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Revision as of 06:20, August 14, 2010
The A' Division (first division) or Alpha Ethniki or, as of the 2006 - 2007 season, Super League, is the highest professional football league in Greece. At present, 16 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, three clubs are relegated to Beta Ethniki, the second-level league, to be replaced by the top three teams from that league.
As of the 2008-09 season, the league is entitled to 2 entrants in the UEFA Champions League. The champions enter the third qualifying round, while the second club enter the second qualifying round before thay can advance to the group stage. The winners of the Greek Cup automatically enter the UEFA Cup, as well the top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants. If the cup winner is qualified for European competition by its league position, the losing cup finalist is granted a UEFA Cup berth.
Contents
Teams
Roster
The teams for the 2010/2011 season (in alpha order) are:
- AEK
- Aris
- Asteras Tripolis
- Atromitos Athens
- Ergotelis
- Iraklis
- Kavala FC
- Kerkyra FC
- Larisa
- Olympiakos
- Olympiakos Volos
- Panathinaikos
- Panionios
- Panserraikos
- PAOK
- PAS Giannina
- SKODA Xanthi
Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki
Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki in the previous seasons:
Defunct Teams that once played in the Alpha Ethniki
- AE Nikaia
- Chalkidona
- Megas Alexandros Katerini
- Olympiakos Chalkida
- Pankorinthiakos - Not the present-day team!
Cypriot Teams that have played in the Alpha Ethniki
- Olympiakos Lefkosia
- AE Lemesos
- EPA Larnaca - now defunct
- Omonia Lefkosia
- APOEL
Championships
Greek Championship
Here are teams that won the Greek Championship. The teams that won the most of the championships in Alpha Ethniki, are Olympiacos (35), Panathinaikos (19) and AEK (13).
Pre-EPO era
- 1911 - Panathinaikos
- 1915 to 1923 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.
- 1923 - Peiraikos Syndesmos
EPO-sanctioned championships
- 1928 - Aris
- 1929 - N/A
- 1930 - Panathinaikos
- 1931 - Olympiakos
- 1932 - Aris
- 1933 - Olympiakos
- 1934 - Olympiakos
- 1935 - N/A
- 1936 - Olympiakos
- 1937 - Olympiakos
- 1938 - Olympiakos
- 1939 - AEK
- 1940 - AEK
- 1941 - AEK (unofficial due to World War II)
- 1943 - AEK (unofficial due to World War II)
- 1946 - Aris
- 1947 - N/A
- 1948 - Olympiakos
- 1949 - Panathinaikos
- 1950 - N/A
- 1951 - Olympiakos
- 1952 - N/A
- 1953 - Panathinaikos
- 1954 - Olympiakos
- 1955 - Olympiakos
- 1956 - Olympiakos
- 1957 - Olympiakos
- 1958 - Olympiakos
- 1959 - Olympiakos
- 1960 - Panathinaikos
- 1961 - Panathinaikos
- 1962 - Panathinaikos
- 1963 - AEK
- 1964 - Panathinaikos
- 1965 - Panathinaikos
- 1966 - Olympiakos
- 1967 - Olympiakos
- 1968 - AEK
- 1969 - Panathinaikos
- 1970 - Panathinaikos
- 1971 - AEK
- 1972 - Panathinaikos
- 1973 - Olympiakos
- 1974 - Olympiakos
- 1975 - Olympiakos
- 1976 - PAOK
- 1977 - Panathinaikos
- 1978 - AEK
- 1979 - AEK
- 1980 - Olympiakos
- 1981 - Olympiakos
- 1982 - Olympiakos
- 1983 - Olympiakos
- 1984 - Panathinaikos
- 1985 - PAOK
- 1986 - Panathinaikos
- 1987 - Olympiakos
- 1988 - AE Larisa the only team to ever win the Championship outside the Athens and the Thessaloniki metropolitan areas.
- 1989 - AEK
- 1990 - Panathinaikos
- 1991 - Panathinaikos
- 1992 - AEK
- 1993 - AEK
- 1994 - AEK
- 1995 - Panathinaikos
- 1996 - Panathinaikos
- 1997 - Olympiakos
- 1998 - Olympiakos
- 1999 - Olympiakos
- 2000 - Olympiakos
- 2001 - Olympiakos
- 2002 - Olympiakos
- 2003 - Olympiakos
- 2004 - Panathinaikos
- 2005 - Olympiakos
- 2006 - Olympiakos
- 2007 - Olympiakos
- 2008 - Olympiakos
- 2009 - Olympiakos
Greek Cups
The Greek Football Cup is a competition where teams from the B' Division and C' Divisions also participate. For more details on the structure of the competition and histrorical information, see Greek Football Cup
Super Cups
- 1970 - Panathinaikos
- 1971 - AEK
- 1987 - Olympiacos FC
- 1988 - Panathinaikos
- 1989 - AEK
- 1992 - Olympiacos FC
- 1993 - Panathinaikos
- 1994 - Panathinaikos
- 1996 - AEK
League Cups / Mediterranean Cups
Domestic Doubles
- 1939 - AEK
- 1947 - Olympiakos
- 1951 - Olympiakos
- 1954 - Olympiakos
- 1957 - Olympiakos
- 1958 - Olympiakos
- 1959 - Olympiakos
- 1969 - Panathinaikos
- 1973 - Olympiakos
- 1975 - Olympiakos
- 1977 - Panathinaikos
- 1978 - AEK
- 1981 - Olympiakos
- 1984 - Panathinaikos
- 1986 - Panathinaikos
- 1991 - Panathinaikos
- 1995 - Panathinaikos
- 1999 - Olympiakos
- 2004 - Panathinaikos
- 2005 - Olympiakos
- 2006 - Olympiakos
- 2008 - Olympiakos
- 2009 - Olympiakos
- 2010 - Panathinaikos
Outstanding Players
The Alpha Ethniki has been extremely successful in producing local talent for overseas export, such as Vasilis Tsiartas, Giorgos Donis, Christos Kostis, Vasilis Borbokis, Michalis Vlachos, Triantafillos Macheridis, Vassilis Lakis, Theodoros Zagorakis, Michalis Kapsis, Akis Zikos, Demis Nikolaidis, Fanis Gekas, Nikos Machlas, Giorgos Karagounis, Traianos Dellas, Nikos Dabizas, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Kostas Katsouranis, Vangelis Moras, Leonidas Kapandais, Grigoris Georgatos, Sotiris Kyrgiakos and others.