2025–26 Gamma Ethniki

The 2025–26 Gamma Ethniki will be the 44th season since the official establishment of the championship in 1982 and the 3rd tier of Greek football after the restructuring of 2021. It has an amateur character, while the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) is responsible for the conduct of the championship.

The competition is expected to start in September 2025, and expected to be concluded in May 2026, and will be conducted in six groups, different from the previous 2024–25 season, where there were four groups. 72 teams will participate and 4 of them will be promoted and 25 of them will be relegated at the end of the season. The groups will be formed according to geographical criteria.^[1]

The championship will be held in three (3) phases for the promotion to the higher division and in two (2) phases for the relegation to the lower division.

First Phase: The 1st phase of the six (6) Groups of the Championship in the 2025-2026 season will be held with the participation of all teams in 22 matches (home and away matches).

For Promotion:
Second Phase
After the completion of the 1st phase of the Championship, the teams that will occupy positions 1 to 6 in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Groups, will participate in a Special Championship in each of the aforementioned Groups, competing again with the teams in their Group in 5 matches (5 single matches, 3 home and 2 away, following a draw). The points accumulated by all teams in the 1st phase of the Championship will be transferred to the Special Championship of the teams that took places 1-6.

Third Phase
The teams that will occupy the first three (3) places in Groups 1, 2 and 3 as well as the best 2nd team of the aforementioned Groups, will form a Group of four (4) teams and will compete among themselves in double matches (6 matches, 3 home and 3 away, following a draw), without transferring the points accumulated in the 1st and 2nd phases of the Championship. The teams that will occupy the first two (2) places (1st and 2nd) of the Group will be promoted to Super League 2. Same procedure applies for the Groups 4, 5 and 6 and in the end with the same procedure, 2 more teams will be promoted to Super League 2.

For Relegation:
Second Phase
After the completion of the 1st phase of the Championship, the teams that will occupy positions 7 to 12 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Groups, will participate in a Special Championship in each of the aforementioned Groups, competing again with the teams in their Group in 5 matches (5 single matches, 3 home and 2 away, following a draw). The points that all teams have accumulated in the 1st phase of the Championship will be transferred to the Special Championship of the teams that took places 7-12. The teams that will occupy the last three (3) positions (10th, 11th and 12th) in each Group will be relegated to Local FCA Championships. Same procedure applies for the Groups 4, 5 and 6 and in the end with the same procedure, 9 more teams will be relegated to Local FCA Championships. ^[2]