In its early years, the competition format was frequently altered each season. The competition was originally held in four groups of 14 clubs each until 1968–69, when the competition was reformatted to contain two groups. The following six years (1969–70 up to 1974–75), the competition was held with three Groups, whereas from 1975 to 1976 up to 1982–83 the league was again contested in two Groups,North andSouth. In the autumn of 1983, a single, pan-Hellenic League Table was established, a format that has been applied continuously until the 2012–13 season.When football in Greece became professional, theHellenic Football Federation handed over the responsibility for the competition's organization to the Greek Professional Football Clubs Association (Greek:ΕΠΑΕ). In 2006, the Professional Football Association of the Second and Third National Divisions (Greek:ΕΕΠ Β΄ & Γ΄ Εθνικής) was set up, which replaced the Greek Professional Football Clubs Association as the governing authority of the Second and Third National Divisions.
In August 2010, the division's governing body decided to change its own, as well as the competition's distinctive title toFootball League.[3] The competition was contested as the Second National Division until 2019, when theGreek football league system was restructured and theSuper League 2 was established as the new feeder league to theSuper League.
There were 20 clubs that competed in the Football League until 2021, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom four teams were relegated to theGamma Ethniki. The top two teams gained automatic promotion. Unlike theSuper League, clubs in the Football League did not get relegated if the club failed to obtain a license. All teams in the Football League took part in theGreek Cup.
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