Greek football league system
Series of interconnected leagues in Greece
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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 four 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 2025–26 season, Gamma Ethniki was divided in 6 groups with 12 teams each, winners of each group were promoted to professional Super League 2 and the bottom 3 teams were relegated to F.C.A. Championships.
As of 2025–26 season, Super League 2 has 20 teams, divided in two groups. 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
(From 2026–27 season onwards)
| Level | League(s) / Division(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Super League 1 14 teams[1] |
| ↓↑ 2 teams | |
| 2 | Super League 2 16 teams |
| 3 | Gamma Ethniki 120 teams |
| 4 | F.C.A. Local Teams Championship |
(Until 2025–26 seasons)
| Level | League(s) / Division(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super League 1 14 teams[2] | |||||||
| ↓↑ 2 teams | ||||||||
| 2 | Super League 2 20 teams divided in 2 groups | |||||||
| Group 1 10 teams[3] |
Group 2 10 teams[4] | |||||||
| ↓↑ 4 teams | ||||||||
| 3 | Gamma Ethniki 73 teams divided in 6 groups | |||||||
| Group 1 12 teams[5] |
Group 2 12 teams[6] |
Group 3 13 teams[7] |
Group 4 12 teams[8] |
Group 5 12 teams[9] |
Group 6 12 teams[10] | |||
| ↓ 30 teams ↑ 24 teams | ||||||||
| 4 | F.C.A. Local Teams Championship 56 teams divided in 8 Groups[11][12] | |||||||
| Group 1 7 teams |
Group 2 7 teams |
Group 3 7 teams |
Group 4 7 teams |
Group 5 7 teams |
Group 6 7 teams |
Group 7 7 teams |
Group 8 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.
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[13] |
Group 2 10 teams[14] |
Group 3 9 teams[15] |
Group 4 9 teams[16] | |||||
| 3 | Gamma Ethniki 55 teams divided in 8 groups | |||||||
| Group 1 7 teams[17] |
Group 2 7 teams[18] |
Group 3 6 teams[19] |
Group 4 8 teams[20] |
Group 5 8 teams[21] |
Group 6 7 teams[22] |
Group 7 6 teams[23] |
Group 8 6 teams[24] | |
See also
- Football in Greece
- Football records and statistics in Greece
- Hellenic Football Federation
- Greek Super Cup
- Greek Football Cup
- Super League Greece
- Super League Greece 2
- Greek Football Amateur Cup
- Gamma Ethniki
- Local football championships of Greece
- Greek FCA Winners' Championship
- Greek Women's Cup
- Greek A Division (women's football)
