2021–22 Græcian Football Championship

Græcian Football Championship

Season	2021–22
Dates	2 October 2021 – 24 April 2022
Champions	Budućnost
Græcian Football Super Cup	Budućnost
Matches played	27
Goals scored	499 (18.48 per match)
Best Player	Dimitrios Vissarionos (Budućnost)
Top goalscorer	Miodrag Urošević Álvaro Rivero Romero (23 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Tomislav Krleža (20 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Budućnost 8–0 Hagia Aikaterini (20 November 2021)
Biggest away win	Hagia Aikaterini 0–8 Budućnost (12 March 2022)
Highest scoring	Budućnost 8–0 Hagia Aikaterini (20 November 2021) Hagia Aikaterini 0–8 Budućnost (12 March 2022)
Longest winning run	14 matches Budućnost
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Budućnost
Longest winless run	13 matches Oŕli
Longest losing run	6 matches Aris Oŕli
Highest attendance	800 Phoenix 3–1 Hagia Aikaterini (5 February 2022)
Lowest attendance	15 Aris 1–0 Phoenix (30 March 2022)
Total attendance	43.400
Average attendance	3.100
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The 2021–22 season of the Græcian Football Championship was the first season in the tournament's history. The championship kicked off on 2 October 2021 and it consisted of 14 teams. The regular season ran from 2 October 2021 AD to 24 April 2022 AD, with teams playing 13 games home and 13 away; a total of 26 matches. The champion was decided in the post-regular season one-legged match called the "Græcian Football Super Cup" on 1 June 2022 AD, between the 1st-placed team and the runners-up. The winners were granted a 3-point advantage for the following season.

The inaugural 1st-placed team were Budućnost and the runners-up were Moustreca. Budućnost were also the Super Cup winners.

Summary

Given the fact that this was the inaugural season of the championship, there were no defending champions. The de facto underdogs were the clubs founded in 2021, namely: Aris Sisypheia FC, UC Augusta Perusia, AE Vathy, and FK Vrhbosna.

The table was dominated by NK Budućnost from the very beginning, with four consecutive wins, followed by two consecutive draws and another set of five wins. By the half of the season, they were leading with 32 points (10 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss).

ONO Moustreca also managed to maintain a splendid form and through their placement as the 2nd team, they were one of the two contenders of the Græcian Football Super Cup.

On 1 June 2022, NK Budućnost played against ONO Moustreca on neutral grounds, in Perusia. Although Moustreca opened the scoreline, the equaliser came 7 minutes later. After a tough battle on the field, the comeback was made for Budućnost, with a 74th-minute goal by Danijel Marić. Thus, NK Budućnost became the inaugural champions of the Græcian Football Championship.

The rewards for the champions were +3 points for the following season, as well as a guaranteed spot at the 2022 Græco–Roman Friendship Cup. The other spot at the GRFC was reserved for the runners-up.

Despite that, both Budućnost and Moustreca refused their invitations to the GRFC, citing different reasons: on one hand, the long distance for Budućnost; on the other hand, financial reasons for Moustreca. The Sports Administration of Græcia decided to fill the spots with a draw. Olympiakos and Phoenix were the two teams that were chosen to replace the aforementioned teams.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Clubs participating in the 2021–22 Græcian Football Championship

Logo	Club	Founded	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Titles
	Andriopolis	2020 AD	Upper Andriopolis	Harakas Sports Complex	50	–
	Aris	2021 AD	Sisypheia	Saint George's Stadium	50	–
	Augusta Perusia	2021 AD	Perusia	Stadio Sant'Ercolano	550	–
	Budućnost	2020 AD	Uznesenje Blažene Djevice Marije	Športsko-rekreacijski centar Bukovac	200	–
	Čěrneś	2020 AD	Čěrneś	Čěrneś Regional Stadium	300	–
	Ćougově	2020 AD	Ćougově, Čěrneś	Ćougově Arena	250	–
	Hagia Aikaterini	2020 AD	Hagia Aikaterini	Petralona Stadium	400	–
	Kapsala	2020 AD	Kapsala, Čěrneś	Kapsala Park	600	–
	Moustreca	2020 AD	Moustreca, Čěrneś	Youth Stadium	720	–
	Olympiakos	2020 AD	Lower Andriopolis	Gavrio football field	80	–
	Oŕli	2020 AD	Xŕb'tě, Čěrneś	Eagle's Stadium	80	–
	Phoenix	2020 AD	Hagia Aikaterini	Rouf Municipal Stadium	800	–
	Vathy	2021 AD	Vathy	Vathy Stadium	530	–
	Vrhbosna	2021 AD	Sarajbosna	Saint John the Baptist's Stadium	600	–

