Super League Greece - last updated on 8 February 2008
(Courtesy of Jakub Malicki)
Competition name: Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα
)
Foundation: 2006
Country: Greece
Website: www.superleaguegreece.net
A bit of history:
Superleagues's precursors was Panhellenic Championship and First Division (Α΄ Εθνική). Panhellenic Championship, which had the form of cup, was carried out from 1906 to 1959, with the attendance only of the biggest football associations of Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Patras, while First Division from 1959 (therefore the championship became professional, until then was amateur) to 2006. First Division had bigger attendance, with associations from all Greece.
EPO organized the championship for first time in history in 1927. Until then, SEGAS (Contact of Greek Gymnastic and Athletic Associations) (1906-1913) and the precursor of EPO, EPSE (Union of Football Associations of Greece) (1922-23), had undertaken the conduct of championship. Nevertheless, the official counting of champions begins since 1928.
The Greek championship has been plagued by several scandals in the past. In 2002, questionable refereeing in a decisive match costed Panathinaikos Athens the championship. A law regarding the immunity of league officials passed in 2006 was seen as jeapardizing the independance of football in Greece by the FIFA and resulted in a ban from all international competitions. The ban was lifted a week later, after the law was resigned.
Competition crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Super League Greece -
Since 2006
