Achaea Football Clubs Association

Achaea Football Clubs Association

Full name	Achaea Football Clubs Association Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αχαΐας
Short name	Achaea F.C.A. Greek: Ε.Π.Σ. Αχαΐας
Founded	1927 (1927)
Headquarters	Patras, Greece
FIFA affiliation	Hellenic Football Federation
President	Aggelos Daniil
Website	epsachaias.gr

Achaea Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αχαΐας) is one of the oldest amateur association football governing bodies, representing teams from Achaea Prefecture.

History

It was founded in 1927 in Patras. Members included teams from the prefectures of Aetolia-Acarnania, Elis, Cephalonia and Zakynthos. Aetolia-Acarnania established its own association in 1969, Elis and Zakynthos in 1971, and Cephalonia in 1975.

Founding members of the association were the teams:

Panachaiki
Olympiakos Patras
Apollon Patras
Thyella Patras
Lefkos Asteras Patras
Iraklis Pyrgos
Aris Aitoliko

Organization

The association is a member of Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup. It currently represents 700 football players and 156 amateur men's football clubs (126 of which are active).

Six of these football clubs are playing in national leagues. The only women's football club of Achaia F.C.A. is playing in the first national league.

The football clubs are separated in four leagues:

Achaia F.C.A. A League (16 clubs)
Achaia F.C.A. A1 League (18 clubs)
Achaia F.C.A. B League (41 clubs in three divisions)
Achaia F.C.A. C league (24 clubs in three divisions)

International participation

Achaia F.C.A. eliminated the collective teams of other amateur Greek leagues in 2005, thus representing Greece in the UEFA Regions' Cup^[1] in Budapest (UEFA's top amateur competition where only one team composed of players from one amateur domestic league can qualify).

List of champions

as first Greece level championship

1924 Panachaiki
1925 Panachaiki
1926 Olympiakos Patras
1927 Olympiakos Patras
1929 Panachaiki
1930 Panachaiki
1931 Panachaiki
1934 Panachaiki
1935 ΑΕΚ Patras
1936 Panachaiki
1940 Olympiakos Patras
1944 Achilleas Patras
1945 Apollon Patras
1946 Apollon Patras
1947 Apollon Patras
1948 Apollon Patras
1949 Panachaiki
1950 Olympiakos Patras
1951 Thyella Patras
1952 Thyella Patras
1953 Thyella Patras
1954 Panachaiki
1955 Panachaiki
1956 Panachaiki
1957 Panachaiki
1958 Panachaiki
1959 Panachaiki

as second Greece level championship

as third Greece level championship

1963 Thyella Patras
1964 Patraikos
1965 Olympiakos Patras
1966 Patraikos
1967 Iraklis Patras
1968 A.C. Patras
1969 Panegialios
1970 Patreas
1971 Achaiki
1972 Elpida Eglikada Patras
1973 Thyella Patras
1974 Α.C. Patras
1975 Aris Patras
1976 Panegialios
1977 Panegialios

as fourth Greece level championship

1978 Achaiki
1979 Agios Dimitrios
1980 AEK Patras
1981 Ethnikos Patras
1982 ΑΕΚ Patras

as fifth Greece level championship

Cup Achaea

Super Cup Achaea

2003 Aris Patras - Fostiras Ovria 3-0
2006 Atromitos Lappas - Zavlani 2-0
2007 Panegialios - Anagenissi/Aias Sympoliteia 8-2
2008 Achilleas Kamares - Diagoras Vrachneika 1-0
2009: Ethnikos Sageika - Panaigialeios 0-0 (4-2 pen.)
2010: Tritaiikos - Atromitos Lappa 4-2
2011: Tritaiikos - Thyella 1-0

Teams in national divisions

Three teams participate in national divisions in the 2026–27 season :

Gamma Ethniki:
- Atromitos Patras
- Panachaiki
- Panegialios

Sources

Greece – List of Regional Champions

References

↑ Achaia F.C.A. in UEFA Regions' Cup Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Official website (in Greek)
Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek and English)

Football Clubs Associations (Greece)

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