can be immediately, it can be years later. In the past, other times he returned directly to the A’ National team, such as in 1985, 2002, 2011 and 2020 and other times after certain years or even decades. The team that 8 years ago competed in Europe, that three years ago reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup and two years ago was in the playoffs as the best provincial team, in the new season will reach as far as…Neo Keramidi of Pieria, a village of 700 inhabitants a few kilometers north of Katerini! For God’s sake, we are not underestimating the National New Tiles who are a potential champion of 2u group and ascends to the Second National Team, on the other hand we congratulate him for the feat he achieved, but the report has to do with the PAS cut.
Let’s…reintroduce ourselves again with the new category, the Second National Team. In recent years and after the restructuring of 2019 which was unsuccessfully attempted by the then SYRIZA Government, the 2nd National Championship or Super League 2, takes place with 2 groups, with play-offs and play-outs, with the champion teams of the groups moving up to the Super League ( A’ national) and 4 from the southern group and three from the northern are relegated. Telkykratis Lefkada was relegated from the regular season of the league, while there are still 4 games left before the end, both in the playoffs and the playoffs. The situation is still not clear, there is a big fight to stay, as from this year it was decided to relegate the B teams that Olympiacos, AEK, Panathinaikos and PAOK have in the second division. After the 6ththe competing in the relegation zone in the northern group are Kampaniakos, Kozani, Aeolikos Mytilini and marginally above the line Anagennisi Karditsa. In the southern group in the hot zone are Panathinaikos B’, Iuchtas Chania, Olympiacos B’ and just above the line Panachaiki.
As far as the top is concerned, the Levadeakis of historical president Yiannis Kombotis, mathematically ensured the return to the Super League, leaving Larissa and Niki Volos in the cold. In the southern group, Kallithea has a clear lead with 34 points, followed by Chania with 28 and Ionian with 27 points. The teams Larissa, Niki Volou, Makedonikos Thessaloniki, AEK II Chania, Ionikos, Ilioupoli, Kalamata, Iraklis, PAOK II, Diagoras have secured a place for the new season. From the 3rd national team, Kavala secured early promotion from the 1stThe group, the National New Ceramic Tile of Pieria from 2The group and Panionios from 8The group.
From 2021 onwards, the B teams of the big teams Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and AEK also compete in the Second National League. In the previous two years they were not relegated, but from this year the relegation applies to them as well. B teams can only use three players over the age of 23 from the first professional team and unlimited under that age limit. Information indicates that perhaps AEK, PAOK and Panathinaikos will not send second teams to the new second national championship.
THE FIXED INCOME IS 163,000 EUROS!
As far as television and grants are concerned, according to what an administrative officer of PAE Second National told us yesterday, the grant from OPAP due to the participation of the teams in the Bet is approximately 133,000 euros and the television rights 30,000 euros. That is, the fixed income of a PAE B’ National is approximately 163,000 euros, in contrast to the Super League which varies between 4 and 4.5 million euros. The official TV provider is the action 24 channel which showed one to two matches per weekend. There was another company broadcasting games via the internet with subscriptions collected by the second national league, but this company recently announced that it stopped broadcasting because it did not collect from the organizing authority the money that had been agreed upon. ERT has always had the television rights to the second national team, but since last year, due to what was heard and written about the purity of the matches in this category, the public television decided not to deal with this category. PAS, in its previous presence in the 2nd National League, in the 2019-20 season, had not interrupted the cooperation with NOVA, taking a part of the television rights, regardless of whether the broadcasts were carried out by ERT, but now that seems a bit difficult. as the financial data are also different. The action 24 contract is annual. Whether or not it will continue broadcasting in the new season is unknown.
MANDATORY THREE GREEK WOMEN IN THE ELEVEN
In general, the Second National Championship is degraded, with a strong background smell. It has its own league, called the Professional Football Association A2 and B National Category, which was renamed to E.E.P. by law 4809/2021. A2 National Super League 2, with Petros Marchoukos as president. As a rule, the matches take place on the weekend, sometimes on Friday and Monday and always in the afternoon or noon, as not all stadiums have electric lighting. There is no VAR and there have been tragic refereeing decisions, some of which scandalized public opinion. In the 2nd National Championship, the participation of three (3) football players who have the right to play in the Greek national teams or who have Greek citizenship (Greek identity card or passport) is mandatory in the eleven of each team of the category, ). The maximum number of non-EU players allowed in the eleven of each team is four (4) players. The 2nd National Leagues are required to have only a Youth U19 team that will participate in its own separate league. Optionally, they can also have a U17 team that will compete in the respective Super League championship. The provisions of the CAP and the EPO Disciplinary Code also apply to the Second National League matches, just as they do for the Super League teams.
There is information that in the new season 2024-25, the second national championship will be held in a group of 18 teams and the first two teams will be promoted to the Super League. But nothing like this was officially announced and we are waiting for announcements.
We have given you a first glimpse of what PAS Ioannina will encounter in the new 2024-25 season in the Second National League. Unfortunately, he had the big charge in his hands and lost it due to misguided moves by those in charge. With two or three good transfers he could avoid relegation. Now it is too late and he is invited to join a strange and degraded league that has absolutely nothing to do with the Super League.