About Super League 1

The Super League Greece is the top professional football division in Greece and represents the highest level of the country’s football league system. It was officially formed in 2006, replacing the long-standing Alpha Ethniki, and brings together the strongest clubs in Greek football. The competition is organized under the Greek football association and features clubs that also compete in European tournaments.

The league has a regular season format where teams play each other home and away, followed by play-off rounds that decide the champion and European qualification spots. Over time, it has been shaped by strong rivalries between traditional clubs such as Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, and PAOK. The league also includes promotion and relegation with the second division, making performance each season highly competitive.

Before the creation of the Super League in 2006, Greek top-flight football was known as the Alpha Ethniki, which itself evolved from earlier national championships dating back to the 1920s. A major structural change happened in 2019 when the second-tier Football League system was reorganized and the pyramid below the top division was reshaped, strengthening the modern league structure and improving competitiveness across divisions.