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Greek football league system

Series of interconnected leagues in Greece

Summary

Series of interconnected leagues in Greece

The Greek association football leagues system consists of 2 nationwide professional leagues (Super League 1 Greece Limited Liability Partnership & A2 National Division Professional Football Association), 1 nationwide amateur league (Women's Football Clubs Association) and 53 regional amateur leagues (Football Clubs Associations).

Cup eligibility

Greece Super Cup: Super League 1 & Greece Cup
Greece Cup: Super League 1 & Super League 2
Greece Amateurs Cup: Gamma Ethniki & F.C.A. Cups Winners
Women's Greece Cup: Women's Alpha Ethniki, Women's Beta Ethniki, Women's Gamma Ethniki

Promotion and relegation

Super League 1: Bottom two teams are relegated to the Super League 2.

Super League 2: Winners of two groups are promoted to Super League 1. Bottom two teams 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 F.C.A. Championships.

F.C.A. Champion Teams Championship: The winner of each regional F.C.A. Championship qualifies for the promotion playoffs of the F.C.A. Champion Teams Championship. The top 3 teams of each of 8 promotion playoffs groups (24 total) are promoted to Gamma Ethniki.

Starting in 2023–24 season, Gamma Ethniki was divided in 4 groups with 18 teams each, winners of each group were promoted to professional Super League 2 and the bottom 6 teams were relegated to F.C.A. Championships.

As of 2024–25 season, Super League 2 has 20 teams in a single group, the winners of each group are promoted to Super League 1 and the bottom 4 teams are relegated to Gamma Ethniki.

Men's League Pyramid

Level	League(s) / Division(s)
1	Super League 1
14 teams
	↓↑ 2 teams
2	Super League 2
20 teams divided in 2 groups
Group 1
10 teams	Group 2
10 teams
	↓↑ 4 teams
3	Gamma Ethniki
73 teams divided in 6 groups
Group 1
12 teams	Group 2
12 teams
	↓ 30 teams ↑ 24 teams
4	F.C.A. Champion Teams Championship
56 teams divided in 8 Groups
Group 1
7 teams	Group 2
7 teams

On 16 July 2006 the Alpha Ethniki was replaced as the highest league in the Greek football system by the Super League Greece 1.

In 1962–2019, the Football League was the second level of the league system, until 2010 as Beta Ethniki. After the formation of Super League 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.

53 F.C.A. Championships winners and 3 F.C.A. Championships runners-up (Athens F.C.A., Piraeus F.C.A. and Macedonia F.C.A.) qualify for promotion playoffs of the F.C.A. Champion Teams Championship.

Women's League Pyramid

Level	League(s) / Division(s)
1	Alpha Ethniki
14 teams
2	Beta Ethniki
39 teams divided in 4 groups
Group 1
11 teams	Group 2
10 teams
3	Gamma Ethniki
55 teams divided in 8 groups
Group 1
7 teams	Group 2
7 teams

References

Wikipedia Source

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