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*1911 - [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]
 
*1911 - [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]
 
*1915 to 1923 - no championship titles due to the [[World War I|First World War]] and the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922]].
 
*1915 to 1923 - no championship titles due to the [[World War I|First World War]] and the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922]].
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*1923 - [[Piraikos Syndesmos FC|Piraikos Syndesmos]]
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====[[EPO]]-sanctioned championships====
 
====[[EPO]]-sanctioned championships====
 
*1928 - [[Aris FC|Aris]]
 
*1928 - [[Aris FC|Aris]]

Revision as of 22:45, December 15, 2007

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:

  1. AEK
  2. Apollon Kalamaria
  3. Aris
  4. Asteras Tripolis - Tripolis
  5. Atromitos Athens
  6. Ergotelis
  7. Iraklis
  8. Larisa
  9. Levadiakos - Livadeia
  10. OFI
  11. Olympiakos
  12. Panathinaikos
  13. Panionios
  14. PAOK
  15. SKODA Xanthi
  16. Veria FC - Veria

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

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 championship in Alpha Ethniki is Olympiacos.

Pre-EPO era

EPO-sanctioned championships

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
  • 1987 - Olympiacos FC
  • 1988 - Panathinaikos
  • 1989 - AEK
  • 1992 - Olympiacos FC
  • 1993 - Panathinaikos
  • 1994 - Panathinaikos
  • 1996 - AEK

Domestic Doubles

Outstanding Players

The Alpha Ethniki has been extremely successful in producing local talent for overseas export, such as Fanis Gekas, Nikos Machlas, Giorgos Karagounis, Traianos Dellas, Nikos Dabizas, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Sotiris Kyrgiakos and others.

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