Alpha Ethniki

The 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

Current Teams

The teams for the 2005/2006 season are:

• Egaleo FC
  
• AEK
  
• Akratitos
  
• Apollon Kalamarias
  
• Ionikos
  
• Iraklis
  
• Kallithea
  
• Larisa
  
• Levadiakos
  
• OFI Crete
  
• Olympiakos
  
• Panathinaikos
  
• Panionios
  
• PAOK
  
• Xanthi
  
• Atromitos
  

Championships

Greek Championship

Here are the teams that won the Greek Championships. The team that won the most championships in Alpha Ethniki is Olympiacos.

Panhellenic Championships(SEGAS)

• 1906 - Ethnikos G.S. Athens
  
• 1907 - Ethnikos G.S. Athens
  
• 1908 - F.C. Goudi Athens
  
• 1909 - Piraikos sindesmos
  
• 1910 - F.C. Goudi Athens
  
• 1911 - Panellinios F.C. Athens
  
• 1912 - F.C. Goudi Athens
  
• 1922 - Panellinios F.C. Athens
  
• 1923 - Piraikos sindesmos
  
• 1913 to 1922 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.
  

Greek Championship - Regional Leagues with Playoffs

• 1927-28 - Aris FC
  
• 1928-29 - none
  
• 1929-30 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1930-31 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1931-32 - Aris FC
  
• 1932-33 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1933-34 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1934-35 - none
  
• 1935-36 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1936-37 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1937-38 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1938-39 - AEK
  
• 1939-40 - AEK
  
• 1941 thru 1945 - no championship titles due to World War II
  
• 1945-46 - Aris FC
  
• 1946-47 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1947-48 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1948-49 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1949-50 - none
  
• 1950-51 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1951-52 - none
  
• 1952-53 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1953-54 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1954-55 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1955-56 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1956-57 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1957-58 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1958-59 - Olympiakos FC
  

Alpha Ethniki

• 1959-60 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1960-61 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1961-62 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1962-63 - AEK
  
• 1963-64 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1964-65 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1965-66 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1966-67 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1967-68 - AEK
  
• 1968-69 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1969-70 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1970-71 - AEK
  
• 1971-72 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1972-73 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1973-74 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1974-75 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1975-76 - PAOK
  
• 1976-77 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1977-78 - AEK
  
• 1978-79 - AEK
  
• 1979-80 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1980-81 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1981-82 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1982-83 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1983-84 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1984-85 - PAOK
  
• 1985-86 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1986-87 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1987-88 - A.E. Larisa
  
• 1988-89 - AEK
  
• 1989-90 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1990-91 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1991-92 - AEK
  
• 1992-93 - AEK
  
• 1993-94 - AEK
  
• 1994-95 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1995-96 - Panathinaikos
  
• 1996-97 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1997-98 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1998-99 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1999-2000 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2000-01 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2001-02 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2002-03 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2003-04 - Panathinaikos
  
• 2004-05 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2005-06 - Olympiakos FC
  

Greek Cups

See Greek football Cup

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Olympiacos	34	1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Panathinaikos	19	1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004
AEK	11	1939, 1940, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
Aris FC	3	1928, 1932, 1946
PAOK	2	1976, 1985
AEL 1964	1	1988

Domestic Doubles

• 1947 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1951 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1954 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1957 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1958 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1959 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1973 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1975 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1981 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 1990 - AEK
  
• 1999 - Olympiakos FC
  
• 2004 - Panathinaikos
  
• 2005 - Olympiakos FC
• 2006 - Olympiakos 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 Benfica.

See also