The creation of a championship in the form of a single permanent national category rather than the way they have been held until then with the participation of the teams selected by the local competitions was a requirement of both the State and UEFA.

The first wished to establish a fixed number of matches every Sunday in Greece to stimulate interest in PRO-PO while UEFA wished to nominate national champions with strict criteria and through joint events for all states.

The first place was taken by Alpha Ethniki, a single category with clubs from all over the Greek territory and a stable participation, with the exception of those who would be relegated at the end of the season.

The initial design provided for a number of teams well above the 10th of the —59 Pan-Hellenic Championship and in particular 18 which, as the expanded category program would cover almost all the available dates of the year, would no longer participate in its local competitions their EPSs.

Those would be the qualifier for the upcoming national category and not the participation in the final round of the current championship, so their significance was significantly reduced.

On Saturday, 10 October at the General Assembly of the HFF, ie with the participation of all the members of the Association of Football Associations and in the presence of the General Secretariat of Sports GGA and representatives of the Karamanlis government, became the first national category of Greek football.

The 1st game was set for 15 days. According to the general Assembly of HFF on 29 August , it was decided that the newly created Alpha Ethniki would consist of 18 teams, with their determination being made in accordance with the positions in the local EPS competitions in the period — The HFF, at its decisive General Assembly on Saturday, 10 October, decided to reduce the number of teams to 16 so that the racing program will not be extended in the summer.

After the end of the first event in the summer of , the teams did not increase despite HFF's initial intention, with the number 16 being considered the ideal for a championship in Greece and only 18 in On 25 October , the Alpha Ethniki was launched.

Panathinaikos won the first Alpha Ethniki's Championship, which became the champion of Greece for the fourth time in his history. He scored at 79 points with AEK Athens and beat 2—1 in the barrage, a match where he needed only a tie result in the neutral Karaiskakis Stadium.

In such a case, after the half-hour extension, the competition announcement set the best goal difference. Through barrage and with the same score was also the third place for the demotion, with the winner Panegialios to overtake Pankorinthiakos again in the event of a draw.

The scoring system was 3p the win, 2p the draw, 1p the defeat. Time has been relentless for some teams that have participated in the first league of the Alpha Ethniki.

The historic Ethnikos Piraeus, cup winner of Greece in , participates in the Gamma Ethniki , as well as Proodeftiki while AE Nikaia participates in the local championship of Piraeus.

Megas Alexandros Katerini is the ancestor of Pierikos. Initially the shares were owned by the sports union to which the football club belonged.

Yet soon after, prominent Greek businessmen shipowners, oil magnates, bankers etc. On 16 July , was founded the copartnership Super League.

Members of the copartnership are the PAE's that have the right to participate in the professional football championship of the First Division.

At present, 14 clubs compete in the Super League, playing each other in a game home and away series.

The bottom 8 clubs face each other in play-outs to decide who gets relegated to Super League 2. The number of teams to be relegated may change, depending on a licensing procedure that takes place at the end of the regular season.

The Champion currently enters the third qualifying round through the champion path, while the runners-up enter the second round of the League Path.

The three Europa League spots go to the teams that finished 3rd to 5th, with no European berth for the Greek Cup winner.

The following 14 clubs will compete in the Super League 1 during the —21 season. Source: epo. The number of seasons that each team in alphabetical order has played in the top division from —60 until — A total of 70 teams had competed in at least one season at the top division.

Olympiacos , Panathinaikos and PAOK are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form.

The teams in bold participate in the —21 Super League. This index is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Alpha Ethniki and Super League championships since — The table is correct as of the end of the —19 season.

Points are based on 3—1—0 and no deductions are counted. All the geographic regions of Greece have been represented by at least one club in the first national division.

Central Greece has had the strongest presence with 26 clubs overall, of which 21 come from Attica alone. Central Greece, Macedonia and the Peloponnese together contain almost three-quarters of the clubs that participated in the top flight.

Between and , the Cypriot champion also participated in the Greek top competition, and five different Cypriot clubs participated during those years.

The Greek islands of Rhodes , Lesbos and Corfu have also been represented. A total of 73 clubs have participated at the first tier so far. Based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli , the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys.

The current officially sanctioned Super League stars are: [ citation needed ]. Nova Sports premium channel have taken the broadcasting rights for the all teams of the Super League.

From until today, the Super League has title sponsorship rights sold to the company Souroti. The Super League announced on 20 July that the new title sponsorship deal for the Super League was with the Souroti company.

As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Super League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The official ball supplier for the league is Molten who have had the contract since the —20 season when they took over from Adidas.

Also, Panini has held the licence to produce collectables for the Super League since except —19 season , including stickers for their sticker album and trading cards.

FCA Championship :. HFF Championship :. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The teams with the highest number of scored goals.

Overall Home Away. Team Goals Goals per game 1 Olympiacos The teams with the highest number of conceded goals. Team Goals conceded Goals conceded per game 1 Lamia Top possesion.

The team with the greatest number of cards. Shots per game. Team Team Opponent 1 Panathinaikos Top teams with the highest number of corners per match.

The results in the first half. The results in the second half. View full schedule. AE Larissa 0 - 0 Lamia. OFI Crete 0 - 2 Olympiacos. Panathinaikos 0 - 1 Atromitos.

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