Super League (Greece)
| Super League Greece | |
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| Association | EPO |
| First edition | 1927 |
| Teams | 14th |
| master | Olympiacos Piraeus (45th title) |
| Record champions | Olympiacos Piraeus (45 titles) |
| Current season | 2019/20 |
| Website | www.superleaguegreece.net |
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The Alpha Ethniki ( Greek Α΄ Εθνική ) is the highest football league in Greece . Since the 2006/07 season it has been officially called Superleague Ellada (Greek Superleague Ελλάδα or Σούπερ Λίγκα ).
14 teams are currently playing in the league. At the end of the season, the two last-placed teams relegate to the second Greek league, the Football League (Beta Ethniki until 2010), and are replaced by the two best second division teams .
The following rules apply to the European Cup competitions from the 2018/19 season: The Greek champions are qualified for the Champions League . The Greek cup winners and the second-placed team from the playoffs have qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League . The third-placed team in the national playoffs will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
history
The first years - SEGAS (ΣΕΓΑΣ)
Football first appeared in Greece in 1894. After the first modern Olympic Games (1896), many Greek clubs founded their first football departments. Until 1922, SEGAS ( Greek ΣΕΓΑΣ ), the Association of Greek Sports Corporations, was responsible for Greek football. First attempts were made to hold a championship for all of Greece. It was supposed to succeed for the first time in 1906. However, only three clubs participated: Ethnikos Athinon, Panellinios and Piraikos. From then on, the championship was played annually among teams from Attica .
| season | master |
|---|---|
| 1905/06 | Ethnikos Athinon |
| 1906/07 | Ethnikos Athinon |
| 1907/08 | Goudi |
| 1908/09 | Piraikos Syndesmos |
| 1909/10 | Goudi |
| 1910/11 | Panathinaikos Athens |
| 1911/12 | Goudi |
The second attempt - EPSE (ΕΠΣΕ)
The last championship was held in 1912. The turmoil of the First Balkans and the First World War followed . Another attempt was made in the 1922/23 season. A new association, the Association of Football Corporations EPSE ( Greek ΕΠΣΕ ), was founded. For the first time teams from Thessaloniki should also take part. Major organizational (non-existent infrastructure) and financial (the players simply couldn't afford to be absent for several days) difficulties prevented the regular event. There was a play-off between the clubs Piräikos Syndesmos and Aris Thessalonikii (Piräikos won 3-1). The newly founded association was dissolved that same year.
Today's Championship - EPO (ΕΠΟ)
On November 14, 1926, today's Greek Football Association , EPO ( Greek ΕΠΟ ), was founded. The first championship was held in the 1927/28 season. The three big clubs ( Olympiakos Piraeus , Panathinaikos and AEK Athens ) stayed away from the first championship due to differences with the football association. Initially only teams from Athens , Thessaloniki and Piraeus played the Greek championship among themselves, followed by the first teams from the "province" in the 1953/54 season: Panachaiki ( Achaia ) and Niki Volou ( Thessaly ) played for the championship.
In the 1959/60 season, the first Greek league, the Alpha Ethniki ( Greek Α΄Εθνική ), is created. The first professional championship is held in the 1979/80 season.
Summary
- From 1928 to 1959 amateur league, Panhellinion
- From 1960 to 1979 amateur league, A 'Ethniki
- From 1980 to 2006 professional league, A 'Ethniki
- Super League since 2006
Current participants
Greek masters
According to season
By club
| rank | society | number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
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Olympiacos Piraeus | 45 |
| 2. |
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Panathinaikos Athens | 20th |
| 3. |
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AEK Athens | 12 |
| 4th |
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Aris Thessaloniki | 3 |
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PAOK Thessaloniki | 3 | |
| 6th |
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AE Larisa | 1 |
Record champions
- 1928–1929: Aris Thessaloniki (1)
- 1930: Aris Thessaloniki and Panathinaikos Athens (1 each)
- 1931: Aris Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos Piraeus (1 each)
- 1932: Aris Thessaloniki (2)
- 1933: Aris Thessaloniki and Olympiacos Piraeus (2 each)
- since 1934: Olympiacos Piraeus (3–45)
The play-offs
The teams that find themselves in positions two to five at the end of the current Super League season play for the European starting positions in the so-called “play-offs”, a mini elimination tournament. The fifth participant goes into the playoff round with zero points, the other three participants (2nd, 3rd and 4th) each with a fifth of the point lead to 5th place in the season final table; Fractional numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest natural number. The winners of the play-offs are guaranteed to participate in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League . The runner-up qualifies for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League , the third-placed player starts in qualifying round two of the UEFA Europa League.
UEFA five-year ranking
Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .
- 12.
( 11 ) Austria ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 31,250 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 13.
( 13 ) Czech Republic ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 28,675 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 14.
( 15 ) Greece ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27,600 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 15. ( 16 ) Croatia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.375 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 16. ( 17 ) Denmark ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.025 - CL: 1, EL: 3
Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19
Audience numbers
In the regular 2018/19 season, the average number of spectators per game was 5,306. Olympiacos Piraeus (21,073) and PAOK Saloniki (18,639) had the highest average attendance figures.
| season | cut | Games | total |
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| 2008/09 | 7,592 | 240 | 1,822,156 |
| 2009/10 | 7,547 | 237 | 1,788,686 |
| 2010/11 | 6,462 | 240 | 1,550,838 |
| 2011/12 | 4,985 | 238 | 1,186,498 |
| 2012/13 | 4,896 | 237 | 1,160,315 |
| 2013/14 | 3,982 | 306 | 1,218,564 |
| 2014/15 | 3,147 | 280 | 881.242 |
| 2015/16 | 3,996 | 240 | 951.103 |
| 2016/17 | 3,931 | 240 | 943.356 |
| 2017/18 | 3,799 | 238 | 904.185 |
| 2018/19 | 5,306 | 238 | 1,262,945 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Superleague 2018/2019 - spectators. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
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