Achaea Football Clubs Association
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Achaea Football Clubs Association
Data
Foundation year 1927
President Panagiotis Kosioris
Colors Green
Green
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...

 & White
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...

Seat Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

Playgrounds Andreas Kanistras Stadium (2,000)
Prosfygika Stadium (4,000)
Federation Hellenic Football Federation


Achaea
Achaea
Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

 Football Clubs Association
is one of the oldest Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 amateur football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 clubs associations, representing teams from the Greek prefecture of Achaea
Achaea
Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

.

History

It was founded in 1927 in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

. Members included teams from the prefectures of Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece; the regional unit is a combination of the geographic regions Aetolia and Acarnania. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest...

, Ilia, Kefalonia
Kefalonia
The island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...

 and Zakynthos
Zakynthos
Zakynthos , also Zante, the other form often used in English and in Italian , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It covers an area of ...

. Aetolia-Acarnania established its own association in 1969, Ilia and Zakynthos in 1971, and in 1975 Kefallonia (as Kefalonia and Ithaca Football Clubs Association).
Founding members of the association were the teams:
  • Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • Apollon Patras
    Apollon Patras
    A.S. Apollon Patras is a sporting club that includes basketball, football, volleyball and ping pong.-History:...

  • Thyella Patras
  • Lefkos Asteras Patras
  • Iraklis Pyrgos
  • Aris Aitoliko

Organization

The association is a member of the 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 three leagues:
  • Achaia F.C.A. A League (18 clubs)
  • Achaia F.C.A. B League (36 clubs in two divisions)
  • Achaia F.C.A. C league (76 clubs in four 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 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
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1925 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1926 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 1927 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 1929 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1930 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1931 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1934 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1935 ΑΕΚ Patras
  • 1936 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1940 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 1944 Achilleas Patras
  • 1945 Apollon Patras
    Apollon Patras
    A.S. Apollon Patras is a sporting club that includes basketball, football, volleyball and ping pong.-History:...

  • 1946 Apollon Patras
    Apollon Patras
    A.S. Apollon Patras is a sporting club that includes basketball, football, volleyball and ping pong.-History:...

  • 1947 Apollon Patras
    Apollon Patras
    A.S. Apollon Patras is a sporting club that includes basketball, football, volleyball and ping pong.-History:...

  • 1948 Apollon Patras
    Apollon Patras
    A.S. Apollon Patras is a sporting club that includes basketball, football, volleyball and ping pong.-History:...

  • 1949 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1950 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 1951 Thyella Patras
  • 1952 Thyella Patras
  • 1953 Thyella Patras
  • 1954 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1955 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1956 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1957 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1958 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1959 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...



as second Greece level championship
  • 1960 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 1961 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

  • 1962 Panachaiki
    Panachaiki
    Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...



as third Greece level championship
  • 1963 Thyella Patras
  • 1964 Patraikos
  • 1965 Olympiakos Patras
    Olympiakos Patras
    APS Olympiacos Patras is an athletic club in Patras. The team plays with the EPS Achaias and the EPO number 1788.-Field:...

  • 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
    Agios Dimitrios A.C.
    Agios Dimitrios A.C. is an athletic club in Patras in the upper city neighbourhood in the Achaia prefecture. Its jersey colours are red and white and it plays in the Achaia Football Clubs Association. It has the number EPO 1865. The team had played for many years in the third division...

  • 1980 AEK Patras
  • 1981 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1982 ΑΕΚ Patras


as fifth Greece level championship
  • 1983 Aris Patras
  • 1984 Thyella Patras
  • 1985 Aris Patras
  • 1986 Thyella Patras
  • 1987 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1988 Dafni Patras
    A.O. Dafni Patras
    Dafni Patras AU is an athletic club in Zarouchleika neighbourhood in south suburban Patras in the Achaia prefecture. The team was first created in 1965. Its colours are white-yellow-blue. It is named after the famous laurel tree. It has the number EPO 1148...

  • 1989 Panegialios
  • 1990 Astrapi Psarofai
  • 1991 Ethnikos Sageika
  • 1992 Zavlani
  • 1993 Atromitos
  • 1994 Pigasos Patras
  • 1995 Aris Patras
  • 1996 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1997 Achilleas Patras
  • 1998 Ethnikos Sageika
  • 1999 Panathinaikos Patras
  • 2000 Ethnikos Patras
  • 2001 Thyella Patras
  • 2002 Diakopto
  • 2003 Fostiras Ovria
  • 2004 Astrapi Psarofai
  • 2005 Zavlani
  • 2006 Atromitos Lappas
  • 2007 Achilleas Kamares


Cup Achaea

  • 1972 Aris Patras
  • 1973 Thyella Patras
  • 1974 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1975 Ethnikos Sageika
  • 1976 Ethnikos Sageika
  • 1977 Achaiki
  • 1978 Aris Patras
  • 1979 Achaiki
  • 1980 Achaiki
  • 1981 Ethikos Aegion
  • 1982 Α.C. Patras
  • 1983 Α.C. Patras
  • 1984 Α.C. Patras
  • 1985 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1986 Α.C. Patras
  • 1987 Zavlani
  • 1988 Α.C. Patras
  • 1989 Achaiki
  • 1990 Α.C. Patras
  • 1991 Aris Patras
  • 1992 Astrapi Psarofai
  • 1993 Aris Patras
  • 1994 Panegialios
  • 1995 Α.C. Patras
  • 1996 Ethnikos Patras
  • 1997 Achaiki
  • 1998 Doxa Chalandritsa
  • 1999 Ethnikos Patras
  • 2000 Patraikos
  • 2001 Cyprous Patras
  • 2002 Aris Patras
  • 2003 Aris Patras
  • 2004 Zavlani
  • 2005 Fostiras Ovria
  • 2006 Zavlani
  • 2007 Panegialios
  • 2008 Achilleas Kamaron
  • 2009 Panegialios

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
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