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− | The A' Division (first division) or '''Alpha Ethniki''' or, as of the [[ | + | The A' Division (first division) or '''Alpha Ethniki''' or '''Super League''' or, as of the [[2019]] - [[2020]] season, '''Super League 1''', is the highest professional football league in [[Greece]]. At present (from the 2019/2020-season), 14 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the regular season, the top six clubs qualify for the championship round. The bottom eight club are forced to play in the relegation round. Teams play each other again two times. It is not known yet (June 2019) how many teams are relegated to ''[[Football B Division|Beta Ethniki]]'', or '''Super League 2''' as of the [[2019]] - [[2020]] season, the second-level league. |
As of the [[2008]]-[[2009|09]] season, the league is entitled to two 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 and two highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants or the three highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants if the cup is won by one of the clubs qualified for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League are entitled to participate in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League. Which qualifying round it is depends on the position Greece earned in previous years in the European ranking. | As of the [[2008]]-[[2009|09]] season, the league is entitled to two 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 and two highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants or the three highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants if the cup is won by one of the clubs qualified for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League are entitled to participate in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League. Which qualifying round it is depends on the position Greece earned in previous years in the European ranking. | ||
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===Roster=== | ===Roster=== | ||
− | The teams for the | + | The teams for the 2019/2020 season (in alpha order) are: |
#[[AE Larisa FC|AE Larisa]] | #[[AE Larisa FC|AE Larisa]] | ||
#[[AEK FC|AEK]] | #[[AEK FC|AEK]] | ||
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#[[Aris FC|Aris]] | #[[Aris FC|Aris]] | ||
#[[Asteras Tripolis FC|Asteras Tripoli]] | #[[Asteras Tripolis FC|Asteras Tripoli]] | ||
#[[Atromitos Athens FC|Atromitos Athens]] | #[[Atromitos Athens FC|Atromitos Athens]] | ||
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#[[OFI FC|OFI]] | #[[OFI FC|OFI]] | ||
#[[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | #[[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | ||
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#[[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] | #[[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] | ||
#[[Panionios FC|Panionios]] | #[[Panionios FC|Panionios]] | ||
− | #[[PAOK FC|PAOK | + | #[[PAOK FC|PAOK]] |
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#[[PAS Lamia 1964]] | #[[PAS Lamia 1964]] | ||
#[[SKODA Xanthi FC|SKODA Xanthi]] | #[[SKODA Xanthi FC|SKODA Xanthi]] | ||
+ | #[[Volos NFC]] | ||
===Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki or Super League=== | ===Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki or Super League=== | ||
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*[[Apollon Athens FC|Apollon Athens]] | *[[Apollon Athens FC|Apollon Athens]] | ||
*[[Apollon Kalamaria FC|Apollon Kalamaria]] | *[[Apollon Kalamaria FC|Apollon Kalamaria]] | ||
+ | *[[Apollon Smyrni]] | ||
*[[Athinaikos FC|Athinaikos]] | *[[Athinaikos FC|Athinaikos]] | ||
*[[Atromitos Piraeus FC|Atromitos Piraeus]] | *[[Atromitos Piraeus FC|Atromitos Piraeus]] | ||
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*[[Kallithea FC]] | *[[Kallithea FC]] | ||
*[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]] | *[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]] | ||
+ | *[[Kerkyra FC]] | ||
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*[[Korinthos FC|Korinthos]] | *[[Korinthos FC|Korinthos]] | ||
+ | *[[Levadiakos FC|Levadiakos]] | ||
*[[Makedonikos FC|Makedonikos]] | *[[Makedonikos FC|Makedonikos]] | ||
*[[Naoussa FC|Naoussa]] | *[[Naoussa FC|Naoussa]] | ||
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*[[Paniliakos FC|Paniliakos]] - [[Pyrgos]], 2002-03 | *[[Paniliakos FC|Paniliakos]] - [[Pyrgos]], 2002-03 | ||
*[[Panthrakikos FC|Panthrakikos]] | *[[Panthrakikos FC|Panthrakikos]] | ||
+ | *[[PAS Giannina FC|PAS Giannina]] | ||
*[[Pierikos FC|Pierikos]] | *[[Pierikos FC|Pierikos]] | ||
*[[Platanias FC]] | *[[Platanias FC]] | ||
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*2016 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | *2016 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | ||
*2017 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | *2017 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | ||
+ | *2018 - [[AEK FC|AEK]] | ||
+ | *2019 - [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] | ||
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===Greek Cups=== | ===Greek Cups=== | ||
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*2013 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | *2013 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | ||
*2015 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | *2015 - [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] | ||
+ | *2019 - [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] | ||
==Outstanding Players== | ==Outstanding Players== |
Revision as of 20:38, August 24, 2019
The A' Division (first division) or Alpha Ethniki or Super League or, as of the 2019 - 2020 season, Super League 1, is the highest professional football league in Greece. At present (from the 2019/2020-season), 14 clubs compete in the league, playing each other team in the league twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the regular season, the top six clubs qualify for the championship round. The bottom eight club are forced to play in the relegation round. Teams play each other again two times. It is not known yet (June 2019) how many teams are relegated to Beta Ethniki, or Super League 2 as of the 2019 - 2020 season, the second-level league.
As of the 2008-09 season, the league is entitled to two 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 and two highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants or the three highest top-finishing club outside the CL qualificants if the cup is won by one of the clubs qualified for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League are entitled to participate in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League. Which qualifying round it is depends on the position Greece earned in previous years in the European ranking.
Contents
Teams
Roster
The teams for the 2019/2020 season (in alpha order) are:
- AE Larisa
- AEK
- Aris
- Asteras Tripoli
- Atromitos Athens
- OFI
- Olympiakos
- Panaitolikos
- Panathinaikos
- Panionios
- PAOK
- PAS Lamia 1964
- SKODA Xanthi
- Volos NFC
Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki or Super League
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 (37), Panathinaikos (20) 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
- 2010 - Panathinaikos
- 2011 - Olympiakos
- 2012 - Olympiakos
- 2013 - Olympiakos
- 2014 - Olympiakos
- 2015 - Olympiakos
- 2016 - Olympiakos
- 2017 - Olympiakos
- 2018 - AEK
- 2019 - PAOK
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
- 2012 - Olympiakos
- 2013 - Olympiakos
- 2015 - Olympiakos
- 2019 - PAOK
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.