Football A Division

The A' Division (first division) or Alpha Ethniki 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 2005/2006 season were:

Future Roster

Teams for the 2005-2006 season:

Teams that once played in the Roster

Teams that once played in Alpha Ethniki in the previous seasons:

Akratitos - Ano Liosia (Attica), 2003-04 season
Edessaikos mid-1990s
Falirakos
Karditsa FC, mid-1990s
Panachaiki - Patras, 2003-40 season
Paniliakos - Pyrgos, 2002-03
PAS Giannina - Ioannina 2000-03 seasons

Championships

Greek Championship

Here are teams that won the Greek Championship. The teams that won the most championship in Alpha Ethniki is Olympiacos.

1911 - Panathinaikos
1915 to 1923 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.
1928 - Aris FC
1930 - Panathinaikos
1932 - Aris
1933 - Olympiacos FC
1934 - Olympiacos FC
1935 - N/A
1936 - Olympiacos FC
1937 - Olympiacos FC
1938 - Olympiacos FC
1939 - AEK
1940 - AEK
1941 thru 1945 - no championship titles due to World War II
1946 - Aris
1947 - N/A
1948 - Olympiacos FC
1949 - Panathinaikos
1931 - Olympiacos FC
1950 - N/A
1951 - Olympiacos FC
1952 - N/A
1953 - Panathinaikos
1954 - Olympiacos FC
1955 - Olympiacos FC
1956 - Olympiacos FC
1957 - Olympiacos FC
1958 - Olympiacos FC
1959 - Olympiacos FC
1960 - Panathinaikos
1961 - Panathinaikos
1962 - Panathinaikos
1963 - AEK
1964 - Panathinaikos
1965 - Panathinaikos
1966 - Olympiacos FC
1967 - Olympiacos FC
1968 - AEK
1969 - Panathinaikos
1970 - Panathinaikos
1971 - AEK
1972 - Panathinaikos
1973 - Olympiacos FC
1974 - Olympiacos FC
1975 - Olympiacos FC
1976 - PAOK
1977 - Panathinaikos
1978 - AEK
1979 - AEK
1980 - Olympiacos FC
1981 - Olympiacos FC
1982 - Olympiacos FC
1983 - Olympiacos FC
1984 - Panathinaikos
1985 - PAOK
1986 - Panathinaikos
1987 - Olympiacos FC
1988 - AEL 1964 (then Larissaikos), 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 - Olympiacos FC
1998 - Olympiacos FC
1999 - Olympiacos FC
2000 - Olympiacos FC
2001 - Olympiacos FC
2002 - Olympiacos FC
2003 - Olympiacos FC
2004 - Panathinaikos
2005 - Olympiacos FC (won on May 25)

Greek Cups

See Greek Football Cup

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Olympiacos	21	1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005
Panathinaikos	16	1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004
AEK	15	1932, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002
PAOK	4	1972, 1974, 2001, 2003
Panionios	2	1979, 1998
AEL1961	1	1986

Super Cups

1970 - Panathinaikos
1987 - Olympiacos FC
1988 - Panathinaikos
1989 - AEK
1992 - Olympiacos FC
1993 - Panathinaikos
1994 - Panathinaikos
1996 - AEK

Domestic Doubles

1947 - Olympiacos FC
1951 - Olympiacos FC
1954 - Olympiacos FC
1957 - Olympiacos FC
1958 - Olympiacos FC
1959 - Olympiacos FC
1973 - Olympiacos FC
1975 - Olympiacos FC
1981 - Olympiacos FC
1990 - AEK
1999 - Olympiacos FC
2005 - Olympiacos FC

The champions and domestic cup winner for this season were Olympiacos CFP. The Alpha Ethniki has been extremely successful in producing local talent for overseas export, such as Giorgos Karagounis who plays for Inter Milan.