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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 2005-06 season, the league is entitled to 2 entrants in the UEFA Champions League. The champion directly enters the group stage, while the runner-up must survive a two-legged tie in the third qualifying round to advance to the group stage. The winner of the Greek Cup automatically enters the UEFA Cup, as well as the teams that finish third through fifth in Alpha Ethniki. If the cup winner is qualified for European competition by its league position, the losing cup finalist is granted a UEFA Cup berth. If both cup finalists are qualified for Europe by their league position, the sixth-place team in Alpha Ethniki is granted a UEFA Cup berth.

Teams

Roster

The teams for the 2007/2008 season (in alpha order) are:

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

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

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

1990 - AEK
1991 - AEK

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
1990 - AEK
1991 - Panathinaikos
1995 - Panathinaikos
1999 - Olympiakos
2004 - Panathinaikos
2005 - Olympiakos
2006 - Olympiakos

Outstanding Players

The Alpha Ethniki has been extremely successful in producing local talent for overseas export, such as Vassilis Tsiartas, Giorgos Donis, Vassilis Borbokis, Michalis Vlachos, Vassilis Lakis, Thodoris Zagorakis, Michalis Capsis, Akis Zikos, Demis Nikolaidis Fanis Gekas, Nikos Machlas, Giorgos Karagounis, Traianos Dellas, Nikos Dabizas, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Kostas Katsouranis, Sotiris Kyrgiakos and others.

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 The [[Football A Division|Alpha Ethniki]] has been extremely successful in producing local talent for overseas export, such as [[Vassilis Tsiartas]], [[Giorgos Donis]],
 [[Vassilis Borbokis]], [[Michalis Vlachos]], [[Vassilis Lakis]], [[Thodoris Zagorakis]],
-[[Michalis Capsis]], [[Akis Zikos]], [[Demis Nikolaidis]] [[Fanis Gekas]], [[Nikos
+[[Michalis Capsis]], [[Akis Zikos]], [[Demis Nikolaidis]] [[Fanis Gekas]],
-Machlas]], [[Giorgos Karagounis]], [[Traianos Dellas]], [[Nikos Dabizas]], [[Stelios
+[[Nikos Machlas]], [[Giorgos Karagounis]], [[Traianos Dellas]], [[Nikos Dabizas]],
-Giannakopoulos]], [[Kostas Katsouranis]], [[Sotiris Kyrgiakos]] and others.
+[[Stelios Giannakopoulos]], [[Kostas Katsouranis]], [[Sotiris Kyrgiakos]] and others.
 [[Category:Football Competitions]]