Football first appeared in Greece in 1894 and began to spread its interest after the 1896 Olympiad, when football was included in the games' programme. Many sports' clubs started to establish football divisions while the first purely (not associated with other sports) football clubs were also founded. In the first years, until 1912, the Championship was organised by the Hellenic Association (SEGAS). This Championship was actually a local tournament among clubs local to Athens and Piraeus, where the population was greatest.
The Super League Greece 1 or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the country's senior league system. The members of the cooperative are the Football Limited Companies (P.A.E.) that have the right to participate in the Super League 1 championship. The president of Super League 1 is Vangelis Marinakis, who has been re-elected for the third time.
It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games each followed by 6-game Championship play-offs to decide the champions.
As of May 2024, Super League Greece is ranked 15th in the UEFA Ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.
Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927, only six clubs have won the title. With 47 conquests, Olympiakos has the most titles in the history of the competition. (a team I have seen play live in Greece!)
Giorgios Giakoumakis scored 26 goals in the 2020–21 Eredivisie and then notched 13 goals in 2021–22 Scottish Premership. See tomorrow's edition on Gorgeous Giorgios.
The current champions are PAOK.
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| Confederation UEFA | |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Super League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Greek Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League |
| Current champions | PAOK (4th title) (2023–24) |
| Most championships | Olympiacos (47 titles) |
| Most appearances | Mimis Domazos (535) |
| Top goalscorer | Thomas Mavros (260 goals) |
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