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Andriopolis	Filippos Demirtzis	Alexandros Mouzakis	Macron	n/a
Aris	Guillermo Burgos	Konstantinos Nikas	Reebok	n/a
Augusta Perusia	Sergio Tosti	Fabio Minelli	Galex	n/a
Budućnost	Juraj Dačić	Tomislav Krleža	Diadora	n/a
Čěrneś	Antōnij Arkaďijevě	Kōnstantině Lov'ćevě	Lotto	n/a
Ćougově	Boħouxvalě Terzijevě	Ħennaďij Kosmově	Uhlsport	n/a
Hagia Aikaterini	Semen Lytovchenko	Eustratios Kallergis	Adidas	Cosmote
Kapsala	Zaur Kalandadze	Klisťeně Ewripiďijevě	NAAI	Sary
Moustreca	Nathan Gilbert	Ħeōrħij Popěloukově	Nike	n/a
Olympiakos	Dušan Branković	Antonios Nikolopoulos	Umbro	Siemens
Oŕli	Dragan Bajković	Panteleĭmōně Karapopově	Nike	Wind
Phoenix	Dejan Spiridonović	Stylianos Papadopoulos	Jako	ESET
Vathy	Konstantinos Stamatopoulos	Ioannis Moraitis	Puma	Leoni S.A.
Vrhbosna	Alen Hajrudinović	Izet Šahinović	Lotto	Etihad Airways

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Budućnost	26	23	2	1	88	9	+79	71	Qualification for the Græcian Football Super Cup
2	Moustreca	26	21	1	4	70	13	+57	64
3	Andriopolis	26	17	3	6	49	16	+33	54
4	Vathy	26	14	3	9	31	28	+3	45
5	Ćougově	26	13	5	8	47	24	+13	44
6	Phoenix	26	11	5	10	33	32	+1	38
7	Kapsala	26	8	9	9	28	31	-3	33
8	Augusta Perusia	26	9	2	15	31	34	-3	29
9	Olympiakos	26	7	8	11	27	49	-22	29
10	Vrhbosna	26	7	6	13	24	36	-12	27
11	Aris	26	6	5	15	21	61	-40	23
12	Čěrneś	26	5	6	15	24	54	-30	21
13	Oŕli	26	4	7	15	17	46	-29	19
14	Hagia Aikaterini	26	4	4	18	16	63	-47	16

Results

Home / Away	AOA	ARIS	UCAP	NKB	NKČ	NKĆ	ACAA	NOK	ONOM	OLY	NKO	PAA	AEV	FKV
Andriopolis	—	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Aris	1–0	—	1–2	0–5	2–0	0–5	2–1	4–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1
Augusta Perusia	1–2	1–1	—	0–5	2–0	0–5	2–1	4–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1
Budućnost	2–0	5–0	3–0	—	3–0	2–0	8–0	2–2	2–1	6–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	3–0
Čěrneś	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–6	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–0
Ćougově	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	—	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Hagia Aikaterini	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–8	1–1	2–1	—	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0
Kapsala	1–0	5–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Moustreca	3–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	—	5–0	6–0	1–2	3–0	1–0
Olympiakos	1–3	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2
Oŕli	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	—	0–2	2–0
Vathy	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–1
Vrhbosna	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–4	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	—

Legend:

•   Home team win
•   Draw
•   Away team win

2022 Græcian Football Super Cup

1 June 2022 19:00	Budućnost	2–1	Moustreca	Stadio Sant'Ercolano, Perusia Attendance: 500 Referee: Simone Mancini
	Ivek Štajner  23' Danijel Marić  74'		Miodrag Urošević  16'

Budućnost

Moustreca

GK 1 Tomislav Krleža (c) CB 2 Krunoslav Tomić CB 3 Grgur Trpimirović CB 4 Anastasios Galatis DM 5 Dimitrios Vissarionos 54' 80' DM 6 Nikolaos Mylonas 40' RM 11 Said Refiković LM 18 Evangelos Venetidis AM 39 Šalva Xoč'olava 90+2' CF 7 Ivek Štajner CF 10 Danijel Marić 88' Substitutes: GK 42 Ante Župan DF 16 Aris Kyriakidis DF 21 Franjo Gavranović 80' DF 45 Robert Hegel 90+2' MF 20 Fatos Qorri FW 9 Fran Vajdić 88' FW 29 Krešimir Pavelić Manager: Juraj Dačić

GK 1 Neven Kovačić RB 5 Serħæj Ťeoďōrově 88' CB 2 Mixajlě Paw'laq 60' CB 4 Ħeōrħij Popěloukově (c) LB 3 Eiðr Ráðgeirrsson CM 6 Morgan Lochhead CM 8 Athanasios Konstantopoulos 58' 78' AM 9 Paul Mariano RW 12 Asmir Šabanović 59' LW 19 Kleanthis Sarioglou CF 10 Miodrag Urošević Substitutes: GK 13 Mĭna Karaťeoďōrově DF 15 Veselin Popovski DF 24 Kyaw Aung Kyaw 88' DF 29 Atanuea Tabai MF 17 Lambros Varnalis MF 21 Astamur Ⱪuartaa 59' FW 30 Ħerasimě Popaleksijevě 78' Manager: Nathan Gilbert

