Greek football league system
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The Greek football league system consists of two professional leagues, one nationwide non-professional league and several regional non-professional leagues.
Cup eligibility
[edit]Greek Football Professional Cup: Levels 1 to 2
Greek Football Amateur Cup: Level 3
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Super League 1: Bottom two clubs are relegated to the Super League 2.
Super League 2: Winners of two groups are promoted to Super League 1. Bottom two clubs from each of the two groups are relegated to the Gamma Ethniki.
Gamma Ethniki: The champions of each group are promoted to the Super League 2. Twenty seven teams in total are relegated to the Local Championships.
Local championships: The top team in each regional league qualifies for the promotional play-offs. Three top teams of each of 8 promotional play-offs' groups (24 total) are promoted to Gamma Ethniki.
Starting in 2023–24 season, Gamma Ethniki will be divided in 4 groups with 18 teams each, winners of each group will promote to professional league, Super League 2 and the bottom 6 teams will be relegated to Local Championship.
As of 2024–25 season, Super League 2 will have 20 clubs in a single group, top two will be promoted to Super League 1 and bottom 4 teams will lose professional status and be relegated to non-professional league, Gamma Ethniki.
League Pyramid
[edit]| Level | League(s) / Division(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super League 1 14 clubs | |||
| ↓↑ 2 clubs | ||||
| 2 | Super League 2 20 clubs divided in 2 groups | |||
| Group 1 10 clubs |
Group 2 10 clubs | |||
| ↓↑ 4 clubs | ||||
| 3 | Gamma Ethniki 69 clubs divided in 4 groups | |||
| Group 1 18 clubs |
Group 2 18 clubs |
Group 3 16 clubs |
Group 4 17 clubs | |
| ↓ 30 clubs ↑ 24 clubs | ||||
| 4 | FCA Winners' Championship 53 FCA Championship winners and 3 runners-up (Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia) of local championships qualify for promotion playoffs, divided in 8 Groups of 7 teams each. | |||
On 16 July 2006 the Alpha Ethniki was replaced as the highest league in the Greek football system by the Super League Greece 1.[1]
In 1962-2019, the Football League was the second level of the league system, until 2010 as Beta Ethniki. After the formation of Superliga 2, in 2019/20 and 2020/21, the Football League was the third tier and Gamma Ethniki was the fourth tier. In 2010-2013 Gamma Ethniki as Football League 2.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Overview Stoiximan Super League". iroes.gre. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.
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