Man of the Match: Danijel Marić (Budućnost) Assistant referees: Cristiano Cardinali Franco Volpi Fourth official: Floriano Mariani

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Miodrag Urošević	Moustreca	23
	Álvaro Rivero Romero	Vathy
3	Svetozar Milošević	Phoenix	18
4	Gonzalo Anderson	Vathy	17
5	Paul Mariano	Moustreca	16
6	Danijel Marić	Budućnost	15
	Asmir Šabanović	Moustreca
	Vlasis Zikos	Augusta Perusia
9	Dragoutině Městislavově	Čěrneś	14
10	Ivek Štajner	Budućnost	12

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Božidar Kovačević	Andriopolis	Olympiakos	5–0 (H)	2 October 2021
Danijel Marić	Budućnost	Čěrneś	6–0 (A)	2 October 2021
Danijel Marić	Budućnost	Hagia Aikaterini	8–0 (H)	20 November 2021
Ivek Štajner
Miodrag Urošević	Moustreca	Aris	5–1 (A)	26 January 2022
Petros Katsouris	Budućnost	Olympiakos	6–0 (H)	13 February 2022
Nikolaos Mylonas	Budućnost	Aris	5–0 (H)	28 February 2022
Danijel Marić	Budućnost	Hagia Aikaterini	8–0 (A)	6 March 2022
Ivek Štajner
Gorka Iturgorri Eneko	Ćougově	Aris	5–0 (A)	20 March 2022

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Tomislav Krleža	Budućnost	20
2	Neven Kovačić	Moustreca	17
3	Antonios Karlos	Andriopolis	15
4	Krešimir Darić	Vathy	10
	Ďĭmosťenij Rafaĭlově	Ćougově
6	Iōanně Abadžîjevě	Oŕli	8
7	Izotz Goikoetxea Herrera	Kapsala	7
	Izet Šahinović	Vrhbosna
9	Željko Kalajdžić	Augusta Perusia	6
10	Alkiviadis Chatzis	Phoenix	5

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11
  • Aleksanďrě Ďĭmĭtrově (Čěrneś)
  • Ninoslav Gaćeša (Oŕli)
  • Juldız Talğatov (Hagia Aikaterini)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Filip Avramov (Vrhbosna)
  • Ĭakově Zdeslavově (Čěrneś)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 101
  • Oŕli
• Most red cards: 6
  • Aris

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
October	Juraj Dačić	Budućnost	Mohan Chhetri	Kapsala	Dragoutině Městislavově	Čěrneś
November	Nathan Gilbert	Moustreca	Stylianos Papadopoulos	Phoenix	Anastasios Kyriakopoulos	Sisypheia
December	Filippos Demirtzis	Andriopolis	Miodrag Urošević	Moustreca	Miodrag Urošević	Moustreca
January	Boħouxvalě Terzijevě	Ćougově	Serħæj Ťeoďōrově	Moustreca	Nikolaos Mylonas	Budućnost
February	Konstantinos Stamatopoulos	Vathy	Ivek Štajner	Budućnost	Gorka Iturgorri Eneko	Ćougově
March	Juraj Dačić	Budućnost	Tomislav Krleža	Budućnost	Kyprianos Sigalas	Andriopolis
April	Nathan Gilbert	Moustreca	Ħeōrħij Popěloukově	Moustreca	Stylianos Papadopoulos	Phoenix

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Græcian Football Championship Manager of the Season	Nathan Gilbert	Moustreca
Græcian Football Championship Player of the Season	Dimitrios Vissarionos	Budućnost
Græcian Football Championship Young Player of the Season	Javohir Xojaev	Hagia Aikaterini
Græcian Football Championship Goal of the Season	Paul Mariano (Moustreca)	Moustreca
Græcian Football Championship Save of the Season	Izotz Goikoetxea Herrera	Kapsala
Sports Administration of Græcia's Player of the Year	Paul Mariano (Moustreca)	Moustreca
Sports Administration of Græcia's Young Player of the Year	Javohir Xojaev	Hagia Aikaterini
Græcian Media Footballer of the Year	Paul Mariano (Moustreca)	Moustreca
Fans' Player of the Year	Paul Mariano (Moustreca)	Moustreca

Sports Administration of Græcia's Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Tomislav Krleža (Budućnost)
Defenders	Serħæj Ťeoďōrově (Moustreca)			Ħeōrħij Popěloukově (Moustreca)			Georgios Mourikis (Andriopolis)			Aris Kyriakidis (Budućnost)
Midfielders	Dimitrios Vissarionos (Budućnost)				Morgan Lochhead (Moustreca)				Paul Mariano (Moustreca)
Forwards	Svetozar Milošević (Phoenix)				Miodrag Urošević (Moustreca)				Asmir Šabanović (Moustreca)